Capcom under investigation for fraud?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:11 pm

http://kotaku.com/gaming/business/capco ... 165226.php

Holy frijoles

Arcatech · Post by **Arcatech** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 8:15 pm

I hope this doesn't bring down one of my fav companies. That would suck big time for me.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:10 pm

Well, apparently they only owe like one million - that shouldn't be too big of a problem for a company that has cash cows like Megaman, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and Devil May Cry.

Not too mention that if they did get in some major finacial trouble because of it one of the 1st party publishers would likely step in and help them back up. Capcom games draw alot of attention to the home systems.

Then again i know next to nothing about the way these things work so... it just seems unlikely to me that this will even put a dent in Capcom's wallet.

It's not like it could really cost them all that much to churn out all those admittedly cookie cutter sequels. Damn good cookie cutter sequels, though. That's alot of profit for a little bit of effort.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:42 pm

The article says the penalty is $10 million.. that's a fair bit, not to mention the potential for resignations and impact on their stock price.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:07 pm

Capcom was the no.1 publisher during the last generation in terms of quantity of innovation. They just know how to get every last drop of milk from their cows, that's all.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:49 am

icycalm wrote:Capcom was the no.1 publisher during the last generation in terms of quantity of innovation. They just know how to get every last drop of milk from their cows, that's all.

I guess I missed all of their innovative games in the midst of Street Fighter 18. I've always been on the fence w/ Capcom since the mid-80's.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:54 am

Capcom's got pretty good stuff. But they oughta stop milking their franchises to death. I mean, do we need 5+ Mega Man games a year? Quality is generally good for the first games, but then, it drops like a rock with all the recycling they do.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:17 am

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:I mean, do we need 5+ Mega Man games a year?

Yeah

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:25 am

GaijinPunch wrote: I've always been on the fence w/ Capcom since the mid-80's.

Mid 80's??? Had they even made Valgus at that point?

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:06 pm

I guess I missed all of their innovative games in the midst of Street Fighter 18. I've always been on the fence w/ Capcom since the mid-80's

I think they just have a way of dealing with the phenomenon of shelf life. Video game stores tend not to keep a game on shelf for longer than about half a year, in order to quickly cycle through every new release. If Capcom hadn´t rereleased their Street Fighter (and other series) games over and over again, the first parts would be sought-after rarities by now, and a lot less people would get to play Capcom games. Of course, Capcom would also have made a lot less money, but I really don´t get what´s so bad about rereleasing games. You don´t have to buy them, do you?

Mid 80's??? Had they even made Valgus at that point?

Vulgus was 1984, but I think he means 90s.

Arcatech · Post by **Arcatech** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:15 pm

street fighter 18

This is where I start dreaming about Street Fighter 4 on the cps4.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:13 am

CMoon wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote: I've always been on the fence w/ Capcom since the mid-80's.
Mid 80's??? Had they even made Valgus at that point?

I think Valgus was 1984. Right before the mid 80s, but that's still a long time to be on the fence with Capcom, especially since the mid/late 80s was when they put out some of their better games.