I thought Stories was actually developed by Marvelous AQL?
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Capcom expects Marvel to sell 2 million, RE7 2M more, has major unannounced title
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I thought Stories was actually developed by Marvelous AQL?
MvC3 - 2.2m
UMvC3 - 1.2m
Although the UMvC3 numbers might not include the Vita numbers. Capcom probably expects sales to be higher since it's a sequel, but I think the numbers are somewhat optimistic. Or maybe Capcom thinks sub-2m projections for a major title would scare the shareholders.
Yea, MH4 had a proper story of sorts but it was still told in a really simplistic way and the general flow of the game was still similar to past games. What I'm talking about is a full blown campaign. Of course, that would require a lot of resources as it has never been done in an MH game before so who knows if Capcom will ever commit to something like that. Still, Rome wasn't built in a day. Many franchises started out as modest successes but have grown into juggernauts.
SkylineRKR
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MvC3 was scam, and Marvel wasn't as huge as they are now. It also came out quite late into the generation. The 2D market got flooded after SFIV. The game didn't sell that well, was quickly dumped and Ultimate came out a mere six months later. There was also a lot of backlash about the datamined DLC characters.
I think Infinite might do better because Marvel has much more awareness nowadays, and if Capcom doesn't fuck it up like they fucked up MvC3 and recently SFV.
Exactly. And as ArtHands said, there's also the end of Sony's timed VR exclusivity to consider.
Son Of Sparda
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Reading the earlier pages I wanna provide an argument against the "2.75 shipment in Japan."
Capcom expects to ship +7.3 million units in the west. Now 4 million of those are for RE7 and MvC:I but what about the rest? To people who are saying that the new title will be MH, tell me then, do you see a new MH shipping 3mil units in the west?
I think besides RE and SF, DMC is the only other big Capcom game that can hope to achieve 2.5-3 million sales in the west, so it only makes sense for this major title to be a new Devil May Cry.
Capcom expects to ship +7.3 million units in the west. Now 4 million of those are for RE7 and MvC:I but what about the rest? To people who are saying that the new title will be MH, tell me then, do you see a new MH shipping 3mil units in the west?
I think besides RE and SF, DMC is the only other big Capcom game that can hope to achieve 2.5-3 million sales in the west, so it only makes sense for this major title to be a new Devil May Cry.
direct_quote
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I feel like remake 2 would take from re7 sales, and wouldn't help diversify Capcom's portfolio..
The Broken Ska Record
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It's still to early for REmake2, I feel. We MIGHT get a trailer, but I'm not expecting a release date till 2018 at the earliest.
I think there's a delicate balance but it's also why I wouldn't be surprised if they do establish a western focused subseries instead(although I don't think that's the way they are actually going).
All signs point to that they did the heavy lifting, yeah.
But the direction for Stories came from Kaname Fujioka (and his staff), who has been the "main series" director for years. All the lore bits in that particular game do quite a bit to just build upon the kinds of things MH4 started.
Weltall Zero
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You know Capcom already announced there are going to be at least six DLC characters, some on-disc, right? At this point "cautious / skeptic optimism" seems the most reasonable stance regarding MVCI.
What Capcom needs to do is something like MCV2, throw an utterly insane amount of characters in it. Granted, without Fox characters that might be harder now, but it's still possible. At the very least, please don't cut any non-mutants that were in UMVC3.
Spieler Eins
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Also, wasn't MvC3 before the movie universe hype?
Muchi Muchi Pink
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"Modest success" It's their prime time franchise behind Resident Evil. I don't want to play a fucking boring campaign.
Jawmuncher
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It'll be curious to see what capcom does to make MH a world-wide brand. Because as is and just adding some more consoles to the mix isn't going to change much if it's barely changing from its current style.
paragonpro
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...its not out on switch...and that port could be a huge boon for them too if they go that route
It was before Avengers and the post-Avengers explosion in popularity, yes, which Capcom no doubt is counting to have an effect on sales. I would think more so than anything else I mentioned.
freeofgreed
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I'd love if they stuck with that early BoF camera perspective.
Holy shit where is that top gif from?
Lee Chaolan
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Dragon's Dogma 2, let's go!
and bring Online to the west, dammit.
MatrixMan.EXE
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I'd love if they stuck with that early BoF camera perspective.
