Capcom Doesn’t Have Enough Resources For A Next-Gen Fighter

GaminRealm: "More bad news regarding Capcom. When asked by a fan if the company would be bringing Ultra Street Fighter IV to next gen consoles, Yoshinori Ono responded with a very grave statement."

[MrSwankSinatra]

kind of ironic considering all the money they've milked from consumers with bullshit practices. kind of bittersweet actually. all i can say is capcom is screwed, but they did this to themselves.

[showtimefolks]

capcom how have you fallen so much from being one of fan favorite's company to now being just looked at as greedy

I hope you learn from this before actually going out of business, seriously you guys have some classic IP's and shouldn't be doing business like you did current gen. Don't release same games with little more content or different character/skins and call it a new game for $39.99

so much of your talent has left you to form your own studios, or work for western publishers. Also i really dislike how you have Treated the Legendary Megaman Character/IP

Asura Wrath's real ending was only playable Via buying DLC, how does that even make sense? don't take your consumers for granted please

learn from your mistakes and be the kickass publisher/development talent house that you were known for before

[abzdine]

this is a great example that following $$$ and giving the finger to the fans isn't working.
They killed Resident Evil, they tried to screw people with DLC, they don't wanna bring back megaman...
as things are right now with Capcom games it wouldn't change a thing if they went bankrupt... this is something that i would never have thought i will say one day cause i've been playing Capcom games since SF1

[Battlefieldlover]

I hope they fold soon so someone can buy the Rights to Mega Man. As much as I think Mighty no. 9 Looks cool, I'd flip to be able to play a New Mega Man, Mega Man X, or the holy grail....Mega Man Legends :)

[mikeslemonade]

Hmmm.. maybe they should have just allocated their resources into making games just for PlayStation then they would have enough resources to make a fighter.

Because they went for the money first they got screwed in the long term.

[johndoe11211]

I agree with everything you said but i can't help but feel a little heartbroken about this news.

If you've been gaming for as long as I have you would remember the glory days of capcom when they actually made games that you enjoyed playing. They were the first big studio I fell in love with after playing commando on my commodore 64.

I know it's greed that got them where they are today and they deserve it but I think it will be a sad day for gaming (or at least for gaming history) if they ever close their doors for good.

[Eonjay]

Isn't this the company that just sold millions of copies of Monster Hunter 4.

[OpieWinston]

They didn't want to make a new Maximo or Mega Man game....So fuck Capcom.

[abzdine]

@OpieWinston :

Maximo!! how could i forget that amazing game!
Power Stone comes to my mind as well.

[Army_of_Darkness]

We dont want anymore street fighter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and so on anyways... tired of that shit. Just finish the damn game before releasing it capcom!

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

"learn from your mistakes and be the kickass publisher/development talent house that you were known for before"

I don't think there's a after for them.

[loulou]

they have all but milked street fighter to death. they have ruined resident evil, and lost planet 9although having potential) is rubbish.

pfft. KI is looking like it will be the new fighting game to play next gen.

i aint bought a fighting game since tekken tag on the ps2 launch day. but KI will be getting downloaded by me day 1.

[Sitdown]

@Army_of_Darnkess
You ever thought that perhaps the games were "completed", they just continued to add to the games? Just like it was the gaming community that asked for the most pending version. At some point you have to say enough is enough, and ship the game......

[AbortMission]

The sad part is, there are some Street fighter fanbabies out there who are damage controlling for Ultra New DLC Fighter 4 Lol

[ritsuka666]

learn from your mistakes and be the kickass publisher/development talent house that you were known for before '

lol,did you played Resident Evil 6? this game is made development in house of 900 people and still worst RE ever.

[pixelsword]

I hope other companies look at Capcom and learn that their greed and charging for every little thing did not save the company.

[SilentNegotiator]

I hope a good third-party publisher buys up Capcom's IPs when they go bankrupt.

[TheTwelve]

This sounds like my grandfather who is a millionaire, but due to his stinginess always claims to be broke. I don't believe this for a second; Capcom just doesn't want to make the investment.

[iceman06]

I guess broke IS relative...but I feel ya! I'm thinking that they don't want to invest in fighting until fighting proves that it is back as a genre...to stay. Until then...microtransactions for all!!!

[nukeitall]

Ironically that is likely why your grandfather is a millionaire, and most aren't!

[Boody-Bandit]

OMG *writes date and time down*
I agree with nukeitall on this one.
Hell has officially frozen over. TIC

Most people that have bridged that 7 figure cap thru saving and thrifty spending deserve every penny they have earned. I have several members in my family that are in the 7 figure bracket and ALL of them got there by being frugal and making great investments (something I should do but don't).

I have a brother that has a multi seven figure salary and his net worth is barely over a million because he lives life very large (AKA stupid). He gets bored and pulls up to a car dealer and leaves with one of their top vehicles and than a few months later sells it for nearly half of what he paid for it just to get it out of his garage. Makes no sense at all. When he retires he will end up just getting by or worse.

I'm some where in the middle. I try to save but I do like to splurge a few times a year. Just yesterday I decided it was time to throw out the seating in my theater and go new. The seating I threw out was only a few years old and in near mint condition but it was time to make the move to all leather. I should've done that in the first place.

OT
I sure hope Capcom is just blowing smoke or finds someone to bank roll them. I agree they are near the top of the heap of milking but I need my Street Fighter fix every generation. It's still my overall favorite fighting game.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

It was reported that crapcom only has like 150mil, for a company like crapcom that's almost broke.

Still have to keep them bills payed, payroll etc.deep down is f2p because almost everybody with a ps4 will dl it, that way the nickle and dimming would be justified instead of making it retail where only about 7percent (or what ever the usual attach rate is) will buy.

They may make a lot of money off it but 1ip can't sustain a company like crapcom.

