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Yo Izayoi buffs?
sixteen-bit
Member
Embrace ur new Lab Zero overlords
Professor Beef
Banned
They're still cool!
SloaneRisette
Member
Are they though?
If only the game really played like Vampire Savior with assists, I'd play it.
Smooth Operator
Member
Capcom tricked Ono so he can work on SF5. Niitsuma and Neo_G are already working on Darkstalkers.
Professor Beef
Banned
sixteen-bit
Member
Where are these cats like eighting dropping them B-tier series like Bloody Roar?
I guess Konami is more into fitness centers than gamedev these days, and eighting has to put dinner on the table by existing as code house for anime license games and handheld tekken ports...
I guess Konami is more into fitness centers than gamedev these days, and eighting has to put dinner on the table by existing as code house for anime license games and handheld tekken ports...
If only
sixteen-bit
Member
We're not getting a new Capcom FG until SF5, are we?
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
The only one we are getting is SF5
.la1n
Member
Twist the knife Ono. I didn't trust you guys to make a game half as good as the originals anyway.
irfaanator
Banned
how was darkstalkers ever going to sell 2 mil? lol. capcom with their heads in their asses
Smooth Operator
Member
Rival Schools HD Collection, then Rival Schools 3... right guys ? 
Emperor Bohe
Member
what is Niitsuma even working on these days? dude's been ghost for a minute
Professor Beef
Banned
Should've bought Resurrection
Rival Schools HD Collection, then Rival Schools 3... right guys ?
I would love that. It'd save me time on unscrewing my hit box and replacing the cord every time I want to play on my dreamcast.
I also don't blame Capcom for not reviving darkstalkers. Ono can't wave his hands and go 'but the fans are there tho' without greedy big as numbers.
Professor Beef
Banned
Then why get hyped in the first place?
Yeah silly Capcom, expecting fans to show support for a series they claim to want.
mobile games
same with itsuno
.....
edit: realistically speaking the statement of requiring 2mil games for a xbone/ps4 era aaa game is pretty reasonable in terms of wanting profit, especially considering the thin ice capcom is on and the absolutely insane production costs of a aaa next-gen game
that's a huge reason why they're testing the waters with mid/micro-scale projects like rev2 and deep down
but fuck all that anyways invest 2 billion dollars in mvc4 capcom DO IT FUCKERS
sixteen-bit
Member
prolly mobile stuff, lol
irfaanator
Banned
I could understand with a new ip/fighting game, but an old one where most likely the majority of player base of sf4 never played or never really cared about it makes not much sense lol.
Professor Beef
Banned
Then why make a new Darkstalkers at all with that attitude? During the DS IS NOT DEAD thing I saw this thread claim to want a new game so badly, but I'd bet my house that most wouldn't buy it. Releasing Resurrection was a safe move that ended up biting them in the ass because the greater FGC claimed to want a new game. But what proof is there at all that it would make a profit? Especially after SFxT bombed?
toddhunter
Member
They tried to be cool.
Seriously, you can't just make a fun game these days. It has to sell to 5 million plus randoms or it is not worth the time.
There was a chance they could have made it good. That would have helped.
More realistically, you can complain about their failure to market Darkstalkers and criticize them for thinking that a digital oldie release in 2013 had the same predictive power for sales of a new game as it did at the dawn of the generation.
P.S. I think it would struggle to sell a million and wouldn't justify the budget.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I have just the thing to cure what ails you.
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Let us escape the wretched, clammy clasp of anime with the one true OG fighting game.
Professor Beef
Banned
Yeah, they really didn't promote that game for shit. It was still the safer move, though.
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
2 mil expectation for a DL, old title is way over reaching. I don't know what they were thinking there. It was wanted, but not like that.
irfaanator
Banned
it was a safer move I agree, but I bet they knew it would never sell what they wanted. sfxt hit 1.7 mil based on their website which is close to the 2mil. it sold as much as lp2 and that got lp3. who knows what wouldve happened with a new darkstalkers or another fg ip that isn't sf.
Smooth Operator
Member
I think Capcom will just stick with SF4 (And SF5) + some HD re-releases of old fighting games titles for a while (Alpha collection, Rival Schools 1 & 2)
Huw_Dawson
Member
Capcom set high sales targets for a $15 re-release of two niche fighting games?
When this is the same company that paid for three Lost Planet games?
What?
EDIT: On "we'd like to patch SFxT" - that'd be cool, but they would drop their costs massively if they just patched the PC version. Use it as an experiment - "a port of SFxT to Steamworks, alongside a whole new balance patch and the release of all those weird gems we held back!" alongside dropping the price down low for a sale. Or hell, do something nuts like make the game F2P and charge for the 12 characters, costumes and gems.
Not that Capcom would do this, unfortunately.
When this is the same company that paid for three Lost Planet games?
What?
EDIT: On "we'd like to patch SFxT" - that'd be cool, but they would drop their costs massively if they just patched the PC version. Use it as an experiment - "a port of SFxT to Steamworks, alongside a whole new balance patch and the release of all those weird gems we held back!" alongside dropping the price down low for a sale. Or hell, do something nuts like make the game F2P and charge for the 12 characters, costumes and gems.
Not that Capcom would do this, unfortunately.
BumblebeeCody
Member
Rival Schools HD Collection, then Rival Schools 3... right guys ?
Hell yeah!
Frikkin' awesome but not on the circle pad.
They won't spend a dime to clear up whatever IP issues prevent them from re-releasing Rival Schools in the US (it's on JP PSN), so it's very unlikely they'd spend even more to update anything.
hitsugi
Member
We should be happy to get that, at this point D:
BumblebeeCody
Member
Most likely.
My opinion on this game is what my member title links to. Just replace the game names. Must be careful of mods, oh noez
My opinion on this game is what my member title links to. Just replace the game names. Must be careful of mods, oh noez
The future is mobile. And anime.
theprodigy
Member
It should...
MiniBossBattle
Member
nope.
noooo
I play games when everyone is asleep.
I hate this.
edit: just asked my friend to pick up Yakuza 5 while he is in Japan. I guess that makes me Anime? *Shudders
DOA has a ton more fanservice as a series, especially in DOA5 if you look at the amount of DLC the game has. This is just an outfit in Lost Swords. Plus SCV got away from the type of fanservice that they've added to Lost Swords.
There's going to be a ton of people at the door, so I am not worried about what the pre-reg numbers are. Plus it's going to pull in people from areas that don't have many major tournaments. Plus the numbers for SF are still strong for a tournament at this time of the year with people being back in school.
As for Capcom, people want a NEW Darkstalkers game. Re-rereleasing the same game is not what people want. They've dried up the well in HD ports and they're not going to spend the money trying to resurrect any obscure IPs, so it will be interesting to see what they do in the next gen. I wouldn't be surprised if SF5 was the only fighting game they come out with.