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Capcom shortening time between game sequels

Capcom has revealed it wants to shorten the development time between sequels to release more games.

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Dark_Overlord5035d ago

"Development teams for major games will now be limited to 100 people, while multiple sequel titles will be developed at the same time."

Just because COD does it, doesn't mean you should follow suit Capcom :/

zeeshan5035d ago

Capcom apparently is taking a dangerous road. Sooner or later, Activision too will realize that annual sequels will actually hurt that IP. I am surprised they haven't learned this lesson seeing how Guitar Hero was totally killed no thanks to this dangerous practice.

Sure COD sells millions but like I said, sooner or later, it WILL backfire.

Cupid_Viper_35034d ago

And here I thought that when you're getting ready to follow up a sequel or prequel for a game, that you'd need some feedback from fans and critics in order to trully know what worked and what didn't work too well.

But what do I know, I'm no Game Developer. But you don't really need to be one in order to realize that this move from Capcom is mainly motivated by profits. And I fear a lot of their franchises will become stale.

I hope I'm wrong though.

badz1495034d ago

They meant milk it till it dry, right? They have so many IPs but decided to milk a few! Let the RE and SF franchise rest for awhile and how about giving other IP like Onimusha another run? NO?

RonaldRaygun5035d ago (Edited 5035d ago )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Games they've released or re-released this generation:

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Lost Planet: Colonies
Lost Planet 2
Lost Planet 3 (soon)
Resident Evil: Director's Cut
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil Code Veronica HD
Resident Evil 4 HD
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil 6 (soon)
Street Fighter 2: Hyper Fighting
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Street Fighter IV
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

What's Capcom's response to this? "We need MORE sequels! Faster!" *cracks whip*

Lucretia5035d ago

and the very welcome dragons dogma sequel!!!!!

jetlian5034d ago (Edited 5034d ago )

dead rising and MVSC3 but thats not that many considering this gen is 7-8 years long

gumgum995034d ago

lol, indeed. This reminds me of that tv tropes page they have on street fighter sequels.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/...

fanboygamer5034d ago

OK. most of the games in that list is a re-release for newer generations to play these classics.

Super Street Fighter II HD remix was online and fully redrawn by Udon comics who handle the american comics. It had the community join in by keeping upto date with development and was a game made for fans. Well ended up a flop and was criticised by many but thats not the point.

Sequels are a good thing for the series, it keeps the games story flowing. Hate waiting for a game for few years and then when it gets released I end up completing the campaign in a few hours.

They didn't say that were never going to make new IP's. All they said was limit each project to 100 people. 100 people team is big enough as it is. Capcom are also not afraid of handing their IP's to other developers, which will mean more Capcom games will come out. Furthermore, they are planning to recruit more employees.

now they just need to stop with the stupid DLC edition that isn't DLC but fucks up original game buyers like what RE5 and SFIV did.

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Sevir5035d ago (Edited 5035d ago )

Remember Me sequel in 2015... Lol capcom is crackin that whip.

TheMasterShake5035d ago

RE yes. Dmc & Remember Me i'm not so sure. those games need to sell well or they wont get sequels. Re is always gonna sell well

AngelicIceDiamond5035d ago

So instead we're just gonna patch our games at launch, and withhold content that was part of the game in the first place.

Sevir5035d ago

Midway though production of the prequel... O_o COD effect.

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Metacritic's 2026 Game Publisher Rankings

Jason Dietz: "We reveal the past year's best and worst video game publishers (based on their 2025 releases) in the 16th edition of our annual Game Publisher Rankings."

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Christopher85d ago

Take note, Sony, you're falling behind by a lot.

-Foxtrot85d ago (Edited 85d ago )

I was just going to say this, their biggest and top rated game here is TLOU2 for PC….it’s embarrassing.

Even Ubisoft and EA are ahead

Kind of surprised Nintendo is pretty low aswell, their biggest game is also a rerelease with the Switch 2 version of TotK.

StoneColdCrazy85d ago

That’s what happens when you start shutting down your own studios and forget what actually made you matter in the industry in the first place. Sony used to set the standard — now it feels like they’ve lost that identity. And if they decide to walk away from the PC market too, that’s going to be another huge mistake — that platform is only growing, and ignoring it now would just put them even further behind.

