Dead Rising 2 is out later this year and Capcom have released a small teaser for the game on Xbox Live. Usually these small teasers would be called demos, however Capcom have decided to call it a prologue of the main game and are charging 400 Microsoft Points for the privelege. Some might argue that the price is okay because it is separate to the main game but come on, it is likely only separate because Capcom decided to take a knife to the beginning of the game and slice off a section so they could charge extra for it. This is no different to any other game where the developers have excluded things from the main game so they can charge afterwards. It is pure greed and is a slap in the face to the fans who have been eagerly anticipating the sequel to Dead Rising.

It is not all bad though, because the “prologue” (demo) is on Xbox Live Arcade there is a free trial available. So that is a demo of a demo of the real game. Try as they might to gloss it over as a short separate story, this is a demo of the main game and they are charging for it. If this is the way of the future for Xbox Live demos then I want no part of it. 400 points may not seem a lot but it is a slippery slope to more tight arsed practices.