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2009 A Year to Forget Financially for Capcom

Capcom delivered a dose of bad news to its investors, reporting that its last fiscal year was brought down by the lower-than expected sales of games such as Dark Void, Bionic Commando, and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.

Capcom's last fiscal year, which ended March 30, 2010, wasn't a good one for the company. Net sales for Capcom's home video game division fell 30 percent, and its arcade sector did even worse: Its sales revenue fell 71.6 percent. Overall, the company's annual revenues fell 27.3 percent and net income fell 73.1 percent.

Dark Void, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, and everyone's favorite whipping boy, Bionic Commando, were specifically singled out as culprits, but for this current fiscal year, Capcom is just as clear about what's going to help them get out of the mess it is in: Super Street Fighter IV and Lost Planet 2 (shown). Anyone going to help the company out and get these two games? How 'bout other upcoming Capcom games?

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  • Hooked on Capcom's Monster Hunter Tri atm ...

  • I got Mega Man 10.

    Yay.

  • I don't know about the other two games, but I liked Darkside Chronicles, though in some ways, Umbrella Chronicles was better. I didn't like how the fully upgraded handgun would either throw zombies back to the floor or downright kill them in one hit, which made headshots extremely difficult and prevented me from getting high scores... very frustrating.

  • I bought Monster Hunter Tri as well, even without owning the console ^^

  • Don't worry Capcom. I'm gonna buy 18 copies of Dead Rising 2 this year just for you.

  • Of course they were singled as the culprits because they were like titles that were announced over a year before they came out and they really sucked I mean if your going to build hype make sure the game is better.

  • Gettin' both. Dead Rising 2 and Capcom Vs. Marvel 3 are on my list as wel
  • Maybe if they made some better games, it would help. Dark Void and Bionic Commando were mediocre at best, not worth renting at worst. If you want to be competitive in a market that has Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, MW, and Halo, you really have to do 200%.

  • Needs moar zombeh gamez :V

  • yes on SSFIV Lost Planet duce and that megaman zero collection I read a while ago. Not to mention Dead Rising 2
  • RE6! RE6! RE6! That's what I am ready for. But I possibly might get Lost Planet 2. Anyways, sorry for you Capcom.
  • Loss in sales might be due to gaming blogs/reveiwers that are posting reviews before the games are out, thereby influencing purchases of readers.  There has been more than one occasion that I haven't bought a game because a review came out 2 or 3 days before the game came out and did not reach a 7 to 10 rating and therefore never bought it.  If you guys want some of these companies to stick around for longer...stop publishing reviews well before the release date and start doing it well after release date.  But thats only my opinion.

  • i can believe that since I didn't buy any of those games... I do want darkside chronicles though

  • P.S.  Capcom...keep bringing the Monster Hunter Games...on all platforms...loyal hunters will keep buying.  I love to swim and hunt...great addition.

  • @Eric Geer
    while I understand what you're saying, I'd rather a company lose money on a crappy game and learn from it than have no idea what I'm buying into and support crappy games being made. yes it sucks for the developers but (aside from wii 3rd party games) if you make a good game it'll sell


    as for me, I'm getting my monster hunter and SSF4 on already :)
  • Capcom should really consider merging with Square/Enix. I would give my right-eye just to see what new I.P. they could come-up with.

  • @BbyRckStr

    Devil May RPG?

  • I Got Mega Man 10, Monster Hunter Tri, Ans Super Street Fighter 4 so......Hope That Helps Capcom.

  • I've heard Lost Planet 2 has no checkpoints, and it's not a difficulty based thing either. Thats quite a red flag. Not to mention that because the entire team shares the same extra life pool, that playing with random people is a baaad idea (or even your friends). I'm not sure I'll get these games until they patch these issues.
  • I might get Super Street Fighter IV. Lost Plantet 2? not for a long time.

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