Current Events > Rumor: Capcom in dire financial situation. Rumors of possible buyout

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Darmik
10/23/17 9:27:26 PM
#1:


https://twitter.com/shinobi602/status/922613615945048070

Apparently theres a Wall Street Journal piece detailing the dire situation Capcom is in. Alleges possible buyout.

Oh boy.


It really wouldn't surprise me. I don't think they've met any of their targets outside of their re-releases and remasters.
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Skye Reynolds
10/23/17 9:27:57 PM
#2:


Shoulda made more Mega Man games.
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LightningAce11
10/23/17 9:28:08 PM
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I hope they lose it all. Fuck capcom.
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pres_madagascar
10/23/17 9:28:13 PM
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DarkFists
10/23/17 9:28:33 PM
#5:


It's that time of year again huh? This is said almost yearly now.
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ChromaticAngel
10/23/17 9:28:41 PM
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Imagine if they got bought by SNK
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Duncanwii
10/23/17 9:28:56 PM
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I hope Nintendo buys them then makes a Links Awakening remake.
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littlebro07
10/23/17 9:28:58 PM
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But the last Resident Evil game was so good :(
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sauceje
10/23/17 9:29:02 PM
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But Okami tho...
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Zack_Attackv1
10/23/17 9:29:20 PM
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I'll believe it when I see it.
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PiOverlord
10/23/17 9:29:22 PM
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C'mon, Nintendo take Monster Hunter back from that thieving Sony.
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10/23/17 9:30:15 PM
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Nightmare_Luna
10/23/17 9:30:58 PM
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well considering mvci was horrid, mhxx and mhstories underperformed, and they're banking everything on mhw..

yeah this is expected
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yoshirulezz1
10/23/17 9:32:16 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
But the last Resident Evil game was so good :(

It was way too short though and now there trying to ruin Chris Redfield. They did this to theirselves
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WizardPowers
10/23/17 9:33:19 PM
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Maybe a smart company will finally do something with their great series that they're ignoring (megaman, viewtiful joe, Okami, and others)
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Darmik
10/23/17 9:33:39 PM
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DarkFists posted...
It's that time of year again huh? This is said almost yearly now.


True. But it's not like anything has improved. They just keep sending out more flops.

I think Resident Evil VII is the closest thing they've had to a success in a while.
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EverDownward
10/23/17 9:34:09 PM
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DarkFists posted...
It's that time of year again huh? This is said almost yearly now.

...does that mean Capcom will be around for another twenty years, like Nintendo?
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K-driver
10/23/17 9:34:38 PM
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Comments are saying the article doesn't exist + the OP hasn't even seen it himself.
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Itachi157
10/23/17 9:36:52 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
But the last Resident Evil game was so good :(


This, and we still need RE2 remake!!

But I don't think buyout necessarily means they're shutting down or not making games anymore.
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Zack_Attackv1
10/23/17 9:37:00 PM
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What a load of bullshit. It's probably that rat faced idiot, AlphaOmegaSin, making stuff up for hits to his crappy ass Youtube channel.
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jumi
10/23/17 9:38:05 PM
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I wish Microsoft would buy them. The rage would be delicious.
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LightDarkFrexed
10/23/17 9:38:26 PM
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LightningAce11 posted...
I hope they lose it all. Fuck capcom.

Agreed
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Sputnik1337
10/23/17 9:39:28 PM
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pres_madagascar posted...
There goes any hope at a dragons dogma sequel

If it ends up going to auction I'd hope someone would try to scoop it up. Maybe Kadokawa (From Software) or Sony.
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Caelthus
10/23/17 9:39:57 PM
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Zack_Attackv1 posted...
What a load of bullshit. It's probably that rat faced idiot, AlphaOmegaSin, making stuff up for hits to his crappy ass Youtube channel.

