Capcom Delays Titles, Slashes Earnings Forecast

Publisher Capcom has pushed four key titles back into its next fiscal year, forcing the company to slash its financial projections for the current year from a slight expected gain to a considerable year-on-year decline.

In a statement today, Capcom said the North American and European releases of Monster Hunter Tri, as well as the launches of Lost Planet 2 and Super Street Fighter IV have been moved from fiscal 2009 into fiscal 2010, which for Capcom begins in April of next year.

Along with Dead Rising 2, the games will be "spread across all four quarters of the fiscal year," which suggests at least one of them won't be on store shelves until calendar 2011.