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Survival Horror market too small for Resident Evil franchise, says producer
"Especially for the North American market, I think the series needs to head in that [action-oriented] direction. [Resident Evil's primary games] need to be an extension of the changes made in Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5.
RE4 started in that direction, and RE5 kept going in that direction. And I think that especially for the North American market, we need to keeping going in that direction, and take that a step further. And that's exactly one of the reasons that Revelations is the way it is.
Looking at the marketing data [for survival horror games] ... the market is small, compared to the number of units Call of Duty and all those action games sell. A 'survival horror' Resident Evil doesn't seem like it'd be able to sell those kind of numbers." - producer Masachika Kawata
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RE4 started in that direction, and RE5 kept going in that direction. And I think that especially for the North American market, we need to keeping going in that direction, and take that a step further. And that's exactly one of the reasons that Revelations is the way it is.
Looking at the marketing data [for survival horror games] ... the market is small, compared to the number of units Call of Duty and all those action games sell. A 'survival horror' Resident Evil doesn't seem like it'd be able to sell those kind of numbers." - producer Masachika Kawata