Confirmed: There won't be a steam pre-load

[Michael]

A person working at Capcom confirmed just now. (https://twitter.com/ImKatastrophe/status/1389995805336014857)

Obviously very disappointing.

[Caffeinated]

+1
Sad

[(Delicious) Gamer real McBaggin]

What is their problem?

[Canteu]

[Caffeinated]

Originally posted by Super Dope Ultra PogChamp Gamer!:

What is their problem?

My theory is that because of datamining and the fact that we broke all the rules regarding the demo (reseting/freezing the timer, speeding the launch countdown of the demo), was enough to piss capcom off. But that's just a theory.

[Michael]

Originally posted by Super Dope Ultra PogChamp Gamer!:

What is their problem?

They probably fear that with pre-load, pirates will get the game files and crack it, and therefore release the game for free earlier than release day.

Which will most likely wouldn't happen anyway, RE8 is protected with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Denuvo.

[Magos Flibble]

That's a shame.

[brimstone]

oh well, my speed is fast anyway

[youtube.com/@reimlaivs]

"We're now hours away from the launch of Resident Evil Village. Don't miss your chance to pre-purchase and obtain the following content to heighten your survival horror experience."
It seems like preload prepare

[brimstone]

hours away from launch? it's three days to launch

[Denoloco]

Disappointing, that's like 4h of download on my laughable 20Mbit but well. at least it's not a 70GB game.

[🍃🪻🪷Sylvie🩵🍸🍵]

That is ridiculously lame! Console versions get preload while PC version won't get preload... 🤦‍♀️

[Michael]

Originally posted by moon:

oh well, my speed is fast anyway

The reason why most people want a pre-load is because a lot of people have terrible internet connections, especially people who might live in rural areas. I remember a guy saying how it took him half a day to download the demo, which was only 8GBs. Without a pre-load, these people will most likely play the game 1-2 days later.

[BOT Pibe Caverna]

Originally posted by L²:RP Michael:

Originally posted by Super Dope Ultra PogChamp Gamer!:

What is their problem?

They probably fear that with pre-load, pirates will get the game files and crack it, and therefore release the game for free earlier than release day.

Which will most likely wouldn't happen anyway, RE8 is protected with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Denuvo.

yet 7 got cracked pretty fast, maybe they fear that the cheat engine cracking of the demo ends up working with the full game
nevertheless I still think that piracy would not take them so many sales to just to pull out pre download

[[PBS] 🆃🅷🅾🆂🅳🆁🅰🆇]

To bad :/

[ETG]

Starting to think I won't even be able to play this game day of release :c