[Eurogamer] Resident Evil HD, 0 and 4 on Nintendo Switch cost £30/$30 each, asking for comment from capcom on upcharge (Currently no new features)
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First bit of good news about these games that EG are going to Capcom directly about this. A near 2x price increase for absolutely nothing is insane. Especially considering no physical copies completely negates any retail discounts and 2nd hand sales.
And it's basically the best game ever made at the centre of this too. What a mess.
And it's basically the best game ever made at the centre of this too. What a mess.
Capcom's Switch support has largely been garbage so this isn't surprising at all. The fact they're just re-releasing the same 10+ year old games and not even RE5 is embarassing
Same. Except wouldn't have bought 0 anyway, because why?
30€ each is an insult. Would've been day 1 at 20.
What the fuck, Capcom. I truly hate it when people anthropomorphise companies by assigning them human emotions and motivations ('developer is lazy/greedy!') but I swear every decision Capcom have made with regards to the Switch has been bitter, cynical, aggressive and downright nasty towards people playing on that platform. It's like they're being forced to release stuff for the system but are doing so in the most passive-aggressive way imaginable.
You aren't willing to pay a premium to play the best game ever made?
The sad part is, even though these are older games they would have sold bonkers on Switch with their OG price point you also have in PS4/XBO.
Without a need of a price drop they could have sold alot of copies and made fans happy that thought this game should have been in Switch ages ago.
Yet they decide to raise the price further with those late ports. Incredible greedy strategy in my opinion ....sure the typical Switch owner on ERA will likely wait for a sale but Capcom is ready to milk every customer that doesn't know it better.
Not a fan. Was going to get RE4 and REmake day 1...now I'm probably not but any Capcom game on Switch unless it's on a deep sale.
Without a need of a price drop they could have sold alot of copies and made fans happy that thought this game should have been in Switch ages ago.
Yet they decide to raise the price further with those late ports. Incredible greedy strategy in my opinion ....sure the typical Switch owner on ERA will likely wait for a sale but Capcom is ready to milk every customer that doesn't know it better.
Not a fan. Was going to get RE4 and REmake day 1...now I'm probably not but any Capcom game on Switch unless it's on a deep sale.
Capcom knows people already own these and they know people on Switch will buy anything just because it's on the Switch so they're trying to get the most money possible before they're on sale in a couple of months for half the price or less.
In all honesty if you own Resident Evil 4 on 2-5 other platforms and you want it on Switch too, you have the money to burn. Capcom knows you'll pay.
In all honesty if you own Resident Evil 4 on 2-5 other platforms and you want it on Switch too, you have the money to burn. Capcom knows you'll pay.
I BELIEVE Revelations Collection was $40 USD/$50 CDN where as here it's looking like $60 USD?!
I don't know what the fuck Capcom's doing. This whole thing's been an utter mess.
First they don't put RE4 out at retail, which is guaranteed to be the highest selling of ANY of the RE games on Switch to date, but now they're up-charging it on top of that. It'd have been fine if it was retail, that would more than justify the price since $30 seemingly is the minimum charge for retail Switch games.
Is Capcom trying to sabotage their own Switch games? This company continues to baffle me to no end.
If Capcom released a trailer of new features to justify the price, I could understand.
"Oh cool, new costumes in REmake and motion controls"
"Oh dang all DLC for RE0 and notion Control"
"Sweet, gyro and pointer aiming for RE4 like the switch and some other new stuff"
Like id still be wondering why those things cost so much, but would at least be more understanding.
VS the current "preorder these games y'all as we yell you NOTHING about what they have" the only other option for justifying the price increase would be if all of these titles were getting a physical release and we know that isnt the case either.
"Oh cool, new costumes in REmake and motion controls"
"Oh dang all DLC for RE0 and notion Control"
"Sweet, gyro and pointer aiming for RE4 like the switch and some other new stuff"
Like id still be wondering why those things cost so much, but would at least be more understanding.
VS the current "preorder these games y'all as we yell you NOTHING about what they have" the only other option for justifying the price increase would be if all of these titles were getting a physical release and we know that isnt the case either.
I remember they tried to pull this with Revelations on 3DS and changed their mind. Hope they do it again.
"Thank you for your order from Capcom. That will be thirty money, please."
Game journos should be asking pubs about shit like this. The cart prices excuse doesn't work when RE4 is digital only.
