Capcom Shifting More Resources Towards Xbox and PS2

[Dural]

From Gamers.com;

Capcom is planning to reduce software support for the Gamecube console, the Nikkei Business Daily reports today. The developer and publisher apparently plans to shift more of its resources towards PlayStation 2 and Xbox, as a consequence of the GC's disappointing hardware sales in Japan and abroad. Also, future games in the Resident Evil series (beyond the already-announced Resident Evil 4) are to find their way to other platforms.
The Nikkei report offers no more hard data than that regarding how many games or how much development money Capcom plans to direct towards one console or another in the future, however. The move towards continued Xbox support is somewhat surprising, considering that Xbox games accounted for only 1.5% of Capcom's sales in the past year, but the company stated that it hopes to raise that figure considerably.

 

[zurich]

Bout frickin time.

Mikami be damned, heh.

And before anyone jumps on me, I think Tecmo is just as stupid (for Xbox).

 

[Phil]

heh, I sure wouldn't mind getting BioHazard back on PS2. Always loved the BioHazard series and continue to do so, even though IMO it isn't what it once was (part 1)...

Definately bad news for GameCube & Nintendo though...

 

[London Geezer]

heh, I sure wouldn't mind getting BioHazard back on PS2. Always loved the BioHazard series and continue to do so, even though IMO it isn't what it once was (part 1)...

Definately bad news for GameCube & Nintendo though...

i guess it's financially better for them to do that...

it's pretty sad, i always had the image in my mind of Capcom and Nintendo being very good pals... maybe it's from the Street Fighter 2 days... oh well, i don't have a GC anyway...

 

[Ali-G]

I think we should wait until we see some real info from Capcom before assuming the worst for Nintendo and Capcom's relationship.

I've heard, recently, that we can expect to see more exclusive GC games from Capcom announced in the next few months.

I'll take both scenario's with a pinch of salt until we see real info.

 

[jvd]

well i don't think you'll see res evil on the ps2. It says future games after the res 4 already anounced. Its not coming out till next year. Which would put the next game at 2005 at the soonest ... prob ps3 and xbox2 though .

 

[London Geezer]

well i don't think you'll see res evil on the ps2. It says future games after the res 4 already anounced. Its not coming out till next year. Which would put the next game at 2005 at the soonest ... prob ps3 and xbox2 though .

Resi Evil Online is coming out for PS2 already so........

 

[jvd]

well i don't think you'll see res evil on the ps2. It says future games after the res 4 already anounced. Its not coming out till next year. Which would put the next game at 2005 at the soonest ... prob ps3 and xbox2 though .

Resi Evil Online is coming out for PS2 already so........

yes but u know what i meant. Thats already been announced. I'm talking about a true sequal or true res title not an online game which may suck alot .

 

[London Geezer]

well i don't think you'll see res evil on the ps2. It says future games after the res 4 already anounced. Its not coming out till next year. Which would put the next game at 2005 at the soonest ... prob ps3 and xbox2 though .

Resi Evil Online is coming out for PS2 already so........

yes but u know what i meant. Thats already been announced. I'm talking about a true sequal or true res title not an online game which may suck alot .

u never know.... to be honest the resi evil series has been going down since the second release... code veronica helped a bit but other than that...

 

[jvd]

well i don't think you'll see res evil on the ps2. It says future games after the res 4 already anounced. Its not coming out till next year. Which would put the next game at 2005 at the soonest ... prob ps3 and xbox2 though .

Resi Evil Online is coming out for PS2 already so........

yes but u know what i meant. Thats already been announced. I'm talking about a true sequal or true res title not an online game which may suck alot .

u never know.... to be honest the resi evil series has been going down since the second release... code veronica helped a bit but other than that...

I liked res 0 . good game. much better than 2 and 3

 

[London Geezer]

well i don't think you'll see res evil on the ps2. It says future games after the res 4 already anounced. Its not coming out till next year. Which would put the next game at 2005 at the soonest ... prob ps3 and xbox2 though .

Resi Evil Online is coming out for PS2 already so........

yes but u know what i meant. Thats already been announced. I'm talking about a true sequal or true res title not an online game which may suck alot .

u never know.... to be honest the resi evil series has been going down since the second release... code veronica helped a bit but other than that...

I liked res 0 . good game. much better than 2 and 3

YEAH I GUESS.... well it's a bit stale now.... a bit like the tired Final fantasy franchise.... which i still love nonetheless...

 

[jvd]

eh i dunno if i'd compare it to ff . ff has 12 titles now. res evil has what 6. 0 was a big deal since it added the second char and changed some elements like no more storage box that you can get to from any storage box.

I dunno though. They need to lay off the sequals. Do what nintendo does. Release one a genration or at the most 2 .

