After being exhibited at the 2025 Tokyo Video Game Show (TGS), the developers of Capcom's latest survival horror game "Resident Evil 9: Requiem" found that Japanese visitors prefer to use a third-person perspective in booth trials.On the other hand, people who experience the same trial version at the 2025 Cologne Game Exhibition held in Cologne, Germany tend to prefer the first person perspective.

In an interview, Akishi Naka-Xi-Shi, game director of Resident Evil 9: Requiem, speculated that the difference in player perspective preferences may be related to their game history.He pointed out that many Western players grew up with first-person PC shooting games like Doom, while Japanese players' game enlightenment is mostly third-person console role-playing games like Dragon Quest on red and white machines.He believes that "this kind of difference is significant."

Of course, not every Western player loves FPS games, and not every Japanese player likes RPGs.Nakashi Akishi saw that the game environment was changing, and many young Japanese players were accustomed to playing first-person perspective games such as "Minecraft" and "Apex Heroes".He is interested in observing how players' preferences change as they age and would like to see proper analysis on this topic.

In addition to the switchable perspective that affects the level of horror experience, the developers of Resident Evil 9: Requiem are doing everything they can to make the game as easy to get started.It is reported that the TGS 2025 trial version of the game runs smoothly on Nintendo Switch 2, and the return to the setting of Raccoon City will be welcomed by new and old players in the series.

Resident Evil 9: Requiem is scheduled to be released on February 27, 2025, and will be available on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 platforms.