Mikami steps down

[jvd]

U guys should have come to my new years eve party in hoboken. 20 shots , a hit of e and two lines of coke foff a naked girls chest .... was interesting...

 

[thundermonkey]

*runs around the room screaming about the bugs in skin*

*passes out*

 

[zurich]

New gossip about the Mikami issue:

G A M E C U B E

- After the Biohazard producer Mikami stepped down as the chief to Production Studio 4, Capcom has removed Production Studio 4's GameCube webpage, which contains the latest info on Capcom's GameCube projects include Biohazard 4, Killer 7, Dead Phoenix, Viewtiful Joe and P.N.03. Capcom has not commented on the issue.

Ouch

 

[Sonic]

Come on, get this thread back on track. There's the General Forum if you want to talk about magic medicine of sorts. Let's remain on topic here.

 

[Almasy]

I read about it earlier (it´s certainly a great news item to rile up Nintendo fans ), but I wonder what are the real reasons behind that move. Are some of those titles multiplattform now?

 

[zurich]

I read about it earlier (it´s certainly a great news item to rile up Nintendo fans ), but I wonder what are the real reasons behind that move. Are some of those titles multiplattform now?

Perhaps some Japanese cultural disgrace thing for which us pasty whities will never understand?

Either way, it certainly seems like the Capcom board has put Mikami in his place..

 

[Almasy]

Perhaps some Japanese cultural disgrace thing for which us pasty whities will never understand?

Either way, it certainly seems like the Capcom board has put Mikami in his place..

That´s certainly a good thing, especially after hearing some comments he did on the console war issue (and there´s no doubt that Capcom isn´t most pleased with Mikami´s push to make RE exclusive to Nintendo).

I think that there´s some sort of cancelation decition on at least one of those projects (why bother taking the web page down otherwise?). Or maybe it´s just something that´s not really important, like you said, and cultural differences make a bigger deal out of what this really means?

 

[zurich]

Perhaps some Japanese cultural disgrace thing for which us pasty whities will never understand?

Either way, it certainly seems like the Capcom board has put Mikami in his place..

That´s certainly a good thing, especially after hearing some comments he did on the console war issue (and there´s no doubt that Capcom isn´t most pleased with Mikami´s push to make RE exclusive to Nintendo).

I think that there´s some sort of cancelation decition on at least one of those projects (why bother taking the web page down otherwise?). Or maybe it´s just something that´s not really important, like you said, and cultural differences make a bigger deal out of what this really means?

Or maybe they took it down to redesign it, who knows? But speculation is fun

 

[PC-Engine]

http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=4270

Bloomberg's Japanese site recently revealed that Capcom has been taking a financial hit as of late, and as a result the company has cancelled 18 of the approximately 100 titles it has been working on at the time. While the specfic titles cancelled weren't revealed, it is known that the five Production Studio 4 games that Capcom had announced for the GameCube (including Resident Evil 4) are still in the works.

 

[jvd]

http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=4270

Bloomberg's Japanese site recently revealed that Capcom has been taking a financial hit as of late, and as a result the company has cancelled 18 of the approximately 100 titles it has been working on at the time. While the specfic titles cancelled weren't revealed, it is known that the five Production Studio 4 games that Capcom had announced for the GameCube (including Resident Evil 4) are still in the works.

I think capcom wanted to be nintendo's version of square and namco. Basicly the big names on the ps2 that make a ton of money off the games released. They could be this way but not with rehashes . If re4 was released before re remake they could have been this company and they still can be.

 

[Almasy]

hah, a post from jvd where he applieslogic instead of rethorics! I never thought I´d see the day.

Ok, being serious now, I agree with you, jvd. Capcom surely wanted to be Nintendo´s "big partner", just like Sony, and considering the weak third party support Nintendo has, it wouldn´t be difficult to achieve.

However, I think Capcom read the market wrong, PS2´s and GCN´s. The very notion that their kind of business tactics are no longer as effective anymore eluded them until now. RE on GCN turned out to be nothing but a rehash fest, afterall, why remake the first one when you can concentrate on the fourth one? And then release another one 6 months later that again, doesn´t really make much sense in the general storyline? And they thought that letting a new team, just to let Mikami do as he pleased, handle their biggest PS2 franchise would be okay?

