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Capcom: Game Profitability "Drastically Declined"

Capcom didn't do so well in the last quarter. While its sales were relatively stable, everything else rocketed downwards.

TOO PAWNED5779d ago

lp2 was huge disappointment. Their games are not what they used to be

GWAVE5779d ago

Yeah, Capcom is losing their touch.

Game-ur5779d ago

Not surprising since their best developers went to form Platinum studios and relaying on outsourcing for development.

SupaGamer5779d ago

Resident Evil 5 was also a disappointment too. They are doing a great job with fighting games though.

Akagi5779d ago

Sadly, they are milking their fighting games desperately. I also agree that Resident Evil 5 was a colossal disappointment.

Cloudberry5779d ago

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I actually like Devil May Cry 4 & Resident Evil 5 though... : /

Albeit not as great as Devil May Cry 3 & Resident Evil 4.

CAPCOM's gotta have more developers just like Mikami & Kamiya, in my opinion...

princejb1345779d ago

their just making games no one want
like common lp2 super street fighter
and why monster hunter to the wii
should have made it multiplatform for all 3 systems

they messed up resident evil
godforbid they mess up mvc3
lets get a power stone game
or i havent seen a megaman game for a while that hasnt been handheld

Megaton5779d ago

Still have no idea why they even made a Lost Planet 2. Then again, they've also recently green lit Dark Void for a sequel if I remember correctly. They'll make a sequel for anything these days, no matter how bad the original.

SaiyanFury5779d ago

Hey Capcom, how about making games that people want, and not games you THINK people want to play? Speaking for myself, I've been frothing at the mouth for a new Breath of Fire game. Hasn't been a good one since the original PlayStation. Instead of the myriad of Street Fighter games you keep bringing out, much akin to the 90s, try bringing out something original. I tried the original Lost Planet and just put it down after 5 minutes simply because that kind of game doesn't appeal to me at all. In my original PS game library I have at least 10 Capcom games. PS2 - I might have 3. PS3 - Zero.

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FiftyFourPointTwo5779d ago

"Capcom didn't do so well in the last quarter. While its sales were relatively stable, everything else rocketed downwards."

Serves you right for putting price tags on alternate costumes (SF4/SSF4) thats already on the disk. Expect the upcoming rumored DLC characters to have a price tag too.

Simon_Brezhnev5779d ago

im with u thats what they get charging for unlock codes

criticalkare5779d ago

I guess they need another good RE games...

Optical_Matrix5779d ago

Stop making shit products then lol Only games I buy from you these days are Street Fighter games. Give me Breaht of Fire, more Okami, more phoenix wright, more megaman and then we can talk.

Baka-akaB5779d ago

Serious i have no interest in capcom's stuff that arent fighting games (and last ranker ) ...

Nevermind the greed , a common trait among all those selfish publishers nowadays ... but your games should have the same level of commitment and quality than your past and future fighting game offering

Optical_Matrix5779d ago

Seriously the only Capcom games I care about that are to be released ar Mvc3, SFIII:Online Edition, Last Ranker, Okamiden and Street FighterxTekken. 10 years ago, there would be like many more Capcom games on that list. They've fallen from grace more so than Square Enix in my opinion.

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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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Christopher61d ago

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

-Foxtrot61d ago (Edited 61d 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.

StoneColdCrazy60d 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.

1Victor60d 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.

Christopher60d 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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thesoftware73060d 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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KyRo60d 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.

darthv7259d ago (Edited 59d 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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Profchaos60d 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

1Victor60d ago (Edited 60d 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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1Victor60d 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.

bsingle4060d 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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SimulationDaily61d ago

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

Christopher61d 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.

SimulationDaily61d ago (Edited 61d 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_drake60d 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.

Chocoburger61d 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.

blacktiger61d 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!