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Capcom share holders do not approve stock take over defense
- Thread starter GekigangerV
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Well, Microsoft got Windows Phone. So they would't have to drop it there either
Windows Phone isn't anything like iOS. Did Capcom make any Windows Phone games?
Herbspiceguy
Member
Considering the direction Nintendo has taken, acquiring/publishing exclusive games in different non-typical Nintendo genre's (Bayo, Devil's Third, X, new Fatal Frame for Wii U) Capcom's IP's definitely seem like a good fit. Would be interesting to see Nintendo passing on former Clover IP's to Platinum who they know built a relationship with.
But how will buying Capcom shares + huge development costs for major titles stack up against sales on a Nintendo system? I think it's a very risky investment.
But how will buying Capcom shares + huge development costs for major titles stack up against sales on a Nintendo system? I think it's a very risky investment.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
So much wishful thinking in this thread.
Dead Rising is a pretty huge IP for Xbone and Steet Fighter and Smash on the same console make Nintendo the tournament standard. Capcom develops games that fill a lot of holes in Nintendo's library
Oh totally. I have no qualms admitting that I want Nintendo to buy an interest in Capcom for many reasons. However it just makes sense for everyone if they did do it.
Porting from iOS to Windows Phone is very easy.
Capcom did release a strange game called KenKen back in 2012.
UrbanDandy
Member
If we all chip in, GAF could buy Capcom.
I was thinking this, but in a kickstarter version...
500 Million Fans. One dollar per fan. It could happen.
I assume RE4 did well on Gamecube, and it did better on Wii. But that was also almost a decade ago. It didn't stick around on Gamecube for all that long either, and I personally have no idea how Capcom viewed that initial launch. Did they NEED the PS2 version to help make up the dev cost?
A better comparison would perhaps be Revelations. Revelations did well on 3DS according to Capcom, didn't it? Could they continue to make games like that without the possibility of porting to 5 other platforms? Now what about games on an HD platform which would cost a lot more...?
Revelations did really well on 3DS and above expectations on Wii U. It's totally within the realm of possibility.
dampflokfreund
Banned
Would be cool to own a very tiny little bit of Capcom, lol
Arc Christelle
Member
I loved Colonies and 2. If Nintendo buying Capcom meant that the franchise will return to it's gameplay roots (EC, Colonies, 2) especially on the Wii U. I'm down for it.
The GamePad could have some interesting uses in LP. Imagine ice drilling with the GamePad.
Any reason why?
yurinka
Member
It would be sad... but:
Mega Man->Nintendo
Ghost & Goblins->Nintendo
Ace Attorney->Nintendo
Monster Hunter->Nintendo
DMC->Platinum
Viewtiful Joe->Platinum
Okami->Platinum
Resident Evil->Sony
Onimusha->Sony
Dino Crisis->Sony
Street Fighter->Sony
Final Fight->Sony
Dragon's Dogma->MS
Dead Rising->MS
Bionic Commando->MS
Lost Planet->MS
Breath of Fire->Atlus
Ducktales->Disney
Chip & Dale->Disney
Phone ports and stuff->Gung Ho
Devs are split into new studios for these companies, Sony buys Dimps and Nintendo buys Platinum.
Mega Man->Nintendo
Ghost & Goblins->Nintendo
Ace Attorney->Nintendo
Monster Hunter->Nintendo
DMC->Platinum
Viewtiful Joe->Platinum
Okami->Platinum
Resident Evil->Sony
Onimusha->Sony
Dino Crisis->Sony
Street Fighter->Sony
Final Fight->Sony
Dragon's Dogma->MS
Dead Rising->MS
Bionic Commando->MS
Lost Planet->MS
Breath of Fire->Atlus
Ducktales->Disney
Chip & Dale->Disney
Phone ports and stuff->Gung Ho
Devs are split into new studios for these companies, Sony buys Dimps and Nintendo buys Platinum.
BuggyDClown
Member
LOL 500 million fans. You're better off asking for 500$ from 1 million fans. Then you might have a shot.
dampflokfreund
Banned
Canceled, please understand
I more or less like what i see there. I doubt they will sell the company IP by IP though.
All those go with different contracts. Do you think that Deep Down would be canceled if Nintendo bought them? No way.
Games on the pipeline and that close to release will go as planned.
yurinka
Member
Moved to Vita and PS3. Bur remade to include MH3, MH3U, MH4 and MH4U content in something like a HD collection.
Another team works in RE7 with From Software and Team Siren helping them.
