So can Capcom just not release a game now without a first party bank rolling it?
Jeez.
Thats not exactly a bright future for them.
They've been making a lot of smaller releases that earn profit for them, though they haven't been taking major risks. They did hit a pretty big financial crisis a few years ago, but they've been doing smaller efforts to net a return, albeit many using popular franchises, notably especially with their recent Resident Evil endeavors with the Revelations titles, the HD Remasters of REmake & Zero, the updated ports with slight new content for RE4, RE5, & RE6 on consoles, and their efforts currently on REmake 2.
But I imagine that profits is on their mind and a bit money conscious, especially with Street Fighter V under-performing earlier this year. And it seems Capcom have embraced doing lower-budget B-titles to fill both their portfolio, release schedule, and the like, so I'm interested to see where they go with that.