Capcom, fresh off months of sluggish sales, is keen to make more video games. More video games might mean more sales!
After not one, but two Western-developed sales blunders, Capcom is planning to stick with its home turf.
Last year was a rough year. Just ask Osaka-based Capcom. The game company, which is best known for the Street Fighter series, sales profits down. Way down.
The man behind Mega Man is very busy these days.
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This is Grapple Buggy, shown here in Boston at PAX East by Nathan Fouts, the almost-solo developer behind Xbox Live Indie game Weapon of Choice. You can tell which classic Nintendo Entertainment System games he loves.
In a Q&A session held earlier this week, president Haruhiro Tsujimoto became the second high profile Capcom employee this month to get all negative when it comes to the company collaborating with Western studios.