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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."
Making a PC port is something else you could do. Of course, I'm thinking that where the article says "Dead Rising Fans", it really means "Dead Rising Players" because I doubt many of the people we're talking about are "fans" in the sense of "I'm willing to dedicate weeks of my life to making this game more playable". Guess we'll need to wait 10 years before the real "fans" of this game show us what they're willing to do to make it so others can enjoy the game.. and that's likely to render this particular issue the most easiest to fix (lots of luck finding a compatible display for an XBOX 360 in 10 years time).
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