 

[jvd]

hah, a post from jvd where he applieslogic instead of rethorics! I never thought I´d see the day.

Ok, being serious now, I agree with you, jvd. Capcom surely wanted to be Nintendo´s "big partner", just like Sony, and considering the weak third party support Nintendo has, it wouldn´t be difficult to achieve.

However, I think Capcom read the market wrong, PS2´s and GCN´s. The very notion that their kind of business tactics are no longer as effective anymore eluded them until now. RE on GCN turned out to be nothing but a rehash fest, afterall, why remake the first one when you can concentrate on the fourth one? And then release another one 6 months later that again, doesn´t really make much sense in the general storyline? And they thought that letting a new team, just to let Mikami do as he pleased, handle their biggest PS2 franchise would be okay?

I don't mind the remake . I enjoyed it alot as i never played the first one on the psx (when it came out mine wasn't working. I bought another one when part 2 came out. ) . They would have been smart to do remake and have it out at the launch of the cube. IT would have been a major selling point for the cube and would have sold a ton at xmas. THen release re4 . Then release re2 and 3 as one game for like 40 bucks .

 

[zurich]

Well Capcom's been quickly getting the ports of RE2, 3, CV out the door. Sounds like a nice way to get out of a binding/suffocating contract if you ask me..

 

[Almasy]

Well Capcom's been quickly getting the ports of RE2, 3, CV out the door. Sounds like a nice way to get out of a binding/suffocating contract if you ask me..

A very stupid decision if you ask me. And the way they handled the ports of 2 and 3 wasn´t wise either, the best way would have been to release an "RE pack", that included 2, 3 and CV for $60 or so.

Either way, Capcom shot themselves in the foot with that contract, IMO.

 

[jvd]

Well Capcom's been quickly getting the ports of RE2, 3, CV out the door. Sounds like a nice way to get out of a binding/suffocating contract if you ask me..

A very stupid decision if you ask me. And the way they handled the ports of 2 and 3 wasn´t wise either, the best way would have been to release an "RE pack", that included 2, 3 and CV for $60 or so.

Either way, Capcom shot themselves in the foot with that contract, IMO.

Problem was the timing of the games and in some cases the way they were released.

 

[Almasy]

Problem was the timing of the games and in some cases the way they were released.

Personally, I think it had more to do with the actual quantity of the RE games. Why Capcom signed for 5 (How can you be so stupid to sign for that ammount of games of the same franchise!?) RE games is beyond me. A more convenient contract would have been for one or two exclusive RE games, see how the situation goes and then decide if you want to stay on the same machine or look elsewhere.

 

[CaptainHowdy]

Bloomberg

Manichi Times

looks like the GC wasnt the problem afterall..

----------Sales 02----Target 02------Target 03
--PS2---6,830,000--(8,750,000)-----7,600,000
--GCN---3,230,000--(3,200,000)-----2,200,000
--GBA---4,800,000--(---------)-----2,040,000
--XBX-----280,000--( 600,000)-------800,000

Other---10,500,000---------------13,400,000---(-2,900,000)


GC and GBA were the only systems to not only meet..
but EXCEED thier sales targets.

 

[London Geezer]

GC and GBA were the only systems to not only meet..
but EXCEED thier sales targets.

ur point? that doesn't necessarily mean that it's successful.... yes, compared to Xbox it's doing great, but the only reason why it met the targets is because the targets were pretty low to begin with...

 

[CaptainHowdy]

Targets are set at how much they expect..
so if it exceeds that, its yes, it is successful.
they certainly have no place to complain if
thier expectations were met..err.. exceeded.

 

[London Geezer]

Targets are set at how much they expect..
so if it exceeds that, its yes, it is successful.
they certainly have no place to complain if
thier expectations were met..err.. exceeded.

THE POINT IS, it is successful and i'm happy that they met their target, but their target was 3 times less than Sony's target... i mean if Sony's target were to be the same as Nintendo's, then they could be sitting here telling us how good they are for exceeding their target by DOUBLE the amount of units expected to be sold.... not even gonna comment on the Xbox its performance is just pathetic...