Cave Johnson
Member
Man, CAPCOM is turning out to be an escort agency with both SONY & MS trying to secure moments with their IPs for a price.
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Will Resident Evil 7 have any form of Sony exclusivity?
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LordBaztion
Member
The game just seems too expensive to be exclusive. It won't be full exclusive, maybe timed with Sony publishing the game (ala ROTR). What I think is more likely to happen is to have a marketing agreement with Sony similar to Destiny.
EDIT: after reading @TheJollyCorner, well if Kojima and Del Toro are not directly involved, its more likely to be exclusive.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I wish one of them would try to secure Dragon's Dogma, Onimusha, Asura's Wrath and Dino Crisis.
It's time for them all to return.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Would also potentially be cheaper to snag exclusivity of a dying franchise like Silent Hill than it would a series that corporate management (Capcom) practically demands 6+million in sales for each entry.
We still don't even know Kojima & DelToro's exact involvement in the project. For all we know they are just exec producers/creative consultants & some old Team Silent guy like Tsoboyama is actually in the director's chair (dream on).
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Enough to cover the 50% audience they lost? You don't know that. And MS are not fools to pay that amount of money only to be able to say 'Exclusive, holiday 2015'. They'd lock the game down tight.
I'm all for exclusivity though, in other cases - they allow the dev to focus on a single platform and make the best game they can..... usually.
Schweinehund
Member
Way bigger maybe, but SF should have been big enough to not need external funding.
Capcom is open to money hatting so I say maybe, wouldn't rule it out. Though I'm not sure if MS/Sony would want RE7.
It's not 50%, it's only 35% because PS4 is outselling X1 2:1
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
If there's one AAA franchise Capcom will always have money to fund its RE, so I say no.
Stuff like DMC5 or DD2 has a possibility.
Sony and Capcom seem to be close though. Deep Down, SCE helping them create their next gen engine, SFV exclusivity, funding a prize pool for the tourneys....would not be surprised if more comes out of this relationship.
Stuff like DMC5 or DD2 has a possibility.
Sony and Capcom seem to be close though. Deep Down, SCE helping them create their next gen engine, SFV exclusivity, funding a prize pool for the tourneys....would not be surprised if more comes out of this relationship.
Pathfinder
Member
I seriously doubt it.
Sony may have been able to squeeze blood from a stone in order to purchase Street Fighter V exclusivity, but I don't think they have nearly as much money left as would be required to purchase Resident Evil as well.
Sony may have been able to squeeze blood from a stone in order to purchase Street Fighter V exclusivity, but I don't think they have nearly as much money left as would be required to purchase Resident Evil as well.
Pathfinder
Member
Oh, well I was following the logic of it being PS4 console exclusive since SF5 is. I'd just want a PC port if it were console exclusive in any way.
Leafhopper
Banned
lol.
If they need cash a timed exclusive might suit them. I could see them offering that to Microsoft and Spencer as a "revenge" deal for Street Fighter V. Microsoft doesn't have a survival horror title in its portfolio.
I mention that because Spencer mentioned Tomb Raider as filling a spot in the action and adventure genre so they had a competing product to Uncharted. That seems to factor into his thinking.
I mention that because Spencer mentioned Tomb Raider as filling a spot in the action and adventure genre so they had a competing product to Uncharted. That seems to factor into his thinking.
Black Republican
Member
Um, what is this shit
Maintenance
Member
Nah, don't think so. It will be exclusive maybe to the one that pays the most, be that Microsoft or Sony.
Amentallica
Unconfirmed Member
I want to know if RE6 is getting ported to PS4. I haven't played it and I hear some negative things, but I want to try it.
Pathfinder
Member
He and I were speaking in another thread. He is yearning for a PS2-like domination in the industry.
Amin_and_Azizah
Neo Member
If had to make a educated guess, I would say that Resident Evil 7 is going to be exclusive to xbox one. With all of the money that Microsoft has in the bank and all of the troubles that sony is having financially, I don't think they're going to be able outbid Microsoft in regards to resident evil 7 because I believe both companies would want that game exclusive to their system and I think both companies will be willing to pay whatever it took to get that game on its system and we all know who has the most money
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skatebored
Member
No doubt. I just think SF is a different animal here. SF sells sticks as well, which in turn sells more software, not just Street Fighter. RE sells a lot, I just don't see it having that much swing on a whole genre, or player population.