There's actually some truth to this, Zack - Capcom has actually been doing not so hot the last few years. People are getting tired of their rehash after rehash, and how they've handled...well, almost literally everything..
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 9:42:05 PM
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Fake News LMAO!!!!

https://twitter.com/Urswurs/status/922626366209540097

You guys are literally the Repubs of video games and Nintendo is your Donald.
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 9:42:40 PM
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Caelthus posted...
People are getting tired of their rehash after rehash

You mean the same shit they've been doing for over a decade and is still in business?
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Darmik
10/23/17 9:42:54 PM
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K-driver posted...
Comments are saying the article doesn't exist + the OP hasn't even seen it himself.


I saw that shinobi didn't see it himself which is why I added the rumor tagline.

But yeah scrolling down I see a WSJ journal subscriber doesn't see the article. So probably fake. My bad.
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marc55
10/23/17 9:43:12 PM
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....that was years ago
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DifferentialEquation
10/23/17 9:44:32 PM
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I hope Microsoft buys them. They did good things with Rare and would be the best place for Capcom to go.
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 9:50:51 PM
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@Paragon21XX
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LMAO. You 6 that was in my other topic implying no one hates Capcom that much and yet here is this topic with the majority literally celebrating fake news about Capcom's demise. Yeah no one hates Capcom on another crazy exclusive level alright. Come defend yourselves.
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DarkChozoGhost
10/23/17 9:53:11 PM
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I said nobody hate's on them more than EA or Activision

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75904429
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 9:55:47 PM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
I said nobody hate's on them more than EA or Activision

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75904429

People in that topic are saying good things about EA so whatchu talking about. None of them are literally saying EA needs to die and be bought from a different company and so forth.
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ChromaticAngel
10/23/17 9:56:19 PM
#34:


Investor: We'd like to buy your company.
Capcom: Ok, how about $1 million?
Investor: Wow, great deal! What does that get us?
Capcom: It just gets you Breath of Fire
Investor: What? How do I get the rest of the company?
Capcom: You can buy the following packs for $99,999 each.
- Fighter Pack: Contains Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools.
- Zombie Pack: Contains Resident Evil, Dead Rising, and Megaman.
- RPG Pack: Contains Breath of Fire, Dragon's Dogma, and Monster Hunter.
- Action-Adventure pack: Contains Devil May Cry, Okami, and Onimusha.
- Sci-Fi Pack: Contains Lost Planet, Viewtiful Joe, and Bionic Commando.
- Mystery Pack: Contains Ace Attorney, Ghost Trick, and Dino Crisis.
- Action Pack: Contains Power Stone, Sengoku Basara, and VS series.
- Retro Pack: Contains 1942, Strider, Ghosts 'n' Goblins.
- Misc Pack: Contains the other crap that no one cares about and some digital daikimakuras.

Investor: ... Did you just say Megaman is in the Zombie pack?
Capcom: Yeah, cause he's dead.
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Darmik
10/23/17 9:57:01 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
People ITT are saying good things about EA so whatchu talking about. None of them are literally saying EA needs to die and be bought from a different company and so forth.


People dislike EA a lot. Where were you last week when they closed Visceral?

The difference is EA makes a shitload of money and there's no chance anytime soon that they're gonna close down or be bought. Capcom is a different story.
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DarkChozoGhost
10/23/17 9:57:23 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
DarkChozoGhost posted...
I said nobody hate's on them more than EA or Activision

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75904429

People ITT are saying good things about EA so whatchu talking about. None of them are literally saying EA needs to die and be bought from a different company and so forth.

Want me to make a parallel topic about Capcom?
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Paragon21XX
10/23/17 9:58:59 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
LMAO. You 6 that was in my other topic implying no one hates Capcom that much and yet here is this topic with the majority literally celebrating fake news about Capcom's demise. Yeah no one hates Capcom on another crazy exclusive level alright. Come defend yourselves.

I only said that they make great games, never that the company itself is great. Their business practices in the last 10 years have gone to shit, but it still doesn't prevent me from buying Capcom games from series that still deserve my support such as Phoenix Wright.
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 9:59:17 PM
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DarkChozoGhost posted...
Veggeta X posted...
DarkChozoGhost posted...
I said nobody hate's on them more than EA or Activision

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75904429

People ITT are saying good things about EA so whatchu talking about. None of them are literally saying EA needs to die and be bought from a different company and so forth.

