capcom gives less support for gamecube...

[unit003]

For those that were betting resident evil wouldn't stay exclusive to GCN, this one's for you!

Capcom is planning to reduce software support for the Gamecube console, the Nikkei Business Daily reports today. The developer and publisher apparently plans to shift more of its resources towards PlayStation 2 and Xbox, as a consequence of the GC's disappointing hardware sales in Japan and abroad. Also, future games in the Resident Evil series (beyond the already-announced Resident Evil 4) are to find their way to other platforms.

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unit: fixed your URL who taught you how to spell
-Bahn just kidding

[Schlep]

Capcom's going to spread their fecal matter evenly across all the consoles...great.

[Will]

But......most of those aren't even out yet here! I still say they would be pussying out prematurely but I wouldn't be too worried about it. It would kind of funny though if these titles sell less on the other platforms

[Chojin]

I doubt they'll do much better(if at all) with the Xbox. It'll be neat to see what Capcom can do with the hardware though.

[Andy]

For the growth of the industry.... for GameCube....



:jest:

[Ragnarok the Red]

D'oh for Nintendo

[Shin Johnpv]

well till the Capcom 5 come out here its not like theyve given it much support

RE series and CvS2EO

not much support at all anyway

i think theyre jumping the gun a bit

[unit003]

well, everybody pulled stunts like this when the dreamcast was dying...


um....

[Damian79]

As usual gamers.com gets second hand information from people who got information second hand. The actual Nikkei story:

Recent reports suggest that Capcom will focus more toward a multiplatform strategy.

According to the Friday edition of the Nikkei Business Daily, Capcom is starting to reevaluate its current relationship with Nintendo. The next game in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil 4, will remain exclusive to the GameCube, but Capcom has reportedly stated that future games in the series would be made available on other platforms as well. Part of this comes from recent sales figures, which have fallen short of Capcom's original expectations. The article also says that Xbox accounted for only 1.5 percent of Capcom's sales, but the company hopes to increase that particular figure.

We'll post more as it develops.



http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6024594.html

[Shin Johnpv]

so then its not what everyone has been posting

bah its stupid when sites jump to conclusions