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Resi 5 demo announcement soon? News

Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell

13 November, 2008

Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi has hinted that a playable demo of Capcom's upcoming survival horror game will be announced soon.

"We'll be making an announcement about that relatively soon," he told Eurogamer, in comments relayed by this morning's Resident Evil 5 hands-on preview. Downloadable content is also "possible", he said.

One thing we might not be seeing, however, is a mandatory hard-disk install for Resi 5. Capcom took a bit of a hammering for the duration and size of the Devil May Cry 4 installation, and it sounds as though the publisher paid attention to feedback.

"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," he said. "We'll do our best to come up with something that users will not criticise, but love..."

Check out our Resident Evil 5 hands-on preview for more on the game's progress.

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Arwin
13/11/08 @ 08:17
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DMC4, surely?
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13/11/08 @ 08:20
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Yup DMC.

Maybe they'll use the File Caching system that's available in the PS3 SDK? No need for installs with that.
Rash'
13/11/08 @ 08:25
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Darren, the shift in mandatory installs begins? and when done like this, because the devs wants the best game for the gamer there is a greater level of respect and appreciation for a quality dev. no doubt about it, capcom has been one of the better companies to transition well into the current gen.
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Steroyd
13/11/08 @ 08:42
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What's silly is that given the option most if not everyone would install the game on HDD anyway...
mcbi4kh2
13/11/08 @ 08:46
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@Steroyd

+1. I know I would.
Greebo
13/11/08 @ 09:06
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+1 so long as we're not talking 25mins (although I guess if it were optional, I'd just run it whilst watching telly or something later)
Rash'
13/11/08 @ 09:11
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Steoryd i tried explaining that irony to 360 posters but to no avail. option is still an option, so that was me told.
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13/11/08 @ 09:18
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@Steroyd,

I have 30+ games. I may choose the "option" of installing 2 or 3 of them that I like to play regularly, but the other's I may be more than happy with just playing from disc when the mood takes me.

However, I wouldn't like to be in a position where half of those "require" installs, meaning I may have to go through the hassle of deleting something before putting in my new game and installing it.

As Ray Maguire said, it's all about plug 'n' play.

But "options" are nice to have.
Xerx3s
13/11/08 @ 10:03
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"Steoryd i tried explaining that irony to 360 posters but to no avail."

Maybe because there is none.
Duckula
13/11/08 @ 10:32
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Are they implying that the demo will be out soon i.e this year?
Rash'
13/11/08 @ 11:26
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Xerx3s, :o)

Maybe.
Chaote-Imagicka
13/11/08 @ 11:53
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What's silly is that given the option most if not everyone would install the game on HDD anyway...

Probably, but not straight away. Straight away I'd want to play it for a couple of hours and then when I need a bathroom break, freshen up my drink etc, then I start the install process.
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13/11/08 @ 13:10
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Another anouncement of an anouncement. \o/

* sigh *
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13/11/08 @ 15:18
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I install all of my PS3 games when given the option, although I hope that by this time next year, we see 1TB HDD's. I will soon begin to struggle with my PS3's 500GB HDD (currently less than 118GB free) although I can free up most of that space if necessary but that will be me sacrificing a lot of my glorious 1080p films.

The DMC4 install time was beyond silly. The initial install for MGS4 was nearly the same size and only took 8 minutes. I used those 8 minutes to have a read through the manual, but for DMC4, there wasn't enough info in the manual to take up half of the 21 minute install time!!!
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14/11/08 @ 10:01
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Chessboxer: Just put your 1080P movies into VOB split files and they can be stored on an external 500GB/1TB FAT32 drive. I have done that and it does help. It doesn't look as impressive as having all your fiilms straight on the XMB but it's a small price for a lot more space.
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14/11/08 @ 21:49
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capcom has been one of the better companies to transition well into the current gen.
Agree, 100%

Anyhow! Yeah! I get to play this baby before it hits the shops xD Hope it has some 2 player Co-op available in the demo too =)

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