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  • #16
    I am sure Christmas will be a boost for some of their units at retail to help achieve their fiscal results. I still think they should just stop with the rail-gun series and go more to doing better quality on using the Resident Evil 4 engine and create full fledged scenarios, using 4's wii controls and that will be perfect for the system.

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    • #17
      Pretty sure this is BS, because according with VGChartz, Darkside Chronicles sold 140k units in America during its first 4 weeks. A bit less than Umbrella Chronicles (156k in America units during its first 4 weeks) but still a quite good result in my opinion.

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      • #18
        Wii game had poor sales? Obvious statement is obvious.

        and LOL @ people still complaining about Resident Evil becoming action oriented.

        God wtf Sony, you give me insanely good lookin 1080p display...everyone knows older is better! Give me back my 16 bit systems!

        God wtf Square Enix, you make Final Fantasy games look amazing. Give me back my visable pixels top down display!

        God wtf color tv? The fans cry out for Black and White! Give us what you want or I'm never watchin tv again.

        Regression is a bad thing folks.

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        • #19
          ^ I lol'd
          I thought it would sell more than UC since most people love RE2 & RE code veronica ...
          But I guess Everyone hates On railes

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Branden_Lucero View Post
            when Walter Disney was around, Disney movies were actually good. when he was gone, the quality fell with him.
            lolwut. The Disney Renaissance begs to differ!

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            • #21
              Originally posted by News Bot View Post
              Anyway, I personally can't have any sympathy for Capcom on the shitty sales of DSC. Thats what you get for settling for sub-par nonsense while ignoring what the fans actually want. Just give them remakes in the form of the REmake on the Wii, they will buy that shit up.
              Quoted for the fuckin' truth!

              Couldn't have said it better myself, News bot.
              Last edited by valentinesdead?; 12-19-2009, 11:56 PM.
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              • #22
                Originally posted by Darinl1979 View Post
                Wii game had poor sales? Obvious statement is obvious.

                and LOL @ people still complaining about Resident Evil becoming action oriented.

                God wtf Sony, you give me insanely good lookin 1080p display...everyone knows older is better! Give me back my 16 bit systems!

                God wtf Square Enix, you make Final Fantasy games look amazing. Give me back my visable pixels top down display!

                God wtf color tv? The fans cry out for Black and White! Give us what you want or I'm never watchin tv again.

                Regression is a bad thing folks.
                I was under the impression the Wii was doing fine. It's just crap games that don't do so well. I could have even sworn that the Wii was actually the best selling of the three new consoles, because it appealed to such a wide market, but I could be wrong there. Personally, though, I wouldn't blame the poor sales on the console when the game really isn't that good.

                And a lot of people like RE for the, you know, horror elements. The ones that got dropped because action games sell better. Personally, I don't mind the upped action and new style gameplay. It's the loss of all the things I loved about Resident Evil that pisses me off...the horror elements, exploration and fun puzzles. And no, Capcom didn't have to do it that way. See; 3.5 for a possible way to do both things.

                As it stands, Resident Evil is sorta like an 18 rated Mario where you play a grizzled Italian war veteran turned plumber whose flash backs to 'Nam mean he's grabbed a gattling gun, and is now wasting hookers and pimps and snorting coke off there bloody mangled corpses. I mean, Grand Theft Auto sells awesome well. So why not take Mario in a new and edgy direction? Why bother building up a new franchise? Sure, it's not exactly a family friendly platformer anymore, but it'll sell like vodka shots at an AA meeting after showing a movie of kittens dying.

                So yeah. Regression is bad. But, on the other hand, change for the sake of change doesn't always work. As it stands RE5 got a backlash for it's loss of RE elements. Even reviewers weren't impressed, let alone us silly old fans who got into the series back when it did something completely different to what it does now. It's a crazy idea, I know. But using the tagline, 'Fear you can't forget' and then forgetting to put any fear into the action game didn't seem to impress.

                And I still reckon FFVI is the best one. Shiny graphics do not an awesome game make. They help, sure. But good gameplay and good plot are more important, at least to me. If I wanna look at pretty crap I can go to the art museum or watch a movie. I like to play games.

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                • #23
                  When the Wii goes HD, that's when i'll consider the Wii being good.
                  Games just look ugly and I can't enjoy Resident Evil games looking like crap.
                  If you don't have an old TV, do not bother with the Wii.
                  It's a shame because Resident Evil 4 is my favourite game, and I can't eccept what it looks like on HDTV with the Wii.
                  I played The Darkside Chronicles and it wasnt great.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by News Bot
                    Mikami was a producer (just like Jun!) for 90% of the series. He only directed RE1, REmake and RE4. Considering the other games are still fucking amazing, I don't see how the quality "fell" with him in anyway. Also, RE5 utilized RE4's gameplay, and that is the only reason you hate it. You do realize it was Mikami who decided to USE that gameplay, right? Its not Takeuchi's fault for utilizing something that proved to be more popular than Jesus Christ.
                    Sure there are many people that didn't like the new action-focused gameplay (I'm included ), but this is not the only bad thing about RE5.
                    My principal complain is the plot, and the shit things that they did with the characters, things that I'm pretty sure that Mikami never would do.
                    Last edited by Davi Redfield; 12-20-2009, 08:13 AM.

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                    • #25
                      Mikami...
                      Mikami....
                      Mikami.....
                      He Destroyed The series >: ( ... Jun at least Is a big Fan of RE!
                      Last edited by Zero38; 12-20-2009, 08:28 AM.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by capcom-fan View Post
                        If you don't have an old TV, do not bother with the Wii.
                        I thought the deal was "If you have a cheap flatscreen don't bother with analog video"

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                        • #27
                          Component cables are your friends, wii owners. Throw away that damn scart.
                          Last edited by Zombie Fred; 12-20-2009, 09:12 AM.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Zero38
                            Mikami...
                            Mikami....
                            Mikami.....
                            He Destroyed The series >: ( ... Jun at least Is a big Fan of RE!
                            Then I dont want to imagine what could be of RE5 if he wasn't, lol.

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                            • #29
                              This rumor has served as test to see if people can read a news marked as rumor before replying... and it's a shame because according to what i'm reading here almost none passed the test (just Big Stu LOL).
                              I can't really understand why everyone are crying scandal just because a fu**ing rumor... wake up folks!

                              This rumor of DSC selling less than 50k units in NA is not true, according with other sources (more reliable than that blog) Darkside Chronicles is selling more or less like Umbrella Chronicles.
                              They have respectively sold 140k and 156k units in North America after 4 weeks since their launch.

                              I mean, just 16k less and people are talking about regression, shitty sales data, Mikami, capcom's fault... WTF! Wake up!
                              Last edited by Sunglasses; 12-20-2009, 12:21 PM.

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                              • #30
                                ^ mmm ... Did I comment on this news?
                                I just replied to some people .... So count me out ... XD
                                Last edited by Zero38; 12-20-2009, 12:50 PM.

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