Killer 7

[Korly]

I like the WTF genre of games. I might pick it up as long as the game play is solid.

"WTF" is my favorite genre. Ever play "Panic" on Sega CD? Or "Tail of the Sun" on PSOne?

[MechDeus]

Or "Tail of the Sun" on PSOne?

Some amazing shit right there.

[Yoshi]

Looks like trash. I was excited for this game. Come to think of it, the Capcom 4 was mostly fluff garbage. Viewtiful Joe was the only good experience we got out of it.

Considering this is only the second game to be released out of it, saying that VJ was the only good experience is pretty obvious at this point.

[elfneedsfood]

Considering this is only the second game to be released out of it, saying that VJ was the only good experience is pretty obvious at this point.

I thought PN03 and Resident Evil 4 were part of the Capcom 5. Dead Phoenix is the only game that wasn't released.

[TobalRox]

I thought PN03 and Resident Evil 4 were part of the Capcom 5. Dead Phoenix is the only game that wasn't released.

You sir, are correct.

[Diff-chan]

The Capcom 5 was a ridiculous failure. Three of them ported to PS2, one of them being utter trash, and one of them cancelled outright. I just hope Nintendo gave them enough cash to make it worthwhile.

[MarkRyan]

The Capcom 5 was a ridiculous failure. Three of them ported to PS2, one of them being utter trash, and one of them cancelled outright. I just hope Nintendo gave them enough cash to make it worthwhile.

They'd have to have paid them a shit-ton of cash to make it actually worth it. Capcom likely lost a lot of sales with games like RE4 and Viewtiful Joe launching first on GameCube. Nintendo got a good deal out of it, though--they've got the best versions of some of this generations top games.

[James]

I doubt Capcom lost any real cash out of it. Nintendo had to have paid them a nice chunk of change, and RE4 will sell nicely when/if it ever manages to get onto the PS2.

Viewtiful Joe would never have set the gaming world on fire from a financial standpoint. PN03, though quite good, really was too niche to be more than an obscurity. Killer 7 should do ok, what with being on two systems at once. I actually expect the Gamecube version to equal the PS2 sales. Making 10 copies sold nationwide.

I ended up (or will end up, in the case of Killer 7) with all of the Capcom 5(-1). They were all worth owning and playing. The experiment was a success.

James

[Diff-chan]

I doubt Capcom lost any real cash out of it. Nintendo had to have paid them a nice chunk of change, and RE4 will sell nicely when/if it ever manages to get onto the PS2.

RE4 will also cost them good money to put on PS2. Honestly, putting RE on GameCube killed the franchise from a viability standpoint. Nintendo was betting that PSX fans would buy a GameCube to play the games. All PSX fans did was play something else.

The series was, along with Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider, the top dog on PSX. Now its second-tier to GTA and Halo. Did putting it on systems like Dreamcast and GameCube cause this? Yes.

You cant quantify these things but Capcom wouldve sold a lot more copies of these games if they put them on the PS2 first. RE4 is by most people's estimation the best RE game yet and one of the best games ever and has moved 500,000 copies so far. That is pitiful, the PSX games sold 6 or 8 times that. Im sure, internally, Capcom has been fuming at this decision for years and wishes they could take it back.

And PN03 is not worth owning or playing. No one will ever convince me that that piece of crap is worth anything more than the bottom of a garbage can.

[MarkRyan]

I'd guess Capcom lost a lot of sales. Hype totally fuels the launch of a game, and when that hype bubble bursts and only 15% of the gaming populous can do anything with it there's a lot of lost interest. Even when the games eventually come out (VJ was late, RE4 is late) the hype isn't going to be there anymore.