After an unnecessarily long wait, Capcom's Resident Evil 5 demo hit the Xbox Live service in late January. A PlayStation 3 demo follows it with a release on the PlayStation Network this week. Other than differences in controller mapping, many gamers are saying that these demos are exact mirror images of each other. Our keen eyes saw differently.
In the above video, you'll see that we've created a side-by-side comparison of the two demos. While the differences are slight and sometimes hard to notice, we feel that they're worth mention, and that they should definitely be brought to light.
We're hoping to hear back from Capcom on these differences soon.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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I'm digging the art style they went with for the PS3 version so I may have to get that one now, though I was leaning towards 360 before so I could play online with my bro. Thanks for making my decision that much harder...
This comparison is such bullshit. You obviously have the brightness and contrast up waaaaay too high in the Xbox 360 clips. Not a fair comparison AT ALL, Dale North. Fanboys.
No Nick ... the problem is the PS3 version is using a component cable, while the XBOX360 version is using an HDMI cable. That's what is really causing this unfair comparison to be so biased toward the PS3. Such bullshit!
Really? People think PS3 fans would be offended by this? It looks more like a bash against the xbox fools that whine about low rez bullshit. It's going to be awesome on both consoles.
Awesome, loved the audio at the end, made me chuckle. Now if Sheva would stop running ahead and taking gold and ammo before I got to it we'd be all good.
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3:40 PM on 02.03.2009
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Does Dale do serious business, I don't know and I guess I have to wait until I'm off work to find out!
I had to laugh, though. :P
Haha. You guys are on to us!
C'MON! C'MON!
This is why I <3 DToid
It's from the Gameboy version.
I may need to buy a PS3.
Damn you!
/jk