It's just crazy to see how well games sell on PC for Japanese developers. I'm sure lower royalty rates on PC storefronts compared to console are important as well.
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Capcom COO says company wants PC as main platform for game sales by 2023, with 50:50 ratio of console to PC game sales
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It's just crazy to see how well games sell on PC for Japanese developers. I'm sure lower royalty rates on PC storefronts compared to console are important as well.
Smart. Day and date releases for PC please. The nonsense they pulled with Monster Hunter Rise and that special edition of Devil May Cry 5 has to stop.
Could also use better ports. Resident Evil Village is pretty disappointing with the DRM actively screwing with performance on PC.
Could also use better ports. Resident Evil Village is pretty disappointing with the DRM actively screwing with performance on PC.
Crazy but I used to buy Playstation consoles because of japanese games, now I'm happy with my PC receiving everything.
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
Have you got a link to those UK numbers? Regardless the international market is very different, countries like Russia and South Korea heavily lean PC.
Not gonna happen with their AAA focus.
But they sure could get better numbers if they offer better support.
They want more sales...
But they sure could get better numbers if they offer better support.
They want more sales...
Maintain distribution rights, be wise with licensing deals in games, and launch in a friendly state with contemporary hardware that minimizes complications and you potentially have an infinite user base to sell to upstream, whereas console generations will risk cutting off access to consumers as future consoles leave behind backwards compatibility. Xbox might be kicking this notion to the curb going forward -- I certainly hope so.
I mean, PC does leave behind back compat but there's still a greater chance it lasts, even if it's by user mods. On PC, it almost "if there's a will, there's a way."
That said, I'm not even a PC gamer and that's where my thinking immediately goes. Ultimately, I think that's good for the consumer, but as other users have pointed out, Capcom really does need to consider the consumer end experience when it comes to DRM and general things that mess with performance and polish. Reputation for that sort of thing has become way more important in the PC space in the past 10 years or so. Capcom needs to solidify and maintain that they're all about the good end user experience and I think they're poised for big success in the PC space.
I mean, PC does leave behind back compat but there's still a greater chance it lasts, even if it's by user mods. On PC, it almost "if there's a will, there's a way."
That said, I'm not even a PC gamer and that's where my thinking immediately goes. Ultimately, I think that's good for the consumer, but as other users have pointed out, Capcom really does need to consider the consumer end experience when it comes to DRM and general things that mess with performance and polish. Reputation for that sort of thing has become way more important in the PC space in the past 10 years or so. Capcom needs to solidify and maintain that they're all about the good end user experience and I think they're poised for big success in the PC space.
Also stop putting fucking double DRM in your games!
Even single DRM is fucking shitty for paying customers.
Even single DRM is fucking shitty for paying customers.
PC went from being a second thought 10 years ago, to basically having it all nowadays. Xbox games, Playstation games, Japanese games (I still can't believe every Yakuza and FF game is on PC).. good stuff.
One day Atlus is going to get the memo, too.
One day Atlus is going to get the memo, too.
They don't care about the UK.
They care about Asia, where, outside of Japan, most console gaming is struggling to get a foothold.
I don't get it? Their ports are mostly good and day and date, with the exception of Monster Hunter which is changing with Stories 2 and the new Rise expansion pack. The localized prices are also good (at least in Brazil).
Hopefully one day, I can put Dragon's Crown next to Dungeons & Dragons Chronicles of Mystara in my Steam library. :)
Lol with the series S as the lowest common denominator, powerful gpus costing too much hardly matters.
???? What do you mean???? You don't think they have numbers that show it's already going in this direction, hence them making this statement?
Might want to stop making shitty PC versions then, Capcom. I always choose PC first, but you really screwed up RE Village.
Is PC gaming big in Japan? I thought it was mostly mobile and handheld over there. Or is Japan not their main market?
Weren't MHR and DMC5 both timed exclusives paid for by the platform holders?
I think that they're referring to the fact that DMC5 SE wound up not getting released on PC at all. Rise is really more a case that the pandemic would have made it impossible to get a PC version out at the same time, given that the Switch version wasn't fully finished by the time it launched.
The later? Nah. If they offered that game on pc they'd have to either make it free or offer it at a price that would make the consoles look bad. Same reason why DmC:DE also didn't come over.