Yes, as much as it is silly I would've happily paid even £20-25 for this version and I probably couldn't have resisted paying upwards of £30/40 for it on a cart because I'm a sucker. But £30 digital only is taking the mickey as we say. It's ridiculous.
Europe doesnt even get zero physical.
This is Capcom doing a shit job in Europe, like always.
Revelations was a 3DS exclusive that used more expensive card capacity. Here they are trying to sell Switch owners the same games they released 4 years ago on other system for a higher price.
Last year they released MH Generation Ultimate on Switch....but not before making sure that MHW PC Version is out the same months and drop a couple days before the Switch game.
As you said it should be Business at the end...but with Capcom something seems off. Like they don't really wanna support the system but whatever they throw at it keeps performing well enough and so they have to continue to release games on it.
lol
Yeah but if it succeeds, we'll get the umbrella chronicles "remaster".
For 30€
And yet 3DS games currently have the lowest RRP of all the current systems……………
"Passing the test" is a trap. It doesn't bring you the AAA titles. It just brings you more overpriced ports.
I don't buy into the whole "test game" theory. I'm just saying there are alot of products out there that I think are over priced but time and time again I'm surprised by how well they sell.
This was going to be my first time playing any of these titles & I had been waiting for the Switch version. Guess I'll just wait for a sale because I don't really feel like getting gouged on price just b/c I prefer playing on Switch.
30 pounds is even more ridiculous than the 30€ Capcom is asking for EU peeps - and 30€ is already ridiculous enough. I don't get why either as games like Okami HD released at the same price they've been on Xbox and PlayStation. After playing through RE2make I'm in a big RE mood again and already bought REV2 a couple weeks ago. I would have jumped on both RE1 and RE4 in a heartbeat, but with the price increase I'm not going to buy either of them.
For what it's worth, Capcom does sales on the eShop quite often and regularly, so at least there's that.
For what it's worth, Capcom does sales on the eShop quite often and regularly, so at least there's that.
Well, a port of street fighter 2 sold pretty well at $40, and some people were mad Capcom didn't bring more re titles to switch sooner, so, Capcom is using very basic search x demand logic here.
Anyway, Capcom always drop they prices very fast and they probably are the best when come to discounts in Nintendo plattaforms. Nothing to be worried about if you have patience.
Anyway, Capcom always drop they prices very fast and they probably are the best when come to discounts in Nintendo plattaforms. Nothing to be worried about if you have patience.
I would be interested as well what happened there because the relationship is really weird ever since the Switch launched.
SpawnWave also made a video about the ridiculous pricing of the games so it's good to see Capcom being called out.
This is a pretty good description of Capcom's relationship with Nintendo in general. Was the same on Wii and even on GC to an extent.
Yep
Context matters - USF2 sold well in 2017 where people when people were just looking for anything to buy on that system.
Not saying these can't sell well enough on that price but USF2 price point has nothing to do with it. It mostly sold that much because Nintendo published it in the Europe and marketed it quite a bit as an early Switch "exclusive".
All the other Capcom title lioe Revelations 1+2, Okami, Onimiash or Mega Man Collections had the same prices they had on other systems.
Even though I wasn't a fan of the SF2 pricing. It at least made some sense considering if had the Motion Control Mode and other new things. Nothing crazy, but it was at least something. Currently with these ports there's no mention of any new features.
I mean we already had a thread on that whole subject.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/re4-re0-and-remake-up-for-preload-on-switch-eshop-30-each.102268/
Also the answer is no.
Just running through games in my head that I'd pay £30 for a port of and nope, nothing. Thought maybe God Hand but even then, that's a big stretch.
Capcom hasn't charged extra for any of their previous ports, and in fact, Dragon's Dogma releases a month before these do for the same price it is on other systems ($30) and with a physical release to boot. There are some shenanigans afoot with these games and their pricing, that much is sure.
Yeah I agree with this. Basically every single game has had a 'catch' so to speak, be it being more expensive, digital only, physical but not really because of required downloads, almost no physical in Europe or the aforementioned releasing of MHGU months after people really wanted it at the same time as MHW on PC. And then there's this. People were- rightly in some cases- laughed at here for so much as implying that Capcom had an ulterior motive(s) regarding the Switch but IMO it's not far from the truth. I doubt we'll ever find out what's up though unfortunately.