Lost Planet doesn't look like a disaster flop, but I think its less than ideal for Capcom. If they indeed sold 810K to America and have sold-through 663K to date, with only 2-3K additional per week (VGC numbers), that doesn't bode well for them having established a great brand that they can build off of, which is probably one of the reasons they put so much money behind a game with a yet small install base. Dead Rising similarly... I think in both cases, they wanted an American million seller, which they're not going to get. Capcom should continue pursuing the 360 with these types of games, but I don't think they've reached the point of a substantial payoff. Monster Hunter 2, on the other hand, looks to be a substantial brand in Japan now, in fact one of the stronger non-DS brands of the moment, and is probably paying off right now.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
