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HappySqurriel said:

I can't help but notice that games like Resident Evil 5, Street Fighter 4 and Bionic Commando were (probably) green-lit before (or soon after) the Wii was released; and certainly long before most publishers accepted the Wii as being a viable platform due to its large userbase. Beyond those games Capcom doesn't have much on the horizon for HD consoles and it was inevitable that there was going to be a big game annoucment or two for the HD consoles.

 

 One of the mods (probs Sven) said a while ago Capcom have 7 HD projects in developement. At the time that was RE5, SFIV, Bionic Commando and Dark Void. We can add Dead Rising 2 to that, and probably Lost Planet 2. An educated guess would put another Devil MAy Cry as the 7th too... but anyway.

 7 HD projects for a company the size of Capcom is pretty significient, and I can't see the RE5 team going onto a Wii project. Capcom seem happy to ignore the Wii for the most part and focus more on HD developement - even the teams who could be working on Wii games seem to be alloted to make PSN / XBLA games like Flock / Age of Booty / Street Fighter HD / Bionic Commando Rearmed 0_o.

Capcom will try out the Wii but I think at the moment they're resiliant, partly due to the disaster they had supporting the GameCube and partly due to the pitiful sales their games have seen in Japan. They were one of the only companies to have a profitable 3 quarter year thus far, and that was without any major releases or HD releases (which no doubt take up alot of R&D).



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Soriku said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:
Soriku said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:

Yeah, it's kinda funny that Capsom supported Nintendo through its darkest days but now that they're back on top, all they've got to show for it is Zack and Wiki....

 

And MH3, and Spyborgs.

Woooo?

 

Yes, woooo!!

MH3 > Any other game they're making

True story.

 

no.

/truth



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I think the only reason Capcom supported Nintendo was because of Shinji Mikami, who had a lot of influence there and was a big Nintendo fan.



What are Capcom's financial reports? Are they making money?

I saw it hinted in here in a couple placed that they are. If that is the case, they are one of the few. But they also seem to have the most disjointed strategy toward the Wii.

Now it could be that they backed a good crop of PS3/Xbox 360 games that sell and make money and they are doing fine. If that is the case, the history is going to limit their Wii activities because they will look for repeated success.

However, the past is not always indicative of the future.

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--OkeyDokey-- said:

Yeah, it's kinda funny that Capsom supported Nintendo through its darkest days but now that they're back on top, all they've got to show for it is Zack and Wiki....

 

So true. But I hope you are not saying it in a way that says Zack and Wiki is not a good game. It's a great game.

Dead Rising on the other hand.... what a lack of effort. I was really excited to know the game was being ported. From then until now, every news or video I see gets me even less excited. Right now, I don't even plan on getting it anymore. Only if reviews are high and it somehow pulls through... but I'm not betting on it.



rubido said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:

Yeah, it's kinda funny that Capsom supported Nintendo through its darkest days but now that they're back on top, all they've got to show for it is Zack and Wiki....

 

So true. But I hope you are not saying it in a way that says Zack and Wiki is not a good game. It's a great game.

Dead Rising on the other hand.... what a lack of effort. I was really excited to know the game was being ported. From then until now, every news or video I see gets me even less excited. Right now, I don't even plan on getting it anymore. Only if reviews are high and it somehow pulls through... but I'm not betting on it.

 

I take it back on the so true part. I read soriku's posts. They are still giving us MH3 and Spyborgs. Dead Rising makes me sad, but the others make me happy. :)



--OkeyDokey-- said:

Yeah, it's kinda funny that Capsom supported Nintendo through its darkest days but now that they're back on top, all they've got to show for it is Zack and Wiki....

 

It was more Mikami supporting Nintendo last gen rather than Capcom as a whole. The only games that didn't get ported to PS2 were REmake, RE0 and P.N.03



Soriku said:
Wii: Monster Hunter 3

HD consoles: lol sorry, no hunting for you.

Eh...I think it's a good trade...

 

 damn straight, I'd prefer dead rising 2 and RE5 over monster hunter 3 anyday lol. Then HD console owners' get SFIV, bionic commando, lost planet 2 and dark void.