"At E3, Capcom's Shinji Mikami mentioned in a video message that he is not fired, however his position in the company's hierarchy is descended. In the future he would like to dedicate in game development. At present he is working hard on the development of Resident Evil 4 for GameCube, which will be released in 2004."
So, what's Capcom's beef with Mikami? I have a feeling they're not happy with the less than stellar performance of Devil May Cry 2 and P.N. 03, but that's just my guess. Anybody else have any info on this?
"At E3, Capcom's Shinji Mikami mentioned in a video message that he is not fired, however his position in the company's hierarchy is descended. In the future he would like to dedicate in game development. At present he is working hard on the development of Resident Evil 4 for GameCube, which will be released in 2004."
So, what's Capcom's beef with Mikami? I have a feeling they're not happy with the less than stellar performance of Devil May Cry 2 and P.N. 03, but that's just my guess. Anybody else have any info on this?
But I thought he didn't really have anything to do with DMC2. And most of his games probably didn't sell well since they were on a system with a low installed user base. I like the guy and his games so this is saddening.
Mosquiton
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, posted Thu 22 May 13:02:
quote: But I thought he didn't really have anything to do with DMC2. And most of his games probably didn't sell well since they were on a system with a low installed user base. I like the guy and his games so this is saddening.
He didn't have anything to do with DMC2 other than the indirect connection to the original. I think P.N.03 may have missed initial sales targets... but really, the dev time for that was incredibly short and I don't think the budget was all that huge either. It's fun though, I'm still planning on picking it up when it hits NA.
Anyway, I think it's pretty much BS. A lot of the Studio 4 games (Viewtiful Joe, RE4, Dead Phoenix, Killer 7) hadn't even been released yet. Here's hoping they kick a lot of ass for revenge.
Funny thing is that GameCube sales overall exceeded expectations while PS2 sales didn't meet them... yet Capcom is still lessening the focus on N's console. I'm sure they know what they're doing, being a big company and all, but the demoting and resigning and restructuring is just symbolic crap that goes down with major Japanese companies.
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[this message was edited by Mosquiton on Thu 22 May 13:07]
"At E3, Capcom's Shinji Mikami mentioned in a video message that he is not fired, however his position in the company's hierarchy is descended. In the future he would like to dedicate in game development. At present he is working hard on the development of Resident Evil 4 for GameCube, which will be released in 2004."
So, what's Capcom's beef with Mikami? I have a feeling they're not happy with the less than stellar performance of Devil May Cry 2 and P.N. 03, but that's just my guess. Anybody else have any info on this?
I think it's because he was the main guy at Capcom that wanted to move to the GameCube, but with sales not being so great they decided to punish him for it. At least that's my theory. I mean he did cut down Sony and said that he was glad to move Resident Evil to the GameCube because the PS2 was a bitch to program for and he thought it would be better for him and fans of Capcom and Nintendo alike. I guess he was kinda wrong.
As for DMC2....well I think if he had something to do with it the game would have turned out a lot better than it did. They would have delayed it and changed a few things...added some more voice acting and whatnot.
"At E3, Capcom's Shinji Mikami mentioned in a video message that he is not fired, however his position in the company's hierarchy is descended. In the future he would like to dedicate in game development. At present he is working hard on the development of Resident Evil 4 for GameCube, which will be released in 2004."
So, what's Capcom's beef with Mikami? I have a feeling they're not happy with the less than stellar performance of Devil May Cry 2 and P.N. 03, but that's just my guess. Anybody else have any info on this?
I think all it means is he was demoted from producer to director. Which means he will work closely on one project at a time, as opposed to overseeing multiple projects like he was doing for the GC titles.
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"At E3, Capcom's Shinji Mikami mentioned in a video message that he is not fired, however his position in the company's hierarchy is descended. In the future he would like to dedicate in game development. At present he is working hard on the development of Resident Evil 4 for GameCube, which will be released in 2004."
So, what's Capcom's beef with Mikami? I have a feeling they're not happy with the less than stellar performance of Devil May Cry 2 and P.N. 03, but that's just my guess. Anybody else have any info on this?
I think all it means is he was demoted from producer to director. Which means he will work closely on one project at a time, as opposed to overseeing multiple projects like he was doing for the GC titles.
I would think it also has to do with his dislike of the ps2 hardware too.
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