Fubarduck's twitter (he's a translator in the FGC)
Link to the blog post from Capcom Japan's Street Fighter blog.
Here's a translated excerpt from our friends over at r/kappa:
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Capcom Japan blames Capcpom USA for misinformation regarding Ibuki's release
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Fubarduck's twitter (he's a translator in the FGC)
Link to the blog post from Capcom Japan's Street Fighter blog.
Here's a translated excerpt from our friends over at r/kappa:
lucebuce12
Member
There is a massive rift in communication between the two regions.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
So it sounds like the 1-a-month roadmap thing was Capcom USA's idea, and Capcom Japan resisted it? And that there was a feeling from the get-go that it was biting off more than they could chew?
Wow.
Wow.
Bigboss242
Banned
Team japan or team usa who ever wins we lose.
stan423321
Member
I think you mean Capcom vs. Capcom.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
What a mess.
Seriously, the whole management of SFV has been a disaster.
Seriously, the whole management of SFV has been a disaster.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
why even attempt to make a game with content updates like Street Fighter V when you can't even get your shit together internally.
stan423321
Member
First you get SF5 running, then you use it to solve the internal leadership problems. \z
JP Devs have absolutely no understanding of western software norms/models.
Capcom have to make money somehow, shitting out a half-baked SF game was the best way to make a quick buck in the West.
As a company Capcom have been in disarray for a long time, soon they will go the way of Konami. Almost all their talent has left and they can't really afford to make many games after they wasted the last 10 years.
Team PR vs Team Devs.
YianGaruga
Banned
Japanese companies man. I love their games but some of them really just deserve to fail. It's 2016 get your shit together.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
If what's being said here is true, it's more like the exact opposite.
Capcom USA pushed for publicly announcing a 1-a-month schedule even though it was way more than the actual developers could handle.
Even note how at first, the initial plan was "all the characters would be out by March 2017". It was only at a later point that they doubled-down on the "one-a-month" strategy.
Either way, the sheer disconnect is unbelievable.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Have they released a AAA hame this gen not partially funded by MS or Sony?(DR3 and SFV)? Im scratching my head trying to think of one.
There seems to have been a clear lack of communication/setting realistic expectations here, regardless of cultural differences.
Primethius
Banned
This game has given me more entertainment with how absolutely crazy it's development and surrounding factors have been then the actual game itself.
Altered Juice
Member
BudokaiMR2
Member
Wow. The relationship between JP and USA must be even worse than I have heard...
It may be very common to throw a scapegoat employee under the bus to deal with any controversy in Japan
However, in my experience anytime it comes to overall blame on a company level, the decision is usually to shut up and let everyone take the blame, show a unified front etc. Kinda surprised the JP side gave the OK for this blog post...
This post is kinda great I gotta say. You do realize that this is actually the opposite of what is happening?
It may be very common to throw a scapegoat employee under the bus to deal with any controversy in Japan
However, in my experience anytime it comes to overall blame on a company level, the decision is usually to shut up and let everyone take the blame, show a unified front etc. Kinda surprised the JP side gave the OK for this blog post...
This post is kinda great I gotta say. You do realize that this is actually the opposite of what is happening?
ShogunDarius
Member
Not yet no, the biggest game would be Resi Rev 2
YianGaruga
Banned
No.
Definitely curious what the situation with RE7 is though.
But yeah Capcom is pretty much done in the AAA console space unless something drastic changes. Most of their money is in MonHun on handhelds now I guess.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
The official line is she and the story mode are targeting the last week of June.
Which means a delay to July (god knows whether this will affect the rest of the content further down the pipeline) is absolutely possible.
Yeah.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Wouldn't have been too much to just apologise for the delay, nope. Gotta make it look like I can't trust your English PR at all.
This makes it easier to continue not having bought sfv though, so good job there capcom.
This makes it easier to continue not having bought sfv though, so good job there capcom.
No, and the sad thing is that they only ended up like this because they tried to bend their output to perceived Western tastes rather than keep doing what they were doing. All that money wasted on DmC, Lost Planet 3, Bionic Commando, RE6, etc when people were just fine with those series the way they were.
Now they have damaged so many of their brands that they can only afford to maintain 4 franchises of note. Resident Evil, Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter and Street Fighter.
This isn't the Capcom vs. Capcom that people wanted.
Honestly, the Japanese Capcom blog post could come with a signed writ from God and I wouldn't be buying what they're selling. This stinks of mismanagement leading to an employee getting thrown under the bus... except instead of just one employee, it's a whole division. Why they thought that's going to end well is something else.
Are they then going to claim that the late June release date was something that Capcom US was not authorized to give? Yeesh.
Honestly, the Japanese Capcom blog post could come with a signed writ from God and I wouldn't be buying what they're selling. This stinks of mismanagement leading to an employee getting thrown under the bus... except instead of just one employee, it's a whole division. Why they thought that's going to end well is something else.
Are they then going to claim that the late June release date was something that Capcom US was not authorized to give? Yeesh.
Both I guess?
stan423321
Member
Assuming that the Japanese message is true, it's a case of PR team having no understanding of development realities while (actually surprisingly) the developers themselves did get it quite well. Granted, they should have probably snarked at it indoors instead, but this has nothing to do with the west/east split. If anything in a reverse situation it would be even worse, with eastern PR team expecting a strict work ethic from western devs.
Remember kids, the last 10% of the project takes the 90% of the time, and the first 90% of the project takes the other 90% of the time.
Keep in mind that Capcom USA is the current owner of the Street Fighter brand and has been for 12 years. If the arrangement is anything like SF4 then Capcom USA (with Sony this time) is bankrolling the project with Capcom Japan as hired guns. My guess is the feeling among Capcom USA is that Japan was unable to deliver on their business roadmap. Japan must feel like they were given an unreasonable timeframe. Makes me wonder if publicly announcing the DLC content schedule was a way to put pressure on the Japan devs to get the content out in time.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Capcom Vs. Capcom
Lol!
Lol!
Possumowner
Member
Reminds me of my relationship with my 1st wife.
It didn't end well
It didn't end well
Think this is due to the lack of communication between the USA and Japan Capcom sides and nothing to do with the generalization you said
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Oh Capcom what have you become.
Sure hope e3 is good for them.
Sure hope e3 is good for them.
Communication, patch notes, release scheduling - they're repeatedly having to get dragged kicking and screaming into what Western consumers expect as a baseline from game companies.
A big reversal this gen, SNK rising from the ashes while Capcom becoming ashes.
CrispyBoar
Banned
And it's the result of them being financially strapped as they are right now. Spending too much money bringing out too many flops of AAA games like 3D Bionic Commando, Remember Me, Dark Void, Lost Planet 1-3, DmC, etc. in which they have never been able to recoup.
YianGaruga
Banned
You can see this very nicely with PC ports (although that's actually one thing Capcom does well, talking about other companies here)
Even resolution options seem to be a mystery to them
What could they even show? RE7 I guess?
It's still the same.
capcom japan can finally unveil their post launch content roadmap
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Capcom just throwing more carriages at the train wreck that is SFV