Crapcom says Survial Horror market too small for Resident Evil

isn't that what different franchises are for? getting into different markets?

why would you halfway change the genre of a loved franchise into some sort of frankenstein-gone-wrong when you could just have 2 different franchises, one action, one horror.. there's clearly a market for both, and that way, the games would actually be good in their own right

Then make a military FPS :lol:

[QUOTE="Gxgear"]

There's no place in the market for mediocre shooters Crapcom has been pushing out either.

GhoX

If you have a Capcom stock portfolio, maybe. I just play video games.

Because of RE5 they can't make a pure horror one for fear of not selling. RE5 sullied the name. Amnesia A machine for pigs will release next year and I bet it will do very well sales wise, capcom just need to lower their budget a bit

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Resident Evil 2 sold almost as many copies as RE4-5 and it was on a single platform unlike 4-5 that were on multiple systems.ShadowDeathX

Then make new IPs that interest that market. Every game doesn't have to appeal to Joe Gamer to be succesful, and a real RE would be a hit with those that like the genre. Now, that market is smaller than the action set piece market perhaps, but the end result of taking an excellent Survival Horror IP and turning it into a rather generic action game makes nobody happy. See RE5.

They are entirely correct, the survival horror market is limited to people who don't mind getting scared every once in a while, not to mention almost the entire demographic under the age of 14 is unlikely to get into this genre...

Yeah, they're right, I blame the consumers though.

I'm part of a market that's too small for Crapcom, so I'll just stop buying their games.

if you release a great game, no matter the genre it will sell, they came to people with this crap called resident evil 5, were surprised that didn't sell and now they blame the genre instead of they making a bad game and realizing why it was bad in the first place.

let's take amnesia, it had good sells, and it is regarded as one of the best scary games this gen, and it was an indie game, imagine if it had a big budget. If you make an uninteresting game with identity crisis like resident evil 5 it will not sell good, cod with zombies will not sell.

I thought the old Resi games sold quite well in their times.

And it's not like every game has to have multi-million sales to turn a profit.

For instance, I doubt a Resi 2 remake with updated graphics would cost terribly much to make.

[QUOTE="Jynxzor"]Resident Evil 2 sold almost as many copies as RE4-5 and it was on a single platform unlike 4-5 that were on multiple systems.ShadowDeathX

[QUOTE="Midnightshade29"][QUOTE="GhoX"] Sales clearly disagreed. In this day and age, a mediocre shooter earns you more money than a good horror game.StrongBlackVine

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out! I will enjoy RE6 and future installments.

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

Yup, the big middle finger to the old school RE fans...

Ballroompirate

RE1 was my first game I've ever played and basically got me into gaming, I have to say Zombies haven't scared me at all since RE2 came out, they aren't scary at all now that I am older, hell Amnesia wasn't even scary and was basically stupid.

After working in the oilfields, cheap survival horror stuff just doesn't scare me anymore.

Casuals are the death of gaming confirmed.

I'm afraid this is why Dead Space goes more action than horror. The majority casual crowd simply likes action, they like shooting the crap out of others. Thats why CoD is popular in the first place.

Its a pretty sad view, horror games are already heavily declining. Major develoeprs and publishers never made a horror game, it all goes to indy developers.

The problem with games today is that the budgets are so big, if it doesn't sell Call of Duty numbers it's seen as a flop. And somehow, Amnesia managed to be released for a itty bitty budget and managed to be profitable, even though it's one of the most unfriendly games you will ever play.Timstuff

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]The problem with games today is that the budgets are so big, if it doesn't sell Call of Duty numbers it's seen as a flop. And somehow, Amnesia managed to be released for a itty bitty budget and managed to be profitable, even though it's one of the most unfriendly games you will ever play.AlexKidd5000

I don't know why it's so hard to understand; The bigger the franchise the more expensive it is to make. This creates the need to have a larger audience. The original RE costs a fraction of a fraction of what a new RE game costs to make. Therefore the more action oriented approach. I doubt if they be so successful nowadays with horrible tank controls and stupid tricks to create "atmosphere" and tension.

Of course they totally missed the point and turned the game into a shooter instead of improving the things that made the game popular. I rather liked RE5 I thought it was a really fun coop game.

So Resident Evil is now just a shooter with new and evolving monsters/zombies? Soon to be badly rebooted.

[QUOTE="TopTierHustler"]

Yet their best selling games were the first ones that focused the most on horror.

Capcom logic.

GhoX

They just need to make it scary again.

Its even more rude that they are asking permission if they should remake RE2? Are you serious Capcom? YES.  DUH We would love you to do that!

Why didn't they ask before making Guitar Hero: Operation Raccoon City.

They were on a roll when they were teaming with nintendo, why didn't they just continue remaking. RE2 and 3 could of been made into 1 amazing game.

Then 360 and PS3 came out.... aka the worst generation of gaming since before NES.

Capcom used to be one of my favorite developers and publishers. Now they have pulled a Square Enix and have gone to complete crap pretty much. RE4 was a great game, but RE5 and RE6 were terrible.

RE4 was great, not very scary but it had a strong sense of progression and was fun. Many ways to play the game. Upgrading your guns was fun, but optional. Great game.

Bull, Capcom. RE was popular as a horror game.nintendoboy16

and now it's that akward title everyone looks weird

How would they know?  :P

Yet their best selling games were the first ones that focused the most on horror.

Capcom logic.

TopTierHustler

That was back in the days before people were obsessed with online multiplayer.

Capcom already killed it by making RE5 and 6. And they will continue to hide behind a old name in order to sell their bad knock-off action games.

They really should of just created a new IP after RE4, that would of been the smart move (remember Devil May Cry? Yeah, that started out as RE4)

They are on auto pilot. It feels like RE is just a retirement plan for lazy devs who prey on the wallets on people who don't know any better.

Resident Evil 2 sold almost as many copies as RE4-5 and it was on a single platform unlike 4-5 that were on multiple systems.Jynxzor

Yeah, in 1998, before third-person shooters really existed in any other form.

Um... yeah. No sh!t.

The survival horror fanbase will b!tch and moan and cry like it always does, but it isn't big enough to justify AAA development in this day and age.

because their dumb asses made it that way....its market was huge till they turned it into an action game stereointegrity

Until they turned it into an action game, at which point most of the people who liked RE said "Hey, over-the-shoulder aiming is really cool. Fvck the old Resident Evils, I want more of this."

Suddenly, Gears.

RE5 is like a redheaded step child version of Gears of War. A plain embarrassing copy.

And now we have Splinter Cell copying Assassin's Creed.

Worst. Gen. Ever.

RE5 is like a redheaded step child version of Gears of War. A plain embarrassing copy.

 

And now we have Splinter Cell copying Assassin's Creed.

 

Worst. Gen. Ever.

sicknessgcn

Look at RE6. It's become more and more Gears. Yeah its not Gears, because Gears is fun.

Capcom is only following and not innovating. They are intimidated by whats selling. Gears, Uncharted, Call of Duty.

edit btw how funny and bad is the sprint animation in RE6. It's terrible! Looks so cheesy.