Comments on: Capcom “considering” a flock of Western IPs for the Wii http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/ The secret level in the world of video game news. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elorianhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-561470 Elorian Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:13:19 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-561470 Why even test them on 360 and PS3 first? The Wii is where it's at. Everybody knows the other console owners only buy megahype titles like Call of Duty and Gears of War. Why even test them on 360 and PS3 first? The Wii is where it’s at. Everybody knows the other console owners only buy megahype titles like Call of Duty and Gears of War.

]]> By: Elorianhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-692651 Elorian Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:13:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-692651 Why even test them on 360 and PS3 first? The Wii is where it's at. Everybody knows the other console owners only buy megahype titles like Call of Duty and Gears of War. Why even test them on 360 and PS3 first? The Wii is where it’s at. Everybody knows the other console owners only buy megahype titles like Call of Duty and Gears of War.

]]> By: seiya19http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-536518 seiya19 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-536518 @Shuyin"PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don’t hold a candle to it."You´re kidding, right ? If you´re aware of how sales are going in Japan, you´re probably aware as well about its life to date sales... The DS has sold over 23 million in Japan alone and it´s the best selling console ever in there, even outselling PS2. It´s ridiculous to expect the DS to sell as much as the PSP now in Japan (even though is really close lately), when the PSP has only sold over 10 million in Japan. Japan is saturated with DSs...As for the Wii... Everyone that has been paying attention to Japanese gaming lately knows that portable gaming is more popular than home consoles nowadays. Still, the Wii is not too far from the PSP, and it´s outselling 360 and PS3 by far, even combined.By the way, Japan is only one market... Both Wii and DS sell better in America and Europe than PSP, outselling it worldwide every week by more than what PSP sells in Japan...@jarrod"Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw"Really ? I didn´t know that. I´ll have to check that out. And I hope you´re right about BC being licensed along with Capcom´s library...better late than ever. @Shuyin

“PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don’t hold a candle to it.”

You´re kidding, right ? If you´re aware of how sales are going in Japan, you´re probably aware as well about its life to date sales… The DS has sold over 23 million in Japan alone and it´s the best selling console ever in there, even outselling PS2. It´s ridiculous to expect the DS to sell as much as the PSP now in Japan (even though is really close lately), when the PSP has only sold over 10 million in Japan. Japan is saturated with DSs…

As for the Wii… Everyone that has been paying attention to Japanese gaming lately knows that portable gaming is more popular than home consoles nowadays. Still, the Wii is not too far from the PSP, and it´s outselling 360 and PS3 by far, even combined.

By the way, Japan is only one market… Both Wii and DS sell better in America and Europe than PSP, outselling it worldwide every week by more than what PSP sells in Japan…

@jarrod

“Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw”

Really ? I didn´t know that. I´ll have to check that out. And I hope you´re right about BC being licensed along with Capcom´s library…better late than ever.

]]> By: seiya19http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-692647 seiya19 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-692647 @Shuyin"PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don’t hold a candle to it."You´re kidding, right ? If you´re aware of how sales are going in Japan, you´re probably aware as well about its life to date sales... The DS has sold over 23 million in Japan alone and it´s the best selling console ever in there, even outselling PS2. It´s ridiculous to expect the DS to sell as much as the PSP now in Japan (even though is really close lately), when the PSP has only sold over 10 million in Japan. Japan is saturated with DSs...As for the Wii... Everyone that has been paying attention to Japanese gaming lately knows that portable gaming is more popular than home consoles nowadays. Still, the Wii is not too far from the PSP, and it´s outselling 360 and PS3 by far, even combined.By the way, Japan is only one market... Both Wii and DS sell better in America and Europe than PSP, outselling it worldwide every week by more than what PSP sells in Japan...@jarrod"Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw"Really ? I didn´t know that. I´ll have to check that out. And I hope you´re right about BC being licensed along with Capcom´s library...better late than ever. @Shuyin

“PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don’t hold a candle to it.”

