S: Capcom is supporting 3DS with Resident Evil: Revelations and Monster Hunter, and PlayStation Vita with fighting games like Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. As an early supporter of both handhelds, how do you think the two devices will differ in the kinds of opportunities they offer Capcom, over the next three years?
Capcom USA Senior Vice-President, Christian Svensson: It’s still early days so we’re a bit unsure as to where the differentiation between the platforms will happen once their libraries get fleshed out and capabilities are explored more post-launch. In the longer term, it wouldn’t surprise me if audience becomes a differentiating factor due to price points or feature set differences, but that remains to be seen.
Out of the gate, the exciting thing for us about 3DS is 3D. In particular our Resident Evil: Revelations team is making really good use of the 3D functions, but doing so in subtle ways. I think it’s one of the better uses of stereoscopic gaming on any platform, in large part because it doesn’t beat you over the head. It might be just me but I find a lot of 3D stereoscopic implementations somewhat ham-fisted, where the devs try to beat you over the head saying “LOOK IT’S 3D!!!!!!111!1!”.
On the Vita side, it’s been exciting to see how that platform just fits in with our development efforts on current gen systems. There are development synergies there that we haven’t typically been able to take advantage of in the portable space. It’ll also be really interesting to see how we can provide interaction between Vita games and PS3 games.
Svensson also discussed the budget and size of Resident Evil: Revelations...
As far as budgets and expectations, I think it’s fair to say that they’re both lofty. Resident Evil: Revelations is pushing the 3DS hardware harder than any other game on the system (in my biased opinion). The game itself is huge in scope and scale, as big as a full console title, which manifests itself by being the first title on the platform to make use of the 4GB memory card configuration.
Finally, Svensson also gave some hope for Ace Attorney Investigations 2, at least, when it comes to digital platforms.
As for AA Investigations 2, that potential exists but I can’t say definitively that it will happen. Conversations are ongoing internally about how to address the audience that’s clamoring for more AA goodness.
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