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How Capcom Avoided an Early Collapse This Console Generation

The current console generation hasn't been kind to Capcom. But a handful of recent gambles and a runaway financial success put the publisher in the strongest position it's enjoyed in a decade.

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Hardiman2858d ago

Good read and again just reiterates that quality games is where it's at! Not fads, gimmicks or propaganda just quality games!

TheCommentator2857d ago

I wish Konami would have realized this. While I was never a big fan of Capcom or Konami games personally, Konami was a great publisher that should never have ended up in the position they are now and their fans deserved better.

Hardiman2857d ago (Edited 2857d ago )

Absolutely 100%! At one point in time Konami were up there with some of these best but at this point they are a shell of their former selves and that's being generous!

I loved the Castlevania series, Contra, Super C and Super Contra back in the day! Metal Gear Solid for the PSX blew me away and to this day the battle with Psycho Mantis is near and dear to me! MGS 1-4 were awesome same with the original Silent Hill trilogy. I even enjoyed the Room.

I also loved Capcom games for the NES like the Disney titles, Ghost and Goblins, the Mega Man series, Little Nemo and later the RE series, the Onimishu series and The Dino Crisis! I'm just glad Capcom is putting fourth an effort and keep to this model. A Dino Crisis reboot would be very welcome! Especially with today's tech they could craft something very special using the RE7 engine.

TheCommentator2857d ago

@ Hardiman

Thanks for taking me down memory lane! Castlevania on NES/Super, Mega Man, and stuff like Duck Tales were all a lot of fun. When the companies stopped making side-scrollers is about when I lost interest, but RE was the one notable exception.

I guess I shouldn't have said never a big fan... I just haven't been for many years. Western devs took over for me around the N64 days and I never looked back!

PhoenixUp2858d ago

No matter how Capcom is doing now, I can’t forgive how mishandled Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite was

Hardiman2857d ago

They should've waited until Marvel got the Fox characters back because the roster was pretty slim. Also the character models were horrible! I wished they would come up with an art style similar to the original games.

Movefasta19932857d ago

I still can't get over lost planet 3.

PhoenixUp2857d ago

They should’ve spent time period developing the game into the best it could be.

Capcom regained the Marvel license in 2008 and spent 3 years developing MvC3. Capcom later regained the Marvel license in 2016 and spent 1 year developing MvC:I. The quality disparity is blatant to see as well as the budget allotted to each game.

There was no guarantee when development started that Fox would be bought by Disney and that shouldn’t have ever been a factor. Fighting series depend on their roster and cutting a bunch of longtime fan favorites is a bad idea. Capcom should’ve known this from the initial Street Fighter III and how rival Soul Calibur V was received.

And the new art direction is atrocious. Take any render or character portrait from the previous games and you always recognize it as being from Marvel vs Capcom. Doing so for this game makes audiences think it almost resembles how Marvel characters look in those mobile games.

This latest game felt almost ashamed of its legacy and fans reacted appropriately. I never thought I’d see the day where a Marvel vs Capcom game didn’t show its face at EVO and Marvel and Capcom only have themselves to blame for tarnishing this franchise’s great legacy cuz they wanted to MCU-ify it at the expense of its own storied identity.

Sirk7x2854d ago

I honestly think it was slapped together merely for the purpose of companies holding on to licensing.

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MasterCornholio2857d ago

RE7 was a pretty good move in my opinion. It's not a traditional RE game but it's much better than those dude bro RE ones. I'm really looking forward to RE2 remake.

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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_Sakai2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

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

dveio2d 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.

Jingsing2d 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.

Tanktopmaster922d ago

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

S2Killinit2d ago

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

Jingsing2d 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.

Tanktopmaster921d 22h 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

Tanktopmaster921d 22h ago

Let me be clear. This is sarcasm

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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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Lionsguard5d ago

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

jznrpg5d ago

But all of the great games have been made by humans

jwillj2k45d ago

One is by choice, the other is a feature.

PRIMORDUS5d 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.

CrimsonWing694d 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.