You´re kidding, right ? If you´re aware of how sales are going in Japan, you´re probably aware as well about its life to date sales… The DS has sold over 23 million in Japan alone and it´s the best selling console ever in there, even outselling PS2. It´s ridiculous to expect the DS to sell as much as the PSP now in Japan (even though is really close lately), when the PSP has only sold over 10 million in Japan. Japan is saturated with DSs…

As for the Wii… Everyone that has been paying attention to Japanese gaming lately knows that portable gaming is more popular than home consoles nowadays. Still, the Wii is not too far from the PSP, and it´s outselling 360 and PS3 by far, even combined.

By the way, Japan is only one market… Both Wii and DS sell better in America and Europe than PSP, outselling it worldwide every week by more than what PSP sells in Japan…

@jarrod

“Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw”

Really ? I didn´t know that. I´ll have to check that out. And I hope you´re right about BC being licensed along with Capcom´s library…better late than ever.

]]> By: jarrodhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-535881 jarrod Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:10:05 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-535881 PSP has had great hardware sales, great Monster Hunter sales, and generally terrible software sales for everything else. That's why developers have been progressively scaling back and largely ignoring it. Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw.Not getting Bionic Commando on VC sucks, but there's little rhyme or reason as to how VC games get selected imo. BC wasn't "rejected" though, it was licensed along with the rest of Capcom's NES/SNES/N64 library... but no telling if we'll ever see it. PSP has had great hardware sales, great Monster Hunter sales, and generally terrible software sales for everything else. That’s why developers have been progressively scaling back and largely ignoring it. Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw.

Not getting Bionic Commando on VC sucks, but there’s little rhyme or reason as to how VC games get selected imo. BC wasn’t “rejected” though, it was licensed along with the rest of Capcom’s NES/SNES/N64 library… but no telling if we’ll ever see it.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-692633 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-692633 PSP has had great hardware sales, great Monster Hunter sales, and generally terrible software sales for everything else. That's why developers have been progressively scaling back and largely ignoring it. Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw.Not getting Bionic Commando on VC sucks, but there's little rhyme or reason as to how VC games get selected imo. BC wasn't "rejected" though, it was licensed along with the rest of Capcom's NES/SNES/N64 library... but no telling if we'll ever see it. PSP has had great hardware sales, great Monster Hunter sales, and generally terrible software sales for everything else. That’s why developers have been progressively scaling back and largely ignoring it. Bionic Commando Rearmed actually started out as a PSP project btw.

Not getting Bionic Commando on VC sucks, but there’s little rhyme or reason as to how VC games get selected imo. BC wasn’t “rejected” though, it was licensed along with the rest of Capcom’s NES/SNES/N64 library… but no telling if we’ll ever see it.

]]> By: meikiyouhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-535855 meikiyou Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:45:10 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-535855 psone had n64 games...why wii can't have ps360 ones? u just have to sweat and make a good game...lazyness kill wii gaming =.= psone had n64 games…why wii can’t have ps360 ones? u just have to sweat and make a good game…lazyness kill wii gaming =.=

]]> By: meikiyouhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-692645 meikiyou Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-692645 psone had n64 games...why wii can't have ps360 ones? u just have to sweat and make a good game...lazyness kill wii gaming =.= psone had n64 games…why wii can’t have ps360 ones? u just have to sweat and make a good game…lazyness kill wii gaming =.=

]]> By: meikiyouhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-692646 meikiyou Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-692646 psone had n64 games...why wii can't have ps360 ones? u just have to sweat and make a good game...lazyness kill wii gaming =.= psone had n64 games…why wii can’t have ps360 ones? u just have to sweat and make a good game…lazyness kill wii gaming =.=

]]> By: Shuyinhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-535831 Shuyin Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:58:37 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-535831 @seiya19: "just decent hardware sales" - what? PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don't hold a candle to it. PSP has been no1 best selling console in every month since january 'till now in Japan if i'm not mistaken. Don't know who told you it only had decent sales but he lied. So let me help you: PSP had the best console hardware sales this year. ;) @seiya19:
“just decent hardware sales” – what? PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don’t hold a candle to it. PSP has been no1 best selling console in every month since january ’till now in Japan if i’m not mistaken. Don’t know who told you it only had decent sales but he lied. So let me help you: PSP had the best console hardware sales this year. ;)

