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Tyrannical on 18 February 2010

I bet it's pre-rendered cut scenes. Lazy JP programmers never could do on the fly cut-scenes well.



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Munkeh111 on 18 February 2010

That is quite annoying... then again, the Gears skins mean that I want it on Xbox probably, I am still not convinced about buying it yet



Xoj on 18 February 2010
KylieDog said:
Hisiru said:

"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.

 

Blame Microsoft, they dislike games being on multiple discs so its costs more if a dev decides to do that.  They also have a clause about the amount of differences or quality they will allow on multiplat games as they release on disc so chances are they would get to release it on 360 if the PS3 version kept it all.

They actually like it, they get more money per disc :p



NoCtiS_NoX on 18 February 2010

Wow! Capcom is being greedy here. Screwing customers. How can they expect me to buy those DLC without feeling cheated. How can they expect me to buy those DLC, knowing those content should be on the disk on the first place.



Hapimeses on 18 February 2010

Kotaku are running the story as well:

http://kotaku.com/5474476/capcom-wrestles-with-xbox-360-disc-restrictions



Hapimeses.com

 

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Munkeh111 on 18 February 2010

I think the game is going to offer plenty of content anyway, so it is not really going to be a rip-off



haxxiy on 18 February 2010

This is bad for consumers no matter if it is Capcom or Microsoft fault.



 

 

 

 

 

Seraphic_Sixaxis on 18 February 2010
Seece said:
Oh for god sakes, you're so transparant, anything to take a dig at Microsoft.

Blame Capcom if you want to blame anyone, they could put this on the bluray disc and offer it as free OR paid DLC on Xbox live but no ...

Well said, capcom are just being greedy, its simple offer the extra content as FREE DLC on Xbox Live on launch day and keep it on blu-ray disc for ps3.

Is this option really so difficult?

At anyrate, i was thinking of buying the game day 1, however if capcom is going to get greedy like Square Enix, then its time for some boycotting.



donsterydo2 on 18 February 2010

Capcom just made shitload of DLC's and now wants to find an excuse for it. And a year later we will probably see some LP2 Gold Edition with all extra content, lame as hell. Now I 100% sure I won't buy it untill "GOTY" edition.



Reasonable on 18 February 2010
starcraft said:
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.

Oh c'mon, stop reaching.  Seriously.  If they're complaining about disk capacity it's not having enough space on BR, that's for sure.  It's entirely unplausible that they're having more trouble with BR capacity to store stuff more than once vs a single DVD.

OT - smells like an excuse for DLC for me, personally.  Why not release if free if its covered by the game's production costs?

If they did cut stuff due to DVD, it is annoying it won't be on the PS3 cut as I'm sure they feel both versions have to be identical, but then for most multiplatform titles the DVD is still used as the default size to aim for with final content levels - a few RPG titles aside.

I don't get why they don't just use more disks, though, with an option to install on the 360 if you want to remove any disk swapping.

Again, sounds to me like they're taking the suspicously easy money route to DLC vs other methods of solving this very solvable issue - if it's even accurate.



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