 

[London Geezer]

eh i dunno if i'd compare it to ff . ff has 12 titles now. res evil has what 6. 0 was a big deal since it added the second char and changed some elements like no more storage box that you can get to from any storage box.

I dunno though. They need to lay off the sequals. Do what nintendo does. Release one a genration or at the most 2 .

then u have more people moaning about *i want more!!!!!!!!*....

i guess they rather make their customers happy and not *teasing* them like Nintendo does.... i mean, a Mario every 6 or more years isn't much is it... a Zelda every 4 years is much either...

besides, a final fantasy every year is a bit overkill... unless u're in europe of course where it still takes a whole year for a final fantasy game to come out compared to the rest of the world... wouldnt mind if i was german, but what the hell i speak english, just give the UK the same version u give to the US and that's it for god's sake...

 

[jvd]

eh i dunno if i'd compare it to ff . ff has 12 titles now. res evil has what 6. 0 was a big deal since it added the second char and changed some elements like no more storage box that you can get to from any storage box.

I dunno though. They need to lay off the sequals. Do what nintendo does. Release one a genration or at the most 2 .

then u have more people moaning about *i want more!!!!!!!!*....

i guess they rather make their customers happy and not *teasing* them like Nintendo does.... i mean, a Mario every 6 or more years isn't much is it... a Zelda every 4 years is much either...

besides, a final fantasy every year is a bit overkill... unless u're in europe of course where it still takes a whole year for a final fantasy game to come out compared to the rest of the world... wouldnt mind if i was german, but what the hell i speak english, just give the UK the same version u give to the US and that's it for god's sake...

the wait insures the game is of the highest qualty. Only except is majoras mask which was good but not up to past zelda tittles of course that was made by a diff developer .

 

[London Geezer]

the wait insures the game is of the highest qualty. Only except is majoras mask which was good but not up to past zelda tittles of course that was made by a diff developer .

yeah but does it really take them a whole 6 years to make a mario game????

 

[jvd]

the wait insures the game is of the highest qualty. Only except is majoras mask which was good but not up to past zelda tittles of course that was made by a diff developer .

yeah but does it really take them a whole 6 years to make a mario game????

it takes that long for them to have something new to bring to the table .

unlike square that reuses the same engine over and over again. They just made a new engine after what 4 games

 

[London Geezer]

the wait insures the game is of the highest qualty. Only except is majoras mask which was good but not up to past zelda tittles of course that was made by a diff developer .

yeah but does it really take them a whole 6 years to make a mario game????

it takes that long for them to have something new to bring to the table .

unlike square that reuses the same engine over and over again. They just made a new engine after what 4 games

have they?!!!! REALLY?!?!

u mean Final Fantasy 11 or 12??? god this is getting ridiculous.... now u know it got a bit out of hand ehhehe

 

[jvd]

the wait insures the game is of the highest qualty. Only except is majoras mask which was good but not up to past zelda tittles of course that was made by a diff developer .

yeah but does it really take them a whole 6 years to make a mario game????

it takes that long for them to have something new to bring to the table .

unlike square that reuses the same engine over and over again. They just made a new engine after what 4 games

have they?!!!! REALLY?!?!

u mean Final Fantasy 11 or 12??? god this is getting ridiculous.... now u know it got a bit out of hand ehhehe

haha no clue . can't keep them all strait , don't forget about ff online . thats what 13 games ?

 

[London Geezer]

the wait insures the game is of the highest qualty. Only except is majoras mask which was good but not up to past zelda tittles of course that was made by a diff developer .

yeah but does it really take them a whole 6 years to make a mario game????

it takes that long for them to have something new to bring to the table .

unlike square that reuses the same engine over and over again. They just made a new engine after what 4 games

have they?!!!! REALLY?!?!

u mean Final Fantasy 11 or 12??? god this is getting ridiculous.... now u know it got a bit out of hand ehhehe

haha no clue . can't keep them all strait , don't forget about ff online . thats what 13 games ?

no no no the online one is 11.... that must be a different engine, cuz its a different game... i gather u must be talking about ff12 then... new engine.. cool

 

[jvd]

the wait insures the game is of the highest qualty. Only except is majoras mask which was good but not up to past zelda tittles of course that was made by a diff developer .

yeah but does it really take them a whole 6 years to make a mario game????

it takes that long for them to have something new to bring to the table .

unlike square that reuses the same engine over and over again. They just made a new engine after what 4 games

have they?!!!! REALLY?!?!

u mean Final Fantasy 11 or 12??? god this is getting ridiculous.... now u know it got a bit out of hand ehhehe

haha no clue . can't keep them all strait , don't forget about ff online . thats what 13 games ?

no no no the online one is 11.... that must be a different engine, cuz its a different game... i gather u must be talking about ff12 then... new engine.. cool

yea . its suposed to have a new engine . what one was the last new engine ? 9 ?