[Ricegum]

It makes me cringe how greedy they have become. The main thing that annoys me about Capcom for me is how awful Resident Evil, which was my favorite franchise, has become. How did they get it so wrong?

[LonDonE]

simple, one answer CALL OF DUTY!!!
LOL seriously this is the problem with developers today, they all see call of duty selling like crazy and all want a piece of the action.
The problem is the average cod player is only interested in fifa and cod which in its own right is like a sport!

When will these developers realise not all games need to be like cod, and that its better to remember why it is the fans of your franchise fell in love with said franchise in the first place, why cant they just improve the franchise without dumbing it down to beyond recognition and so alienating the original fan base who made said ip successful?

Its tragic that so many great developers and i.p's are being lost! Developers need to realise that not all games and franchises will sell cod numbers, and instead of changing what made their game unique into a derivative cod wannabe dumbed down so bro gamers can play it, they should focus more on the core fans of the franchise instead!!

Its capcoms own fault they are in the mess that they created, its such a shame.
I predict square and many other developers and publishers who will also go under this coming gen due to them being so out of touch with their fan base! Cod has been a blessing and a curse to the games industry!

A blessing by making gaming bigger then it has ever been, and a curse because now every other developer just keeps dumbing down our beloved franchises to get cod like sales, when realistically some games will never reach cod numbers! cods accessibility is one of the things which makes it sell so much!

[Rainstorm81]

No resources you say?

So Capcom .....you aren't making two next gen exclusive games one of which is free to play?

When I see statements like this and Squares, too hard to make HD towns statement....it makes me not want to support the companies.

These Japanese companies better get with the program...or get surpassed.... oops too late

[DragonKnight]

Especially that "HD Towns" B.S.

How many Western Devs can make HD Towns and it doesn't take them 10 years, but SE can't do it? Please.

[girevik]

Reap what you sow! They brought it on themselves.

[Old McGroin]

When he says they don't have the resources, is it possible that he just means that all available resources are tied up on other projects? Mightn't be as bad as people think, his comment might just have been taken out of context.

[ZombieKiller]

They need to stop wasting money on stupid ideas then! They have no resourses because they spent all their money on TOTAL CRAP like DmC.

I hope they continue to make games, but the decision to make them in-house should have NEVER left their minds.

Their games are great games. Outsourcing to other companies was a bad idea. Outsourcing to Ninja Theory...now thats a REALLY bad idea.

[Dante81]

Even worse than that is outsourcing Lost Planet to Spark Unlimited...Yes, the makers of Turning Point and Legendary.

[LordDhampire]

Ninja theory didnt do a bad job its just people didnt want a reboot...and even protested against it...and us gamers are lazy for us to protest..something has to be really wrong

If they named the game cry may devil then I wouldn't of had a peoblem with it...but it wasn't a devil may cry game

[3-4-5]

What are they spending all their money on ?

[ZombieKiller]

@3-4-5: Messing up their good titles. Like Dante said above, and I stated before that, the keep outsourcing to different companies and paying them to make games for them.

Not a bad idea...but implimented completely wrong.
So far this gen, I've heard people complain about alot of their games including the heavy hitters like DmC or RE. I think honestly, with all the talk about gaining "the crowd" that they are trying to go after the COD crowd.

They outsourced alot of their biggest titles so they could pump them out had they proven successful in sales. by having 2 different dev teams to create an annual release schedule without having to sacrifice time is a good idea if implimented properly. Look at Assasins Creed, COD, or even Batman Arkham now. Make 2 teams work on it so we can pump em' out without sacrificing quality and dev time (Treyarch/IW for COD).
I noticed another thing they like to do is add elements they think are popular into their games. Hence why RE6 was so action packed. Trying to gain that COD crowd.
If you create a successful MP formula that people get addicted to, your paycheck not only tenfolds itself, but is residual as well. Look at COD...PERFECT EXAMPLE: MW1- 1 map pack $10 (or even $5 I think) -$60 for the game.
Once they saw the sales from that and realized the potential, they cut the maps down on disc, and released 4 map packs for World At War. MW2- same thing. Then MW3 rolls around and they introduce Elite. A SUBSCRIPTION FOR WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON DISC. Making the consumer pay and get into the mindset that this game needs a subscription (psychologically)

Now, for Black Ops II, I paid $80 for the game (what a mistake that was) and $60 for the maps. To make a short story long, it's inflation with "proper cause"
Think about the big picture. I paid a total of $65 for MW1. Now it's $120 for the game. Almost DOUBLE the price, yet JUSTIFIABLE because they know people will buy due to past sales.
Capcom see's this and wants to do the same. Only they got a little bit sloppy about it. Ninja Theory...REALLY? I'm sorry, but I'm still a bit butthurt because Devil May Cry WAS my favorite series and they pissed on it. -apologies for the rant

[kenshiro100]

It'd a shame what Capcom has done to themselves.

They're not the same legendary company who brought so many good games over the years.

I don't feel sorry for them.

[thehobbyist]

*Sells millions of MH4 copies in a few days*
"We don't have the resources to make a port."

[Snookies12]

This is what happens when you treat your customers like bags of money instead of people.

[Beastforlifenoob]

Exactly next up on the execution line is EA and activison, what are your final words?

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

Activision has COD and EA have their yearly sports games. Neither company is going anywhere for a very long time.

[DVAcme]

@HarryMasonHerpDerp Very true. Not only that, EA also has Bioware, which is a HUGE studio, as well as a critically acclaimed one. As for Activision, they have the publishing rights for Bungie, and Destiny will be HUGE.

I honestly think that, as bad as EA and Activision can be, they're nowhere near as bad as Capcom. At least Activision and EA put effort into their chief franchises and make an effort to publish triple-A games, including many GOTY candidates. Capcom's been out of the running for a GOTY candidate for a LONG time.

