1,990 yen
Capcom is playing a weird game when it comes to Switch re-releases. Everyone was rightfully up in arms whenResident Evil 0, 1,and4arrived with a whopping $30 price tag foreach: the same amount you can basically buy all three entries for on every other platform. To add insult to injury there’s no physical media “Switch tax” as they arrived in digital-only format. But they might be pivoting based on a Japanese eShop listing for theDevil May Cryre-release.
The officialDevil May CrySwitch page is up on the Japanese eShop and we can glean a few bits of information from it. It’s 9.2GB, it’s arriving on June 27 in that region, and it’s priced at 1,990 yen, which is roughly $20 US. For reference, theResident Evil RemasterJapan listings are 3,300 yen (about $30). That could be a hint of the aforementioned pivot going forward, but who knows if Capcom is just testing the waters.Resident Evil 5and6are coming this fall on Switch and the publisherhas not revealed pricing details. $20 is still too damn high when the entireHD Collection, in physical form, can be purchased for the same price elsewhere.
Yep: in another odd move Capcom is not releasing the existingDevil May Cry HD Collection(trilogy), which you may pick up for less than the cost of that one Switch release on some platforms. They’re still tight-lipped about whether or notDevil May Cry 2or3will be gracing the Switch at all in fact: wouldn’t it be hilarious if they skipped2? It’s amazing thatthey still acknowledge it officiallyand keep it part of the timeline instead of retconning it.
