Tue, Jul 27, 2010 | 08:55 BST

Don’t own the Gold edition of Resident Evil 5? Then no Move for you

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It’s a scene out of your worst nightmares: Your grip rests secure on a shiny new PlayStation Move controller, and you’ve dusted off your faithful old copy of Resident Evil 5 to welcome your new piece of hardware to the family. But then, tragedy strikes. You flail your arms like someone engaged in a particularly vicious slap-fight, but Chris Redfield doesn’t budge an inch as he’s torn limb-from-limb.

Why, Chris? Why won’t you move? Have those giant tree-trunk arms of yours finally taken up root? Fortunately, no. Unfortunately, you may need to go grab a new copy of Resident Evil 5.

“If you already own a copy of Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition for your PS3, you’ll be able to download a free patch close to the launch of the PlayStation Move (September 19th in North America) to enable the new motion-control scheme. This will only work with RE5 copies labeled ‘Gold Edition’ — the original version of RE5 won’t be receiving the patch, for technical reasons,” social media specialist Sid Shuman wrote on the PS Blog.

After all, it’s like they say: the best things in life are free. Except when they’re not. Which is most of the time.

31 comment-trail-alt Posted in: Action, Adventure, Capcom, Horror, PS3, PlayStation Move
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31 comments

#1

Gekidami
27/07/10, 8:57 am

“For technical reasons”? Bullshit, they just hope people who bought the original game will buy the Gold Edition.

#2

AHA-Lambda
27/07/10, 8:58 am

wait? how does that work? what technical issues? they’re the same game!

#3

Blerk
27/07/10, 8:58 am

Wasn’t the Gold edition quite limited in the UK? I seem to recall that only GAME were selling it, or something.

Unless they’re rereleasing it?

#4

Blerk
27/07/10, 9:06 am

“Technically” they want you to buy it again.

#5

Joe Anderson
27/07/10, 9:06 am

This is pathetic, if they think I’m going out and buying the gold edition when I already own the original they can whistle. Serious bad move Capcom, I’m sure you could offer a patch at a small cost even?

#6

AHA-Lambda
27/07/10, 9:08 am

@3 – it was. I got it on release and had to ask the guy at gamestation to get it from the back =/

#7

Joe Anderson
27/07/10, 9:09 am

Yeah game doesn’t even have it in stock.

#8

Dannybuoy
27/07/10, 9:27 am

Remember people, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

#9

Blerk
27/07/10, 9:29 am

Unless you steal it.

#10

mington
27/07/10, 9:35 am

or eat out of trash cans

#11

kasasensei
27/07/10, 9:36 am

Fck you capcom, deeper, harder, stronger. I hate you.

#12

mington
27/07/10, 9:38 am

That could be a daft punk remix

#13

Crysis
27/07/10, 9:57 am

It’s Capcoms choice.. right?

#14

smokeybeef
27/07/10, 10:24 am

Some rumours are suggesting a platinum of Resident Evil 5 Gold is coming soon, dunno how true that is.

#15

smokeybeef
27/07/10, 10:25 am

Shopto.net has RE5 Gold on pre-order for £15 possibly the platinum edition?

http://www.shopto.net/PS3/VIDEO%20GAMES/PS3RE16-Resident%20Evil%205%20Gold%20Edition%20Move.html

#17

mojo
27/07/10, 11:05 am

i hope these guys get stuck in teh ventilation and die by the smell of their rotten flesh.

Fucking tossers!

Hear it u stupid cunts, its going to snow in hell before i am going to buy ur bullshit a second time!

#18

mington
27/07/10, 11:06 am

and that is what they call nerd rage ;)

#19

mojo
27/07/10, 11:10 am

why rage?
im absolute calm.

#20

GwynbleiddiuM
27/07/10, 1:34 pm

if I had to buy a new MGS4 I would do it, if I had to buy a lets say new uncharted 2 i would do it, and even god forbid if I had to buy a new SOCOM Confrontation for the move playability, I would have done it. BUT, and it’s a giant BUT, I would never purchase another Resident Evil game in my life unless the decide to change everything in it. They literally destroyed a concept which was known as Survival Horror game, and became something totally different.

No I loved resident Evil series once, now every time I hear a RE game coming out I just have a “face palm” and move to another subject…

PS: خاک بر سرتون ریدین به رزیدنت اویل رفت …

#21

Dr.Freeman
27/07/10, 2:05 pm

they didnt say that the gold edition was made to fix some “TECHNICAL PROBLEMS” it was only like a GOTY edition,n after all it’s the same engine so these technical problems can be easily fixed by a patch or some sort of.

#22

OlderGamer
27/07/10, 2:19 pm

Wow, that sucks.

#23

ianbenoir
27/07/10, 5:38 pm

I’ll tell you what.
CAPCOM IS THE JAPANESE ACTIVISION!!!!

#24

DaMan
27/07/10, 6:04 pm

wtf does that thing at the end of GwynbleiddiuM’s comment mean?

#25

Gekidami
27/07/10, 6:06 pm

It says “UR GHEY”.

#26

DaMan
27/07/10, 6:10 pm

=o

#27

AsILayDying
27/07/10, 7:06 pm

Well its always been known that Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, would recieve a free patch to add move support. So if you can’t read between the lines (gold edition will get Move support via a online patch, hmmm maby i should get rid of my standard edition and get the soon to be Move compatable Gold edition) your a muppet

#28

Dr.Ghettoblaster
27/07/10, 8:28 pm

I still say this is a slap in the face to all the fans/supporters who bought the originally released version before Gold Edition was in existence.

Why should WE have to update Capcom?

#29

xino
27/07/10, 9:45 pm

i agree with this, what about people who had the xbox version?

#30

Gekidami
27/07/10, 10:13 pm

What about them? Move isnt on 360…

#31

Dr.Ghettoblaster
28/07/10, 9:50 pm

Bullshit. Capcom is fucking us all once again.

RE5 was originally released March 2009.

Little Big Planet was originally released 5 MONTHS EARLIER in November 2008.

LBP is getting MOVE support. Capcom claims RE5 cannot.

Fuck you Capcom – I won’t be upgrading.

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