Capcom Addresses Resident Evil 5 Versions with Move Compatibility
Resident Evil 5 will be receiving a fancy, free patch that will immediately allow full PlayStation Move integration. This was one of Sony’s biggest lineup titles when the Move was announced, and many fans were thrilled because of the popularity and massive sales the title received. Later though, the news was announced that only the Gold Edition would be receiving the update, and the widespread euphoria was rapidly replaced with fan feelings of betrayal. Why the tease, Capcom? Well, the answer is that it just won’t work.
The regular edition of Resident Evil 5 does not have the necessary memory reserves the Move requires, and a simple patch would not be enough to solve the problem. A re-haul of the information on disc was required for the Move to run efficiently with the game.
If you think about the timeline of the past few years and how Resident Evil 5 and the Move fit in, the answer is relatively understandable. Resident Evil 5 hit shelves in early 2009, a few months before Sony’s E3 debut of the Move. Therefore, during the production of RE5, the Move was nothing more than a thought and a scribble on a napkin shoved in someone’s drawer. Since Capcom had no knowledge of the Move or the potential it held with their future title, the necessary amount of memory the Move requires was occupied by a different function.
Sony probably approached Capcom in the months following E3 2009, because the “Alternative Edition” of Resident Evil 5 that was announced during the Tokyo Game Show was promised to include Move support.
While this news certainly won’t bode well with the majority of RE5 owners, it at least offers a little more clarity to the situation, and helps remove some of the negative light that Capcom had been bathed in following their initial announcement.
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23 Responses to “Capcom Addresses Resident Evil 5 Versions with Move Compatibility”
OMG! THOSE F**KING A**HOLES!
It won’t change facts in peoples minds. They don’t look at the costs or reprogramming and then they want the update for free. Having been around the computer block a few times I realize and know that some things are just not affordable for the profits of the company. That is when you have to look at buying the newest version of the game and not always jump on the “gotta have it now” band wagon.
It hurts buying on the bleeding edge.
Even with an explanation it won’t stop most regular RE5 owners from getting mad
I’m sure by the time the PS Move hits, RE5: Gold Edition will drop in price. Gamestop is currently selling it for $40, so $30 by September wouldn’t surprise me.
I bought it yesterday! I now have two Move titles: This and Heavy Rain. Booya!
BS. More like they want to make more money reselling the game to the 1 mil plus customers who already own the standard edition.
Thomas Williams is right, it will be cheap, and seriously, you can find RE5 for like $10 now. do you think they’d release an update for a game that you can pick up for $10 (which they make no money off, because you buy it used), when there is the alternate/better version (they are still producing) for $30-40.
that’s like people getting pissed when Metal Gear Solid 4: Sub_____ comes out having trophy support and everyone is pissed that MGS4 didn’t get a Trophy patch.
Thanks Capcom. I can now free up 6GB of hardware space on my PS3 by deleting the RE5 version 2.0 game data which by the way was supposed to have already had the move support added into the patch. Yep games like LBP and Heavy Rain can implant the controlls but Capcoms too stupid aparently. BS! There just being money hunger spas. Ah well I could give a fuck about Capcom and there games now.
duuuurrrr, Capcom already told you that RE5: Gold was the only version that would be supported MONTHS before it even came out. the problem is some people get mad because they don’t like to read… that and they want everything to magically be fixed in the form of a patch. If it’s not possible, it’s not possible. If you don’t want to buy RE5 Gold then don’t… I mean, what’s the point anyway? it’s just a new control scheme. there was some confusion as to whether or not the North American version would be Move enabled to begin with–so now that it’s confirmed, we should be happy they even took the time to create a Move-supported title.
They’re not going to ship you a free copy of RE5 Gold just because you bought RE5 standard edition for $20 or less used…. people just want something for nothing. suck it up, sell the old version and when Gold goes on sale–buy it then.
Lame. Been wondering what exactly what the deal was with this ever since gold was announced. Let me trade the game up directly with capcom then for a reduced price at the very least.
That entire response sounds like an enormous pile of BS to me.
@Mumbles
Your a spastic man. For starters I payed 60 euros for my copy and I bought all the DLC add ons and verses mode. Also I read news a lot and the news I read was the old version was being patched so go f**k yourself man. Secondly if games like LBP and Heavy Rain can add move support after development then it is f**king possible. Your the reason companys like this f**k the consumer because you bend over and let them take you right up the A*S
lol this is 100% bullshiz… CRAPCOM are going to the dogs fast… Not a game id wanna play with move but this news is crap full stoP… I’d a thought their 250 versions of Street fighter a year would cover the costs… Anyway would having move support make u play it thru again..?? For Me NOT A CHANCE (and thts without re-buying the game)…! FAIL “YOU LOSE”
never played RE5. looks like a pretty good game to play with the move.
