Capcom Label PS3 sales "Sluggish"; PSP a failure

Capcom's post-financials Q&A unleashes a poor evaluation of Sony's consoles...

In a belated translation of Capcom's Q&A following the company's latest financials, the Japanese publisher labelled PlayStation3 sales as "sluggish" and in a double-pronged attack claimed the "PSP hasn't achieved the numbers expected."

Perhaps a reminder of why the Japanese publisher has adopted a multi-format development policy regarding titles such as Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, it's worth noting that Capcom have created one of the most successful titles to appear on the PSP in the shape of the Monster Hunter series

source: total video games

nice source. . .

alan

nice source. . .

alan

scoobiesnackarf

denial much :|

The Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about. Chrono21X

they would have sold 5 times as much if they weren't on a failure

Capcom's post-financials Q&A unleashes a poor evaluation of Sony's consoles...

In a belated translation of Capcom's Q&A following the company's latest financials, the Japanese publisher labelled PlayStation3 sales as "sluggish" and in a double-pronged attack claimed the "PSP hasn't achieved the numbers expected."

Perhaps a reminder of why the Japanese publisher has adopted a multi-format development policy regarding titles such as Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, it's worth noting that Capcom have created one of the most successful titles to appear on the PSP in the shape of the Monster Hunter series

source: total video games

Coconut_flavor

2 posts, and this is one of them! Why would I ever take this with a grain of salt?! :roll:

Apparently the article actually exists, just go to www.totalvideogames.comDoomshine

The Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.Chrono21X

The subpar Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.

Maybe if they pulled their finger out and made some better games that would actually shift some PS3's they would have some room to talk.

The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.no_submission

:lol:

i want something excluisve on the PS3, a third person shooter would be nice (in addition to resident evil)

The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.no_submission

Crapcom? They are the best 3rd party console developers on the planet. Only BioWare come close.

[QUOTE="no_submission"]The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.Riviera_Phantom

Crapcom? They are the best 3rd party console developers on the planet. Only BioWare come close.

capcom dosn't have any pull in this biz anymore... not since street fighter was retired has anyone really cared about them.

sony didn't even bother to throw any money at them to hold DMC4 when its exclusivity went up in the air, which is sad but I can see why it happend. The money just isn't worth it anymore when third party games really arn't top of the line anymore for consoles. First party second party developers get all the tools/money and manpower to put fourth the big guns on a system and guess what capcom isn't a first or second party for anyone!

capcom bring out MH3 & MHF2, RE, and DMC4 till then they are only contributing to sales lulls having no good newgames on the market and they have nothing tocomplain about.

[QUOTE="no_submission"]The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.NorthlandMan

:lol:

i want something excluisve on the PS3, a third person shooter would be nice (in addition to resident evil)

I just dont understand how Capcom expects PS3 sales to increase if they keep taking away exclusives.

They are the best 3rd party console developers on the planet

Umm no ever heard of the Ubisoft branches?

[QUOTE="Doomshine"]Apparently the article actually exists, just go to www.totalvideogames.comTnasty11

http://www.totalvideogames.com/news/Capcom_Label_PS3_%22Sluggish%22,_PSP_Underachieving_11864_3307_0.htm

Direct link.

this is funny coming from capcom considering they hav yet to release a single game on ps3 and don't have one planned for months..-Renegade

Agreed completely. They make these claims, and yet they have not even given the PS3 a fair shake yet. They need to stop worrying about sales now, and concentrate on making a great exclusive for the PS3, and then see what happens. Afterall, games sell consoles, and the PS3 is about to have a landslide of great titles. Yet Capcom seems to have already tossed the PS3 to the side before it has ever even gotten a chance to shine with these great titles that are coming out.

No matter though, as the PS3 will be doing just fine in terms of exclusives without them. Besides, with now mutiplat titles like DMC4, which console do you think that the DMC fanbase will want to play the game on?;) And as for the much anticipated RE5....well, it is not coming until 2009, and by that time, the PS3 will have so many games, we will be swimming in them. So, I am not too worried about not having enough Capcom games, lol.

[QUOTE="scoobiesnackarf"]

nice source. . .

alan

Coconut_flavor

denial much :|

Yea I am in denial when I have a 360, and DS lite? I like how your first post comes without the direct link?

Alan

[QUOTE="no_submission"]The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.Riviera_Phantom

Crapcom? They are the best 3rd party console developers on the planet. Only BioWare come close.