[Neixus]

Believe it or not, EA has been getting better. They have announced lots of new IPs, removed online passes, removed microtransactions etc etc.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

Activison made a billion dollars a year since 2009, that's not even including blizzards earnings, they're not going anywhere anytime soon.

And ea with bf and sports (mainly football monopoly and fifa) they're here to stay aswell.

[ZombieKiller]

Activision has COD and COD won't die. There are too many casuals and uneducated people that play it. They don't know any better.

"What are you getting this year?"

-"I don't know...I'll probably just pick up Call of Duty or something...I don't know I don't really play video games"

You don't know HOW many times I hear that. Yet they shell out $60+ every year. I don't understand people sometimes. If you casually play, then why the hell do you spend $200+ on an xbox and $60 a year in games?!

[jc48573]

I can only see one possibility. While Capcom tries to get their act together, other Fighting game companies are going to resurface to fill in the gap kinda like what Gust did with the Atelier series. MS is doing their KI thing, so I really hope Sony does something as well. I like that Bloody Roar Reboot rumor, so I hope that becomes true. Bloody Roar on Fox engine doesn't sound like a bad idea. If Capcom gets lucky, we won't be seeing a new fighting game from them until a few years after launch of PS4 and X1.

[Silly gameAr]

Perfect time for a Battle Arena Toshinden or Bushido Blade reboot.

[waltyftm]

Bushido blade, yes please.

[Retroman]

@ SILLYGAMEAr

Battle Arena Toshinden 6 oh hell yeah.

[josephayal]

and Onimusha

[ZombieKiller]

Jose says it PERFECTLY.

We need more Oni-fuckin-musha! That game was soooo awesome. As long as it sticks to it's roots I'm absolutely down.

[DigitalRaptor]

PS4 already has Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- lined up:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[jc48573]

you can't go wrong with AkSys, but they will be gaining more attention next gen.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

Arcsys and sony seem to have some type of partner ship so that's that.

Fighters are very niche no matter how good they review (besides tekken and mk because of they're causal appeal) so don't see sony coming with a new fighter ip.

[animegamingnerd]

crapcom only has them self's to blame if they go under and i hope it will be a lesson to all triple publishers and developers not to screw over your consumers and fans the way cracpom has done so or else it will be fun watching you go up in blaze

[yewles1]

No, it won't be fun AT ALL to watch. They've had since 1983 to learn, but they've made their choices. Another crash is more likely than companies changing ways.

"history abhores a paradox..."

[animegamingnerd]

honestly i won't mind a crash due to the fact that games that sell millions of copy's aren't profitable at all cough square enix cough

[Godmars290]

So in other words if deep Down doesn't do well, as a F2P title, they might go under.

[M-M]

I'm pretty sure they plan on making Deep Down filled with micro-transactions. There is no way that a game of that scale could be completely F2P.

[animegamingnerd]

considering how crapcom believes release more DLC will save them you are probably right we should get ready to say RIP capcom

[Beastforlifenoob]

They are getting but-raped for their practises and still are trying to do the same thing thats killing them and their fanbase (DLC) in order to try and get their foot back on the ledge

[DigitalRaptor]

Erm... that's the idea of free-to-play.

Cost of entry is free, but there are things to spend money on. i.e. micro-transactions.

[wishingW3L]

do you even know what F2P even is M-M? Oh dear... XD

[Lboogieskells]

I plan to spend 60 dollars worth of dlc day one to support them, although I despise their past business practices.

Capcom truely forgot their hardcore fan base is the reason they were successful.

Edit: I think the fans have spoken and capcom heard us loud and clear. I think a hardcore title like Deep Down is there way of saying sorry.

[Neixus]

every person who has ever been a fan of capcom should donate 10$ with a message saying ''Crapcom, you've turned really bad, but here's 10 dollars to help you get back on your feet. Change the way you operate the gaming business, and go make Dragon's Dogma 2 for next gen/ PC and a awesome Resident Evil reboot''

Imagine if 500k people did this, they would earn 10 million dollars, aswell as they'll see how badly the consumers views them.

[Lboogieskells]

@Neixus

I was thinking something along those lines also. I would support a Street Fighter 5 Kickstarter, although it be weird for such a large compny to need one.

It be nice if Capcom sold the rights of Megaman to Ubisoft. Nintendo would be great too but Id hate for Megaman to be a console excusive. Imagine Megaman usig the same engine as Rayman Legends.

@Rain
I truely forgot about the color palette DLC for sfxt. smh
It's a shame to see a ledgendary publisher like Capcom fall from greatness. I'll never forget the magical moment I first played Megaman X.

[Rainstorm81]

The problem Neixus, is this is a company that charged its fanbase for colors in their fighting games....not costumes colors

They would take that 10 mil and still milk us..... they say they don't have the resources for a next gen fighting game.....well apparently they don't have the resources for current gen either as Street Fighter 4 has had 4 re-releases

Sad really

[Remy_S]

You know its bad for crapcom when a niche fighter like Guilty Gear Xrd is coming to next gen yet the company that practically started the fighting game genre can't even get a title on the platforms.

[SoulSercher620]

YES!!! They are FINALLY feeling the repercussions of their actions. Capcom only have themselves to blame. I'm surprised Ono still works for them seeing as they didn't care about his health when he was promoting SFxTK. He should go to Platinum Games where he could put his talents to better use.

[MightyNoX]

The beginning of the end...

[ritsuka666]

I hope so... Capcom ruined Resident Evil forever... serve you rights for this.

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

I don't hope so... monster hunter just keeps getting better

[CRAIG667]

I can see Sony,Microsoft,Ea and Activision placing bids on Capcom or Individual IP's from Capcom in the near future... They were at one time (SNES era) my favourite developer... how times change. pitty.

