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Capcom praises DmC and Dragon's Dogma in FY13 earnings

Capcom announces a ¥2.97 billion profit for FY13, and will more strongly invest in "directing our development resources to the development of online games" in the future.

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Capcom has announced an expected profit of ¥2.97 billion (approximately $30m/£19.3m) for the 2013 financial year, following its revised April forecast.

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As predicted, Resident Evil 6 "did not meet with [Capcom's 7 million sales target] and thus was not able to play a role in leading the segment's sales growth." The game has sold 4.9 million copies.

UK developer Ninja Theory's take on DmC: Devil May Cry "enjoyed stable popularity in overseas markets and posted solid sales," with the game's last sales tally coming in at 1.15 million copies sold.

The popularity of Dragon's Dogma was "greater-than-expected," however, and saw an "unprecedented" million copies sold for an original title.

Despite making a profit, Capcom was down 56 percent year-on-year in net income. The publisher previously blamed its current outlook on "excessive outsourcing" and "a delayed response to the expanding digital contents market," two problems it aims to rectify by funneling ¥7.2 billion (£48 million/$73 million) into a company-wide restructuring.

Looking ahead, Capcom expects to make a good amount of money in "directing our development resources to the development of online games (mobile, PC online and downloads for consumer games), which is a growing area, and by releasing large-scale titles such as 'Monster Hunter 4' and 'Lost Planet 3' focused on the domestic and overseas markets respectively."

For the next financial year, Capcom expects to make ¥6.8 billion ($68m/£44m) in net income.

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Dragons dogma is one of the best capcom's game ever and a perfect example that players wants something new ...not continuations of worn out games....

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@Stardust7 Yeah, Dragon's Dogma was surprisingly interesting in the style of the old CAPCOM.

Let's just hope they don't f*ck up the sequel, it's about the only game from CAPCOM in recent years that I actually enjoyed.

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@Stardust7 as much as I like it I must say it doesn't felt really new compared to Dark Souls

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@Kyrylo I played Dark Sousl and except for the fact that both games are Action RPG , they are substantially different from each others..DD is faster and more fluid than DS and ..DD combat system is very different ....the atmosphere is totally different too ...Dark Souls is darker ....etc etc ...

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@Kyrylo @Stardust7 Not really. It does borrow alot from the feel of the Souls games, but it's design is still radically different. Dragon's Dogma borrowed from alot of games, including Souls, Elder Scrolls, Shadow of The Colossus, Dungeons & Dragons, Breath of Fire...

The boss battles reminded me alot of the DS feel, as did the land-travel to a certain extent, but they are still two seperate games that differentiate themselves alot and stand on their own grounds.

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@Stardust7 atmosphere is VERY like Dark Souls. Also bosses are very like Dark souls. and storytelling has something from dark souls. Also general look. So in the end I'd say it's VERY like a Dark Souls

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@Kyrylo @Stardust7 Well it was still new series, as is souls series too (Demon souls 2009) pretty much shows that in new blood is future of gaming, as old series sells less copies per new title(excluding CoD)

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It will be crazy is DMC2 gets a sequel. It's hard for me to imagine it being cheaper to make then Bayonetta but they both put up about equal numbers yet for Sega those sales were so bad that it wasn't going to get a sequel.

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DmC seriously worst game and worst DmC every made by western developer ,the only reason i didnt played yet it doesnt have the og DMC feeling.i knew it after playin demo.and then they shipped same buggy and giltchy version,afterall. the only gamei like of capcom was re6 and dd :).

p.s capcom please bring back blue bomber and DMC 5

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@DevilArK1993 Your argument is not valid since you didn't play the full game.

Also please re-read your posts before posting because it's unbearable to read.

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@DevilArK1993 worst game and u havnt played it?

....sure why not

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@robbiejones @DevilArK1993 hmm gimme the reason why DmC is good enough to compete with other hack and slash like mgs rising and gow.

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@DevilArK1993 @robbiejones The same reasons the old games could compete. Deep, stylish, combo-driven action. Give me a reason why it doesn't compete.

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@DevilArK1993 DMC5 would be awesome, but capcom allready said before they dont want continue old DMC's story because they got lost and confused about it. Megaman could be saving grace to capcom, heck i think only reason why capcom can afford losses now is because SF and monster hunter.

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@Sandro7 F**K it Capcom only game i care of capcom is megman series and resident evil ,well i heard about resident evil seris might get reboot so then i wont have any interest in re series also and besides i might get hd colletion of DMC this will keep me enjoying old times ;)

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They have to praise the game because calling it what it is would make Ninja Theory look exactly like what they are...Poop.

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@megamatics Cheap untalented fools, copying ideas from others, not mention during devolpment, they had to call help from capcom to make DmC because they were stuck. Yet still they didnt allow capcom change general idea or capcom just didnt give single F. My quess is capcom just didnt care, i hope losses in money teach capcom something.

