Capcom confirms on-disc DLC will be free

By: Jason McCarthy

  |   October 12th, 2012   |  

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Capcom confirms on-disc DLC will be free

The relation between Capcom and the fans of the Resident Evil franchise have remained cold for quite some time.

The publisher was hoping to change all this with the sixth instalment in the survivor horror third-person shooter, but unfortunately things are not changing for the better.

People who pre-ordered Resident Evil 6 and later downloaded it on their PlayStation 3 console ended up pulling their hair out in frustration on getting an authentication error upon trying to boot the game, courtesy of a day 1 patch.

A temporary fix was suggested by the Capcom to allow the digital purchasers of the game to start enjoying the experience, but if the publisher thought that their troubles were over, they could not have been more wrong.

The company found itself on a bed of thorns once again as the fans discovered on-disc Resident Evil 6 downloadable content (DLC).

The content includes the No Hope difficulty mode and a new co-op partner, both of which are inaccessible to the gamers at the moment.

The discovery of the on-disc DLC enraged the fans and triggered a fresh wave of criticism towards Capcom for charging for the complete game and yet restricting access to some of the content.

The publisher, however, asserted that it had no plans of charging fans anything extra for access to the on-disc content and that the only reason for keeping it inaccessible was because of the content being incomplete.

A Capcom representative assured that the No Hope difficulty and new co-op partner is free and will become available to the players through a title update soon.

The company has, however, already announced that it will be releasing paid DLC for Resident Evil 6 in the future.

This add-on content, which includes Survivors mode, Predator mode and Siege mode, is not already available on the disc, confirmed the publisher.

The paid DLC will first come out on the Xbox 360 before becoming available for PlayStation 3.

Released on October 2, 2012, Resident Evil 6 has received mixed reviews. Capcom expects to see more units of the latest title in the series to be sold more than any of their previous games.

While the sale figures are remaining impressive so far, the fans do not seem to be too happy with the experience on offer.

Aside from a rocky launch due to an issue with the digital purchase of the PlayStation 3 version of the game and the discovery of the on-disc DLC, the fans do not appear to be too happy with the camera and also get a feeling that the game is suffering from an identity crisis.

Some critics are even referring to Resident Evil 6 as a step for not just the series, but for a third-person shooter.