Want me to make a parallel topic about Capcom?

Yes. We can make a fair comparison.
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Caelthus
10/23/17 9:59:18 PM
#39:


DifferentialEquation posted...
I hope Microsoft buys them. They did good things with Rare and would be the best place for Capcom to go.

Microsoft cannot buy them. Japanese law states only japanese companies can acquire japanese companies.
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Skye Reynolds
10/23/17 9:59:19 PM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Investor: ... Did you just say Megaman is in the Zombie pack?
Capcom: Yeah, cause he's dead.


I think I see why I don't feel the usual sorrow I feel when I read that a company is going out of business.
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 10:00:28 PM
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Darmik posted...
Veggeta X posted...
People ITT are saying good things about EA so whatchu talking about. None of them are literally saying EA needs to die and be bought from a different company and so forth.


People dislike EA a lot. Where were you last week when they closed Visceral?

The difference is EA makes a shitload of money and there's no chance anytime soon that they're gonna close down or be bought. Capcom is a different story.

The difference is people eat the shit up EA throws at people and for some reason condemn Capcom for the same shitty business practice.
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EternalDivide
10/23/17 10:00:33 PM
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Watch EA or Activision buy them. Find the one or two games they can turn in to some open world bs or worse, some fps bs. Load it with microtransactions and loot crates. Then throw the rest of the ip catalogue in the garbage because they can't find a way to milk it.
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s0nicfan
10/23/17 10:00:57 PM
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I don't know that the rest of the gaming world could handle a Nintendo buyout of Capcom. They barely made it through Bayonetta being an exclusive.
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10/23/17 10:01:56 PM
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 10:02:21 PM
#45:


Paragon21XX posted...
I only said that they make great games, never that the company itself is great. Their business practices in the last 10 years have gone to shit, but it still doesn't prevent me from buying Capcom games from series that still deserve my support such as Phoenix Wright.

No. You said I was exaggerating how much Capcom gets hated and then tossed in Bethesda, EA and Bioware in there saying they also get equal hate. They don't. Capcom gets exclusive blind hate.
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ChromaticAngel
10/23/17 10:02:53 PM
#46:


Caelthus posted...
DifferentialEquation posted...
I hope Microsoft buys them. They did good things with Rare and would be the best place for Capcom to go.

Microsoft cannot buy them. Japanese law states only japanese companies can acquire japanese companies.

That's definitely not true. SNK was bought out by a Korean company.
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Terra-enforcer
10/23/17 10:03:11 PM
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This sounds fake as shit. Don't Capcom buyout rumors surface all the time?
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voldothegr8
10/23/17 10:04:04 PM
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Don't toy with my emotions!
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Terra-enforcer
10/23/17 10:04:32 PM
#49:


ChromaticAngel posted...
- Fighter Pack: Contains Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools.
- Zombie Pack: Contains Resident Evil, Dead Rising, and Megaman.
- RPG Pack: Contains Breath of Fire, Dragon's Dogma, and Monster Hunter.
- Action-Adventure pack: Contains Devil May Cry, Okami, and Onimusha.
- Sci-Fi Pack: Contains Lost Planet, Viewtiful Joe, and Bionic Commando.
- Mystery Pack: Contains Ace Attorney, Ghost Trick, and Dino Crisis.
- Action Pack: Contains Power Stone, Sengoku Basara, and VS series.
- Retro Pack: Contains 1942, Strider, Ghosts 'n' Goblins.

Reading this makes me sad as hell. A damn treasure trove of great IPs mostly gone to waste.

Only Rare has exceeded Capcom in wasting their potential. Maybe Konami too.
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Veggeta X
10/23/17 10:04:54 PM
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Terra-enforcer posted...
This sounds fake as shit. Don't Capcom buyout rumors surface all the time?

Of course it's fake as shit. This is just a ruse of a topic to blindly bash Capcom.
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