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DMC is my GOTY till now. ofcourse I havent played Bioshock till now but DMC is for me till now. Lot of love to Ninja theory.

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@vyaswanth not sure about GOTY but it's definitely action game of the year.

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@vyaswanth ur not the only one.I already completed the game achivments and I still play Virgil downfall now an then xD awesome game great story characters and gameplay....a bit short =´P

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@neroangelo1986 @vyaswanth I promise when you play Bioshock, your GoTY will change.

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No... no no no! since DmC reached it excepted sales(lowered sales, but still) it has chance to get sequel?! Dear god, i lost all hope for humanity. Well i guess i have to prepare myself to killiing spree, as people will get hurt IF DmC gets sequel

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@Sandro7 so you're going to kill people because you don't like a videogame? I'm a gamer like everyone else here but please pull the stick out of your ass.

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@Sandro7 three times lowered sales, you forgot. also underperformed against any single DMC game, even BEFORE multiplatforming.

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where is the "naked ada" dlc?

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@dragonkantus PC mods ; ]

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@HonorOfGod @dragonkantus With PC Mods, every female character in every game can be naked!

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@WantYouBad @HonorOfGod @dragonkantus Isn't PC gaming great? All your favourite heroines, naked for your pleasure!

You can even ge some of the heroes naked, if you're into that...

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@WantYouBad @HonorOfGod @dragonkantus So can be male characters too(had to add before something bad happens) those mods exist too. See mods can treat genders equally

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@WantYouBad Yup lol.

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@HonorOfGod @dragonkantus Dont have strong pc :( i should get new pc, but it cost way too much

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@dragonkantus I would by that in heartbeat :D i always loved miss wong, even in RE6

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@Sandro7 @dragonkantus cmon she's best thing happened in RE6. and her new costume is *drool*

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@Kyrylo @Sandro7 @dragonkantus she is best thing happened every RE game where she is in. :D Her campaign was neat too, mostly solo. I liked it.

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@dragonkantus in RE7 I guess.

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Does Capcom know that by releasing Monster Hunter 4 on the Xbox/PS sales will increase for the series? I mean why do they keep insisting that they are trying to expand Monster Hunter and then only release it for the Wii U and 3DS when you can just release the game on multiple consoles and have a sales boost for the series.

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One word describes what I'm feeling right now.


"Ugh."

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WTF ... all hope is lost ..the future only has crap games... ugh. Time to find a new hobby.

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@HonorOfGod If dark souls2 turns out to be horrible, im with you. Luckily early gameplay vids of dark souls2 looks promising.

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While i appreciate DmC, it never really got me like the original series, and it was kind of troubling. Then it kinda struck me....Nowhere in the reboot is the theme of loss established for terming the series 'Devil May Cry'. In the original series, the setting was so beautiful, Dante a devil, shedding tears over the loss of his brother, and the scene in DMC 1 with Trish.

The new one just seems like a soulless flashy reboot with dull characters, although it is a pretty decent game, but nowhere near the original!!!

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@radikel Too true. And contrary to some, DMC4 really did hit a nerve with me. I just really enjoyed the atmosphere. DMC proved to me that you don't need ridiculously long monologues to deliver an emotional tale. Sometimes, just the atmosphere and setting can take you very far.

That final scene in DMC4... I almost got teary. And I never get teary by games. Except MGS3. I cried like a baby at the end.

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@radikel That's what we DMC fans keep saying, It''s a decent game but not our Devil May Cry.

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@hellangel_boy @radikel I would call it decent if it wouldnt be too easy. It is H&S for noobs and idiots. Not to mention, it "unique" (limbo) world was directly copied from bayonetta. All reviewers chose to ignore this, knowing it would lower "amazing" game score right away.

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@radikel I agree it's solid for sure but inferior to the original games in every aspect expet maybe level design...

the worst part is that it's one the easiest H&S game I have ever played and doesn't need any skill and to think DMC3 was the hardest game ever made ....

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@evil-zodiark @radikel It was easiest H&S i ever played, heck i could read at sametime i played it during combat on hard difficulty(first playthrought) im not making this up. Only thing what i did in combat was DT dodge + arbiter instant "SSS" constantly, i used angel weapons only when i had to in order harm those Blue colored enemies(ice, but they rarely did Ice attacks)

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@evil-zodiark @radikel

It just feels terrible. All that countless hours spent playing DMC3 with my friend, and how much the game amazed us(Dante vs Vergil :)...), all that just seems like a waste to me now, with this reboot. I just cant help but feel its completely nullified what DMC stood for.

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so DmC was supposed to sell 5 millions ( main reason for the reboot) then expetations were lowered to 2 M and 1.2 M!!! if that's not a flop than I don't know what is....

anyway if the series will continue, make DMC5, I'd rather see the franchise shelved then getting DmC2...

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@evil-zodiark If they continue making DMC, im willing to bet they make DmC2, cuz they dont believe DMC franchise havent been raped enough.

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Dragon's Dogma was the only Capcom game worth playing in recent years.

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