Fans Start Petition For Capcom To Release Resident Evil 4 Physically On Switch

This is the sort of thing that should go on Kickstarter. Capcom should just be able to come out and say "Right, if we get 500k (for example) pre-orders by dd/mm/yy we'll release the game physically, otherwise it will be digital only and we'll refund the pre-orders the next day".

Personally I'm not that interested. It's one of the few games I played on the original hardware during the generation it was released. I still have that copy, and a Wii copy I've never got round to playing. An HD skin doesn't hold much appeal.

$30 is too high and let's not even mention 0 and RE HD.

Just seen the listing on the UK eshop....£29.99 each.

Seriously?!

I was expecting £17.99 max but £30 is ridiculous.

@RoadieRunner Capcom put the RE games on sale pretty regularly (if the Revelations games are anything to go by) so the initial price is just for those that can't control themselves.

I'd love if they could do RE7 as well. It already has a downgraded version to work with VR. Shouldn't be to hard.

How about a petition about the price? They are £29.99 EACH (yes you read correctly) on e-Shop. This is double the price they were on release day on PS4 and Xbox One. That is disgusting pricing and only the most annoyingly raging of blinded fanboys can defend 14+ years games releasing for double the price they released for on other consoles.

Here in NA even the RE origins collection only comes with Resident Evil 0 on cart and RE 1 is a download (17 gb). I was looking forward to these games on Switch but since it's mostly digital I'll pass. (Petition signed)

It will probably be about $40 in Canada then.... maybe more. which is completely ridiculous. Especially considering those games are available elsewhere for much less ($20 on Steam - which is what I consider a fair price for what these games are).

Wasn't the "Switch Tax" supposed to be something that doesn't exist (anymore) according to some? lol!!! Yeah right.

This has become par for the course for Capcom for their retro releases. Partial physical for North America, big Rasberry for Europe. It’s why I had to import the Mega Man X Collections from Japan.

This won't change a thing but Capcom's decision already made me avoid their collections like the plague.

I want all 3 games on cartridges, but this is Capcom. Even in the US physical release of the origins collection, only one of those is on the cartridge. Similar to what they did with the revelations collection. Another minimum effort from Capcom and i dont ever see it changing. Doesn't matter what the fans want. I'd be happy if they prove me wrong though.

i dont know, there was any RE4 game? Code veronica is the last one that i can remember. Capcom released any other survival horror game after this?

What for? So capcom can ask for $60?

Aw, that's cute. And Capcom only put $30 as the price because (shocker) people historically pay those prices for their stuff. If it's not worth it at that price, don't buy it at that price. It's a crazy concept, but I guarantee you it works for your wallet.

@leandroblau ....Not sure if serious.

It's important to note that apparently RE 0 is the only game on a cart even for the RE Origins Collection. RE 1 is a download voucher. So even if they got a "box" for RE 4 there's a good chance that there would just be a little slip of paper in it.

Capcom does weird stuff like this. Plus 30 bucks? Ouch. I want RE 4 for sure, but the other two I can wait for a 50% off sale or something.

I’ll only buy it in physical form.

This is a stupid and myopic petition. Since they've put together a petition at all, why not demand physical releases of all three games?!

At this rate, I won't be buying any of them, and I'm not sacrificing a whopping 40GB of space on games that should have been shipped on cartridge. Revelations 2 was bad enough, and I bought that entirely with gold coins as I didn't want to give Capcom any money (at least not directly) while I would have paid AU$80 for the game on cartridge if the option had been made available (still would!).

Surely they can release a boxed set with all three games on cartridges for $100 (personally, I'm happy to pay whatever). On the flip side, they're demanding AU$120 for the three games as downloads, PLUS the expense/inconvenience of having to accommodate 40GB of data, and the games being locked to a single console.

Pass, pass, and pass. I see Capcom have been reading from the EA playbook again.

Disgusting pricing, I won't be buying any of them with those prices.

@CupidStunt
Problem is Capcom is releasing them at that price, maybe because the numbers are showing Switch owners usually don't have problems with paying more for their games, and they're only capitalizing on this trend. Nothing more.

I think Switch owners are to blame as well for constantly not minding games that are released at a price higher than on any other platform. Even defending the practice with stupid arguments! (It's a NEW game on that platform, you're getting both a portable and home console version of the game, etc, etc...)

Sure, Capcom is bad for exploiting that trend, but what do you expect, really, when a company sees an opportunity to make more money?

As always, I'll put this in my wishlist and wait for a "sale" to actually pay the same "regular" price others pay.

@JackEatsSparrows sorry, just kidding

Why?? So Capcom can charge $40 for this. $30 is already too much. I've waited this long so I can wait for a sale for under $15 before I bite.

has change.org ever change Publisher's Mind?

Yes NA gamers can pick up and RE and Zero physically but only Zero comes on the game card. RE1 will require a 17GB download. Yep, 17GB for basically an HD upscale of a GameCube remaster.

The reason it's so big seemingly carries over from the PC version which was also 17GB. For every single cutscene there are 3 different quality versions, then 2 different aspect ratios for each. So 6 different versions of every single cutscene which probably takes up 3/4 of the game's file size. It seems this exact version has just been dumped on Switch. Too much of a coincidence for it not to be.

