This speaks volumes as to how much in trouble Capcom really is. It seems that this will make them more dependent on DLC than ever but most importantly it means that from now on, whatever new project they release, if it manages to be a failure of the massive scale as RE6 was, then it is curtains for them, they are done. http://gaminrealm.com/2013/09/10/capcom-152-mil-bank/
Capcom should stop pissing off their customers and stop making shitty games. take RE back to its roots and make a new Mega Man. id hate to see them go bankrupt because i grew up playing some awesome capcom games
Capcom needs to swallow its pride and stop making megabudget games which needs millions and millions of sales to break even and start focusing on smaller games for smaller audiences.
Capcom needs to swallow its pride and stop making megabudget games which needs millions and millions of sales to break even and start focusing on smaller games for smaller audiences.
CarnageHeart
I think they should simply stop trying to be the asian EA and listen to their fans a bit more instead. Crapcom has dozens of millions of fans, in between Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Megaman, DMC, Dead Rising and all the classic games from the 80s and 90s, but Street Fighter aside they have been doing the opposite of what the fans have been asking. What does the RE crowd want? They want a proper survival horror game with limited ammo and an eerie atmosphere. What has capcom done? 4 zombie-mob third person shooters in 8 years, with plentiful ammo and big michael bay explosions. Revelaitons (no typo) was a step in the right direction, but it should have been on home consoles to begin with instead of handhelds.
Hopefully things work out because they are pretty much one of my favorite developers. Dead Rising, Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5 and the new DMC remake were all AAA games to me.
Wish I had that amount of money on my bank. For a game developer this is not much. Wondering if they ever gonna release a new game (marvel vs. capcom?)
Game development has always been a balancing act between the creative side and the business side. Capcom's just an example of what happens when that balance shifts way too far to the business side. They look at gamers as nothing more than a profit center to be exploited to the maximum degree possible.
Game development has always been a balancing act between the creative side and the business side. Capcom's just an example of what happens when that balance shifts way too far to the business side. They look at gamers as nothing more than a profit center to be exploited to the maximum degree possible.
Jackc8
yep but good riddens other then street fighter of course that itself is a bit of a shame... I wonder who will get street fighter when they start to auction off there licenses....
Capcom's current financial situation seems to have been caused by that company's struggle to maintain its big budget franchises' expenses. Franchises such as Resident Evil, Lost Planet, and Devil May Cry are three examples of Capcom's decisions to make games without minding consumer interest. Mega Man is also a franchise which has been neglected. I wish Capcom would listen to what interests fans instead of using ideas that many consider obtuse because they are changing popular franchises in ways people do not like. Sales figures are evidence of that consideration. As a person who has played and owned video game consoles every generation since the third (Nintendo Entertainment System), I hope Capcom changes its approach to games because it is not succeeding right now like I know it has the potential to.
I hope they go out of business as an example to the rest of the industry. If you piss on your fans and drive away all your talent (Mikami, Inafune, Kamiya, and Inaba just to name a few...) you deserve to fail. Especially after what they've done to the fighting game genre. I will never forgive them for following up the masterpiece that was Third Strike with the dog shit in a box that was IV.
They had it coming. What saddens me about this is that they had so much potential going for them in terms of franchises going into this gen. Time after time they just can't seem to get it right. Their DLC practices, giving some of their franchises to other companies to work on, cancelling what could have been great games, and flops left and right. The only thing I see that they haven't 100% screwed up is the FGC. Even then they made SFXT which didn't sit well with the FGC (Which is surprising because the FGC in majority usually just takes whatever Capcom gives them no questions asked.). Even behind the scenes they've made questionable decisions that led to things such as the closing of Excellent Adventures, which was one of my most beloved things to watch on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahz4v6qEYk <-Entire story about what happened to Gootecks, Mike Ross, and the rest of CC there. I just don't understand.....Capcom just isn't Capcom anymore to me. So when I look at this news I just think to myself yeah.....they had it coming.
I don't want the company to go out of business, but I can't support this current version of Capcom. The IPs could get split up to companies that you don't want going to like EA or Activision, but if the entire company goes to one company like Konami or Take 2 I would be fine with that.
They need to do away with their crap business pratices and make a game that's worth paying full for - it needs to provide enough content, it needs to be well made, and not have a bunch of DLC held back.Â
[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"][QUOTE="Strider8009"] The 90 updates to SFIV says hi.Â
Strider8009
Are you saying balancing a game is a bad thing or a good thing?You know what I mean. Don't be vague. No I really don't know what you mean... which is why I asked.
[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"] Are you saying balancing a game is a bad thing or a good thing?MethodManFTW
You know what I mean. Don't be vague. No I really don't know what you mean... which is why I asked.This little game you're playing doesn't help Capcom's case. Lets see how you would feel if Street Fighter was bought by EA or Activision.Â
[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"][QUOTE="Strider8009"]You know what I mean. Don't be vague.Â
Strider8009
No I really don't know what you mean... which is why I asked.This little game you're playing doesn't help Capcom's case. Lets see how you would feel if Street Fighter was bought by EA or Activision. My last few forum posts have nothing to do with Capcom at all. I asked if you were saying constantly updating a game is a bad or good thing.
They think they can make lots of money by remaking the same game with a couple extra characters over and over and adding super or arcade to the name.. it's no wonder they don't make money.
I actually hope they go bankrupt. Maybe Nintendo could pick up the rights to Mega Man. Their handling of him in the new Smash game shows they have far more respect for the character than any of the people left at Capcom do at this point. I'd also like to see Konami lose Castlevania so we can get REAL Castlevania games again instead of these shallow God of War rip offs we've been getting as of late.
I would hate to lose Capcom. I like RE. I didn't like how its become more of a military shooter though that sucks. Dragon's Dogma is an amazingly cool game!
[QUOTE="MethodManFTW"][QUOTE="Strider8009"]You know what I mean. Don't be vague.Â
Strider8009
No I really don't know what you mean... which is why I asked.This little game you're playing doesn't help Capcom's case. Lets see how you would feel if Street Fighter was bought by EA or Activision. gonna echo method's question again, since you keep refusing to give a straight answer. i've reread your posts 3 times. are you trying to say that all the updates is a negative on capcom and/or the game?
I figured they were in big trouble at this point after all they've done. They're certainly going to fail in the not too distant future if they don't get it together.Â
Capcom put themselves in this situation. On their present course, I doubt they can get themselves out. Now if only this would happen to EA and Activision...
I would hate to lose Capcom. I like RE. I didn't like how its become more of a military shooter though that sucks. Dragon's Dogma is an amazingly cool game!good_sk8er7
We wouldn't lose RE, it would go to another company. Give it to the guys behind amnesia.
Well I sure hope that they can improve their situation over there. I've been a big fan of their games ever since the NES days and I'd hate to see them go out of buisness or lose any of their IP's. They have some of the greatest franchises in all of gaming. Personally I've loved most of the games that they've released this gen like:
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