Resident Evil 4 Remake is heading to mobile, but it'll cost players £57.99 to play in full.
The game's listing on the App Store has the game available for free but with in-app purchases. Scrolling down, those purchases are listed in full with "Resident Evil 4 (with bonus)" priced at £57.99.
This is more expensive than as currently priced on Steam (£49.99) and PSN (£54.99), but similar to Xbox (£57.98). That's practically unheard of for a mobile game.
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways New Gameplay and Impressions!Watch on YouTubeInformation on the game's listing states: "A limited part of the base game can be played for free. In order to play the full game, an in-app purchase is required."
It's not clear how much of the game will be available for free - my guess would be up to the iconic village battle, which is where the Chainsaw Demo ended.
Other in-app purchases include an "Extra DLC Pack" - presumably the Separate Ways mission - for £15.99, as well as a number of weapon upgrade tickets priced from £2.49 to £7.99.
The game's release date is "coming soon".
The game's listing on the App Store | Image credit: Capcom / EurogamerResident Evil 4 will join Resident Evil Village on mobile devices. That game will release on 30th October and will similarly allow for a free download with in-app purchases - it's ¥4990 in Japan, around £27.
It's also worth noting the price of hardware - an iPhone 15 Pro will cost £999, or £1199 for the Max version. That's practically double the cost of a PS5 or Xbox Series X/S console.
The price announcement also comes in the wake of Capcom president and chief operating officer Haruhiro Tsujimoto recently stating he feels game prices are too low.
"Development costs now are about 100 times more than they were during the Famicom era, but software prices haven't gone up to that extent," he said. "There's also a need to raise wages in order to attract talent. Seeing as wages are rising in the industry as a whole, I think raising unit prices is a healthy business model."
This may have been referring solely to prices in Japan - Tsujimoto is chairman of the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association in Japan - but the inflated price of Resident Evil 4 on mobile compared to other games on the platform is certainly eye-opening.
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