Aquamarine
Member
Here's a flow chart of the plan that wasn't approved by shareholders:
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Capcom share holders do not approve stock take over defense
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ShockingAlberto
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Did they do this in the car ride over to the meeting? This barely instills any confidence, no wonder the shareholders rejected it.
Most fighting game players just follow and play whatever Capcom fighter comes out anyways lol.
KojiKnight
Member
People say again and again that Nintendo's problem is that they don't have enough diversity (people were clamoring for new IPs). This would GREATLY diversify Nintendo's game library and draw in many hard core fan bases (fighting games, monster hunter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, etc).
A larger game library draws more customers and would be good for Nintendo and it's stock holders.
Looks like a standard business flow chart to me.
bodyboarder
Member
What's capcom worth anyway?
So true.
How Nintendo treats third party characters vs how their own companies treat them. Give it to Nintendo:
Found this is the internet.
So true.
It's not as simple as you're implying. It depends how much liquidity is in the stock and how much is on the open market. You'll have investors that are only holding - and will only sell if given an appropriate offer.
ShinMaruku
Member
Everybody tell Kaz to buy Capcom so they can be the one true troll company
Aquamarine
Member
Of course it isn't. Just wanted to give a very rough estimate of Capcom's value in the market.
BeamImpact
Member
lets hope itll be Nintendo or Sony, especially Nintendo could add some genres to their list that arent that common on their home console
i have worried thoughts about a Microsoft interest though, it could become a Rare 2.0 :/
i have worried thoughts about a Microsoft interest though, it could become a Rare 2.0 :/
Japanmanx3
Member
If Nintendo buys Capcom....
Huw_Dawson
Member
Nintendo won't buy Capcom. The corporate cultures don't mesh. Also, Capcom has far too much of its value invested into multi-platform titles and non-Nintendo console-exclusive titles.
The big Chinese mobile companies, on the other hand...
The big Chinese mobile companies, on the other hand...
i agree that with a more diverse library, it would in fact help Nintendo but, what diversity does Capcom offer that would benifit a majority shares purchase? Capcom's heavy hitters have been drained-dry or buried. I don't know if sticking a Nintendo sticker on the box and making it a Wii U or 3DS exclusive would benefit Nintendo in anyway.
The Main Event
Member
Was about to say the same thing. Imagine the meltdown.
SolidSnakex
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You're talking about a scenario that will never exist. Capcom's never had all those IP's active at one time. Just look at how small their current lineup is. And a number of those IP's really aren't that big of a deal anymore (Mega Man, BoF, Dino Crisis) or have never been a big deal (VJ) in terms of sales. So they'd most likely just continue to rot away by whoever ends up buying them. The money is in RE, DMC, SF, MH, PW and maybe DR. And two of those are largely handheld only franchises.
The best thing for Capcom would b to be bought by a company that wouldn't change how they can make games. They could just continue their operation without any real shakeups. That's why Atlus was able to transition so easily with Sega's purchase. If Nintendo had bought them, as many speculated, they would've had to restart the development of P5, P4D and P4A on different platforms.
In the case of Capcom, they've just spent millions of dollars investing in their new current-gen engine (Panta Rhei) which isn't even compatible with Nintendo platforms.
nckillthegrimace
Member
At this point, I'm more interested in what could be salvaged from Capcom's corpse, so hopefully a potential buyer never emerges.
abstract alien
Member
I know the worst possible outcome for us is in store, so I'll just hang back and hope to eat crow.
We just had one of the greatest gaming trilogies of all time with the Prime games. Just because Other M is a bit of a dud doesn't mean Nintendo isn't trying. Especially when they one of their producers stated they were looking at ideas for both traditional and Prine-like video games, and how prominently Samus is featured in Smash.
What if Square Enix buys them? If they're going down, they're taking Capcom with them.
HypnoDarkrai
Member
Anyone but a platform holder.
killer rin
Member
History doesnt matter all that much if you have a new boss telling you what to do, especially if they are being told to reevaluate and refocus, something which Capcom seems to be failing at. And in the case of Microsoft, as my post was talking about, the only thing close to a mobile gaming platform that they have is Windows/Phone. If Fans of say Monster Hunter, Phoenix Wright or Megaman were told that if the only way they would get to play a new game would be if they bought a Windows Phone or Windows 8 PC, you would see sales of Lumia 520s jump (being the cheapest of the bunch) by a tiny amount.
But like I said, Microsoft wouldn't do it anyways because there is little sense in them doing it. Especially when you factor in that Microsoft is giving the impression that they would rather make their own studios then buy others.
abstract alien
Member
If only we were so lucky.
Kacho
Member
Yep, it's inevitable. I'm just dreaming while I can.
DAREALGUMMY
Member
Compared to what all 3 three characters have been put through? I'd say Samus is perfectly fine.
SixMachine
Member
If Capcom was bought out by the House of Mouse, FGW will be hitting the google docs for a Marvel patch again.
