Resident Evil 4 Microtransactions for Weapon Upgrade Tickets Surfaces Alongside Mercenaries DLC

Capcom has dished out some Resident Evil 4 microtransactions with the Mercenaries DLC, with the listings now appearing on digital storefronts.

[Knushwood Butt]

Wouldn't surprise me if they sold boxes of ammo for cash.

[just_looken]

Hey make it a ingame vending machine

Just like what happened in real life last ukraine soldiers were using starlink when there subscription ran out. I saw videos were they had to make a account and pay for it like sirus xm radio while in combat. Hey russia do not shoot i am on hold.

So capcom can be like hey you want to stop that zombie hord? then go to that vending machine with your ____ wallet be it steam/psn/microsoft.

Sounds bad but with lootbox getting the boot do to government oversite they need another way to pay for golden parachutes.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10...

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[dmonee]

Dont give then any ideas lol! They’ll patch the game so no ammunition is dropped

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Sigh really? Like mercenaries yes but weapon upgrade tickets sigh

[excaliburps]

Well, at least it's just the tickets, no? I mean, it can be earned in-game, but it's there for those who don't want to connect Spinels. Outfits and these are the safe ones, I gather. There's not much else to milk in terms of MTX since it's a finished game.

[Rude-ro]

“BlBut it’s there for.. commercial reason”

Gaming has digressed vs the money it pulls in.
Heck… if it were not for Sony actually pushing gaming, we would still be playing Pac-Man but with micro transactions.
Stuffing rereleases with micro transactions for a full price is why gaming is beyond stupid outside of Sony

[XbladeTeddy]

WTF are you even saying excaliburps? Teletubbies talk better English and their bellends.

[CrimsonWing69]

You don’t have to buy it. I’ve gotten all weapons and most upgraded to the max just by doing a few playthroughs and that’s including the exclusive upgrade for the weapon.

This is literally nothing to sigh about. If people don’t want to put in the work and just want a gun’s exclusive perk unlocked, Capcom is giving them the option.

Again, you can easily get multiple guns fully upgraded in a single playthrough.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

It's precedent of a tickets needing to exist I want to remember where had to unlock things w no purchasing these tickets. Yes its an option but it's a bad one imo. If people don't wanna put in the work then Don't play the game tbh those ppl no offense just ruin gaming with these tickets so I'm going to keep sighing.

[YodaCracker]

Weapon upgrade tickets already exist in the game. You can trade spinels for them. This doesn’t bother me one bit because it’s a single player game and doesn’t affect the experience of anyone else.

[CrimsonWing69]

@XiNatsuDragnel

It literally has no bearing on your experience. Like I said before you can unlock all the gun upgrades without a single purchase of these tickets.

This is virtually no different than what they did with Devil May Cry 5 and upgrade items. You absolutely will not have a hampered experience with these existing, these literally are for people who don’t have time or want to speed up the process.

I have no idea how this is a “bad option” other than we have a mentality that if a publisher offers microtransactions it’s automatically a bad thing.

People who are pressed for time or don’t want to grind to get an upgrade absolutely deserve to play. Nothing is ruined in RE4 Remake by these existing. I, personally, think having the option is fine.

[wiz7191]

@XiNatsudragnel but in game you only get 2 with a bunch of other weapons you might want to spend them on. It’s gamers like you who ruin gaming , complain about options that have no effect on nobody but the people who decide to buy them. You telling people that not to game if they don’t put in the work , but like @Crimsonwing said not everybody have the time to spend doing the side quest. They just want to get through the story and enjoy the game. Like I also said it more weapons then tickets available in game anyway lol so you grind all you want in the game ..

[XiNatsuDragnel]

@Crimson fair enough but that's problem with gaming these days its too accommodating if someone doesn't have time then hey don't play it simple and @wiz it's gamers like me who want old-fashioned gaming and not this saturation bs yes I agree with options but giving simple accommodate with real money It's not fun it takes Away from the enjoyment of going to side missions and doing these journeys to unlock your weapons. Gaming is a fun experience that we'll journey on not shortcuts.

[GoodGuy09]

Kinda knew this was coming seeing the crappy gacha and how crazy expensive everything is. Capcom may be getting closer bit by bit to their old scummy days if they go further lol.

[jambola]

I swear
Resident evil 4 does bad things to Capcom

[XxINFERNUSxX]

On the PC you can just use a trainer: https://flingtrainer.com/tr... If you want to increase weapon damage, no reload, max money, max spinels etc. No need to buy shit.

[hotnickles]

Not bad imo. If you put in the time for 100% then it’s easily achievable without. The short cut MtX are fine as long as the grind isn’t monotonous and obviously baked towards selling mtx. I will gladly beat re4 multiple times for the unlocks. I can understand why someone wouldn’t want to beat re4 6 times though. Time is money.