Leafhopper
Banned
Yeah that Madcatz deal is probably still pretty good with Capcom. I expect some SFV sticks on release. I understand what you mean, I just can't see Capcom not having money to put out an RE game by themselves is all.
As someone who owns all of the current gen consoles (and a capable PC) I don't really care about 3rd party exclusives, rather I think it adds some flavour to the different systems. But of course I understand that I'm in the minority and for the majority of people it's considered bad.
Why not? They can focus on one platform and deliver a more polished product.
As a PS4 owner, a potential parity trend would make me more inclined to root for more third party ps4-exclusives. For now (no real trend has manifestet yet) though i'll hope as many as possible will get to play this game as well.
Third party exclusives are not without
benifits as far as performance goes though.
Third party exclusives are not without
(potential)
CastorTroy
Member
Resident Evil ORC had exclusive DLC and modes on 360.
Street Fighter X Tekken had exclusive characters for PS3.
Street Fighter X Tekken had exclusive characters for PS3.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Um, why? I know Sony has got SFV exclusive, but mainline RE is a much bigger deal in the west. Capcom could not afford to limit its audience in North America by ignoring a huge part of the home console market.
If we're giving credence to the scenario that Sony could buy RE7 exclusivity then you're right, we should consider that it could be Xbone exclusive just as easily. MS have history with this given that they funded and distributed Dead Rising 3, and they're obviously prepared to pay big money for big exclusives, as they have demonstrated with Rise of the Tomb Raider Rising. Bearing in mind that TR 2013 sold >6 million copies as did RE6, so the cost to get both games exclusive would likely be similar. And further, Phil Spencer admitted that they'd bought Tomb Raider so they have something similar to Uncharted, and given Sony have Until Dawn and reportedly another horror game in the works, maybe MS would decide that paying for RE7 exclusivity would be worthwhile so they have an 'equivalent' in their portfolio.
While you're right in terms of potentially striking gold and growing a franchise, MS and Sony are probably more interested in buying a game they know is going to sell 4+ million copies. From Capcom's perspective they should be looking to growing a new franchise like Dragon's Dogma, which can compliment their top franchises RE, SF and MH. Given the popularity of fantasy genre games at the moment I think it's very worth trying to grow DD after what was presumably a relatively flat debut.
They didn't fuck anyone over. They had a cross play vision for the game but no funds to get SFV off the groud for years to come. Put your console preference aside and as fan you should be pleased that SFV is happening sooner than later.
Shameful is what it is.
Zelenogorsk
Banned
While I don't know the nature of the Street Fighter V deal I'm pretty sure Resident Evil is the bigger franchise. Looking at their multi-platform release plans for Revelations 2 I'd guess that RE isn't going exclusive anytime soon. I think the bigger question is what the heck will RE7 even look like? After playing both Revelations and RE6 I'm much more excited for Revelations 2 than I am for RE7.
At this point, with capcom having had large franchises exclusive to both platforms (Dead Rising and Street Fighter), I would not be surprised if they have future exclusives for their bigger franchises. It is a crappy situation but it might make the most finncial sense for them to be exclusive to certain platforms.
Why? So you could win list wars on message boards?
brickarts295
Member
As long as their isn't parity BS, I'm fine with RE7 being multiplaform.
vpance
Member
No, for less wars.
No DF comparison and no 100 page "we aimed for parity" garbage threads for starters.
killatopak
Member
There's a decent chance it will based on the SFV treatment but if they want to profit on the short term, I think they need a multiplatform release.
StrikeFirst117
Banned
I'm sorry what, that is a stupid decision, hell limiting a series like this to only one console will probably kill the series off when compared to being on multiple platforms.
On Topic: The most I can see is timed exclusive dlc to a platform not the entire game.
Pathfinder
Member
So, in that case, Xbox One + PC exclusive would rock as well, right?
DarthWalden
Banned
Maybe but I doubt it. I think capcom is looking for buyers for all its franchises.
I think MS was willing to let Sony pay for street fighter due to them already having there own exclusive fighter.
I don't think Microsoft would be willing to let Sony do that with resident evil.
I think MS was willing to let Sony pay for street fighter due to them already having there own exclusive fighter.
I don't think Microsoft would be willing to let Sony do that with resident evil.