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| Undead Fred 2041th Post
 
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|  "Re(2):The future of Capcom...?" , posted Tue 25 Jan 13:46
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I'm also surprised to hear that Biohazard 4 didn't sell well...but then again crummy sales shouldn't have been that much of a surprise. I figured even with the eager anticipation and hype of this fantastic game, I imagined that the stupid stupid stupid idea of making the main Biohazard games Gamecube exclusives would continue to bite Capcom in the ass.
Devil May Cry 3 will probably be another awesome game and since its on a system with a much larger user base it will probably sell more than Biohazard 4 could ever hope for.
Either way, I doubt any of this will have a truly lasting effect on Capcom, at least not enough to kill the company.
The fact that they're getting rid of their big-name games is a bad sign, though. It sucks to hear that RE4's not doing well, but as you said, it was an exclusive on a console that has more "kid-friendly" types of games. I hope they don't go under, but if they're not making any more Street Fighter or RE games, I'm not sure I care anymore.
I'm hoping that Playmore or someone else like that will pick them up if they do actually die, though.
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| Iggy 5569th Post
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| "Re(1):The future of Capcom...?" , posted Tue 25 Jan 19:01
VFJ2 isn't very good to begin with (well, it's as good as the first game), it re-uses huge parts of it, and it was released at a dangerous time (mid December). On one hand, I don't think they had huge expectations for it, and on the other I don't think it cost half as much as the first one.
Onimusha didn't sold 3 bazillion copies as they hoped, but it did well enough against Musô 3. I think it's a million seller in Japan, at least ? On the other hand, it was so expensive maybe it wasn't enough (doubt it though).
As for Bio 4... The idea of Bio on GC was rotten to begin with. If the game is good, it'll pick up in Japan at least. In the US, where the GC = kiddies is stronger... hum.
Either way, with 2 more GBA Rockman games coming, that reuse massive amounts of code from the prequels and sell as much as Onimusha 3, they are not going down before long.
NOT BEFORE THEY RELEASE GSDS AT LEAST.
And beside, I'm losing interest in a company I used to love and now failed to release even one game that interest me in a whole year (and should continue to do so until the half of 2005). At least they are not Konami yet.
Another note: The more I think of it, the more I think the company is doing well, but the yakusas who hold it want it to make more money. They may simply not making enough money for their greedy bosses, who want to turn Capcom into an EA like evil company who’s big because it’s big, not because it makes good games.
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