There are ways around that, like delayed integrations so they can fulfill existing contracts and milestones.
And platform holders have slightly less risk in more diversity, since their primary objective is hardware unit sales. So it's not the same situation.
Well first of all, after what happened with Rare I'm fairly sure that anyone who suggests Microsoft is just trolling.
As for Sony or Microsoft, consider this: having games limited to one platform is not so awful when you consider the fact that this pretty much guarantees that they will not turn them into F2P iOS/Android factories. Because let's be honest, if anyone else than the console platform holders buys a huge game company such as Capcom, it's only going to go towards that shit route.
Literally everyone wants to get a slice of the mobile f2p shit game pie. The only ones who don't are those who are actively competing against it, ie. console platform holders.
LOL that's probably going to be the funniest thing I hear all day. Its hard to think of anything worse (wow I think I really hate Apple).
fredrancour
Member
Nintendo buying capcom to turn into its mobile games division would be the most punishing heel-turn in history.
so you want capcom to sell less?
Nintendo is not stupid enough to buy Capcom. Monster Hunter would still come to the best selling handheld which would be Nintendo's and sales of such series like Street Fighter and Resident Evil would fell off the cliff it they would be exclusive to Nintendo home console exclusive.
Arc Christelle
Member
1 of the Big three can't afford Capcom.
Sega sure as hell can tho.
I'd say between Sega and Nintendo
Sega and Capcom Reunited
Now if only Sega could save SNK.
Now if only Sega could save SNK.
If it means still making real games, yes, definitely.
Hey I never claimed I was a good financial advisor.
1st Course
Member
Overvalued. The company has piss poor margins and very limited growth opportunities. The company also seems like it's struggling with console development, I took a look at their financials and apparently their biggest title for this FY is Monster Hunter 4G, a re-release of a game that's already out.
GameGuru59
Banned
Nintendo should buy Capcom, allow them to finish their third party games (honestly, is Capcom making any kind of a system seller these days?), then press them into Wii U development as soon as those are done. I think it could work, but then again Nintendo does need to maintain a high level of cash on hand, times are tough right now. Does anyone actually know how much cash Nintendo has in the bank?
EDIT: nvm, it's $10.5 Billion USD. Plenty to pay $500 million (or even less) for control. Plus you get all of Capcom's IP's, and it's dev teams. I'd say it's a good buy.
EDIT: nvm, it's $10.5 Billion USD. Plenty to pay $500 million (or even less) for control. Plus you get all of Capcom's IP's, and it's dev teams. I'd say it's a good buy.
I would find it incredibly stupid to hold such prejudice for something like this. As it stands now it's not fairing well for the genre and many fighting games are testing F2P models to help keep the money flowing in. If a company can pick them up and save some franchises from ever having to go that route the better. But, Tekken, DOA are doing F2P and Street Fighter 5 may have microtransactions. If it stays 3rd party and can still be saved from going this route I'll be all for that too.
As much as I don't think they should spend that much money on one company the reasons you listed really wouldn't turn them off from buying Capcom if they really wanted. They would get full control of those series and get money they aren't seeing from them now.
Cbajd5
Member
Uh, Monster Hunter wouldn't come to the best selling handheld if exclusivity was bought by someone else. You know, like last generation? It would be especially bad if that was a permanent situation.
If those series sales fell off a cliff then it just means they weren't really popular, if their fans could be so easily lost just because it wasn't on a certain console.
DAREALGUMMY
Member
I never got the idea of people saying "I won't buy this because no one else will buy it." Sure I get that there is fear of the possibility but it seems to be some sort of self-fulfilling prophecy when people say that.
GameGuru59
Banned
I think it would be worth it almost for the personnel, 2K according to Google. I'm assuming most have game development experience.
After that, you get heavy hitting IP's like Resident Evil, Megaman, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter. One good Monster Hunter will make up the $500 million in a single release. As will a good Street Fighter. A Megaman revival (nicely coinciding with the Smash debut) will make it up too in a few years. Plus you get a huge staff buff to help you with Wii U development. This is a good buy if Nintendo's paying attention.
skatebored
Member
WTF at these Nintendo posts. Nintendo buying Capcom would only hurt Capcom and do very little to help Nintendo. I simply can't see that working any other way.
Wow a lot of hyperbole here.
1. Just because Capcom failed to get approval for defense doesn't mean anyone wants to buy capcom.
2. If anyone wants to buy them, it is more than likely a mobile, or any company that does not have strong presence in traditional game market.
3. I strongly suspect if anyone wants to pay premium for capcom share (those who want/can afford to) it probably is tencent.
1. Just because Capcom failed to get approval for defense doesn't mean anyone wants to buy capcom.
2. If anyone wants to buy them, it is more than likely a mobile, or any company that does not have strong presence in traditional game market.
3. I strongly suspect if anyone wants to pay premium for capcom share (those who want/can afford to) it probably is tencent.
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