No Patch for Dead Rising Fans

1up is reporting that Capcom has put the kibosh on a patch for Dead Rising, frustrating fans who have complained about the games's almost unreadable text on Standard Definition screens. From the article: "So, the question is, will there ever be a patch? Unfortunately, that's a no. 'Due to the amount of text and the size of the patch necessary to change the text, a patch isn't possible for this issue,' said the company. 'We had asked the team if it was even possible but ... due to the scope of what a patch would need to cover, it wasn't possible.' As it stands, no patch is coming for Dead Rising players -- but maybe they'll change their mind if you yell loud enough."

Comments

No real point in doing it...

[Bones3D_mac]

... when games become obsolete and irrelevent after about 3 months on the market. Aside from that, the text isn't vital to the gameplay itself. You can still finish the game just fine without it.

Now if it were one of those 80+ hour RPGs, it could be an important factor. But thats pretty much a niche market here in the US.

Long story short..

[The Living Fractal]

Fans: This game we bought needs to be fixed!

Publisher: Let me check if we can do that (pretends to be calling some programmer, faint sound of dialtone still audible through whole conversation). Ahh, we're sorry, that simply is not possible at this time. (besides, you already bought it, suckers!! *evil publisher squeal laugh*)

On another note..
Someone explain to me how changing out a font or two constitutes a large patch without there first being some ridiculous method of storing said text in the first place? Like maybe storing every dialog box as a separate JPEG...

TLF

Re:No HD?

[AuMatar]

Why think that? Geeks tend to be tech lovers, but they also tend to be very smart with their money. With the first adaptors being screwed by format changed (HDMI), DRM up the wazoo (broadcast flag), and most of us owning perfectly good TVs already there really isn't a driving reason to move to the new format. Especially since geeks are less likely to watch most TV, and movies aren't truely high def (unless you get a multi-hundred dollar add on, with a format war of its own, rebuy your entire collection in that, and have the right type of connector).