Nobody cares about personal opinions in system wars :(

You know that's kinda funny because both MH PSP games sold over a million in japan alone........qewrewq

thing is......if the PSP wasn't such a collosal flop, monster hunter would have sold five times more

they expected better sales figures for the monster hunter franchise, and didn't get it

i'd be dissapointed in the PSP/PS3 if i were capcom too

[QUOTE="qewrewq"]You know that's kinda funny because both MH PSP games sold over a million in japan alone........JB730

thing is......if the PSP wasn't such a collosal flop, monster hunter would have sold five times more

they expected better sales figures for the monster hunter franchise, and didn't get it

i'd be dissapointed in the PSP/PS3 if i were capcom too

How is it possible that they expected to sell more when it sold much less on the PS2? I don't think they even expected it to sell over 1 million.

[QUOTE="NorthlandMan"]

[QUOTE="no_submission"]The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.no_submission

:lol:

i want something excluisve on the PS3, a third person shooter would be nice (in addition to resident evil)

I just dont understand how Capcom expects PS3 sales to increase if they keep taking away exclusives.

LOL soo true actually thats well any developer who keeps making there exclusive PS3 games multiplat.

You know that's kinda funny because both MH PSP games sold over a million in japan alone........qewrewq

Which means they each sold a little over a million. There's no point in saying "in japan alone."

Anyways, this comment makes sense. The little amount of support that Capcom has given to the PSP's competitor has been very well-received. The PSP does not move software. The fact that MH sells well is cool and all for Capcom, but that is not the only game that they have published or developed for the PSP. The PSP doesn't even move hardware all that well either. It's not an utter failure. Capcom didn't say that. They just said that it's not acheiving the numbers that were expected. That is a completely true statement, and I don't see why anyone would have trouble believing that.

The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.no_submission

[QUOTE="Chrono21X"]The Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.D_Znuhtz

The subpar Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.

Maybe if they pulled their finger out and made some better games that would actually shift some PS3's they would have some room to talk.

Since when was it Capcom's job to sell Sony hardware?

[QUOTE="D_Znuhtz"]

[QUOTE="Chrono21X"]The Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.Xerlaoth

The subpar Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.

Maybe if they pulled their finger out and made some better games that would actually shift some PS3's they would have some room to talk.

Since when was it Capcom's job to sell Sony hardware?

[QUOTE="Xerlaoth"][QUOTE="D_Znuhtz"]

[QUOTE="Chrono21X"]The Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.flashattackfina

The subpar Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.

Maybe if they pulled their finger out and made some better games that would actually shift some PS3's they would have some room to talk.

Since when was it Capcom's job to sell Sony hardware?

Would you blow $5 million or more with little promise of making it back?

That doesn't sound extremely intelligent to me. This is one of the first good business decisions Capcom has made in quite a while.

[QUOTE="Doomshine"]Apparently the article actually exists, just go to www.totalvideogames.comTnasty11

http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/explanation.html
http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/data/pdf/fy2007e.pdf

FY2007 Presentation of Financial Results Q&A Summary

Q. What do you anticipate in regards to hardware platform market penetration? How has Capcom adapted to respond to this?

A. (1) That's a difficult question to answer, as the potential growth in terms of number of units, for each hardware platform is an important factor to consider. With currently available hardware, over 300 million units have been sold around the world as of the end of April 2007. From a population of 1 billion, the number of users, children and above, would be around 400 million, of which 300 million own the systems.

(2) The PSP hasn't achieved the numbers expected, and PlayStation 3 sales are currently sluggish. On the other hand, Nintendo is still making hard effort to keep up with demand in regards to their Wii console. Also of note, the PlayStation 2 still sold 14 million units last year. Last year, Capcom produced three, million selling titles, but cost factors heavily into any new product. Due to this, even when a title becomes a hit, it does not necessarily translate into instant profits. We always have to work to reduce costs. One method is to release popular past titles again at a discounted price. One example is Phoenix Wright 4, which is currently selling quite well. Our strategy has been to reduce the costs while increasing the number of titles sold from Phoenix Wright 1 to 3. As a result of this strategy, the fourth in the series has sold more than 500,000 copies in Japan alone.

(3) For the reasons given, it's important to try and figure out which platforms are excelling in the overall game market and to develop the most popular titles possible for those platforms to guarantee the continued success of our franchises.

[QUOTE="flashattackfina"][QUOTE="Xerlaoth"][QUOTE="D_Znuhtz"]

[QUOTE="Chrono21X"]The Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.i_like_pizza

The subpar Monster Hunter games have done so well on the PSP they have nothing to complain about.