[awesomeabe1998]

Actualky I disagree. I see Nintendo buying them out since Capcom suppirted the 3DS and Wii U occasionally. I would love to see a beautiful Capcom game on Wii U. Maybe even a Capcom vs Marvel. The thing about developing on Wii U is that they can make the game harder since Miyamotos is encouraging hard games.

[CRAIG667]

Sorry forgot to include Nintendo, but they won't consider any large buy outs like that unless they manage to turn Wiiu sales around, unless they can convince the share holders buying Capcom is the thing that will do it?
It would be cool though, I would certainly buy a wiiu just for street fighter if that was the only platform I could buy it on. As it stands PS4 and xb1 are taking all my monies for the time being.

[awesomeabe1998]

I believe Nintendo would consider buying them. Nintendo does not have a fighter like Street Fighter (SSB4 is a fighter but is different than Street Fighter)

Capcom brought success to 3DS with games like Monster Hunter 4. I believe Nintendo should buy out Capcom to help out with the Wii U. As you said, you would buy a Wii U if it had a Street Fighter. Many people could believe the same as you causing the Wii U to be a success.

[BobBelcher]

Resident Evil used to be amazing.
It's games like this that make me understand Activision's reasoning behind not overly changing CoD.

[Matt666]

Agreed when it got to RE4 it lost all the horror aspects and became an action game.

[ado908]

To be honest I thought re4 was one of the scarier ones in the franchise. You're telling me the U3 didn't creep you out? Or the el gigante when you first encounter him? What about those creepy regenerators? or verdugo? (The monster in the sewer where u got to freeze him to attack him) don't get me started on those close calls with garradors. I think if u people played resident evil 1, 2, 3 now you wouldnt get scared. You people outgrew it, I know I did. But personally becayse of the graphic enhancement and the new camera angle at the time, resident evil 4 was one of the scarier ones for me

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

You can't blame CoD for anything really. It's a series that caters to it's audience. Pure and simple. If anything, I think other companies should looks bit closer at activisions philosophy more.

[Beastforlifenoob]

I agree thats why they usually get pretty stable sales numbers for each of their games and its not one flop then mega success than mega flop.

[awesomeabe1998]

I hate when a bunch of people say that CoD is always the same thing and is trash. CoD is not Battlefield. It is not a serious game when it comes to mp, CoD is a fast paced run and gun game and thats what people like about it. Im a CoD fan and I never tried bf but I cant imagine myself playing bf. Im not saying it's a bad game, im saying people who play CoD cant adapt so well to fighting against tanks jets and helicopters. CoD players will feel the disadvantage of a tank that kills them everytime they respawn. It does not look like you can have a 1 on 1 battle using guns in bf because of the destruction happening. Bf is a great game but not for CoD players and vice versa.

[Chug]

Capcom doesn't have enough resources to come out with a good game. Seriously though, what happened to them, they used to be great.

[XtraTrstrL]

Just let the main SF team go indie and make a spiritual successor to SF3. If that happened, I wouldn't need Crapcom anyways. The RE creator is already working on his own on The Evil Within, bringing back survival horror. The father of Megaman is working on Mighty No. 9, so all we need is SF's A-team on their own indie team making something in the vein of SF.

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

What about the monster hunter team?

[Lboogieskells]

SF3 is one of the most broken fighting games to ever be made. I love it as much as any other Streetfighter fan, but it's time to let it go. On the business side of things, its one of the worst selling SF games which caused the drought so long ago. No matter how much we love em, Anime style fighters dont sell well enough.

People hate Street Fighter 4 but its the series that revived the fighting game genre. Updates cost money so I never minded the multiple releases. Street Fighter 5 should be a hybrid of SF3 and SF4. A beautiful next gen 2d Shell shaded Fighter! ;)

edit:On the Panta Rhei engine of course.

[XtraTrstrL]

As long as it doesn't have Focus Attacks, I'd be fine with it. I know parries should have had more of a system to them, instead of being able to parry nonstop, there should have been a parry bar or something. When I said a spiritual successor to SF3, I didn't mean it had to be done sprite-based, even though there's tools out there now to do sprite-based 2D at little cost to the v-ram and with way higher animations and HD graphics.

I just want an SF that isn't catered to casual gamers as much, and that isn't packed with consumer robbing $$$ DLC that should be free.

[AzurePaladin77]

Personally, I like Capcom.. always have. I've been playing their games since Ghosts & Goblins and Mega Man for NES. They have provided me with much entertainment in recent years for very fair prices. I picked up Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition for $20 at Gamestop. It'll be a real shame to have Capcom go under and not see another Marvel Vs. Capcom or Street Fighter made by them, and/or have those series sold off and possibly not done justice by new developers.

Thanks for the years of enjoyment, Capcom. I hope you can turn things around soon.

[hazardman]

Same here dude!

[RaikRhythm]

The only thing I'm concerned about here is Monster Hunter, and I know people who are concerned for Street Fighter. Otherwise, I find I don't really care.

[jeeves86]

Capcom puts too much money into their games. Their profit margins are so slim because too much money goes into it. Just a broad generalization - it's great if your game brings in 10 million - what's bad is if your game cost 9 million to make. That's why we're seeing these articles of Capcom titles not living up to Capcom's expectations. It's not that they don't sell at all, quite the contrary - it's just that it's not well enough for Capcom.

[WeAreLegion]

Perhaps Platinum will be able to acquire Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, and Okami soon.

[My_Name_BTW_Is_Dante]

I hope not. They're overrated developers that make mediocre games.

[Hanso]

no

[DestinyHeroDoomlord]

The real Dante wouldn't say that.

[fsfsxii]

Most of their games are ok. Except for Vanquish. MGRR was mediocre.
Bayonetta is ok.
Mad World was great.

[SoulSercher620]

Ninja Theory is an egotistical developer that makes flops.

[RaikRhythm]

That would be amazing. I'd love to see another Okami, though I did love Okamiden.