1Victor85d ago

@christopher:” Take note, Sony, you're falling behind by a lot.”
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Why single out Sony? Microsoft didn’t do any better than the year before 5th same as Sony 9th and they have acquired activision and other mayor titles that have boosted their score massively from a 9th and Sony a 4th the year before the acquisitions.
Sony does need to do better without a doubt and I do hope they do take note but not the note of buying publishers is the way to succeed.

Christopher85d ago

1. Microsoft didn't get worse.
2. Sony got way worse.
3. Because Sony needs the criticism the most considering their publishing output this generation has been propped up by last gen ports and third-party developers for the most part.

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thesoftware73085d ago

1Victor,

I don't wanna speak for Christopher, but like most of us we recognize that Sony's output this Gen has been way below their own standards.

Also Sony did buy a fair amount of Devs, I know you will say they were not publishers, and don't compare in size, but they had their fair share of Aquisitions, including the very well established Bungie.

The overall point is with their stellar first party track record of the past, they should not be going down, they are singled out because they are some of the best videogame devs/publisher on the planet...no matter what reasons we attribute to the situation, they are moving in the wrong direction... period.

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KyRo84d ago

Its widely accept that Sony this generation has been underwhelming. We've had more peripheral releases, controller variants, PS5 accessories than games it feels like. The exclusives were also PS4 and what little output they have put exclusively on PS5 is nowhere near as memorable as what came in every generation before that.

This isn't a Sony hate post but anyone who's older and has been around for a long time gaming will agree that PS5 is by far Sony's worst generation. As much as Xbox is in the gutter, I pray the do bounce back in the hope we get Sony to wake up again.

darthv7284d ago (Edited 84d ago )

If you want to critique MS... you are doing so towards their management. The games output and their hardware have been much better than PS this gen. Sadly... people still hold a grudge against XB because of MS. Thankfully i am not that petty... I've been enjoying their games output in the drought of PS. And add in some NS1/2 games as well to balance things out. Things will change for me once Wolverine hits, and I start using my 5 more. That one I'm looking forward to. And the Marvel fighter... I'm not a GTA player so that has no bearing on my view of things.

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Profchaos85d ago

Big part of that has been the live service push resulting in cancellation or flop after flop but when they put out the games their fans want we get amazing stuff like astro bot

Leadership really screwed the pooch trend chasing

1Victor85d ago (Edited 85d ago )

https://www.metacritic.com/...

https://www.metacritic.com/...
Well I apologize I was wrong about not doing worse but my statement of Microsoft getting a boost still stand 🤷🏿

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1Victor85d ago

Well OBSCURED unlike you I’m honorable enough to recognize when I’m wrong and apologize.
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@ The software you know there’s no comparison between what Microsoft acquired and what Sony acquired that’s why you tried to get ahead of the conversation, yes we all know Sony can do better than what they have done this gen but they inhaled the poison GAS they thought would bring money for years but we make sure they got the message and quite a few games got cancelled you know as well a hit like that take years to be corrected and by now they hopefully will have taken steps away from the GAS and slowed their approach to them.

bsingle4085d ago

You will say anything when you are in denial that your hardware is dead and nobody wants your platform. Good luck with Helix because nobody will buy it.

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SimulationDaily85d ago

But... but... the garbage-mongers always tell us that Square Enix is in trouble! 😂

Christopher85d ago

Square doesn't help that it fear mongers itself with ridiculous 'goals' that they can't reach and then they proclaim failure if they don't reach it. They're quite freaking profitable and people act like they're dying.

SimulationDaily85d ago (Edited 85d ago )

Keep in mind that these "proclamations" are usually third-hand bad translations from somedude who was at the investor conference, posted on Twitter, and picked up by press and youtubers like they were gold, and then when the official translation comes out, they're much softer statements, but at that point, the damage is done.

gold_drake85d ago

to be very fair

being number one on these things does not indicate how "well" their games do selling wise.

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Capcom Insists It Won't Use AI-Generated Assets in Its Games, Will Harness Tech during Development

Capcom has clarified its current stance on generative AI in its videogames. The major Japanese publisher and developer behind popular series like Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter has revealed that while it doesn't use gen-AI assets in their games, it is exploring ways to use generative AI to streamline the game development process.

Chocoburger85d ago

Using Artificial Intelligence (more like Realistic Stupidity) art assets in your games is a great way to get people to boycott your product. We don't need that ugly, unsophisticated, generic, fake art in our games, good on CAPCOM for not using that garbage.

blacktiger85d ago

Naw you can't fool us, You work with Nvidia, that's a fact! And here you wanted to advertise but now look stupid!