Maybe if they pulled their finger out and made some better games that would actually shift some PS3's they would have some room to talk.

Since when was it Capcom's job to sell Sony hardware?

Would you blow $5 million or more with little promise of making it back?

That doesn't sound extremely intelligent to me. This is one of the first good business decisions Capcom has made in quite a while.

Funny how the PSP is a 'failure', when Sony has taken the biggest chunk out of any company in Nintendo's dominance in the handheld market. Hmmm...mjf249

Holy cajones, when will people stop throwing out this crappy argument.

What "chunk" has Sony taken? Seriously, what "chunk?" The DS is the fastest selling console of all time, which means FASTER THAN ALL PREVIOUS NINTENDO HANDHELDS as well. The DS is selling MORE than any previous Nintendo handheld. What "chunk" has Sony taken?

Market share is a misunderstood thing in the realm of analyzing. Usually, when new competitors are introduced, SALES are reduced. Market share will ALWAYS be reduced the introduction of a new competitor. It's just common sense. But usually, sales go down as well. That's the bad thing about new competition. Usually the sales are affected. In this case, the DS is selling MORE than anything else in history. How has the introduction of the PSP done anything to hurt the success of the DS?

It's an unfounded argument that either needs to be refined, or it needs to stop.

FFXIII, HS, MGS4willsell millions so you saying capcom games isn't good if millions on the ps3 without going multi? if so that's prove there games isn't very goodflashattackfina

Grammar is a useful tool.

FF, HS, and MGS4 will sell based off of hype. Look at their first week's sales, then the rest of their lifetime sales. They will sell based off of hype.

RE5 will sell a ton of games because of that too. Capcom can move games on the PS3 hardware. However, at this point, do you think Zack and Wiki will sell more on the Wii or the PS3?

That's right. There is NO reason to put games on the PS3 right now. They don't have the audience.

[QUOTE="no_submission"]The only game I want from crapcom is RE5, after that they can just piss off.-wii60-

Do you know a game called Oni?

Capcom's post-financials Q&A unleashes a poor evaluation of Sony's consoles...

In a belated translation of Capcom's Q&A following the company's latest financials, the Japanese publisher labelled PlayStation3 sales as "sluggish" and in a double-pronged attack claimed the "PSP hasn't achieved the numbers expected."

Perhaps a reminder of why the Japanese publisher has adopted a multi-format development policy regarding titles such as Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, it's worth noting that Capcom have created one of the most successful titles to appear on the PSP in the shape of the Monster Hunter series

source: total video games

Coconut_flavor

Even if it is true, Sony is not worried about it, because no matter if it is sluggish, capcom HAS to make games for there system weather they like it or not, lmao. :P

[QUOTE="mjf249"]Funny how the PSP is a 'failure', when Sony has taken the biggest chunk out of any company in Nintendo's dominance in the handheld market. Hmmm...i_like_pizza

Holy cajones, when will people stop throwing out this crappy argument.

What "chunk" has Sony taken? Seriously, what "chunk?" The DS is the fastest selling console of all time, which means FASTER THAN ALL PREVIOUS NINTENDO HANDHELDS as well. The DS is selling MORE than any previous Nintendo handheld. What "chunk" has Sony taken?

Market share is a misunderstood thing in the realm of analyzing. Usually, when new competitors are introduced, SALES are reduced. Market share will ALWAYS be reduced the introduction of a new competitor. It's just common sense. But usually, sales go down as well. That's the bad thing about new competition. Usually the sales are affected. In this case, the DS is selling MORE than anything else in history. How has the introduction of the PSP done anything to hurt the success of the DS?

It's an unfounded argument that either needs to be refined, or it needs to stop.

Capcom's post-financials Q&A unleashes a poor evaluation of Sony's consoles...

In a belated translation of Capcom's Q&A following the company's latest financials, the Japanese publisher labelled PlayStation3 sales as "sluggish" and in a double-pronged attack claimed the "PSP hasn't achieved the numbers expected."

Perhaps a reminder of why the Japanese publisher has adopted a multi-format development policy regarding titles such as Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, it's worth noting that Capcom have created one of the most successful titles to appear on the PSP in the shape of the Monster Hunter series

source: total video games

Coconut_flavor

Capcom has turned into a greedy company. While 360 and PC owners gets DMC4 no love is shown to PS3 owners. All capcom cares about is installed user-base.

Cows, you're acting childish again....

Capcom is now worthless! :roll: They said bad things about my Playstation!