Has anyone seen the huge RE4 marketing who was supposed to start today?

My girlfriend claims she saw a TV commercial for RE4 ("it looked awesome and scary"), but that was at least a week ago.
 
No, but casuals seem to at least know of it. I heard a few talking about it at work the other day, and generally all I ever hear them talk about is GTA.
 
It's crazy to think that this game comes out in a couple weeks. It doesn't really feel like it's coming so soon
 
Oh, I already seen that. I was talking about PR from Capcom site.

If someone gets the chance, Tivo the commercial, please.
 
Yes but to the casuals want the GC version or the PS2 version?


and do the commercials flash 'For Gamecube' on the screen really quickly before displaying 'COMING SOON. FOR PS2' ?
 
Azih said:
Yes but to the casuals want the GC version or the PS2 version?


and do the commercials flash 'For Gamecube' on the screen really quickly before displaying 'COMING SOON. FOR PS2' ?
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Azih you and I both know it wont look nearly as good on PS2, im sure some casuals will look at it and figure as much.
 
Azih said:
Yes but to the casuals want the GC version or the PS2 version?


and do the commercials flash 'For Gamecube' on the screen really quickly before displaying 'COMING SOON. FOR PS2' ?
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That would be dumb as fuck, but it seems like the shareholders are running Capcom now, so you never know :lol
 
Cruel Bastard Mario said:
That would be dumb as fuck, but it seems like the shareholders are running Capcom now, so you never know :lol
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that is so going to F themselves in the A if they really do so, since PS2 version isn't coming out till like Fall.
 
Shard said:
I am sure we will se said commercial sonner or later.
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--> Spell Checker --> sonner --> s_o_o_n_e_r -> sooner!

I had to rib you one last time. For great justice!

Anyway, we'll see it soon. I don't think any "big marketing" campaign is going to be so huge that it explodes from your TV or anything.
 
Thank god for edit keys.

Anyway, I don't think that the eventually release of Resident Evil 4 on the PS2 is really going to hurt the sales of the Gamecube version, since there still is a " exclusivtivity widow" of nearly a year still in place. Think of it like Splinter Cell being an X-Box for a period of months as an example.
 
Does Nintendo still have the policy of advertising mature games later in the evening? Maybe people are missing the commercials because they aren't being blasted throughout the day like most Sony and MS game commercials.
 
Shard said:
Thank god for edit keys.

Anyway, I don't think that the eventually release of Resident Evil 4 on the PS2 is really going to hurt the sales of the Gamecube version, since there still is a " exclusivtivity widow" of nearly a year still in place. Think of it like Splinter Cell being an X-Box for a period of months as an example.
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I don't think it will either. There are one ka-trillion PS2 owners and five Gamecube owners so those five will buy it for GC and the one ka-trillion PS2 owners who don't also have GC will buy it for PS2. Everyone wins!

Nobody who has a PS2 will buy a Gamecube just to a play a game that will come out in a year anyway, however.
 
Really, the important thing here is that the GC version actually manages to sell well enough at the box office, since this is the big one from Capcom and their future development on the Gamecube is going to hinge directly on the success or failure of this title.
 
Shard said:
Really, the important thing here is that the GC version actually manages to sell well enough at the box office, since this is the big one from Capcom and their future development on the Gamecube is going to hinge directly on the success or failure of this title.
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Future development on Gamecube? You can't be serious. The Gamecube is done, duder. After RE4 it might get another Capcom release but they won't be putting anymore serious development into it. If anything a successful RE4 will only tell Capcom it should put extra consideration into Revolution development.
 
That is what I heard, think of it like Namco giving the Gamecube a couple of exclusive RPGs after Soul Calibur 2 GC perfromed better then expected and outdrew the other versions.
 
Shard said:
That is what I heard, think of it like Namco giving the Gamecube a couple of exclusive RPGs after Soul Calibur 2 GC perfromed better then expected and outdrew the other versions.
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Heh. Every single game Capcom has put on GC has failed to meet expectations. After Killer7 (which is also coming to PS2), Shard, believe that - Capcom is done with GC.

