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A World Without Capcom

Pretendo: "Capcom isn’t doing to well right now guys. With only 152 million in the bank, that amount of capital isn’t enough to allow Capcom to fund many big releases in the future."

Mario184625d ago

Had they listen to their fan base maybe they would not be scrambling for money

3-4-54624d ago

When you make your decisions based on money and not good ideas, this is what happens.

Yi-Long4624d ago (Edited 4624d ago )

It wasn't based on money: it was based on GREED!

There's a difference.

And Capcom has been stupid trying the short-term nickel-and-dime tactic with the DLC milking, cause gamers have caught on and now REFUSE to buy their games for full price on day one, because they know it will be an incomplete release, and within a year there will be a better, bigger cheaper version released.

Had they built a reputation of value-for-money, instead of greedy nickel-and-diming, gamers WOULD be buying their products on day 1 for full price, knowing any content that gets released afterwards, would be free.

(Not to mention the quality from Capcom also hasn't been great this generation.)

combatcash4624d ago

its what happens when people don't buy your games. Sucks for them, maybe they'll turn things around.

pompombrum4624d ago

Exactly.. I think the long term fans day one buyers of their franchises at this point would feel encouraged at the thought of their IPs being handed over potentially to a developer/publisher who values what the IPs stand for.

For me, they've all but ruined the franchises I care about with the exception of the ones they're not even interested in continuing like Ominusha and Okami. The only game of theirs I will even bother buying that's in the works is Ultra Street Fighter 4 and even then I feel a little bit robbed of another version of an old game not to mention the copy and paste jobs they're doing on a lot of the "new" content being added.

kevnb4624d ago

Listened to what exactly? Forum goers... Please... Their problems go much deeper than that.

Deadpoolio4624d ago

Uh NO....The fanboys come up with worse ideas than Capcom themselves....The fanboys are obviously borderline retarded with their ideas.....

Okami flopped several times yet the 100,000 people who would buy it seem to think it's worth the millions it would cost.

DMC was a damn good game but morons who cry about Dante's look and the fact that you can't rapidly spam like your having a seizure makes it bad somehow in the moron mind....

Mega Man is proven that it isn't a seller anymore, they make 9 and 10 and yet nobody buys it.

Onimusha is over yet people keep going on and on about it no matter how many times the director himself says the story is done......

which covers the general fanboys ideas

Baka-akaB4624d ago (Edited 4624d ago )

Dmc was an average game that couldnt attract neither the usual devil may cry fans or new ones .

How the hell can you blame it on fanboys , they werent even the real target ...

Being in denial while chanting like deadpool , isnt going to change that .

i'll only agree that people place too much stock into old franchises that werent very successful , if at all , like Okami , viewtiful , or outlived it

jc485734624d ago

well, you guys said fans are just the minority, so I guess that just proves that even the casual gamers didn't even care about DmC.

jc485734625d ago

Capcom needs to listen. Simple as that.

admiralvic4624d ago

No, COMPANIES need to listen. This is hardly a problem limited to Capcom and would do others like Square Enix some good.

e-p-ayeaH4624d ago

Square Enix is listening to fans actually

Baka-akaB4624d ago (Edited 4624d ago )

I still put Sega way above in the list of companies that dont listen sh*t . Hell they are the only one that constantly refuse to localize their best games or to do it properly , and as expected are in trouble as well

CocoWolfie4624d ago

if something happens, it might be good if someone else picks up theyre i.p's you never know :p

maniacmayhem4624d ago

I can't even imagine a world without Capcom.

So many bad decisions and over budgeting their games really just killed them.

They lost two of their best producers and it really showed with a lot of their newer games.

I really hope they can pull through and get their act together.

breath of Fire, Mega Man and a GOOD Devil May Cry made by PLATINUM PLEASE!

combatcash4624d ago

They need better games than Mega Man and Devil may cry, those would be nice to "revive" but their audience is very limited.

adorie4624d ago

Comcept says otherwise.

Deadpoolio4624d ago

DMC platinum NO THANK YOU.....Bayonetta, Vanquish sucked and if they had DMC back it would just be a 4hr DMC game that also sucked.....

People need to get off of platinum's nuts the only successful game they've ever made was MGR revengance and that was purely because of the name on the box with an alright game inside it

DoubleM704624d ago

Bayonetta and Vanquish were made by Sega..Just a little FYI.

Baka-akaB4624d ago (Edited 4624d ago )

Lol bayonetta sold the same as DMC , without the appeal of a brand behind it . Hell no it actually sold better , with even a mediocre ps3 port

Get over your misplaced rage already

Activemessiah4624d ago

I'm just hoping any company saves Megaman from that sinking ship... any company (except EA)

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21 Capcom Classics Are Now Free in Your Browser for a Limited Time

All 21 Classic Games are playable for a limited time 🎮

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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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Christopher56d ago

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

-Foxtrot56d ago (Edited 56d 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.

StoneColdCrazy55d 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.

1Victor56d 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.

Christopher56d 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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thesoftware73056d 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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KyRo55d 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.

darthv7255d ago (Edited 55d 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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Profchaos56d 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

1Victor56d ago (Edited 56d 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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1Victor55d 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.

bsingle4055d 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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SimulationDaily56d ago

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

Christopher56d 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.

SimulationDaily56d ago (Edited 56d 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_drake56d 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.

Chocoburger56d 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.

blacktiger56d 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!