Capcom has publicly lamented having to cut large amounts of content from Lost Planet 2 in order to fit it onto the Xbox 360’s piddling DVD capacity without the game turning into a swapfest, but promises users will be able to buy everything they cut as DLC.

Speaking with rag Famitsu about the production of Lost Planet 2, now in the fine-tuning stages, producer Jun Takeuchi complains of the constraints imposed by Microsoft’s refusal to employ Blu-ray; in previous interviews he made much the same comments about Resident Evil 5, saying he would like to see a “complete” version on the PS3…

Did the development go well?

There weren’t any big problems. More troubling than any development problems was having to keep cutting out content.

We included a lot in this release, and by the end it became a battle with the disc capacity.

Truly, we were weeping as we were forced to cut stuff.

That stuff might be available as DLC in the future – look forward to it.

Buying content which Capcom couldn’t fit onto the Xbox 360’s DVD as DLC – certainly something to look forward to.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/02/18/capcom-xbox-cuts-made-us-weep-enjoy-buying-dlc/

PS3 version could have contained the full experience right off the shelf, but it seems I'm going to have to spend more to get DLC that would have all fitted on the Blu-ray in the first place. FFS.

Sankaku Complex? I'm gonna take this with a grain of salt...

Hadn't heard of them either but I've checked out the site and it seems legit - they cover JRPGs, manga, anime, etc, etc.

You guys havn't heard of Sankaku complex? I'm sure Xen has but yeah most of the stuff i've seen them post is legit albeit with a side of humor and hentai.

It's the Hentai I've always known them for... hmm...

"PS3 version could have contained the full experience right off the shelf, but it seems I'm going to have to spend more to get DLC that would have all fitted on the Blu-ray in the first place. FFS."

Do you really believe on that? Really? Why would they cut the content from the PS3 version too? Why wouldn't they make the game in 2 DVDs (which is not necessarily a bad thing)?

It's just an excuse to make more money.

In fact, they don't explicitly say that it involves the Xbox 360. Given the port job Capcom did on Lost Planet for PS3, it is entirely plausible that they had to duplicate too much data for the PS3 given it's Blu-Ray drive's slow read times.

Ultimately though, we know what this is. Hisiru pointed it out. They are just finding ways to make money. If they really made stuff THEN cut it they would offer it as free DLC. But they will actually have set out to have DLC from the beginning.

Certainly by all accounts it is inexpensive to have a game with two discs, Microsoft only charges substantial costs for three or more.

Sankoku's 'articles' (when they're not porn) are almost all flame bait and troll bait, from title to content.

And yes, this is coming from a fan :P

Eh, if they were really getting too content heavy, disc splitting's an easy solution. Put the campaign on one disc, the multiplayer maps on another. Easy.

Sounds more like an excuse for their inevitable DLC rollouts. Maybe I should wait for the "Super", "Gold" or "Colonies" edition?

its a shooter game, i don't think you can swap disk everytime you want to play a level , especially online.