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Capcom Director Bails Out

Sources claim that Antoine Seux left from the company without giving a motive. How this will affect the company has yet to be seen, but Capcom France superiors claim that no negative repercussions are expected from his departure.

bootycandy4165d ago

This news does not affect me in the slightest. I can't say I'm a big fan of Capcom, their single contribution to my life was their involvement with Zelda. Apart from that, it's like a fart that goes unsmelled; doesn't affect me.

nassour4165d ago

ya seriously specially after all the debacles they've had the past few years!

Yi-Long4165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

... but lately it's been all about GREED, not about quality.

Which is pretty sad.

Captain Qwark 94165d ago

they used to be one of my fav devs!!! imagine being in my spot lol, oh how the mighty have fallen.

nassour4165d ago

It's absolutely true, during the PS2 era things were flying for Capcom, look at them now

Tdmd4165d ago (Edited 4165d ago )

Capcom has done one good thing this entire generation imo. Ironically, it was a game most people didn't care about: dragon's dogma. The last time I was really excited about a capcom project was years ago with the dreamcast release of code veronica! They used to be my fave game company in the marked back then...

Tetsujin4165d ago

I actually liked Dragons Dogma despite it's a walking simulator - but still a fun game, I was almost done with second play through when I started getting into Kingdoms of Amluar (sp) and never found the time to revisit.

Back in the 90's, you mention Capcom and a game sold just on that name alone; and the arcades had about 80% of their games (outside just Street Fighter), however now it's games that have on-disc content and having to pay twice for what you should already be entitled to in the first place.

SaiyanFury4165d ago

I loved Dragon's Dogma. For me they've only done TWO good things this generation. The other would be the recent and fabulous HD remake of Okami, one of last gen's best games. I don't have any other Capcom games other than those two. They did some great stuff on the PS2, and even more on the PSOne. Man, I miss Breath of Fire...

djslimzz4165d ago

Too many important people from the industry are bouncing out...shame

tehpees34165d ago

So many big wigs exiting Capcom these days. Eventually they will hire the mods up at Unity as employees because all their Public Relations people left and nobody else will do damage control for them.

KrisButtar4165d ago

Crapcom, who cares, maybe back in the day they were good, but not now along with EA

MasterD9194165d ago

I'm not sure how much of a role Capcom France had in any of the franchises that I enjoy, but if this guy had anything to do with any portion of the DLC-model they use, good riddance!

Capcom could easily be redeemed if they were set on a course for the right direction, instead of profits (that they miss out on anyway).

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Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak on Metacritic

Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak of favorably reviewed games as the studio lands first on Metacritic's top publishers ranking.

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Capcom Is 'Aware' of Dragon's Dogma 2 Frame Rate Issues on PC

Responding to a query about frame rate problems from IGN, Capcom said in a statement that performance issues on PC may be linked to the heavy amount of CPU demanded from NPCs in the game.

"In Dragon's Dogma 2, a large amount of CPU usage is allocated to each character and dynamically calculates the impact of their physical presence in various environments. In certain situations where numerous characters appear simultaneously, the CPU usage can be very high and may affect the frame rate," a Capcom representative told IGN. "We are aware that in such situations, settings that reduce GPU load may currently have a limited effect; however, we are looking into ways to improve performance in the future."

just_looken26d ago

What a load of bull there blaming the npc load for there poor performance? the new hitman games has way more going on beyond that they are saying any pc cpu is not powerful enough?

In the article it is also stated a ign reviewr got motion sickness playing ps5/pc version but still enjoyed it? like wow if that was me i would knock it down alot and asked for a patch asap.

So those about to play thank denuvo get a barf bucket if your on pc play 720p because like cites skyline its going to be a unoptimized cpu mess.

Man those on series s/steam deck/rog ally rip :(

just_looken26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Just putting up a pcgamer review

"its janky has bugs poor performance need lots of updates 89/100"
https://youtu.be/WKjZKfAivh...

Gameing bolt unstable frame rate rate below 30fps but that is great??????
https://youtu.be/s9rnh2250X...

