PC Version of Resident Evil 5 Likely

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An eventual PC version of Capcom's Resident Evil 5 (PS3, 360) is quite likely, going by comments made by producer Jun Takeuchi and the studio's past history. Speaking with Eurogamer, Takeuchi revealed that the survival horror title is being primarily developed on the PC and then ported over to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Capcom previously used a similar setup for the development of Devil May Cry 4, which began life as a PS3 exclusive but was eventually moved to Xbox 360 and PC as well.

"By developing [DMC4] on the PC, it's very easy for us to work with the graphics and the gameplay, and see how the game is going to play," DMC4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi said of the setup last year. "We're still continuing to develop it on the PC, as well as being able to check how it runs on the 360 and the PS3."

While Capcom has yet to confirm a PC release of Resident Evil 5, the company has been making a greater effort to support the PC across the past year with internally developed ports. This is mostly due to its MT Framework technology, which simplifies multiplatform development.
In fact, the only retail Xbox 360 release Capcom has not ported to the PC thus far is Dead Rising, a zombie-killing Xbox 360 exclusive that arrived in 2006.

The following retail title from Capcom, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, hit PC months after the Xbox 360 release, with the PC port Devil May Cry 4 due this summer. Nearly all of Capcom's upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 retail efforts, including Street Fighter IV, Dark Void and Bionic Commando, are slated to hit PC as well.

Resident Evil 5 is expected to hit consoles by March 31, 2009. If a PC version were to be released, it would likely follow the console editions due to the optimization work required to support a number of different hardware configurations.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52982


It seems more than likely to me, keeping in mind that Capcom is a part of the PC gaming alliance. This one should get handled in house too, making this absolutely huge news. This was the game to warrant a 360 purchase, almost makes me sad!
 
While good news i wish it was coming out at the same time, i dont know if it could wait a few months for the PC version.
 
Capcom are really going out of their way to get their stuff onto PC atm.. It's all good :D
 
At the rate Xbox 360 games are coming to PC it's making me lean even more toward selling mine. The only reason I bought it in the first place was the console exclusives.

I do hope this ends up on PC, was looking forward to playing it and am naff at aiming with a pad.
 
I loved Res Evil 4 and thought it was a pretty decent port apart from some control problems, so 5 should be excellent.
 
This is excellent news. Capcom are without a doubt one of the top PC coders when they let their own devs handle the work instead of outsourcing.

Lost Planet & DMC4 contain some of the greatest cinematic cutscenes ever created and the PC versions both look stunning.

Even RE4 (3rd part cheap outsource job) can be made to look much better as there is a thriving mod community for it because its based on a PS2 port it was never going to look next gen anyway. At least it has solid gameplay.
 
Lost Planet was outsourced and an absolute disgrace. Same for RE4. This is why Capcom did DMC4 inhouse, out of sheer flak. They've already retributed themselves with a flawless port so things are looking good for RE5.

I don't understand those who complain about lack of mouse-use in DMC4 though. How could you use a mouse? There's no aiming or camera control or anything.
 
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