[WeAreLegion]

Same here. I think they did well by that series. I'd love to see a console port. It would work well with either the Wii U's controller or Vita.

[grassyknoll]

Yet they had 1000 people working on the awful Resident Evil 6. There is something deeply wrong in Capcom.

[Matt666]

Don't forget RE4 and RE5 where also crap.

[grassyknoll]

Resident Evil 4 is an amazing game (incredibly successful too): fantastic level design, hilarious & imaginative. The problem with Capcom is they thought it was successful just because it was a action game, not a great one: hence Resident Evil 5/6.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

RE4 was one of the best games I ever played. Not crap at all to me.

[zep]

i agree with you and to those ppl who like 4 and hate 5 and 6 what????? re4 started all the changes on the RE series i mean the bad and ugly changes that made the horror genre into action shooter its not scary anymore

[weirdo]

poor spelling

[Seraphim]

there's a Resident Evil 6? Lol

[gantarat]

600 not 1000

[illustratedDEO]

well there you have it folks expect more dlc and less new original IP's. Not saying Crapcom is done as a major playing field gaming development company. But Crapcom is offically done as a major playing field gaming development company.

[ritsuka666]

This pleases me alot. I'm vengeful towards Capcom this generation.

[fsfsxii]

I thought they were making mad money from all the milking.
Man, right now a video game crash would be a sight.

[majedx9]

RE1,2,3,CODE V are the best RE4>RE5>RE6.

[fardan85]

You should add RE zero too. One hell of a game. It worth buying a console for if you haven't played it.

[Deadpoolio]

Uh NO RE zero was crap...It was easily the worst not counting garbage like survivor, dead aim and those awful outbreaks...Item management was a joke the constantly switching for puzzle was lame and lets not even get into the terrible constant backtracking

[Max-Zorin]

That's what happens when you act like your mascot is no longer needed. Nintendo should try to buy the rights to Mega Man.

[Deadpool616]

Capcom has been horrible this generation, but I can only hope they restructure the way they do business for they can become the amazing video game company I remembered from the past.

[silkylove]

If they go under someone will buy them and all their franchises will still be made. They did this to themselves. They destroyed Resident Evil and Dino Crisis. They destroyed Marvel vs. Capcom by making it with polygons instead of the HD sprites that everybody wanted. They forgot about Power Stone. They milked Street Fighter to death. For some reason they refuse to release Demon's Crest (one of their best games) on the Virtual Console. They destroyed Mega Man. They failed to hold on to all the talent at Clover Studio. Just one poor decision after another.

[deadfrag]

Right now im having a big laught due to some people really thinking that CAPCOM is going down anytime soon.CAPCOM have after Nintendo ,the most value Ips in gaming;they have RE7 in the making than they have franchise ips like Maximo.Onimusha,V.JOE,ghost n´goblins,Okami,Cadillacs and dinossaurs,Strider...and many more that we havent seen in years.The problem with Capcom is the lack of new developers,talent developers..they dont have enough developers to make games...were in hell would we see Ono making a F2P game...this is not natural...and im almost certain that Capcom wont die anytime soon.

[DigitalRaptor]

They also only have $152 million in the bank:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[SoulSercher620]

LOL they're not doing ANYTHING with even half the franchises you just mentioned. And yes at the pace Capcom is going they WILL go under. All the IPs in the world couldn't save them if they don't even use them.

And did you just say they don't have enough developers? HELLO?! They had 600 people working on RE6 and they're looking to INCREASE the size for their future games. A horrible decision to make.

[Matt666]

@grassyknoll what you talking about RE4 lost all it horror aspects and became an action based game if you want horror go back to the original RE's with proper monsters (I.E. Zombies, Hunters, Dogs etc) the weapons you had to find, the lack of ammo, the lack of health items, limited saves I could go on but you get the point.

[TheOneEyedHound]

Who can afford CapCom though? They got too many good IP's.

Devil may Cry
Resident Evil
Monster Hunter
Mega Man
Street Fighter
Dead Rising
Marvel Vs Capcom

Resident evil alone should be worth a fortune.

[Beastforlifenoob]

Msoft? Sony? Shit Ea?

[_QQ_]

Don't think Sony has the cash for that, Maybe Activision EA,MSOFT or Nintendo. Nintendo would probably try to buy monster hunter since its thriving on 3DS, They would Probably go for megaman too, MS would probably go for dead rising, maybe Namco Bandai would try to buy street fighter, MVC will probably just go to Disney, MS will probably try to buy resident evil too if that was the case.

[mhunterjr]

That's the thing about underperforming, it nerfs the value of your IPs. That said, I think only the first parties would have the ability to buy capcom whole. EA probably could, but I doubt they'd be interested.

[Masterman280]

I don't think anyone would buy Capcom, because they'd be pretty expensive, and they're slacking with their games now, so i think companies would just buy a couple of IP's from them. Nintendo would mostly likely buy MH and Mega Man, them two alone would be mad expensive, but a great addition to Nintendo home. Sony could also go for MH and DMC, again great addition.

Microsoft would go for Dead Rising, but i think all those franchises would benefit Microsoft because Japan isn't so tight with XBOX's, but i hope Microsoft never acquires them. Street Fighter Should go to a third party developer, i really wouldn't like SF to be locked on one platform.

MvC would sadly have to die, if Capcom is gone, since they'd be no Capcom, and their franchises would be spread out. Looking forward to seeing what happens.

[Thepcz]

RE4 was a great game. it was a total refinement of the series addressing most if not all of the problems with resident evil games, ie the stiff controls etc. but that was the last resident evil game i played. after that, the series nose dived.

as for street fighter, i always held off buying because of capcoms relentless 'new' additions. so in the end, i didnt end up buying at all.

everything that was once great about capcom, is gone. so who cares if they go bankrupt.