]]> By: Shuyinhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-692632 Shuyin Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-692632 @seiya19: "just decent hardware sales" - what? PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don't hold a candle to it. PSP has been no1 best selling console in every month since january 'till now in Japan if i'm not mistaken. Don't know who told you it only had decent sales but he lied. So let me help you: PSP had the best console hardware sales this year. ;) @seiya19:
“just decent hardware sales” – what? PSP is the best selling console this year in Japan. DS and Wii don’t hold a candle to it. PSP has been no1 best selling console in every month since january ’till now in Japan if i’m not mistaken. Don’t know who told you it only had decent sales but he lied. So let me help you: PSP had the best console hardware sales this year. ;)

]]> By: seiya19http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-535561 seiya19 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:44:31 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-535561 @Noshino"even Sony allowed Square Enix to adversite SO4 on SO1 for PSP"Yes, but that was before Tri-Ace announced the platform for the game, when most people thought that the game was going to appear on PS3. I doubt that Sony advertised SO4 for 360 on purpose..."the right thing would have been for Nintendo to release a competent online store, you are blaming Capcom for Rearmed not being on the Wii, but what about Nintendo? Are there even games over 150MBs for WiiWare?"That doesn´t have anything to do with it... I seriously doubt that BC Rearmed needs 150mb on the Wii, specially when the game wouldn´t have HD graphics. If a game like FF CC My Life as a King can appear on WiiWare (including the extras), a 2.5D remake can appear as well."Hell, at least you guys are getting enhanced ports, have you see what us PS3 owners have been getting?"RE5, Devil May Cry4, SFIV, Lost Planet (with extra content), Dark Void, Bionic Commando (3D one) and several downloadable games... That´s a lot for a console that sells as poorly as the PS3 does, with a complex development, much more expensive than the Wii. And don´t tell me that getting Zack and Wiki or RE UC is more important (in paper) that getting RE5, DMC4 or SFIV... The only one that could compare is MH3.For the sales that the Wii is getting, it deserves much more. And the GC had much less support than PS3 has now, with similar sales and being more easier and cheaper to develop for it at the time (not to mention that it was more capable than the PS2).It seems that you missed my point anyway...which was about the Wii not getting practically anything from Capcom USA, and Mega Man 9 having to appear on 360/PS3 but not the other downloadable games on Wii (which would be easy and cheap to port).@JeremyRPSP ? I think that Capcom has supported it more than it deserved... With the poor software sales that the console has (aside few exceptions, like Monster Hunter in Japan) and just decent hardware sales; the PS2 still selling and the DS excellent software and hardware sales (with lower development cost)...I don´t see why they should support it more. They have already released several worthy games for it which didn´t sell well (like the Mega Man remakes) and they have much better alternatives.I don´t think that is relevant to bring the PSP into this discussion though... @Noshino

“even Sony allowed Square Enix to adversite SO4 on SO1 for PSP”

Yes, but that was before Tri-Ace announced the platform for the game, when most people thought that the game was going to appear on PS3. I doubt that Sony advertised SO4 for 360 on purpose…

“the right thing would have been for Nintendo to release a competent online store, you are blaming Capcom for Rearmed not being on the Wii, but what about Nintendo? Are there even games over 150MBs for WiiWare?”

That doesn´t have anything to do with it… I seriously doubt that BC Rearmed needs 150mb on the Wii, specially when the game wouldn´t have HD graphics. If a game like FF CC My Life as a King can appear on WiiWare (including the extras), a 2.5D remake can appear as well.

“Hell, at least you guys are getting enhanced ports, have you see what us PS3 owners have been getting?”

RE5, Devil May Cry4, SFIV, Lost Planet (with extra content), Dark Void, Bionic Commando (3D one) and several downloadable games… That´s a lot for a console that sells as poorly as the PS3 does, with a complex development, much more expensive than the Wii. And don´t tell me that getting Zack and Wiki or RE UC is more important (in paper) that getting RE5, DMC4 or SFIV… The only one that could compare is MH3.

