Oh how exciting! Capcom is for sale. Nintendo could buy them!

Apparently lost in the excitement is the fact that Capcom's shareholders have basically just said that they'd like to sell while Capcom's still worth something. They can see the end of the cliff, and they'd like to sell somebody else their train ticket before they go over like THQ.

This is not a good thing. If somebody buys Capcom, whether it's Nintendo or EA, that makes Capcom the first major casualty of the 8th gen. Or was that Atlus? They're falling so fast I'm having a tough time keeping track.

I'm not a shareholder so I don't know about anybody else. From where I sit, even though Capcom has made a lot of mistakes, a TON of my games are made by them. Hell, I just ordered Dead Rising 3 on Amazon yesterday. Capcom's franchises are still big names, even if they don't make money like they used to. Hell, whoever owns Street Fighter pretty much owns the entire fighting game community.

Because of this:

They're probably just going to be bought by Tencent or something.

Capcom has been struggling regardless of this news. I'd be impressed if anyone was actually willing to invest in them.

Atlus wasn't at fault for its failure. It was just caught in the middle of their corrupt parent company. Capcom has been in a steady decline and now finally its shareholders are scrambling to figure out what to do so they don't lose all their investment. Nintendo would be the perfect fit for Capcoms character roster and I feel Nintendo won't devalue any of the franchises. I still wish they were the winning bidder for Atlus but SEGA was the next best.

There is a lot of misunderstanding in the CAPCOM situation . They are NOT up for sell. They are NOT interested in a merger. All that happened  was their takeover defense was not approved. That just means some douche bag can buy enough stock to have controlling over what happens  at CAP. This is more of threat from CAP's investors pretty much saying "if you dont get your act together theres no takeover defense to save you"

As for Nintendo getting them... Its a delusion fan dream. Nintendo would NOT forcefully takeover CAPCOM. If Nintendo were to buy another huge it would somebody not in game industry that strengthen then name brand Nintendo worldwide in a way they cant just by being a game developer like a merchandise company. Japanese publishers dont do forceful takeovers. Any time a japanese company buys another its small company they already have good ties with or two companies with similar styles merging.

Capcon came out of the 7th gen mortally wounded (continuous re-releases, overabundance of DLC, on disc DLC, not offering enough depth into their games, shutting down promising studios for mediocre sales, unnecesary reboots, wasting money on mobile gaming, their refusal to acknowledge the Megaman demand, i can continue all day.). This was practically inevitable.

get it Nintendo.

I couldn't care less about capcom, but I don't wanna say DmC and Resident evil go down with it because their too out of touch and love DLC.

A fair point, but this does signal a lack of shareholder's faith in management and a certain cynicism in Capcom's prospects.

I guess I just find it strange to see gaming enthusiasts cheering for more and more publisher consolidation. Nobody seems to feel that bigger and more powerful publishers are bringing more diverse or compelling products to market or adopting more consumer-friendly policies.

This isn't even the enthusiastic consolidation of a growth industry, but the bargain-hunting opportunism of a saturated market. It's about destroying inefficiencies (read: diversity), not enabling new opportunities.