Capcom Q4 Earnings Release (05/20)

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DMeisterJ said:

Grampy said:

a. In this business segment, "Resident Evil 4 Wii edition" and "Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles" (for Wii) increased their brand recognition especially in overseas markets. Their shipment surpassed one million units, greatly exceeding our projection.

Wait, this can't be right. Everyone knows you can't sell 3rd party games on the Wii. This report will certainly discourage developers from wanting to develope for the Wii - NOT. And it's not even a kiddy game.

Don't want to get into this argument.

But Resident Evil 4 is an awesome game, and has sold on the GC, the PS2 port, and now the Wii... This does not hurt the TP games don't sell argument it helps it (not that I don't believe that).

Why make a new TP game, when I can re-port an already ported game on last generation consoles, look!  It'll sell a million units.

You should have hoped that RE4 Wii didn't sell...

They did and it too sold over a million.  RE: UC isn't a port or sequel and it defies the logic you just suggested.

Had RE4 not sold well, or RE: UC for that matter, then the 3rd party don't sell argument would have a layer of cement on it.