Bluepoint ports RE1 Remake in HD for PS3, Vita and PS4 (crossbuy).
Some guy out there ports all Ace Attorney games to Vita.
Ono leads SFV development, working again with Dimps.
Yoshida calls Kamiya and offers Platinum to do DMC, Okami and Viewtiful Joe sequels or remakes with full creative freedom and a good budget paid by Sony.
I mean, I'd like to see Nintendo buy Capcom too, but I'd like it because I think it'd make Nintendo as a platform holder a lot more relevant, but why do some people want to watch the world burn? Seriously.
The Bayonetta 2 backlash would be nothing. We'd be talking about Street Fighter, Devil May Cry (which already got a ton of hate for DMC4 being on both PS3 AND 360 from some people), Resident Evil, and a ton of other franchises.
On the other hand, a huge chunk of the characters people would want in Smash Bros. suddenly become possible.
Well, to be frank, the only two must have RE games both released exclusively on Nintendo consoles, one of them is still exclusive.
Neff
Member
It would be the apocalypse. Bigger than Sega leaving hardware.
Then again, we're living in a world where Ben Affleck nearly directed a Star Wars film and Billy Elliot is playing Fantastic Four's Thing, so anything's possible.
fredrancour
Member
Maximum irony. "Hey console warrors don't worry DMC isn't multiplatform any more."
It'd be like the game industry as presented by the twilight zone.
"Who wants a Bayonetta/Devil May Cry crossover? Only on Wii U!"
I can feel the hate...
ArchedThunder
Banned
RE2 was also released on a Nintendo console.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
I don't want a console manufacturer buying them, especially Nintendo (unless they drop that "we don't know how to compete with Sony/MS" bullshit.)
I don't know. I think a lot of the hate stemming from Bayo 2 being WiiU exclusive was because the WiiU had a wasteland of a library at the time if you didn't care for Nintendo games, and people simply didn't want to purchase a new console for a single game... if Nintendo really bought Capcom, Capcom's library alone would sustain a lot of people who aren't head over heels over Nintendo properties.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Not exclusively, which was what was said.
Neff
Member
Two, actually.
fredrancour
Member
Yeah, we're at a stage where everything is hypothetical, but the likely options seem to be a console manufacturer, meaning exclusivity, or a person predominately interested in mobile, meaning even fewer non-mobile games.
Whoever wins, gaf loses.
Fair enough! I have to agree that 2 is the best RE. Although the REmake was fantastic.
I couldn't remember if it was released on Gamecube as well. I just remember the N64 version.
HappehLemons
Member
Looks like a great chance to get DMC5, hopefully it gets done somehow...
Hm. Resident Evil does have enough of a draw as a franchise that it perhaps could make up its cost on a single platform, assuming Nintendo could whip them into shape and get those projects to stop being so stupidly overinflated.
Herbspiceguy
Member
I wonder how Kamiya would feel returning to the franchise, given the oppertunity.
I think it was obvious i meant REmake and RE4, but nice try.
Neff
Member
He's absolutely not interested. He likes RE1/REmake more, anyway.
He's not wrong though. RE2 was the best RE. Also RE4 was on PS2.
Dragonborn
Member
I'd love for Nintendo to buy Capcom. Sony would be okay, but I'd rather they didn't. They do well with WWS but I don't think they'd too well with capcom. MS will hopefully stay very far away, they have no idea what they're doing and they'd run it into the ground (see: Rare).
If it is sold it'll likely be to a third party company though.
If it is sold it'll likely be to a third party company though.
Out of Working Order
Member
I know they do check it, but again, they aren't going to buy a company on the suggestion of a few fans.
But they were very well respected by gamers and the industry at that time, regardless of what was going on within the company. Passionate devs were attracted to them, and gamers snapped up their offerings on Nintendo platforms. Nintendo knew this, and still didn't think they were worth the effort?
Why couldn't the company be fixed up? Look at Retro. They were given structure and a focus, and the guidance they needed. I still think it was a bad move, long-term.
Water well under the bridge now though.
RE2 is not the best RE and i did say that one of the two remains exclusive.
Riposte
Member
I'm going to say the likely option is no one buys them (or their IP in a bankruptcy fashion), until proven otherwise.
I don't think people are proposing hypotheticals so much as airing fantasies about various IP being worked on, either by a company (or all the major companies at once) dropping support for their own IPs or by a purchased Capcom diverting man-power away from their more profitable IPs by decree by the company that bought them to make profit. Or in the case of Nintendo, the fantasy of having third party support on consoles.