Man have we dropped that quality bar for acceptable performance/optimization

a person's view on performance using a high end pc
https://youtu.be/nL9EvGTPbA...

andy8525d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Am I hearing that right, that reviewer with a 4090 is getting drops into the 20s when there's several NPC on screen. Sorry but there's zero excuse for that. BG3 had hundreds at a time on screen and that's a pretty game. What an absolute piss poor engine

just_looken25d ago

@andy

Yes the is correct but every review is giving it a past and or saying that its great that the performance is like the first ps3/xbox one game.

2012 20-30fps 2024 20-30fps dragons dogma keeping things the same reviewers like that apparently

just_looken25d ago

IGN put up a video showing the 4090 struggling aswell as console performance all versions are like the first game with fps issues.Remember dlss 3.0 can almost double your fps like that cyber punk video so without dlss on your looking at 30fps on the most powerful gpu that is out right now.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Cacabunga25d ago

Capcom where is Deep Down???

Tapani25d ago

@andy85 At launch BG3 dropped to under 30fps at the final chapter on 4090. I played the game at launch and had that experience. And that was with a 5800X3D. Everything watercooled and fine-tuned CPU/GPU and memory at 32GB with good timings, and a fast SSD etc.

just_looken25d ago

@tapani

I am sorry are we comparing a AA game with a small budget with alot going on 24/7 to a AAA game funded buy the billion dollar capcom?

You are right yes but that was patched and that team loves there community but if the first dogma said anything we should expect a patch or 2 but that is it.

andy8525d ago

@Tapani indeed but that was hundreds of NPCs. Not a few. It's piss poor

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lellkay25d ago

Can they be aware of the need for 60fps on consoles plz

just_looken25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.

But that ps5 pro PSSR will no doubt be a hold back as i see very few devs make a fsr/dlss/pssr game like really sony why did you spend millions to make upscale tech on the 6800 when amd already has fsr 3.0 just sitting there.

I remember the ps4 pro patches that dwindle over time yes new games had the modes but they were not standard and that was without the base ps4 using another upscale tech.

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In tldr form devs now make fsr upscale for ps5/xbox PSSR upscale tech on ps5 pro game then dlss/fsr upscale tech pc version and we also have intels xess just insane workload

Eonjay25d ago

'Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.'

Perhaps but only if Capcom addresses the issues first. substantially more powerful hardware is struggling.

Furesis25d ago

I mean it's not helping but this is something more than that. Plenty of games with denuvo that work fine

just_looken25d ago

That could be also taxing for sure sense the ps5 also supports that dreadful drm

This is also running off the RE engine remember those re vids with the denuvo drm on/off

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrDead25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

Project Zomboid a simple looking isometric game has a similar problem as the Zombies are CPU heavy. If this is the issue GPU tweeks won't do anything, you need less calculations per NPC or more static NPCs

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH25d ago

Well that’s just great…looks like I’ll be holding off on buying this on PC until it’s fixed. If I wanted low frame rates I’d just buy it in console smh…

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Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%

Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%! Strategic move to attract top talent and align with industry trends amid economic inflation.

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rlow139d ago

Well there is a lot of laid off talent out there. Very smart of them to target that. Plus if it’s in Japan, that’s a great place to live.

aaronaton39d ago

"Won't someone think of the shareholders!!" wwwaaaahhh

Eonjay39d ago

It funny with this news, their stock price took a small hit. But you know what... thats like too damn bad. We have to stop letting shareholders run the industry into the ground.

FinalFantasyFanatic38d ago

Seriously, you have to spend money to make money, I think some companies and share holders forget that, If you don't pay enough, you can't attract the best talent, or possibly even enough staff for the company to function properly.

Eonjay39d ago

I really approve of Capcom for doing this and will show my appreciation by supporting them. There are a few Capcom games I need to get... and this includes Dragon's Dogma 2. Support companies that support the people working in the industry over shareholders! REMEMBER: Shareholder's don't make games!

Darkegg38d ago

25% sounds like a lot, but it's from $1,560 to $2000 per month. That's $24,000 a year. Unless u became a monk, that is below poverty line.