There's Still Hope For a New Darkstalkers

[Ruler]

spemanig said:

Ruler said:

We could have had Darkstalkers 4 if Capcom wouldnt have spent all the money on uselss Franchises which they dont own the IPs for like Marvel vs Capcom. There is always the possibility in the future if Capcoms finances are in check, they obviously wouldnt make a new Marvel Game because they should know by now that this Franchise is a waste of Money.

And street fighter also seems to have peaked with the interests of gamers

MvC was always the better selling, more desired franchise though. The opposite of useless. It wasn't a waste of money, but they don't have the right's to it anymore. If they could reaquire the rights to MvC, they'd do it in a milisecond, but Disney has made their decision. You'll see another Capcom vs. game well before you see another Darkstalkers game though. Just won't be with Marvel. Likely Nintendo since that would do just as well, if not better than MvC.

It did. Than it sold poorly.

Now this isn't to say that I don't want another Darkstalkers. I've never played it, but it looks awesome and I'd love to play a new one. Just that if so few people bought the newest entry in the mascot of fighting games, a tiny fraction of those people would buy a new Darkstalkers, and Capcom will clearly not be in the position to do that kind of charity for a very long time after SFV. They'll only be making safe moves.

MvsC was considered a save move because of its American Mass Market appeal with Marvel IP but look what happened with it now. It bombed, it probably is outsold by TekkenxStreetfighter by now. It cost them 100s of Millions to devolope and marketing this game and they cant even sell it now dueto Disneys expensive lincences, same with Marvel vs Capcom 2 which was avaible as HD remaster.

If they would have chosen Darkstalkers 4 it wouldnt have sold alot @day 1 but over time with Digital Sales and Retail restocks as well as DLC and ports to PC, PS4 and X1 it would have sold just as much if not even more than Marvel over time.

Its exactley these ''Save Bets'' mentallity that drove capcom down where there are now because these Western markets are nothing but save for a japanese company, look at the SFV hate-tirade. Or crying and bitching about Resident Evil if its supposed to be scarry or not.