The validity of any petition that is targeted by the very fans relevant to the petition is limited. Capcom already knows the fans will buy it. They do their own market research to find this stuff out anyway.
Ok, let's say your an exec, what does 10,000 signatures from an online petition that takes 10 second to sign by the games very same fanbase suggest in terms of retail sales globally?
What is the anticipated rate of return on investment?
What artwork and game code can be saved to reduce costs?
What resources will have to be allocated to develop the title?
What financial losses will be incurred by reallocating those resources from current projects?
What is the final development cost?
What is the marketing cost?
What is the distribution cost?
And more. Thankfully Capcom publishes most of their own games or else it would get twice as complicated.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
