While Capcom acknowledges that the text in Dead Rising is too small for non-HD televisions, they do not intend to issue a patch for the game.
Despite complaints from gamers lacking high definition televisions, Capcom has told 1Up that they do not plan to issue a patch for the Xbox 360 game. “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 a representative from the company.
Gamers with standard televisions appear to be out of luck as the small text is not augmented by voice acting of any kind. “I find myself leaping up from the couch and pressing my nose against the glass to try to read the text displayed in Dead Rising,” said Russ Pitts, assosiate editor for the Escapist. “And I still can’t read most of it. I have no idea what I’m missing, but I’m sure it’s important.”
Another popular Xbox 360 title, Saints Row, already has a patch in the works to fix a number of issues.
