how do you see the resident evil series in the near future?

ok,so here is the deal,how do you see the resident evil series in lets say 20 years frown now on?
what do you think its gona happen to the franchise,to make it to resident evil 10,or capcom ffinaly decides to end the series and finally make one last big game,and meanwhile what do you think its gona happen,to the characters and the story?
i mean the series have to end at some point,so do you think that the virus will be exterminated or it will spread and control the world?

i think the series will last at least 10 years,with some main titles,spin offs,after a while i think capcom(or waybe another game production,if it changes down the road) when the game stops being wordy to produce because of the lack of income,they will make one final last EPIC game with all the closures that whe want

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I think RE has got at least 2 big sequels before ending the franchise entirely, and thats a conservative estimate. As long as there is money to be made, RE will exist. Like you say, if the dough stops rolling in, maybe theyll make another game with classic camera, or a different story and gameplay, and if that one flops, RE will cease to exist.

00biohazard wrote:

I think RE has got at least 2 big sequels before ending the franchise entirely, and thats a conservative estimate. As long as there is money to be made, RE will exist. Like you say, if the dough stops rolling in, maybe theyll make another game with classic camera, or a different story and gameplay, and if that one flops, RE will cease to exist.

i hope chris retires,and opens a gym,together with his wife jill

A vegetable.

I jk.

Hmmmm. Something about Alex Wesker. I bet. And more Sherry.

Methsia wrote:

A vegetable.

I jk.

Hmmmm. Something about Alex Wesker. I bet. And more Sherry.

a vegetable?

wtf man

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i hope chris retires,and opens a gym,together with his wife jill

Opens a gym?

Wtf man?

It will have to end sometime. We dont really want to see it go on to Resident Evil 12 or 13 etc. As much as I love this franchise, I think it should have maybe two more big sequels after RE6. Saying that Capcom are money grabbing cunts, and will rip the shit out of the franchise as long as they get there money.

I also think its time they killed of a big character, a protagnist such as Chris or Leon as they are getting old and have appeared in there fair share of games already.

I see the RE series as we know it either forming completely into Call of Duty: Resident Warfare or being killed entirely. I don't think we'll see Capcom returning RE to it's roots or doing anything innovative with the series. A few years (or decades) after the RE series dies, it might get rebooted, but it will never be the same as it was 10+ years ago.

I don't think the series will be around for another 10 years, and if it does it will be like people are saying above me, it will be like CoD but with RE.

After RE6 it will be rebooted is my guess. People will still complain about how "it's nothing like the old games" but they'll still have great sells. Resident Evil is Capcom's cash cow the only way it'll be gone in 10 years is if Capcom is gone in 10 years. Even then someone would jump on the rights to the series. RE4/RE5 have pretty large fanbases so I really don't see how the new style has negatively effected the series to have it be ruined any time soon. We'll also see spin offs that will either be loved or hated as is the case with Outbreak, Survivor/Dead Aim and what appears to be ORC

保守的な wrote:

I see the RE series as we know it either forming completely into Call of Duty: Resident Warfare or being killed entirely. I don't think we'll see Capcom returning RE to it's roots or doing anything innovative with the series. A few years (or decades) after the RE series dies, it might get rebooted, but it will never be the same as it was 10+ years ago.

RE6 looks pretty innovative.

Resident Evil is Capcom's biggest franchised game of all time. I don't think that they will let it disfranchised or die. I think they'll continue making REmakes. RE 10 years from now? Well, on RE6 The Virus had already spread the entire world. Like Hunnigan said 70% of population has already infected. If Leon said he was going to scrub the virus from the face of the earth. Well, Its a long proccess. Anything can happened. Nothing is permanent.

That's definately true that RE is Capcom's biggest franchise Missy.

I'm indifferent to it's dissolution. As far as I'm concerned, it can go on forever or be done tomorrow.

I'm just anxious for ORC and RE6 for right now.

Spike991 wrote:

That's definately true that RE is Capcom's biggest franchise Missy.

I'm indifferent to it's dissolution. As far as I'm concerned, it can go on forever or be done tomorrow.

