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Capcom Explains Why They Aren’t Making New Games For Nintendo Switch – And It’s Pretty Weak

Capcom is a company that knows how to support its franchises, and, over time, game systems. However, it’s only provided a minimal amount of support for the Nintendo Switch thus far, with only Ultra Street Fighter II standing out as its main highlight, although ports of Resident Evil Revelations are on the way, too. Other games, like Monster Hunter XX, have come out in Japan, but when it comes to U.S. support, gamers are not really seeing much.

But now it appears that there is a reason, at last, that Capcom hasn’t released that many games for the Switch, let alone any new titles.

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wonderfulmonkeyman3135d ago

Capcom, either do something new and amazing with Mega Man, or sell some joint ownership of him to Nintendo so that THEY can start making some new Mega Man games.
Fans are tired of waiting.

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The 10th Rider3134d ago (Edited 3134d ago )

I'd settle for pretty much anything Mega Man at this point. A sequel or reboot of the main series, Mega Man X, Legends, ZX, Zero, or Battle Network would have my attention in a heartbeat.

It's absolutely bonkers that they're barely even touching one of their biggest series.

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Bleucrunch3134d ago

why are folks disagreeing with you? You are absolutely correct.

wonderfulmonkeyman3134d ago (Edited 3134d ago )

This is a very Sony-centric site; any mention of third parties doing any big exclusive collaborations with either Nintendo or Microsoft is going to guarantee an avalanche of downvotes here.
I've learned to ignore that for the most part. There's one particular troll here, at least, that has been going around downvoting everything I post anyways, regardless of whether what I say is neutral or offensive, so I knock a downvote off of every post I make as a rule, these days.XD

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godashram3135d ago

I could imaging being told to "focus on ports" to get games out asap, but doesn't mean "only make ports the 1st year."

Not to mention that ports could entail new/recent titles as well. Not just new IPs or entries or exclusives.

This sounds more like Capcom pushing out an excuse, but I also have some questions... What qualifies as a "spokesperson"? Capcom US PR? UK PR? Japan PR? Or customer support, which should NEVER be used as an official source...

darthv723135d ago

If capcom is into doing ports for the switch then they could do the lost planet trilogy as well as devil may cry trilogy as well.

Lexreborn23135d ago

That actually would be a pretty cool idea

MASTER_RAIDEN3135d ago

Capcoms only development strategy is to do as little work as possible while trying to maximize profit. Theyre just out of touch as a company and still believe people will buy games based on hype and name recognition.

gangsta_red3135d ago

I agree with this somewhat. It seems they aren't putting the same amount of effort as they used to last gen and definitely the gens before.

generic-user-name3135d ago

Disagree, at least with Resident Evil and their work with VR. They are leading the way in that area.

MASTER_RAIDEN3134d ago

Resident evil 7 was excellent. but the majority their efforts with the series over the last 5-7 years has been nothing but lazy action games. I think that had people not responded so positively to the defunct silent hill, re7 would have been a very different game.
Regardless, my comment applies more to their SF and MVC games. Solid mechanics with weak rosters and an endless amount of additional buys along the way.

CorndogBurglar3134d ago

I agree with almost everything you said. I don't necessarily agree that RE 5 & 6 were them being lazy though.

While those games were big disappointments, they were actually well made action games. It was just a really strange direction to go with a horror based series. In fact, with all the action and explosions I would go so far as to say that those games were probably just as difficult to make, if not more so. Most horror games, especially RE games, are more slow paced and probably a little easier to make.

Creatively? Yeah, it was a weird way to go. But after RE4 did so well I can almost see why they made that decision. It seemed like that was the way people were wanting the series to go.

In the end, it was just a bad decision for the direction of the series. I don't think I can call it lazy though.

generic-user-name3135d ago

Because they are their own company and can do what they want? I mean, no platform is entitled to any game from any studio, at least not 3rd party ones like Capcom, so chill.

Featuring_Dante3134d ago

Well if they don't develop for nintendo (Like 90% of the industry) then they're awful. Market research doesn't apply to nintendo products.

michellelynn09763134d ago

Yes, but it is dumb to not want to jump on board the Switch train. Capcom is being very stupid.

generic-user-name3134d ago

3rd party titles have traditionally done poorly on Nintendo home consoles, they have the numbers, the research and the analysts..they know what they are doing. It would be stupid to jump on a train before you know it's the right train for you.

Capcom are being wise.

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CorndogBurglar3134d ago

Simply because they own the company and can do what they want doesn't mean people shouldn't be upset that they aren't putting any time into the Switch, or making new installments for fan-favorite genres.

Yes. They can do what they want. Everyone knows that. You aren't opening anyone's eyes with that comment. But if a company continuously CHOOSES not to do something that fans want, then what does that say about the company?

generic-user-name3134d ago

"Simply because they own the company and can do what they want doesn't mean people shouldn't be upset that they aren't putting any time into the Switch"

That's exactly what it means. If they don't want to put their games on Switch then they have a good reason for doing so, mainly, they don't see their games selling. Why should they listen to a small vocal minority and lose money releasing these games? That's not a good business decision.

generic-user-name3134d ago

@kikutaro

"explain why a port of street fighter 2 outsold a brand new Marvel vs Capcom game on 3 platforms by a large margin"

Can I get a source on that? From what I can see, MvC was the 6th best selling game in Sep 17 across all platforms in NA alone.

https://www.eventhubs.com/n...

Plus MvC was a full price game while SF2's port was not. Plus MvC got mixed reception whereas SF2 is widely considered a classic. There are many factors to take into account.

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generic-user-name3134d ago

@kikutaro

Here's all the games it sold better than in September, despite only releasing on Sep 19th in a genre that isn't crazy popular.

"6. Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
7. Grand Theft Auto V
8. NHL 18
9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
10. Rainbow Six Siege
11. Mario Kart 8*
12. Metroid: Samus Returns*
13. Pokken Tournament*
14. Overwatch*
15. Ark: Survival Evolved*
16. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
17. NBA Live 18
18. Splatoon 2*
19. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
20. Minecraft"

None of your links provide numbers and only show first week sales, so we don't actually know which sold better. The fact that SFII gets re-released so many times indicates that it was always going to do well because that's how popular it is.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio31d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing31d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9231d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit31d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing31d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9231d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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Guild Wars Publisher CEO Warns AI Can't Replace What Makes Games 'Instinctively Fun'

TNS - NCSoft CEO admitted that AI is rapidly becoming a core part of game development, but he added that it cannot replace what makes games fun.

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Lionsguard35d ago

To be fair, there are also human made games that release and lack any fun at all either.

jznrpg35d ago

But all of the great games have been made by humans

jwillj2k434d ago

One is by choice, the other is a feature.

PRIMORDUS35d ago

Guild Wars 2 been playing for 14yrs, 1st beta. This is just one company I support, Arenanet and NCSoft, even though I torrent, there are a few PC companies I will buy from. "PlayStation’s Horizon MMO spin-off, Horizon Steel Frontiers." I feel this will be good, NCSoft is a good developer/publisher.

CrimsonWing6934d ago

It’s a tool. Use it elevate things and get it done faster. I’m sorry but not every game made by humans is good. If this can help things, then I fully embrace it.