Capcom recently brought the 1999 original version of “Resident Evil 3 (Resident Evil 3)” back to the Steam platform, but it happened to coincide with the Steam Spring Sale. As a result, there was a very magical price inversion: the original version was discounted by 25 yuan (TWD 110 / HKD 27 / MYR 16), which was actually cheaper than the 2020 release of “Resident Evil 3″. 3 (Castle of Evil 3/Resident Evil 3)” The remake is priced at RMB 19.8 (approximately TWD 87 / HKD 21 / MYR 13) after discount, which is still expensive.
Investing a lot of resources into remake, the result is like a slap in the face to the price
The original version is an old game with a more retro graphics and a low-pixel style; the remastered version is a remake with 3A specifications and higher resource investment. According to common sense, it is reasonable that the remastered version should still be more expensive than the original version after discounts, but this time it is the opposite, which makes players feel ridiculous and funny: it seems that the new game is sold cheaper, but the original version is turned into a more valuable collectible.
This kind of inversion currently only appears in the 3rd generation
“Resident Evil 2 (Resident Evil 2/Resident Evil 2)” and “Resident Evil 4 (Resident Evil 4)” in the same series did not show a similar price difference inversion, making players even more suspicious: Is this a simple promotion setting error, or is Capcom playing a kind of humor: using pricing to imply that old-school gameplay and a sense of the times are the real value?
This price difference still exists, players can only continue to laugh and watch
In the Steam community, this kind of pricing quickly became a topic of discussion. Some people regarded it as a disguised recognition of the classic status by Capcom, while others thought it was purely a fight of promotional logic. No matter what the reason is, at least in the short term, it has achieved one thing: making more people notice that the original version is on the shelves, and in turn, the discussion of “Castle of Evil 3” has been heated up again.