It doesn't bode well for future prospects of the franchise. It really needs to do well for Capcom to not just drop the franchise cold turkey. I'm not sure if it will adversely affect Ninja Theory as it could be seen as them not being a reliable developer to deliver a game that can meet publisher expectations in terms of sales. Until the US numbers are in, it really is all just speculation but keep in mind that Capcom wanted 2M sales by the end of March from this game. Compare that to 2M for Monster Hunter 4 for the same time period before it was delayed, which, would have been a Japan only release and you have a pretty grim look at the future of this franchise if it can't even meet what most consider conservative numbers for Capcom projections.
Capcom has pretty much said they are going to keep working with NT and very possibly buy them.
If they make DmC 2 we will see... but the partnership will continue again.
That was all fluff talk, really. We'll see if they put their money where their mouth is in a few months. It would be a real hard sale to shareholders to invest further if this reboot doesn't live up to sales.
Why do you say it's all fluff talk? Because you want it to be?
No because publishers always say it was great to work with a developer when the project is complete. It's all friendly PR. Until Capcom puts Ninja Theory to work on another project, I'll take it with a grain of salt. Like I said, the shareholders are really the only people Capcom cares about and you'd be delusional to think otherwise.
It doesn't bode well for future prospects of the franchise. It really needs to do well for Capcom to not just drop the franchise cold turkey. I'm not sure if it will adversely affect Ninja Theory as it could be seen as them not being a reliable developer to deliver a game that can meet publisher expectations in terms of sales. Until the US numbers are in, it really is all just speculation but keep in mind that Capcom wanted 2M sales by the end of March from this game. Compare that to 2M for Monster Hunter 4 for the same time period before it was delayed, which, would have been a Japan only release and you have a pretty grim look at the future of this franchise if it can't even meet what most consider conservative numbers for Capcom projections.
Capcom has pretty much said they are going to keep working with NT and very possibly buy them.
If they make DmC 2 we will see... but the partnership will continue again.
That was all fluff talk, really. We'll see if they put their money where their mouth is in a few months. It would be a real hard sale to shareholders to invest further if this reboot doesn't live up to sales.
It doesn't bode well for future prospects of the franchise. It really needs to do well for Capcom to not just drop the franchise cold turkey. I'm not sure if it will adversely affect Ninja Theory as it could be seen as them not being a reliable developer to deliver a game that can meet publisher expectations in terms of sales. Until the US numbers are in, it really is all just speculation but keep in mind that Capcom wanted 2M sales by the end of March from this game. Compare that to 2M for Monster Hunter 4 for the same time period before it was delayed, which, would have been a Japan only release and you have a pretty grim look at the future of this franchise if it can't even meet what most consider conservative numbers for Capcom projections.
It's not that much of a shock really. Regardless of the games quality it was released in a post Christmas slot , two weeks from pay day for quite a few people, on a Tuesday rather than the traditional Friday. Whilst a simultaneous worldwide release is good for big, mainstream recognised games like Call of Duty or Halo something like DmC is going to suffer. I didn't even realise it was getting released at the same time as America so I just walked into a shop and there it was on the shelf all of a sudden.
I think a lot of that is the lack of an advertisement push. Capcom did it with RE6, but I haven't seen anything for this game.
I'm not too surprised. This is a reboot trying to build a new audience. I doubt they were expecting to have huge numbers. I imagine they are hoping that this game can lay a foundation for sequels with a new audience that will sell better with each new game in the series.
From Capcom's sales forecast, it doesn't look that way. Even if they didn't lay out their projections, this is Capcom we are talking about. They have killed more things for lesser reasons. Unless they are willing to weather the storm, I can't see them doubling down on a drop in sales performance for an established franchise. That is if this does end up selling significantly less than DMC4.
Who's expectations? Fans? Capcom seems pretty confident this will sell well as they haven't changed their projected sales of 2M across all territories.
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