Report: Capcom Europe to be Hit with Huge Layoffs
by William D'Angelo, posted on 03 October 2013 / 4,253 Views
Capcom Europe is undergoing a restructure as the Western business of Capcom struggles. Several titles have failed to meet sails expectations. According to a report at MCVUK more than half of the staff at Capcom Europe will be laid off.
"Following a restructure at its US operation, Capcom’s European organisation is currently evaluating its structure to ensure it is in the best position to take advantage of the changing market conditions the industry is facing," said a Capcom spokesperson.
This year Capcom cancelled several titles and will no longer use external development teams. DmC: Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 6 have both failed to meet sales expectations, and Capcom's latest title, lost Planet 3, has failed to make an impact.
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"failed to make an impact" = bombed harder than the Virtual Boy port of Wonderful 101.
I dont see how this is the fault of most of the staff. The decision makers are the ones that should be replaced.
This is just the latest result of a crappy business plan... Everyone I knew has been talking about how Resident Evil 5 wasn't survival horror anymore and that Resident Evil 6 was going to be even worse. People caught onto their bullshit and now they are paying for it. People play these titles for a reason, if they keep changing a unique title to be just like everything else, then what is the point anymore?
indeed, aiming for the call of duty market with resi 6 was the most idiotic thing they've done with cash in years, there have already been so many failed attempts to do this.... next Resi announcement will be them making a "wow killer" mmo.... they're idiots honestly.
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Capcom have good franchises. Megaman, Onimusha, Breath of Fire etc, so many franchises they need to call out of retirement to weather the storm.
whoa... the thought of a proper HD onimusha gave me a shiver down my spine.
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What else is new?? Still waiting for that "Capcom shuts down article!!!"
Well... if DmC and RE failed to meet expectations.... then itīs just another proof that the industry canīt afford so many AAA titles. itīs time to shift paradigms, pals.
Someone should go let GTA, Fifa, Pokemon, CoD and Battlefield the bad news. Or maybe it's that gamers today have so much choice when it comes to AAA offering we don't have to put up with Capcoms shitty dlc ridden mess's? I loved DMC... I mean the ps2 one, you think people were happy being told by capcom if they wanted the Dante they knew they had to pay 5euros ontop of the price of the game?
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I can't tell if you're serious or not. Your statement is contradiction 101.
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They had better UNITE with Nintendo before they end up like THQ. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=166018 This is what you get for denying Wii owners Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 6, & other mainline games. Smart money putting Monster Hunter on Nintendo systems. That move might just save your 'arsenal'. John Lucas
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All those games mentioned could have found new life and sales on the Wii U. Don't doubt the power of Off-TV play!
There was too much working against all of those titles for them to live up to expectations on ANY console.
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Squaresoft, Eletronic Arts, Sega of America, Capcom.... the industry is in a huge lay-off
Bethesda just opened a studio, Ubisoft are hiring 500 people currently... Stop projecting one story onto every AAA game, capcom released 3 bombs in a Row, only effects them.
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