I highly doubt that it is 100% impossible to make both versions compatible with move, not saying theyre lying, just a little skeptical.
if capcom really had no idea about move, does anyone know exactly what the reason for that ‘gold’ edition? does it include some dlc or something?
So mumbles your point is that we should have known when Resident evil 5 came out that Capcom would then make a special edition of the game a year later with motion controls?! Thanks for the heads up, next time I’ll make sure to look into the future before buying a capcom game.
Never was into the whole Move rage but now I know why people call Capcom a bunch of assholes.
Bullshit. Capcom is fucking us all once again.
RE5 was originally released March 2009.
Little Big Planet was originally released 5 MONTHS EARLIER in November 2008.
LBP is getting MOVE support. Capcom claims RE5 cannot.
What a slap in the face to all the fans who bought RE5 day one. I will not be “upgrading” to Gold Edition.
Moving on…
Well, it’s like if you don’t want to upgrade to blu-ray from DVD don’t… don’t call foul on every company that releases a blu-ray or special edition. I too would have loved to see discounts on special editions, etc. for people who already bought the regular editions (I’d have saved tons of money on Evil Dead II/Army of Darkness DVDs alone) but you have to realize that if a company spends a bunch of time working on something new–they’re most likely not going to give it away for free. It’s going to continue for years… it’s the nature of the business (like VHS > DVD > BluRay > theater sized HD).
@geddesmond2: I never read anywhere that the old version would be patched, not a big deal–I just never saw that anywhere. I knew it’d be just the Gold Edition (at the time I thought it was just Japan anyway) a few months before it was released. Complaining on PSL isn’t going to change anything, you’d probably have to brush up on your Japanese and have to ask Capcom. If Move wasn’t 100% in R&D at the time (LBP and Heavy Rain are PlayStation exclusives) so of course they’re not going to have the right tools to implement it, this is a 3rd party game that was released on both platforms… why would Capcom even have the PS Move even in development stages unless Sony is absolutely certain it’s something they’re going to decide to actually sell?
Like sales in stores and on PSN, It’s just another reason not to buy something right away. I’m not bitching about the countless GOTY editions that come out with bonus stuff like Arkham Asylum that I already own. Simply put, the pros don’t outweigh the cons of the price so it’s not worth the update… so I don’t buy it. Capcom really only has a few successful titles at the moment, which is exactly why they stick to upgrading the titles that they know sold well–it sucks but a new control scheme isn’t going to change the entire game.
Well, having bought the regular edition and having paid for the DLC earlier this year, I won’t be spending any more of my cash on a game that has been out for over a year. There’s just no point, other than the move controls, but no, it’s not worth it for me. I’d rather spend my limited spare cash on games I haven’t played yet.
Call me sceptical, but it sounds like it’s a bit of a cash-in on Capcom’s part – I’m guessing the Gold Edition didn’t sell as well as hoped – considering they released most of it as DLC.
I bought the standard version and absolutely hated the controls. I hated that you couldn’t move and shoot at the same time.
I couldn’t get over how terrible the controls were, so I traded it in for some game that I’m sure I enjoyed a lot more.
The main flaws I found with the game was a) the fact that you couldn’t walk and shoot at the same time and b) the annoying inventory system (even adding all the inventory screen options in the main menu didn’t solve anything.) it’s kind of what keeps it from obtaining a higher score on most review sites.
The standing still while shooting is classic resi gameplay and as for the inventory, If u set ya stuff right u can quick select with your D-PAD which i thought was fine for a RESI game….. Dont agree with the Move not being patched in but resi 5 was a great game….
oh no I meant the transferring/combining of items in inventory was the problem… there’s others but it’s not quite as annoying as those. obviously I’m not a sadist, I wish everyone could get the update but if it’s not technically possible–I understand.
@mumbles
IT’S NOT SOMETHING NEW! If they released Resident Evil 6 with motion controls and everyone demanded it for free then yeah I would agree 100% with you there not gonna release something new but there was NO and I mean absolutely NO NEED FOR A NEW VERSION.
Motion controllers and a bunch of content people could have downloaded as DLC? Wow let’s just shove that all on a disc. It is possibly, we already know it’s possibly as Sony has already actually said you’ll be able to purchase motion controls for a game much like you would DLC.
Go to the PSN Store, find Heavy Rain: Motion Controls purchase and download. So why is it so hard for capcom to do this? Answer becasue their too damn lazy. Also there’s a differance between GOTY editions of games and special editions of movies,
The movies only come with special features, how many people do you know have asked if they could watch Bladerunner with DVD commentry as they really give a shit about listening to the directors and Harrison Ford going on about how they made the film.