[CrimsonWing69]

Exactly!

I think people having a knee jerk reaction to this haven’t played the game. I even emphasized how I have most of the weapons fully upgraded with 6 playthroughs.

I think people see anything microtransaction and it’s immediately something to b*tch about. If you played the game then you know the game isn’t designed to twist your arm to get these.

[hotnickles]

Yup lol. Or they want to do one playthrough and put it on the shelf. Which is also fine but why would you buy upgrades to max out your guns if that’s the case? There’s nothing to bitch about except them existing. But if existing is mandatory from the pub board then this is the best way to go about it imo

The good thing about capcom games are the unlockables. There is good reason to beat it multiple times on harder difficulties. I’m not paying for any mtx lol. Never have never will.

Dont argue with those types of black and white, binary thinkers. It’s a pointless endeavor and will make you dumber.

[HeliosHex]

By now iam sure most of us just shoulder shrug mtx announcements. It's here to stay no point in letting it bother you. At least you have options.

[just_looken]

Na ubisoft has shown they are to the detriment of the game by making said game more grindy or hard to incentivize the end user to buy the fix.

[HeliosHex]

@just_looken. But that's what I saying. This has been going on since the horse armor days. Ubi is not the first or the last to abuse mtx. All these years later and it's evident it's lucrative for these companies. Sure you'll have some that sway from the norm and don't do it. Bit it's too late. They are the few against many. A large portion of gamers have shown they are willing to pay for just about anything. Be it DLC or cosmetics. No single company can be blamed when gamers themselves have fed the machine as if they had no choice. When you read stories about how counter strike has made millions off loot boxes it makes the whole idea of complaining about it a waste of time. It's not going anywhere ever. Might as well just leave it alone and play in the current ecosystem as it's become or not.

[TheColbertinator]

Capcom you two-timing pigs

[isarai]

😒

[Good-Smurf]

There's always a catch with these "Free" DLCs.
Take advantage of it while its still hot right Capcom?
They removed a mode to get initial high review scores knowing full well it will reveal the ugly side of the remake.

[JokerBoy129]

No one has to buy this. It's just there if you want to speed up the grind. Not everyone is a neckbeard with nothing better to do than replay this game a hundred times to unlock everything.

[hiawa23]

Agree. I am for gamers enjoying their games as they wish.

[TheExecutioner]

i love how above kids reacts about microtransactions

[TheEnigma313]

Amazin

[anast]

RE4 turned the RE franchise into RE 5 and 6, now it is turning the RE franchise into a monetization scheme. Aside from the level design breakthrough, this game actually sucks.

[hiawa23]

I am fine with microtransactions as they are in most of the recent RE Capcom games, so no surprise here. If you are not don't buy.

[MADGameR]

The tickets you buy you can sell them for 80,000 Pesetas a pop. I bought all of them and it rounds up to $60 cash that you have to pay for all of the tickets and selling them all to the merchant will get you a whopping 1,800,000+ Pesetas

[hiawa23]

I did the same thing.

[BrockEmSockEm]

I don't see the issue. Mercenaries (the main extra) is FREE. The added paid DLC, you can earn in game, and not for grinding hundreds of hours like EA and Battlefront 2. I'm okay with paid shortcuts, as long as the grind isn't a lifetime.

[dmonee]

All things aside, I like the unlockables of the original Resident evil 4 better. The unlockable weapons of the remake aren’t as easily attainable. Instead straight CP and Pesata’s, some now require you to beat the game on professional mode. That’s not going to be achievable for some RE gamers. If im reading this article correctly, Capcom is now going give you a choice to purchase these weapons and/or upgrades, with real currency? If that’s the case then I now understand why they made some of the unlockable content more difficult to obtain then in previous games. Thats kind of petty to me. What a great game RE4 remake is too. By the time I finish my professional mode playthru, im going to be bored of it and not even want the unlockable weapons anyways.

[CrimsonWing69]

I heard the hand cannon is easily, and I mean easily, accessible by playing Mercenaries and getting an S rank on 3 stages.

[dmonee]

I read that as well. The game on harder difficulties is pretty easy if you get the infinite rocket launcher. You can get it for 1.6mil if you get the 20% off rocket launcher charm. Took me about chapter 14 on my second play through to be able to sell some guns and treasure to obtain it. While still being able to re purchase a hand gun and shotgun. Im not sure if using the launcher will disqualify me getting professional mode unlockables. There are still 2 chapter objectives that render it useless and they both still suck! However!! No matter what difficulty, thise 2 pain in the a$$ missions still play the same.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

hehe, whadda'ya buyin?

[dmonee]

“Gun! Rhymes with fun Stanguh!”

[NapalmSanctuary]

Stuff like this is why Ive been done with capcom for while now