When Revolution comes along we'll start to see the next upswing of support from Capcom.
 
It's not like Capcom didn't have any games on the PS2 which was well below their expectations (Onimusha, DMC etc)
 
Draff said:
It's not like Capcom was any more successful with the PS2 which they gave more exclusives to anyway (Onimusha, DMC etc).
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DMC was successful. It sold more than two million worldwide. Onimusha was successful. It sold almost 4 million. I think DMC2/Onimusha2/3/ViewtifulJoe didn't do so hot though.
 
I meant the sequels.

Outside of RE, Capcom has pretty much only given GC PNO3 which understandably didn't do too well.

Viewtiful Joe performed pretty well on the GC.
 
Indeed, Viewtiful Joe sank like a stone on the Playstation 2.

Capcom did also provide the Gamecube with the whole Resident Evil saga, including two still exsclusive installments.
 
I dunno how this works, but Nintendo said BEFORE the PS2 announcement that they would help capcom with the RE4 marketing. How is it now when it's for PS2 also?
 
Shard said:
Capcom did also provide the Gamecube with the whole Resident Evil saga, including two still exsclusive installments.
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One of the main reasons Capcom is so reluctant. Not a single RE game managed to perform to expectations. That's something major right there.

Anyhoo, Revolution is going to be revealed sometime this year. Capcom is, as I said, done with Gamecube. Even if RE4 performs well, which I actually believe it will, Capcom will not invest much more into a dying system.
 
Shard said:
Obviously you didn't even bother to click on the link Ami
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Nothing GCA says is going to be objective so the link has about as much value as a pile of steaming dog shit.

But, I'll say it once again, Capcom is done with Gamecube. It is a dying system. After Killer7, they will devote no more serious development time for that system. That'll be when the brunt of Capcom stuff stops for Gamecube. Why would they sink a significant amount of development time with a system that'll be completely pointless by 2006 and which has failed to produce even a single game which Capcom could call a moderate success (RE0/REmake aside - but even those did not perform to expectations)?
 
Amir0x said:
One of the main reasons Capcom is so reluctant. Not a single RE game managed to perform to expectations. That's something major right there.
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While this may be true, I think it's worth noting that REmake and RE0 did perform solidly (IIRC, each sold at least 400,000 in the U.S. alone). Capcom also has a history of making unrealistically high sales projections.
 
human5892 said:
While this may be true, I think it's worth noting that REmake and RE0 did perform solidly (IIRC, each sold at least 400,000 in the U.S. alone). Capcom also has a history of making unrealistically high sales projections.
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It's true, but Capcom still has certain expectations which were not met.
 
Amir0x said:
Not a single RE game managed to perform to expectations.
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What was their expectations?


RE0 Japan ~390K USA ~430K
REremake ~270K Japan USA ~470K

Have no figures for europe.


http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~hokora/gcrank.html

Personally I think RE0 did damn good, because it's a worse game than Remake. RE0 is not scary, type c controller removed, giant bug fest, tedious char switching, and no crimson heads etc.
 
Yea, plus I am less inclined to believe that Capcom is done with the Gamecube then an Edios or a Lucasarts since Capcom is Japanese gaming firm and the fact that Capcom and Nintendo still have some close ties with one another.
 
SantaCruZer said:
Personally I think RE0 did damn good, because it's a worse game than Remake. RE0 is not scary, type c controller removed, giant bug fest, and no crimson heads etc.
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I agree. Plus, it had the misfortune of coming out entirely too soon after REmake.
 
Shard said:
Yea, plus I am less inclined to believe that Capcom is done with the Gamecube then an Edios or a Lucasarts since Capcom is Japanese gaming firm and the fact that Capcom and Nintendo still have some close ties with one another.
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I seriously doubt that Capcom will begin development on a new GC title in February, when RE4 sales are in. It's simply getting too late in the GC's lifecycle, and most third-party GC software releases are a risk now anyway.
 
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