Capcom Won't Make a Sequel For Less than 2M Sales

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Capcom Won't Make a Sequel For Less than 2M Sales

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So, a report was recently released saying that Capcom has an internal policy stating that all development on a sequel s cancelled unless the previous game in the series had at least 2 million copies sold. Now, Capcom has been losing money quickly lately, so they probably think that this is a good idea. But, anyone who knows how the market actually works knows that more well-designed lower-budget niche titles generally make more money in the long run than a single big-budget flop *cough*RE6*cough*. It's a real shame - this kind of behavior will be what sinks Capcom in the end. I don't want to see another titan of the industry crumble, and Capcom seems to be circling the drain...

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So this is why no new Darkstalkers, huh.
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Doesn't surprise me, of course they'll most likely never make a sequel again with that high of a standard.....ah well seems another will bite the dust sooner than later as it is....
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Still can't believe we are getting a remake of the remake of resident evil you can only milk the same cow so many times :P.
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Fragems wrote:Still can't believe we are getting a remake of the remake of resident evil you can only milk the same cow so many times :P.
Tell that to Street Fighter.
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They do realize that less than 1% of all video game releases get those numbers, right?
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ZeroAX wrote:They do realize that less than 1% of all video game releases get those numbers, right?
Doubtful....it just seems like they might hate making some money even if it's not as much as they'd perfer(sounds like some other companies I know of but I digress)
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TSTR wrote:So this is why no new Darkstalkers, huh.
beat me to it.
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Fragems wrote:Still can't believe we are getting a remastering of the remake of resident evil you can only milk the same cow so many times :P.
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Once a upon a time Capcom were kings of the industry.

Then shareholders and their over zealous expectations sucked the life out of the company. And it has lost many of its key developers as a result.

These days they're just Crapcom to me.
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