Oh jesus.
looks like a fan interpretation of Shin Megami Tensei IV
Obliterator
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I'm happy to see they are being much more conservative and realistic with MvC then I feared they might be.
I think that's a doable number if the game is quality and the marketing is solid
I think that's a doable number if the game is quality and the marketing is solid
freeofgreed
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Yeah I know it's SMT4 but was wondering about the source lol.
Oh whoops, looks like their tumblr is in the gif though! https://erek-art.tumblr.com/
Oh god that would be the most monkey's paw situation ever...
well, games don't stop selling after launch
for example,
RE6 after 6 months 4.9 million untis shipped
now 6.8 million units (and that excluding RE6 port on PS4/XOne, combined it's 7.8 million units).
RE6's case is different in that the PC version hit 6 months after the PS360 version, unlike RE7 which launched on PC at the same time as consoles.
Doesn't mean it will stop selling. I think Summer/Winter steam sales will add a lot to that number.
It won't, just saying that the pace will be different from RE6.
Resident evil Switch.
I'm not feeling the hype for MvsCI and so far it feels really lackluster. I haven't seen anything pointing to them learning from SFV mistakes either. My armchair analyst take is they are going to be disappointed in MvsCI sales, partly their fault and will partly be Marvel and their roster bullshit.
My other out of left field prognostication is the unrevealed game is Onimusha staring Jason Statham.
My other out of left field prognostication is the unrevealed game is Onimusha staring Jason Statham.
Riposte
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I could see RE7 having legs.
The unannounced thing is Monster Hunter going off the numbers.
If they westernize it, I look forward to the exact conversations we had about Dead Rising 4 being a good game but with MH5.
EDIT: Didn't Capcom announce 3 new IPs, one being very DMC-ish, or did I dream that / it was a hoax?
The unannounced thing is Monster Hunter going off the numbers.
If they westernize it, I look forward to the exact conversations we had about Dead Rising 4 being a good game but with MH5.
EDIT: Didn't Capcom announce 3 new IPs, one being very DMC-ish, or did I dream that / it was a hoax?
Son Of Sparda
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That was a leak and iirc only one of them was real.
All concrete evidence leads to a new DMC:
First of all Capcom's new strategy about main titles getting a new release at a 2-2.5 year window. DMC4SE came out June '15 so they are right on track for a 2.5 year gap between the next entry:
Second, Itsuno's tweet about a new game announcement this year. He's the director since and not, Capcom's internal plans do not suggest another Dragon's Dogma series (which was never as successful as they wanted anyway). According to their pipeline, DMC is on the list of titles to be released at some point in the 2017 fiscal year (ending in 2018):
Dragon's Dogma ain't happening anywhere soon.
Monster Hunter PS4? I doubt how this is viable for Capcom on a global scale. It will sell strongly in Japan, everywhere else? Market is already oversaturated by those type of games. It wouldn't work.
Onimusha? Long dead and buried franchise that has become irrelevant. Cannot be considered as a major title.
About Ninja's Theory involvement. They are not developing the game in the first place. They might be back for a minor role as Capcom reverted back on it's outsourcing policy. Everything now is developed internally with a more tight budget:
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/oar/2014/growth/
There is no solid reason to expect anything other than DMC5 at this point.
This is a post.
A good post.
Yeah, I'm guess, man. I was just saying that we know so little about it that it may as well be a new game, and they could potentially consider it as such. But whatever. It's probably DMC5 anyway.
I just joked about it in the media create thread but a new SB game probably wouldn't even be as big as the Great Ace Attorney.
Son Of Sparda
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Can a Sengoku Basara game possibly sell 2.5-3 million units in the west?
RiderKairuu
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There's no way that major title is DMC5 because I'm wrong about everything and I really want it to be DMC5.
God damn that is sad....
A decade waiting for a sequel. I know other fans have had to wait longer for a sequel but man it's still a really long ass time to wait.
Sorcerer Supreme
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fuck no
AzureFlame
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off topic but
i met dante today (me in blue)
we played some SF5
asked him about DMC5.. he can't say anything about it.
i met dante today (me in blue)
we played some SF5
he did beat my ass
asked him about DMC5.. he can't say anything about it.
Pretty on topic if you ask me.