[CaptainN]

No reason not to have a Wii-U version !! Street fighter hasn't been on a Nintendo home console in years !!

[Deadpoolio]

Except for the huge waste of money it would be for the next to no instal base....

[CaptainN]

Right... just like they said the same thing about how a fighter wouldn't sell on the Wii either because all it had was casuals.....and then Tatsunoko VS Capcom happened!

You can't increase an install base of a console if you don't bring games to get gamers to buy said console.

Supply and demand...supply games and the demand for the console will go up....keep ignoring support and no one will buy the machine. Third parties have to learn this! You cant make one or two games and because they don't sell give up. You have to re-educate the Nintendo fan-base since they have been excluded for years since the N64. Its logic like yours that continues this stupid trend of "third party games cant do good on Nintendo" nonsense.

[Baka-akaB]

And yet truth be told Tatsunoko didnt sell that well despite its quality , neither did Zack and Wiki , like to many games (or spyborg from capcom too ). At some point Nintendo fans got to buy more 3rd parties games too .

It can't just be Monster Hunter and a select few properties .

Sure you'll tell me that Capcom "was pleased" with Tatsu's sales . I very much doubt that a bit . They just had such low initial estimates and confidence that it exceeded them . They made tatsu a throw away game that was testing water and trying to expand a base .

Notice how what they've tried and learned with Tatsu , helped create MVC3 , absent from any nintendo lineup

[BG11579]

Wait what did I just read? Capcom has no money to make the next SF!
So this is what they get for following money grubing ideas from investors.

[Adolph Fitler]

Should be a lesson to other big developers...Is a shame another Japanese developer may die, but it is well deserved considering developers that continually make great games die because morons don't buy there games & but COD 10, & Super Sonic, Xtra Hardcore, Streetfighter Hyper, Arcade Edition instead. Crapcom have been feeding us crap for years, ever since they changed RE's formula & offered the series exclusive to Nintendo's failing GC, with that RE4 overhyped action movie garbage, & then decided milking us WORSE than Craptivision with SF4 character outfits. Now the turds are offering DR3 to MS exclusive, whilst offering some free to play exclusive crap on PS4...Why not just give both to both so users benefit & profits are excelled....Stupid decisions has been a Crapcom assurance offered for too many years now.

[DVAcme]

I respectfully disagree with RE4, that game's been so influential to the current crop of 3rd-person action action games it's not even funny. While it did steer the series in a more action-oriented direction, the game itself is a classic. RE5 and 6 are total grabage, though.

Capcom's made some seriously boneheaded business decisions these last few years, that's for sure, and there's an undercurrent of mean-spirited intentions on many of them. Their handling of the Megaman franchise and of its main producer Keiji Inafune are reprehensible, and they've killed many of their classic franchises in favor of dubious IPs that go nowhere or good titles that are not given any decent exposition. Dragon's Dogma, for example, I found an excellent game, but I would not honestly have considered buying it if it hadn't been for word of mouth. I barely saw any promotion or coverage in gaming media prior to the game's release. And the decision to not make next-gen fighting games BAFFLES me, considering the genre is experiencing a renaissance which CAPCOM THEMSELVES STARTED with the release of Street Fighter 4.

I've talked smack about Japanese gaming companies before, but I really do wish the Japanese got their shit together and started becoming a worldwide force again, but when one of their absolute biggest companies is floundering and self-destructing like Capcom is, I don't expect them to make a comeback anytime soon.

[Amigaengine]

No Powerstone...........so no money

[EXVirtual]

As much as Capcom f'ed up, I really don't want them to die. They molded me into the gamer that I am.

[Inception]

Agreed with you. I lived my childhood with their games. From SF, Onimusha, RE, BoF, Dino Crisis, Maximo, to DMC and Ace Attorney. My gaming life will not the same if there's no Capcom. That's why i gave Capcom one last chance to redeem themself. I hope they can fix their mistakes and bring back their old glory again.

[gantarat]

i Blame CEO,COO,Marketing Manager Than Producer or Director in Capcom

[stavrami]

The 80's called it said leave the fighters back were they belong

[Baka-akaB]

Except it was mostly in the 90s ... and they still sell millions to this day . Hell except for Capcom's recent screw up with SFxT , all major old and new ip sold their fighting game just fine .

Hell , even if not a fan of the game , the xbox one is even launching with a much awaited and hyped Killer Instinct .

Maybe you should leave the 80s :p

[stavrami]

Street fighter was 80s they may of continued through the 90's but if we're being picky we could say 2000's also :-p . Street fighter 1-2 was awesome games but now were on street fighter 211 they should well and truly leave it alone . Nothing wrong with a fighter gods among us looks enjoyable and I will be picking it up for my vita . Thing is we do not need as many fighters now days it was the genre off the past .there's plenty of other stuff to work on they have made some killer titles

Yea was mostly 90's now I come to think about it . Think the dementia is kicking in my mind ain't what it used to be , still thou 80's was awesome time for gaming never forget my old favourite double dragon

[Baka-akaB]

"MOSTLY"

And only street fighter 1 was in the 80s . The craze started with SF 2 in '91 .

And we dont need less fighting games , since they all have their public . We have yet to see any crash and fall . It was mostly Tekken burning out people or SFXT because of its horrendeous dlc schemes and lack of polish .. but even those game had good initial sales

[Foxgod]

the 80ies didnt have any good fighters....
Only a bunch of good beat em ups.

[stavrami]

Street fighter 1 was the best in the series , 1988 I believe
@ Baka tekken was a great series but has lost steam over the years . I know they have a fan base but not like fps it don't, not that I am a fan of that genre either but fighting games were 2 a dozen at one point there not now because they just would not sell as well

[Baka-akaB]

It's not about being "like FPS" . Fighting game were only the driving force of the industry anyway on a few rare occasions like SF2/MK on snes/genesis or Tekken 1/2 for playstation . Other genre always took the lead in the cycle and dominated anyway . it was stuff like platforming then , its fps or sandboxes now .

