Why is Resident Evil becoming an annual franchise?
being able making the same game over and over is the dream of every aaa publisher
Because gaming is healing.
>>745992187>>745992257It already was>1996RE1>1997RE1 Director's Cut>1998RE2>1999RE3>2000Code: Veronica>2002 RE0 and REmake>2005 (RE4 had dev hell)RE4
If Claire was a neko-chan would the game be called CODE: Purr-onica?
>IPs like castlevania and megaman had 1-2 games per year>people bitch and moan complaining about rehashes.>Publishers decide to space releases and do something else>REEEEE DEAD IP THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT IT.
>>745992187because they dont want to make games that bomb
>>745992187they have run out of mainline games to remake
>>745992187>becomingIt was always intended to be one.>1996Resident Evil>1997Resident Evil 2 (scrapped and delayed)>1998Resident Evil 2>1999Resident Evil 3: Nemesis>2000SurvivorCode: Veronica>2001Survivor 2Gaiden>2002Resident EvilResident Evil Zero>2003Dead Aim>2004Outbreak>2005Resident Evil 4Outbreak 2>2006Deadly Silence>2007The Umbrella Chronicles>2008Resident Evil 5 (was maybe intended to launch here, we know it was significantly altered/reworked in dev)>2009Resident Evil 5>2010The Darkside Chronices>2011Mercenaries 3D>2012RevelationsOperation Raccoon CityResident Evil 6>2013SEVERE RESTRUCTURING BEGINS>2014SEVERE RESTRUCTURING CONTINUES (seriously, ORC2 and RE7 both got delayed/cancelled)>2015Revelations 2>2016Umbrella Corps>2017Resident Evil 7>2018Nothing>2019Resident Evil 2 >2020Resident Evil 3>2021Resident Evil Village>2022Outrage/Revelations 3 (Cancelled due to multiple severe data breaches/NDA breaches, staff shifted to release RE:4 early)>2023Apocalypse (cancelled, team restructured)Resident Evil 4 (released early)>2024Resident Evil 4 (was supposed to release here)>2025Resident Evil HUNK (cancelled due to restructuring following the leaks and breaches)>2026Resident Evil Requiem>2027Resident Evil: VeronicaThere's literally only one year here where we can say for certain absolutely nothing was ever planned to release.
>>745992187RE games came out almost every year since the 90's anon.
>>745992187Because that's the purpose of RE engine you retard. So that once they got comfortable with it they can pump out games quicker. It was better to rip the bandaid off with RE7 instead of waiting 40 years to update a stale engine like bethesda does. And it's paid off
>>745992187outside of RE2 and 4 I never liked this franchise. It's so boring. Story is boring. Gameplay is boring. Characters are boring. I really do not get the appeal.
>>745992187>Why is Capcom milking a profitable IP
>>745992187It always was, the only time it wasn't was with RE4 ---> RE5, I don't remember Capcom releasing something between those two beyond RE4 Wii Edition
>>745996153>It always was, the only time it wasn't was with RE4 ---> RE5, I don't remember Capcom releasing something between those two beyond RE4 Wii EditionThey were working on Dead Rising, DMC4 and RE5 at the same time
>>745996226Well, releasing something RE related between those two, and I already check'd, they also released Umbrella Chronicles. Still, a really long time considering the tiny gap between early and modern releases
>>745995692>we know it was significantly altered/reworked in devQRD?
>>745996432There's an entire article about it on RelyOnHorror.Basically, RE5 was originally a single player title with mechanics related to sunlight and exposure, it would've had Barry and Sheva making appearances as side characters, Jill would still be kidnapped/believed dead if I recall, there would be a merchant, etc.Not majorly different narratively, but enough was changed to make me believe it could've gotten delayed.
Reach for the moon Engine my ass. RE is because it is mainly for yearly Resident Evil games
>>745997121he's literally me