For the sales that the Wii is getting, it deserves much more. And the GC had much less support than PS3 has now, with similar sales and being more easier and cheaper to develop for it at the time (not to mention that it was more capable than the PS2).

It seems that you missed my point anyway…which was about the Wii not getting practically anything from Capcom USA, and Mega Man 9 having to appear on 360/PS3 but not the other downloadable games on Wii (which would be easy and cheap to port).

@JeremyR

PSP ? I think that Capcom has supported it more than it deserved… With the poor software sales that the console has (aside few exceptions, like Monster Hunter in Japan) and just decent hardware sales; the PS2 still selling and the DS excellent software and hardware sales (with lower development cost)…I don´t see why they should support it more. They have already released several worthy games for it which didn´t sell well (like the Mega Man remakes) and they have much better alternatives.

I don´t think that is relevant to bring the PSP into this discussion though…

]]> By: seiya19http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-535409 seiya19 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:53:31 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-535409 @SomeDudeYes, I´m sure that Nintendo had something to do with it...the question is why though... If it´s like Pedro Silva said, then I understand why Nintendo did it, even though I don´t completely agree. The other alternative that comes to mind is if the game was rejected in Japan due to its content. Maybe a game with Nazis on it (unlike the US version) is not something appropiate for Nintendo Japan nowadays...and that could affect the US version as well. Whatever the case, I hope it´s not over yet.But I don´t see what this game has to do with other Capcom ones on VC... @SomeDude

Yes, I´m sure that Nintendo had something to do with it…the question is why though… If it´s like Pedro Silva said, then I understand why Nintendo did it, even though I don´t completely agree. The other alternative that comes to mind is if the game was rejected in Japan due to its content. Maybe a game with Nazis on it (unlike the US version) is not something appropiate for Nintendo Japan nowadays…and that could affect the US version as well. Whatever the case, I hope it´s not over yet.

But I don´t see what this game has to do with other Capcom ones on VC…

]]> By: seiya19http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-692650 seiya19 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:53:00 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-692650 @SomeDudeYes, I´m sure that Nintendo had something to do with it...the question is why though... If it´s like Pedro Silva said, then I understand why Nintendo did it, even though I don´t completely agree. The other alternative that comes to mind is if the game was rejected in Japan due to its content. Maybe a game with Nazis on it (unlike the US version) is not something appropiate for Nintendo Japan nowadays...and that could affect the US version as well. Whatever the case, I hope it´s not over yet.But I don´t see what this game has to do with other Capcom ones on VC... @SomeDude

Yes, I´m sure that Nintendo had something to do with it…the question is why though… If it´s like Pedro Silva said, then I understand why Nintendo did it, even though I don´t completely agree. The other alternative that comes to mind is if the game was rejected in Japan due to its content. Maybe a game with Nazis on it (unlike the US version) is not something appropiate for Nintendo Japan nowadays…and that could affect the US version as well. Whatever the case, I hope it´s not over yet.

But I don´t see what this game has to do with other Capcom ones on VC…

]]> By: JeremyRhttp://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/comment-page-1/#comment-535390 JeremyR Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:26:24 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2008/08/13/capcom-%e2%80%9cconsidering%e2%80%9d-a-flock-of-western-ips-for-the-wii/#comment-535390 At least you're getting games.Look at the PSP - it's home to Capcom's biggest success in the last couple years - Monster Hunter. But do they put out anything else but monster hunter? Nope. Admittedly, nothing else really sells, but most of it hasn't been that good, either. Where's a PSP Resident Evil or Devil May Cry? At least you’re getting games.

Look at the PSP – it’s home to Capcom’s biggest success in the last couple years – Monster Hunter. But do they put out anything else but monster hunter? Nope. Admittedly, nothing else really sells, but most of it hasn’t been that good, either. Where’s a PSP Resident Evil or Devil May Cry?

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