The genre went fringe and complete niche at the crash of the arcade , but bounced back and is now healthy again . it no longer need a pity party

[Majin-vegeta]

I can see Sony purchasing DMC license and handing it off too SM.Just imagine a DMC game with their magic touch *-*.

[Baka-akaB]

No thanks . I'll sound spoiled , but even with SM's quality as a developper , i dont feel they are the right fit , unless they develop it in tune with the serie , as opposed as turning devil may cry into their usual brand of gaming (like NT did) .

[Roccetarius]

SM developing a DMC game would kill it, completely. The pace and idea of their games, is completely different to that of DMC.

DMC has stylish combat going for it, while GoW doesn't.

[ZHZ90]

The irony, Capcom milked SF4 to death(So as well milked SFxTK and MvC3) yet they don't have money for next gen fighter.

They downhilled RE and DMC, and cancelled 4 MM games in a row.

[Hakoom]

What happend to all the money they milked from sf? lol

[thejigisup]

That tweet could be taken s million ways. Resources could be iron ore, lumber, water, staff, gold, maybe they have a computer virus hogging all of their resources...Capcom better fix their shit bc they'd a ton of people that don't wanna give up on them. Hopefully deep down gives them perspective deep down.

[Dex37]

O capcom capcom cap(motherfucking)com so sad i guess you should have made another megaman game and stop making half ass games. and i don't know why but i see that alot Japanese game developers make a game and then a month or 2 later they come out with another game exactly the same but with three or four characters few skins and maybe a stage or two they just did that with dead or alive it made me so fucking mad and no i didn't go out and buy that version fuck that you gotta make a stand some where

[CC-Tron]

If Capcom can't afford to make another Street Fighter then a sequel to Dragon's Dogma is out of the question.

[jhoward585]

Capcom should be called Cowcom b/c they've milking the hell out of most of their franchise for years.

I hope other Devs take this is a lesson learned that you don't mess with your fans.

[josephayal]

capcom is going bankrupt

[ashcroft]

This is what happens when you keep neglecting Mega man. If you think mega man isn't a factor, look at the kick starter program for Mighty No.9. For many of us old school gamers, MM is the face of capcom...I don't feel bad for them since they threw that franchise out the window.

[cactusjack]

capcom is going to be the next publisher to belly up.

[MorbidPorpoise]

Aww, was hoping for Super Street Fight IV: The Next Generation Turbo Arcade Edition 2014.

[MooseyXTC]

I always figured that if they found themselves in hot water, they could easily pull a REmake 2 out of their ass.
Pre-rendered backgrounds can't be terribly costly, I figured, hell they have their HD models from Darkside Chronicles all ready to go.

Now it looks like even that won't happen.
Saddening.

[Kuse]

Deep Down is gonna be so terrible lol

[Goku781]

This is sad, the thought of never having a proper conclusion to the real Devil May Cry really sucks.

[LeCreuset]

Are you paying attention Rockstar?

[InTheZoneAC]

trolling much?

rockstar was easily the best 3rd party developer this console generation

if it weren't for santa monica or naughty dog they would've been the best overall.

edit: so you're comparing an online mode to all of capcom? brilliant! and how they they mess up the direction when it just started?

again, troll much?

[LeCreuset]

Do you even know what trolling is? Seriously, some of you just hear certain buzzwords and that's all your vocabulary consists of from that point on.

My comment was in reference to the direction Rockstar has gone in with GTA Online. For the record, I wasn't one of the people complaining when micro-transactions were first revealed for it. They assured us that the economy would be geared towards people earning in game money, as opposed to buying it, so I had no problem with that scenario. That hasn't been the case, though.

[InTheZoneAC]

good to see flat out greedy companies go down under

I'm glad this happened to Zipper for how they ruined socom with every release, now capcom

btw I never did care for megaman, so let that die off as well...

[tigertron]

Capcom...ah how the mighty have fallen.

The Resident Evil franchise went to crap, with the only really good one this gen being Revelations. I hope they don't ruin 7 like they did with 5 and 6, but it's likely that they will.

[Smashbro29]

That's a shame because a console exclusive fighter was really gonna be my reason for getting a console.

[Last_Boss]

I was just saying to some friends, if Capcom gets into dire straits, then merge with SEGA.

[donnieboy]

They should let Microsoft or Sony buy them out...

[MegaRay]

Am I being evil by wishing them bankrupt? Atleast then a company would buy their ips

[swice]

This actually makes me sad. Capcom has been around since the beginning for me. I do t want to see them fail.

I want to see them get better

[TuxedoMoon]

Just make Power Stone 3 for the Wiiu/ps3/360 or 3ds or something...That's cheap to develop for right? I'm sure it will sell very well in the long run. Wait...this is Capcom we're talking about...they don't listen to their fans...

[Morpheuzpr]

That's what they said about Monster Hunter 3 for not making it for the PS3, and sold it to Nintendo. So yeah...

[wishingW3L]

Arc System are a much more smaller company yet they have money to make Guilty Gear XRD on PS4. And not to mention that Capcom fighters like MvC3 and SFIV have outsold Blazblue, Persona Arena, etc. by a pretty huge margin. On top of it SFIV have made Capcom tons of money on expansion and DLC alone!

But it seems all those flops like: DMC, Dark Void, Dragon's Dogma, Bionic Commando reboot, etc. really hurt them, and all for trying so hard to chase the western market for the Call of Duty money.

[Matt666]

@ado908 RE4 wasn't scary at all it lost all it horror aspect and became a boring action game and where the proper monsters like zombies, dogs, hunters etc and graphics have nothing to do with how scary a game is, its about the environment, atmosphere, sounds, limited saves, lack of ammo and health etc.

