That said, the direction of Resident Evil 6 is in-line with Capcom’s long-range plans for the series - exemplified by the publishers decision to launch the upcoming title alongside other blockbuster properties set for release in Holiday 2012 (Assassin’s Creed 3, Halo 4, and the yet-to-be [officially] announced Black Ops 2).
Speaking with Game Informer, Senior Vice President of Planning and Business Development at Capcom, Christian Svensson, offered up his thoughts on the new high traffic release window (as opposed to the January and March launch dates of Resident Evil 4 and 5, respectively):
Despite a number of reports to the contrary, Svensson also maintains that Resident Evil 6 will successfully balance opening the franchise up for those new “Call of Duty” players - while also staying true to the title’s survival horror roots. It’s especially interesting to see Capcom courting FPS players with RE6 - since many industry followers figured that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City was going to be the publisher’s answer to FPS-action fans, allowing the core Resident Evil series to focus more on atmosphere and (convoluted) story.
It’ll certainly be interesting to see whether or not the Resident Evil series can truly compete with other traditional Holiday season heavy-hitters - like the Assassin’s Creed, Halo, and Call of Dutyfranchises. It’s not an unrealistic goal for Capcom, since Resident Evil 5 sold impressive numbers over time (over 5.8 million copies by June 2011) - though, comparatively, Assassin’s Creed 2 (which launched months later) has far-surpassed those numbers (9 million copies by January 2010).
That said, Resident Evil 6, which Svensson describes as “the biggest Resident Evil game ever,” definitely has a lot going for it - with new features that include a dynamic conversation system, more versatile (and faster moving) enemy types, and improved character mobility - not to mention rumored 6 player co-op.
As an aside from all the future Resident Evil 6 talk, Svensson also reflected on one of Capcom’s embarrassing slip-ups - an overly-obvious typo on the Resident Evil: Revelations packing dubbing the game “Resident Evil: Revelaitons.” While the SVP somewhat laughs at the problem, it’s obvious he wasn’t laughing when 90,000 copies of the game went out with the typo:
Check back here at Game Rant for more information on Capcom Holiday blockbuster Resitend Evil 6 (sorry, couldn’t resist).
Resident Evil 6 releases November 20, 2012, on the PS3 and Xbox 360, with a PC release to follow.
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Source: Game Informer
