This week's Famitsu Magazine has news that the Xbox 360 demo for RE5 will be dropping in Japan on December 5th. Our team have also revealed that development on RE5 is proceeding faster than predicted and, the release date of RE5 in Japan is moving up one week to March 5, 2009. The demo will be hitting N. America and Europe a bit later.
Capcom’s issued sales estimates for its bigger games, putting expected figures on the likes of Resident Evil 5 and Bionic Commando.
RE5 will sell around 3.2 million copies, apparently, and Street Fighter IV will put in an appearance to the tune of 1.7 million units.
Bionic Commando will sell close to 1.5 million, says the firm, and Dead Rising Wii will hit 500,000.
Capcom's Masachika Kawata has admitted that Resident Evil 5 is heavily influenced by western-style gaming, placing particular emphasis on Bioshock.
"It's a classic game which really utilized the next gen power very well. The world is very strong and very believable, and the whole game was quite inspiring"
On first impressions, Masachika Kawata appears to be a stylish young producer. But the spiky hair, gold medallion hanging around his neck, and laid back demeanor disguise the fact that at Capcom, he's a very important person. Along with director Jun Takeuchi, Kawata is responsible for producing Capcom's most important game of 2009: Resident Evil 5.
Sadly for everyone attending, Resident Evil 5 wasn't able to be played by commoners at Capcom's Captivate 08 event, but we were some of the first on the globe to see a playable version, so we're not complaining.
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