Capcom's Inafune is Rubbish

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RolStoppable said:

makingmusic476 said:

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Resident Evil 4 > Resident Evil 5 probably best highlights Capcom's fall from grace.  Last gen they were on the cutting edge of Japanese developers, while this gen they make some ok games that don't raise the bar for the franchise at all.

But doesn't that hold true for pretty much all Japanese companies? And if everyone got worse, then Capcom is still cutting edge.

Not really.  Sega did a great job in inking a deal with Platinum Games, gaining the talent of Mikami/Kamiya on top of their own titles like Valkyria Chronicles.  I'd argue they're the top third party publisher in Japan at the moment, ignoring the travesty that is Sonic.  Square is also doing quite well in the handheld space, so they deserve respect for that.  And in terms of sales, they're obviously still top dog.  Then there's Namco and Konami.  Namco isn't doing a damn thing this gen and Konami has nothing of interest outside of Kojima Productions, so I guess Capcom still tops them, thanks to Monster Hunter alone.

Then there's Nintendo and SCEJ.  I'd say SCEJ tops all Japanese publishers save Nintendo, while Nintendo tops everyone, Japanese or not.

Capcom's struggling around the middle at this point, when last gen they were probably second only to Nintendo.