Resident Evil 7 Cloud Version Announced for Switch (in Japan only)

[DeuceGamer]

I guess this is an easy way to get AAA games, but I'm not really interested unless I actually own the game. This is worse than digital purchases since you can only play it while they are willing to operate servers. Glad for those that are interested though.

 

[Deleted member 1839]

For six months tho? I'm not defending it, just as someone that very rarely replays games and can't remember the last time I played a single-player game for longer than six months, this doesn't seem like the worst thing Capcom could have done...?

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If you are never gonna replay it again then you definitely can get through it in like a week or less.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I heard about RE7 switch in the past. Didn't think it was tied to a cloud system though.
This'll probably end up being the only title of its kind for the system I bet. It's an interesting experiment to be sure, but not one I can see there being a big clamoring for.

 

[antonz]

Capcom gonna Capcom. They bet completely against the Switch and are not going to put any serious investments onto it. Why would you actually port titles etc. when you can half ass stream titles on a rental basis for little actual development cost.

 

[Geg]

So it's a... cloud rental?

 

[Mediking]

Lmao

 

[Kayo Police]

I knew the POWER OF THE CLOUD™ would makes its return

 

[Deleted member 42221]

Oh no. This is a terrible precedent to set - using cloud-based gaming as an excuse to not port games to switch properly is an idea I bet a lot of publishers will lap onto.

 

[Piichan]

Well I paid $60 for RE7 and played it for like a week.

That pricing is pretty appealing for a ~12 hour single player game with no replay value.

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I played this game 5 times in a row. I think it's about as replayable as REmake and RE4.

 

[ElBoxy]

what?

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I'm just throwing shit out there.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

bull

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This is the most one and done campaign in any Resident Evil game.

 

[Brite_Boy]

I know I'm in the minority here, but this idea seems neat. In theory.

 

[SharpX68K]

Cloud Monhun World next? lol

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Why yes, of course. I wouldn't doubt it now, lol.

 

[famikon]

Cloud version?

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[Shizuka]

Nah.

 

[Dom6]

One neat trick businesses don't want you to know about! Do less work and make more money fast!

 

[rpm]

Honest question since I haven't played the game: Is this the kind of game you'd still be playing six months later?

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Unless you bought the SP near/at launch and were following that content drip, no. People who bought either just the vanilla game or the game + DLC after it finished releasing probably aren't. I only have the vanilla game, the only time I played after launch was for the Chris DLC (haven't bought the paid DLC, at least not yet).

I'm not the type to replay games though, at least not this soon after beating it the first time.

 

[RecRoulette]

Honest question since I haven't played the game: Is this the kind of game you'd still be playing six months later?

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No, and that's the problem. $20 for a rental is a pretty bad deal.

 

[Bakercat]

Ugh, please don't let this become normalized.

 

[VorpalNonsense]

I'm fascinated by this from a technology standpoint and very against it from a consumer standpoint.

20 bucks for a 180 day rental for a streaming service like PSNow but exclusively for one game that should be able to be ported to switch specs anyway.

Very strange move. Just port the damn thing and put it up on the eshop if you dont wanna make carts.

 

[Ponchito]

Hope this is not a trend.

 

[signal]

I'd pay for digital rentals of new games.

 

[Cantaim]

That sounds pretty cool actually. Interesting way to get games on the Switch

 

[Polyh3dron]

Well the good thing about streaming technology is that all those games which technologically couldn't run properly on the switch that people still want to play on it, can finally be played on it. One could even say that the graphical power of Switch games that work in this way is.... infinite!

 

[Cronogear]

This is incredibly bizarre.

Even if you can't get RE7 up and running proper on Switch, why do this? Why not do RE4, or 5 or 6?

Not to mention when the servers go down it becomes 100% unplayable.

 

[Buzzman]

Oh man, is this how they'll be delivering MH to the Switch aswell? Hahahaha

 

[Deleted member 249]

Oh god Japan, don't make this successful, we don't want publishers getting ideas

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I guess that's one way to port games to a system that can't run them natively?

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RE7 runs at 90 FPS on the PS4, this game can run on a toaster.

 

[Red XIII]

I'm just throwing shit out there.

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almost got me lol

 

[Fat4all]

This is the most one and done campaign in any Resident Evil game.

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it's as replayable as RE2 and RE4, easily

 

[Etrian Darkness]

So when's Monster Hunter World Cloud version?

Please, don't actually do that. I don't want to play a streamed game. Kinda feels pointless on the Switch when I want to sometimes play it outside of the wifi.

 

[Normal]

Nice. So this is the definitive version right? It has the power of the cloud and it's perfect for the Switch.

 

[Roldan]

OK.

 

[lordlad]

 

[FiXalaS]

Honest question since I haven't played the game: Is this the kind of game you'd still be playing six months later?

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Yea I don't see why not, I'd play RE7 again. I could go back to play some of the harder difficulties or to play it part of a marathon before the release of a sequel. The latter is something I do with my favorite franchises. (RE is one of them)

 

[Deleted member 3017]

Monster Hunter World Cloud Version is next, probably.

 

[Vena]

Capcom:

How can we sell our RE7 game to a new audience to meet lagging expectations!?

Port it to the Switch and a new audience!

Brilliant!

...But we don't know how to use a Switch, we only started yesterday with learning how to dev for it. Its mysteries continue to elude us and it has detachable controllers, how do those even work!?

Make a cloud version then!

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That's probably about where this project came from.

Like this even just straight up misses the point of the Switch. But considering Capcom has stated they have yet to grasp the vast intricacies of a portable, I guess this shouldn't be too surprising.

 

[Camjo-Z]

$20 for a 6 month rental isn't so bad, especially for a game like this that you're probably only going to play through once anyway. If the streaming works well this could be kinda cool.

Porting a game to Switch and then making it unplayable on the go kind of defeats the whole point of a Switch version.

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you can play handheld mode in your own home you know

 

[Deleted member 249]

Monster Hunter World Cloud Version is next, probably.

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Technically the game is still running on PS4!

 

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[Meelow]

Capcom could of actually ported the game, capcom gonna capcom i guess.

 

[Neoxon]

Monster Hunter World Cloud Version is next, probably.

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Like I said, Sony's console exclusivity over MHW in Asia makes the chances of MHW getting any kind of Switch port close to zero.

 

[Deleted member 42]

That's...a neat idea?

Is it like 20 bucks for 6 months?

 

[_DiGiTaL_]

That's one way to side-step the Switch's technical limitations.


MHW is a Sony console exclusive in Asia, so I wouldn't count on it.

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Only exclusive there because it wouldn't sell more than 100 copies on Xbox One :P

 

[Knight613]

Oh no. This is a terrible precedent to set - using cloud-based gaming as an excuse to not port games to switch properly is an idea I bet a lot of publishers will lap onto.

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To be fair, Sega and Square Enix started doing this first.

 

[Deleted member 6436]

No, and that's the problem. $20 for a rental is a pretty bad deal.

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Yeah the pricing structure is a little weird, I guess. It'd probably fit better with an online game that you don't have any interest in a super long-term investment in.

 

[Samanosuke Akechi]

Oh boy I could see EA doing this in the future.

 

[Deleted member 13015]

I mean, if it works...

 

[Cuboid 64]

Welcome to Verizon Fios, son! This was on MT Framework, right? I wonder what sort of hurdles they ran into that this was their solution rather than a graphically downgraded port.

 

[Deleted member 6730]

Another slow clap for Capcom.