The latest fiscal report from Capcom has a few pleasant surprises, but also has its share of rough spots.Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon Citymoved around 1.7 million units worldwide. That bodes well for the more action-orientedResident Evil 6set to release later this year.Monster Hunter 3Ghad an even more impressive showing, moving 1.6 million units in Japan alone. Not bad for a handheld adaptation of a 2 year old Wii game with ahighly questionable marketing campaign.
Still, overall profits for the company were down 13.8%, perhaps in part due to the sales ofStreet Fighter X Tekken. With 1.4 million discs shipped, the game is currently 600,000 units shy of Capcom’s projected goal of 2 million in sales. Pretty disappointing for a crossover between the two most popular fighting game franchises on the planet. Speaking of crossovers, it doesn’t look likeUltimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3has sold its first million yet. That’s got to be discouraging.
I thinkStreet Fighter X TekkenandUltimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3are great games, but they were both PR nightmares in their own ways. I really hope this teaches Capcom to not givecertain consoles a free head starton 5-17 DLC characters, to stop with thison-disc DLC propostion, and to never again release a huge, retail-based update to a game that’s less than a year old. Having great games will only do so much for you when the consumer ends up feeling burned every time they buy one.