Edit, I was wrong with the file size being 17GB. It's actually 14.4GB. Perhaps they did cut out some scenes.

@OorWullie

Good to know. Capcom has never been too good at cutting excess waste in their ports.

I would like to see all of them as physical thank you very much (to be fair didnt really like 4)
And I have never seen a charge.org petition do anything, so don't see the point in this

They're all physically available on PS4. Perhaps no solace for switch only owners, but for Resident Evil fans it might be the best way to collect them physically since you have every numbered game (except nemesis) and both revelations.

10$ each is where my buying point is for theese games....sorry but im not buying theese a 3rd or even 4th time in the case of RE HD, got it on the gamecube, the ps1 and the ps4 will not buy it for more then 10$ same goes for 4, but 0 i only played on the GC and kinda wanna play it again.

I won't buy digital only. I hope for physical

Signed. And hope it's a full physical release (if it happens), and not a "download the rest".

@BenAV How much space is it? I bought a 128 gig SD and have yet to even use half, though I do split my games between physical and digital.

Gotta support the 2nd hand gaming market! If it's not indie it has to have a physical option!

@leandroblau They're up to RE7 now. It's a stretch to call 5 and 6 'survival horror' though as they're more action orientated,especially 6. 7 is a return to form though from what I've read. If you've never played RE4, I'd highly recommend it. It's one of the greatest games ever made in my opinion. Even better with motion aiming, which I'm sure the Switch version will have.

I wonder if Capcom would consider working with Limited Run Games.

@BenAV Holy damn, that is crazy.

I just checked the price on the Eshop, $30 and 12 GB for RE4. Not bad at all. This will be my birthday present. I don't know why people want to complain about EVERYTHING these days.

@Edu23XWiiU Well for your information not every Switch owner had 12gb left on their console. A physical copy that save space would be grateful.

Did my part. Hopefully it works.

Happy to pay whatever it costs. At the end of the day no one is forcing anyone to buy anything and if its not worth it for you for the price they set thats your choice bu theres plenty of others who think life is to short to spend it counting every penny for everything we buy.

As a person who prefers physical, I think they should have opted for individual releases instead of a collection for REmake and Zero (Apparently both games can't fit in one cart and Capcom chose the cheapside again). That way both could get their own cart. Individually priced... yes but cheaper and more reasonable (no download) than what they are currently offering.

As for RE4, I think that will sell regardless. Although a physical copy would be great.

@retro_player_22 There are SD cards available, and I live in a third world country, where they are even more expensive. We don't get deals like in the UK or US, hell, here they're promoting a 500 Gb SD card for 60 bucks!

I would buy it day 1 if physical, no doubt.

@Realnoize I am a huge Nintendo fan, but I do not support this. The raging Nintendo fanboys literally will pay any price on a Nintendo console and make up any excuse for the pricing.

@CupidStunt
I'm not going to defend the pricepoint because I agree there shouldn't be this switch tax. I am starting to wonder if we are seeing more and more devs port last gen games to up sell them to the portable market. Personally though, $30 isn't a lot of money but I guess that's all relative. I'm thinking anyone who works full time can afford the game without thinking much about it but those of us on the forum that are part time or still students in high school this would be expensive. I say that to counter some of the comments that claim "only fan boys will pay this much for the game" not necessarily true, I plan on buying it but $30 really wont affect me I drop that much on caffeine every 4 days or so.

@tameshiyaku
Thing is, I couldn't care less about owning PS4 games physically. That system has no collectible appeal whatsoever, and tbh I regret not going digital on Xbox One and PS4.

Switch is the only platform I care about retail releases.

That said, it wont stop me from buying. I actually love digital on Switch more than any other system. I... just like physical also.

Will grab RE4 but the Collection can wait for a sale.

@bluemage1989
Same, and as I've stated on here $30 really isn't that much money if you work full time. I remember being a student and saving my daily lunch money ($2/day) to buy a single playstation game in a month at that rate, yeah this would be expensive. But as a working adult its an easy purchase for me (resident Evil 1 HD) because I love the original mansion setting. I think the 3DS game cart Resident Evil DS deadly silence still sets you back around $30 and thats when you can find it.

I will still buy them if I finally have the cash to spare or a sale happens. I'm an old school RE fan so buying these games is a no-brainer for me... just not day 1.

@Dilated I can easily afford it but I am not being charged extra for a game that would have cost little to port as it does not require being ported down. It is double the price it released for on every other system and that is not okay to Nintendo owners.

@Dilated
I don't think that it's about the amount of money in itself, but rather the value you get for that money. I work full time, with what some would say a decent salary, but with a house, kids, a car, and many bills to pay, $40 for such a game is much too high for what it is. I definitely have the money for it, but I wouldn't buy it because there are far better uses of my $40 I can think of.

Also, again, even if I have the money, the fact that I can buy these games for half the price elsewhere makes these look like the worst deal ever. Spending my money on these would makes me feel like throwing money out the window. I have money, but not to the point of not caring about getting my money's worth. I didn't have a problem paying $80 for Zelda BoTW. But I do have a problem paying $40 for this. It's not about having enough money. It's about what you get for the money.

