RE5 may avoid DMC4 mandatory install woes; demo hinted

Resident Evil 5 senior producer Jun Takeuchi has revealed that they’re taking the matter of mandatory game installs seriously with RE5. Will Chris Redfield follow the footsteps of Dante and Nero or not? There’s still no final word, however, it seems that Capcom was traumatized by how DMC4‘s mandatory install (a mere 20 minutes!) was received by the gamers. Meanwhile, Takeuchi has hinted that a demo for the game may be going live soon for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Resident Evil 5 senior producer Jun Takeuchi hinted that a demo for the game may be going live soon for the PS3 and Xbox 360. He didn’t go into details about it, and only mentioned that Capcom will be “making an announcement about that relatively soon.”

Meanwhile, he also revealed that they’re taking the matter of mandatory game installs seriously with RE5. Will Chris Redfield follow the footsteps of Dante and Nero or not? There’s still no final word yet, however, it seems that Capcom was traumatized by how Devil May Cry 4‘s mandatory install (a mere 20 minutes!) was received by the gamers.

This time for RE5, they’re going to be weighing the feedback they’ve gotten from DMC4. Takeuchi elaborates:

We’re still working on those technical elements in the last couple of months, but we can tell you that if users are dissatisfied with that kind of thing, then it’s certainly something we keep in mind when we develop. We’ll do our best to come up with something that users will not criticise, but love…

Back when the DMC4 install time was made into an issue by the masses, Capcom had to douse the flames by explaining the benefits of the HDD install time: on top of the long term benefit of faster game loading times, the actual installation proper included a DMC series recap.

Apparently, the explanation wasn’t enough for the gamers. Even today, it remains a sensitive topic to some. Question is… are we having another redux in RE5? Here’s to hoping Capcom manages this dilemma well this time around. But for what it’s worth, I myself wouldn’t mind a mandatory install.

Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 is to be released on March 13.

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