I'm just anxious for ORC and RE6 for right now.

Yeah, I feel the same way too. I really got no Idea what was going to happened on RE6 thats why I kinda worry. Though i feel like playing ORC. But now, Im not in the mood.

Resident Evil has already been under the thread of not existing for a couple of times. The original game would have been cancelled but Shinji Mikami insisted on continuing the project. Then, after Zer0 and the low sales of the spinoffs following that, RE4 was supposed to be the last of the franchise unless it did good, which it did and we get to enjoy the fruits of it today. That said, anything can happen. RE still seems to be selling well (RE6 being the most pre-ordered RE to date and the most anticipated game of 2012) so it's safe to say it won't be gone by a long shot. Not unless the sales drop drastically and they will have to resort to a grande finale (like RE4 was supposed to be).

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

Like Hunnigan said 70% of population has already infected.

70% of the population of the town Leon's in. Not of the world.

In 10 years there will be a resident evil collection with all of them in one package

I think Capcom will probably squeeze out 2 more main games max and more spin-offs. I highly doubt that RE will see 9 and over. I think 6 will be last time we'll see Leon and Chris. After that, Capcom will bring in new characters and a story. Seriously, how long can the series last? They're basically milking those utters dry . Within 10-20 years, hopefully RE2/3 will be remade and Outbreak gets revived.

chocotricks wrote:

In 10 years there will be a resident evil collection with all of them in one package

There already is one: [link]

When you have a long running franchise there's always going to be threats of cancelling. Sometimes games try something new and low sales result. In today's world though, nothing ever goes away. Look at TV shows for example. Family Guy, Futurama, etc have all been canceled sometimes more than once but fan support can bring anything back. RE0 didn't suffer poor sales because it was a bad game it suffered poor sales because it was on an unpopular system. Even then it was well recieved and sold over a million coies. Now I know what you're gonna say "RE4 was a GC exclusive". Yes, but shortly after the release Capcom stated a port would be coming to the PS2. The game had so much buzz it was gonna be a huge hit. As for the spin-offs some like Outbreak had great sales and even good reception from critics. Capcom killed the series itself by trying to break the scenarios up into multiple games and selling them at $50.00. Besides some spin-offs that sold poorly I really see now reason why Capcom would ever want to cancel the series. If you have sources Mass can you provide them? I just think it would be an interesting read.

Sure thing.

Here's a link to the one regarding the first game almost being cancelled: [link]
The article has two internal sources under it if you want to delve deeper into the matter.

The thing about RE4 supposed to be the last RE, here's the article where I got that from: [link]
It's at the very end but I'd recommend reading the whole thing (including the diary scans), it was really good.

I didn't provide these in my original post because I knew it'd take time to find the articles again

As long as their are Fans, Producers and Directors. Who supports RE and continue franchising the game and export it worldwide. Capcom will never stop making RE Series and REmakes. You can never imagine the money they got. Its almost a billion and it is higher that. RE is their source of income, I guess.

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

RE is their source of income, I guess.

Still, it's not their only striving franchise. They also have Devil May Cry, Street Fighter, the Versus series, Ace Attorney, Megaman, Dead Rising and Monster Hunter, just to name the most succesful (and still running) ones.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

RE is their source of income, I guess.

Still, it's not their only striving franchise. They also have Devil May Cry, Street Fighter, the Versus series, Ace Attorney, Megaman, Dead Rising and Monster Hunter, just to name the most succesful (and still running) ones.

Let me correct my word, I mean was, it is their biggest source of income. It sure does the games you stated above is one of Capcom's successful games. But still, RE is the highest and most famous of all. No RE, No Money.

As long as Resident Evil merchandise is still selling (unless it's bought used), believe me Capcom will still make money.

Jill Sandwich wrote:

As long as Resident Evil merchandise is still selling (unless it's bought used), believe me Capcom will still make money.

Damn right, Jill. Thats what im talkin about, as long as there collectable items and limited editions. Capcom will just laugh at our ass. Just like I said. No Resident Evil, No Money for Capcom and they won't let it happened. Believe me.