People make petitions for the dumbest things and not for real stuff that matters... good grief, I loathe our species.

@CupidStunt if you want to make a stand against the price go ahead the rest of us can avoid being drama queens for five minutes and enjoy the games for what they are.

@bluemage1989 At double the price they are, and were on release on other consoles. Go pay £90 for those 3 games and I will continue playing them on PS4 where I got them for less than half that price.

@Realnoize Exactly. It is like just throwing money away, but users like bluemage1989 will argue until they are black and blue in the face that charging that price is okay because it is Nintendi and they are just awesome.

Zekda was the best game in 20yrs, and it was new. I had no issue paying £60 for such an incredible and new game. But I am not paying double the price of other consoles just because Switch is portable because no one has any other argument. It is a RIP off for 20yr old almost games.

@OorWullie Ahhh come on man its a stretch to call resident 4 suvival horror as well. The game was literally 90% action oriented and 10% horror/Suspense. I love RE4 as much as the next person...but people give that game to much of a pass even though it started the downward spiral of the series for abit. Your definitely entitled to your opinion, but just never understood how people are quick to praise re4 but quick to throw re5 under the bus when re5 was literally re4 with co-op and not rescuing & babysitting for for almost half the game. I can understand the criticism to 6 at the very least but still RE stopped being RE after the re3 until 7 came back and the recent re2 remake. re 4, 5 , 6 are good games in their own right...but horrible as RE games.

I'm so sick of Capcom. They've stuffed Ace Attorney up and now this. I thought if anything, it would be Resident Evil 0 as a download, not the others. I will not buy them digitally and that is that. If there's a physical version of all three games in South East Asia then I'd buy it in a second. They're $40 each on the Australian eShop. I'd pay that for physical but I won't ever get these digitally.

Yes, physical, always. It's especially important with huge file sizes like these have!

@Edu23XWiiU That's good and all but as you can see the Nintendo Switch support microSD card, not regular SD Card.

@SIX - Technically, can you call any of the Resi games 'survival horror'? Also, Resi 5 isn't that similar to 4; while they do share some elements, 4 at least tried to combine action with suspense (even though the island section, outside the regenerators, didn't really succeed in that aspect). Resi 5 on the other hand, just goes all in on the action-side of things, with maybe a couple of sections that could be considered suspenseful/scary.

This seems like a good place to ask, but what's up with the demand for physical releases for just about every Switch game these days?

@FullMetalWesker I see where your coming from, but at the end of the day 4, 5 & 6 all still shifted to a more action oriented route.

Me personally i never felt the series was really scary...tense...but not that scary. From what i can say people or RE fans hold RE0, 1, 2 , 3 code veronica etc etc in high regards due to tank controls as i gave a sense of skill and urgency as you had to be quick on your feet, but due to the controls maneuvering took some work and the camera played a big part cause rather then you the player being able to see what you want; the camera made you see what it wanted you to see. So you walk into a room thinking its empty then turn the corner slighty and a zombie in your face. So thats where it's "horror" came from at least from what RE fans say.

Now if we ignore the horror part imo i felt that the older games did a better job enforcing survival because you legit had to make choice on whether you wanted to save your bullets or not. To top it off your item slots were super limited to you really had to manage your stuff. So you mostly had to real sacrifice alot in order to survive. Either kill this enemy but its comes back stronger or kill this specific enemy now and have little resources left for when a real boss fight comes. That to me was just a really good challenge and maid me really think on how i should deal with certain situations. when it came to 4, 5, & 6 that urgency kinda left and it felt like i could really [removed] up any enemy that came my way in those games; it also felt like i would just get bullets and heals left and right even on harder difficulties as well. From leon doing roundhouse kicks and chris punching BOW heads off..it really didn't feel like i needed to be tense of anything to be honest lol.

Now regarding the demand for physical releases i personally have no clue why people are making a big deal about this. I mean i like having physical copies of games...don't get me wrong, but people are actually like digital games are a disease.

@SIX Please mind your language!

@Octane omg...stop

@Dang69 Stop what?

@Octane Being so suuuuuuper sensitive - loosen up a bit bud!

@Dang69 I don't decide that, those are the community rules.

@retro_player_22 Which type of SD cards did you thought I was talking about?? Every SD card sold right now is Micro SD cards, and they are extremely afforfable.

@Dilated Its about not being a mug.

Because of how badly capcom treats switch owners, i decided to boycott them everywhere including on pc. There is no excuse to sell resident evil more expensive than the previous physical release on ps4 when it's digital only on switch. There is no excuse as to why the origin collection is 60 usd yet only one game is on the cart and the other is a download code.

From now on, i will get their games on pc for “free” if you know what i mean. They lost me as a customer and it will remain like this until they change the way they support switch gamers. They are extremely unfair. All capcom is doing is spitting in the face of most switch owners in america and europe and this behavior should not be supported in any form or way.

I would encourage most of you to ignore games published by capcom, they don't deserve your money at all.