Capcom has announced that they are launching ResidentEvil.net, a free service offering in-game stat tracking and community features. Designed to compliment Resident Evil 6 with stat tracking and community features similar to Battlefield 3‘s Battlelog and Call of Duty‘s Elite service, it will add community challenges and unlockable in-game items and is also planned for smartphones and tablets.
“The impetus for ResidentEvil.Net is that we realized a lot of people purchase games and never complete them,” said Resident Evil 6 director Eiichiro Sasaki. “We were trying to figure out how we could get people to enjoy the game from start to finish.”
“I can’t get into specifics on actual numbers for Resident Evil 5 completion,” he said. “We did research and it was less than we expected, which was surprising to us. Sometimes people get stuck in the game and tend to give up. RE.Net is the solution to that. If we notice that people are stopping at a certain time we can create awards or some motivation to move them beyond that point of the game.”
Source: Polygon
