Mega Man character designer to leave Capcom and subsidiary Daletto at the end of the month.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24371
Keiji Inafune announced today that he will be leaving his position as head of research and development, and management groups at Capcom, and CEO of Daletto, an online games business subsidiary of Capcom effective from the end of October. Inafune has been with Capcom for 23 years.
Inafune believes that he is no longer effective at the requirements of a CEO for Daletto, and as for Capcom, he has achieved all that he can as a developer. He feels it means death for a creator to settle down.
Translated from Inafune's blog by Andriasang, "There was a chance that I could continue to be Capcom's power. I bet on that chance until the end. The means of both Capcom and myself to be happy. That was surely possible. However, now that chance is completely closed off."
He added, "Capcom must, from here on out, walk without me. I too cannot depend on Capcom," feeling that a future collaboration would not be possible.
His resignation from the company follows comments early this month when he said he hates his job and wants to retire early in an interview on Dead Rising 2, which he produced.
Inafune will be replaced by Jun Takeuchi, a longtime Capcom producer who has recently worked on Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil 5.
Isn't Inafune the guy that said Japans game industry is finished?
But Inafune has more to say. He continues, stating that he believes Capcom’s incentives are inadequate and says that it’s hard to tell just who’s in charge. He also comments further on the management:
“I’ve been fighting for many years now to change these things one by one. But the business side is resisting change. They think developers are stupid and don’t understand business. That’s why I can’t be on the board of directors.
>That’s the difference between Capcom and Nintendo. At Nintendo, 80 percent of the board is from development. At Capcom, it’s zero. All the business side cares about is protecting their own interests.”
So, what's the word on Mega Man Legends 3? Infune just announced it not that long ago... Does this mean it's now canned?
I just hope it doesn't turn out to be like Megaman X6.So, what's the word on Mega Man Legends 3? Infune just announced it not that long ago... Does this mean it's now canned?
Nope, it just means that like life, it will go on without him.
Nintendo or Platinum. I'm personally edging towards Nintendo since their systems are where his games are the most famous.
Last two... very iffy.
Because of Inafune's current obsession with American developers and how he feels Japanese developers need to make games just like western devs, I don't think Nintendo would want him. Last thing Iwata wants is a guy with a mid-life crisis who's just going to b!tch about how their own games need to be more like American games and cause a lot of internal drama.And now I know. Pity that. But good point made LD.
I also doubt he'd go to Platinum since Hideki Kamiya and Shinji Mikami don't exactly like Inafune at the moment. Inafune is the one who shut down Clover for being too Japanese which is what caused Kamiya and Mikami to both to leave Capcom.
