Our experience with Bionic Commando has demonstrated the difficulty of outsourcing the development of new title to overseas companies, Capcom explains. But they realize that collaborating with overseas developers is important, stating that "Nevertheless, we cannot develop a sufficient number of titles without using the resources of these companies. This is why we plan to continue using these alliances."
Capcom plans to only send existing franchises with established fanbases to overseas developers, while the development of new titles will happen in Japan. "We plan to develop new titles primarily in Japan. Overseas companies may be used mostly to develop titles for existing game series with well-established characters and universal themes. Overseas companies will also handle certain parts and/or lineups of such games.
I'm surprised Capcom isn't finding a way to blame this on Wii...
I'm not sure what you're point is. I don't know why somebody who wanted the game on Wii would feel foolish that it didn't sell well on another system.
I wonder how many people last year were complaining that Capcom wasn't bringing Bionic Commando HD to Wii, who now must be feeling rather foolish.
Due primarily to the commercial failure of Bionic Commando, a title developed by Swedish studio GRIN , Capcom has announced that will focus more on developing games in Japan and less on outsourcing their franchises to overseas developers.
I don't know what it is but you're just less likely to run into junk if you stick with Japanese games.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that chart represents sales for the last 9 months of 2009. Since RE5 was released in early March the first month's worth of sales aren't counted in that chart, and half--if not more--of the game's total sales likely took place in March. However, Bionic Commando was released in May/June so its entire sales history is included in those numbers.QuoteDue primarily to the commercial failure of Bionic Commando, a title developed by Swedish studio GRIN , Capcom has announced that will focus more on developing games in Japan and less on outsourcing their franchises to overseas developers.
Huh?
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Wait. RE5 barely does as much as BC, yet BC is a failure?