[ExposingLames]

thats what they get for letting Slant Six games develop for them and not bringing Monster Hunter to the major consoles.

[LEOPARD1030]

Capcom betrayed to its creators ( Kamiya - Devil May Cry and Mikami - Resident Evil), main characters (No more games for Megaman and Dante was replaced for a emo), distributors ( Capcom refused to release Monster Hunter for PS systems) and users (abusive DLC).

All the money from the past glories was wasted in bad games made in west like Dmc, Lost Planet, Remember Me, Dark Void, Motogp, Resident Evil Operation Racoon City.

[TomahawkX]

I could see Capcom merging with another japanese publisher in order to survive. I think Namco + Capcom would be awesome.

[DoggyBiscuit]

Capcom gonna become the next THQ

[just-joe]

if it does, we can only hope their IPs go to their respective creators.

[linkenski]

If this means Capcom will have to focus more on their smaller handheld and niche titles, then I don't have any OBJECTION!'s (pun definitely intended)

[max0583]

So now the new thing is using holy grail for everything,can get thru readind a post when it's there holy grail.thank you Jay Z

[Plagasx]

That's because they're too busy screwing up franchises that we loved so much.

[Klad]

Obviously, there resources are going into "Deep Down" for the PS4, this is a high risk project for them as PS4 isn't out yet. they may also be working on other unannounced next gen titles. if all works out, i think they will most likely bring a next gen Street Fighter to the table, as they know fans will buy it!

[porkChop]

Also Dead Rising 3 for XBO.

[Thomaticus]

Street Fighter Alpha 3 HD Remix would be a nice money maker.... I wish they would make 2D fighting games using sprites instead of 3D models.

[porkChop]

Glad to see Capcom's BS DLC practices and nickle and diming their customers didn't work in the end. Capcom is going down. Not only do they deserve it, they've done it to themselves.

[NeoTribe]

Greed made them fall so to hell with them. Microsoft better learn to treat customers better also or there gaming consoles are gonna flop also.

[Welcome2Die]

"Capcom doesnt have enough resources for a next-gen fighter"

Let me fix that for you guys that didnt have to deal with Capcoms bullsh*t this gen.

"Capcom cant copy paste characters and stages from this gen and charge you into believing youre getting a new game"

There we go, thats more like it.
If you dont believe me look at SFxT, the Street Fighter side of the cast is 90% (now 100%) of the characters in the SF4 series, they completely copy/pasted them into the game and copy pasted them back into USF4.

[Gore-Content]

Funny how they made Deep Down FREE2PLAY, and Dead Rising 3 an xbone exclusive. How the hell do they want to make money with that decision making?

[mediate-this]

Love hate relationship, one of my favourite games is streetfighter, so much replay value with the online play, fgc loves their S.F. But capcom is garbage. They are lying through their teeth, no resources for a port? This is my problem with new gen coming in. To many systems hooked up.

Greedy corps need to go, they gots to goooo, Goooooooo

[nigelp520]

Capcom should have made Monster Hunter for Xbox 360 and PS3 to increase sells. Port older games to PSN such as Megaman Legends and PowerStone 2

[Adolph Fitler]

Start making proper RE games again with my beloved slow, shambling, masses of zombies, instead of this other garbage..I don't care if you loved RE4, it may have been a great game, but it wasn't a great RE game...Should have been called something totally different & RE should have went on as was, & just improved on what already made it popular, theres a reason The Walking Dead is one of the best, most popular shows on TV. People love those slow, forboding, traditional zombies, in large quantities, & Dead Rising is more like a RE sequel than ANY RE since Code Veronica. And considering Dead Rising is hogslop compared to RE1, especially RE2, & RE3 & even Veronica, that is saying something. Also, why f^&king give us 10 different version of SF & SFvsMarvel, WHEN WE"D ALL prefer a new Rival Schools?????? And as many have said a new Powerstone to show Nintendo who the real copycats are (so Sony can stop taking ALL the heat)...Not to mention, a new Onimusha would have been great on PS3/360, as well as a new Ghouls'n'Ghosts, Maximo, Dino Crisis...I mean the list of quality games they could compile into sequels is dumbfounding, & what is more dumbfounding is that they kept trying to rip us off for shit that should have been included in those games from the start, instead of making sequels to these other aforementioned classics...They have no one to blame but themselves....I mean, really...I will not miss tem if they go, simply because I have miseed them since they stopped making true RE games like they did in the PS1 days, I have missed the gems they used to make like Rival Schools, Powerstone, Onimusha, Maximo, etc, etc,....all games that could have been improved beyond sight, had they concentrated there efforts on that, as opposed to overpriced, undersized DLC.

[lobocob]

Who needs a next-gen capcom fighter when we have Killer Instinct! when i'm right, i'm right!

[Brazz]

i do agree that K.I is a promising game, but hey... you are talking about modafoker Street Fighter here, the top dogs in fighting games! K.I still need to grown quite a bit to be in these level. Hell K.I, in my modest opinion, still need to go pass Guilty Gears, MvC and mortal kombat level, and only after this go in Street fighter level.

[OmegaShen]

With all the Street Fighter 4's they made and MvsC3, as well as no Mega Man games.

Yeah they pretty much screw themselves.

[grimmweisse]

Capcom, a massive developer with such a wealth of IPs and they are just squandering them away with either absurd DLC practices, contracting them out to mediocre devs or just leaving some untouched.

As much as they've brought their current predicament on themselves, I don't want to see them go under. But they really need to shape up their business models if they're to survive.

[horndog]

Dr3 is going to be sweet. I love capcom

[Donnywholovedbowling]

What did they spend all of that disc locked dlc sales money on, hookers and blow?

[LordDhampire]

Just bring some power stones, fuck this street fight shit...no one wants that shit...they might think they do but people are stupid...the people are fickle....stop refurbishing so many games