Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS)

[Yoshi]

I'm surprised this didn't have a thread yet. Capcom's best (or second worst?) Resident Evil game of 2012 is coming February 7. I'm surprised it is so early in the year, but if it's good this will really continue the 3DS' momentum from Mario Land and Mario Kart in November and December, respectively. I wonder what this means for the dual analog attachment's street date...

[Shin Johnpv]

Isn't Monster Hunter due in Japan by December? Isn't the add on stick supposed to launch with that, like 10 bucks more for the game with stick kind of deal. I would imagine it wouldn't be too much later to see it in the US. Maybe we'll see it as a pack in with this Resident Evil game.

[Mzo]

Sucks for us, MonHun pls.

[Low]

Impressions of the circle pad and confirmation of online co-op missions and mercs mode:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/31/a-...l-revelations/

[Yoshi]

Capcom thinks they're getting $50 for this without the circle pad. If that starts a trend, my 3DS is gone after I finish Mario Kart.

[Diff-chan]

I can see where Capcom's coming from. This current crop of handhelds can do real games yet they still are expected to price the games way lower.

Honestly, Uncharted Vita and Uncharted PS3... there's not a whole lot of difference. And what's in the Vita game is way beyond what they were getting for $50 last generation.

[Yoshi]

I love the 3D on the 3DS, but it's a damn GameCube essentially. Sony is asking $40 for Uncharted on Vita with the same 4GB of storage and a hell of a lot more horsepower.

Perhaps even more important is that my phone can't do Uncharted: GA (yet), but it definitely could do RE:R. That to me is a critical threshold for pricing as well.

And this whole discussion is yet another reason why physical media can't die fast enough. You can't justify your price by blaming the storage when the player already owns the storage.

[Shin Johnpv]

Please even if it was a downloadable game Capcom would find a bullshit reason to charge 10 bucks more. Digital Distribution wouldn't change that. Instead of blaming the storage they would blame something else.

[Yoshi]

Tighten your grip on the past, John, though I don't dispute your point.

[Low]

Amazon is still offering preorders at $40, preorder now and cancel if the game ends up being shit.

Alot of publishers have wisely opted to lower 3DS price points I can't really fault Capcom for this decision when it has roughly the amount of content as RE 5. Sony's first party offerings are going to probably stay firm at $40, doesn't mean third parties are going to stick to that on 3DS or Vita.