| Gamerace said: Dead Rising Chop Till you Drop - Release Feb 19 '09 (Jp) Resident Evil 5 - Release March 5 '09
RE5 must have started development prior to DR:CtYD - But if Capcom was considering a (later) RE5 Wii port, the critical and comercial devastation of DR:CtYD probably tanked the idea. Conversely if DR:CtYD had been successful, RE5 most likely would have come over next (on the same RE4 engine no doubt). |
The idea was firmly shot down long before either game came out, by about six months if I recall. Now, you can try to argue that Capcom was actually considering it and waiting until DR's sales came through before they began the long process of converting RE5 from the MT Framework engine to the RE4 engine. But this is Capcom. They announce RE ports and sequels before the game they're porting/sequelizing has even released.
Long story short, I'm extremely skeptical that one had anything to do with the other.
