I think it was advertised as every show was at tgs but then like within the hour of it starting they released the actual schedule of it which was looking bleak and then they still undelivered
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Capcom holding "Adult Masterpiece" (their new Switch adult line-up brand) panel at TGS on Sept 15th
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Companies are in fact ran by people, who often rely on 'spock like' computers to outline the data from which they make their strategic decisions. And yes, that data can often be misread, misinterpreted, poorly arranged / obtained, or otherwise compromised, and that leads to mistakes. Looking at where Capcom stands at the moment, I'd say they've been doing pretty well. That's not naive, and it sure as hell ain't a strawman or corporate apologist approach to this argument.
In any case, you've drawn your lines, I've made my points, no need to discuss this further.
Capcom's relationship with Sony was never as strong as it is today. in general, Japanese companies favored working for 1 console maker over the years and ignoring the others, Capcom never did that.
Capcom released Resident Evil titles on Saturn and N64.
Code Veronica was on DC, exclusively.
They supported the GC strongly.
Thing is, from what we hear, their relationship with Sony wasn't the best because Sony at the time was denying a lot of third parties 2D games, and Capcom used to produce a lot of those... Street Fighters and Mega Mans.
From my point of view, I think Capcom also developed a strong relationship with Iwata over the years. I remember a problem they had with Sony about MH Portable in the west but I don't remember the details exactly. after that, they had a deal and moved the series to 3DS.
They never liked/wanted to work under a single company, they always supported everybody.
After Iwata's death, I think their relationship with Nintendo now is not as strong as it was at all. If someone like Iwata requested an exclusive game from Capcom, it will be very hard for them to say "no". he had strong connections and his death was a big blow to Nintendo.
But now there is a new management and the relationship between them is not very strong right now. and MHW happened and turned out to be the best selling game from Capcom ever. after that, Capcom maybe for the first time in its history, is acting like all other Japanese companies, and heavily favoring PS over the others.
Man... even their leaks, like the Mega Man Zero collection, was for PS4, they are doing everything in their power to push their users on the platform, in a way I've never witnessed before from them.
People used to joke how Capcom put its games on everything, yet we have a system from Nintendo that is probably on its way to sell 100m device, and Capcom didn't release a single new game for it other than Mega Man 11.
The other problem is that Capcom is pivoting more towards AAA experiences, which is generally working worldwide. The problem regarding Nintendo is that the Switch generally isn't powerful enough for those new games, barring console exclusivity deals like MHW in Asia & SFV worldwide (though it'd be both problems in MHW's case). And with next-gen on the horizon, that power gap is only gonna get wider.
As for the Z/ZX leak, I thought that was mainly Sony fucking up on their end.
Good post, but some observations:
Capcom's support for PS4 (even PS3) is anywhere close to the PS1 and PS2 days. By that time, most of their games were either exclusive or avaliable first on Sony platforms with few exceptions. They got some support for other platforms? Sure, but most of them ended up in a Sony platform on a way or another. For Capcom relationship with Sony to be on that same level, they would have to release games like RE7, DMC5, MHW (in Asia at least was), Megaman 11, Dragon's Dogma, etc., exclusive or timed exclusive for PS4. This is no longer the case nowadays. Sure, I agree Capcom seems to have a preference for Sony, but is an incorrect statement to claim their Sony support today is the strongest ever.
I agree with you that Iwata was the link for the good relationship between both companies in the 3DS days, although I have my remarks about his third-party support mentality, as he made several statements antagonizing third-party support during his tenure (and even Yamauchi's). I think Sony took the opportunity to approach Capcom more after Iwata's death in order to kept it them away from supporting Nintendo.
You don't remember the great war between the GBA and PS3? I sure as hell do. GBA walloped it for months.
Honestly, even if people have been liking Capcom lately I have been hating them. I dont care much about RE and DMC, MHW is a great game but it isnt worth sacrificing the portable line for it and the worst of all, they killed most of their minor franchises, AA in particular hurts the most
"Adult masterpieces".. You can really tell those who came up with the title are not fluent at English. :P
My point is that you can't expect people to be happy with this level of support when many other publishers do a better job without making any Switch exclusives.
Lol someone quoted him in the MHR thread and I guess I wasn't thinking that it was such an old message
Monster Hunter Stories doesn't count and yes I requested the Ban
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