So Capcom is Now Under The Risk of Being Bought Out...

[maconlon439]

If it is bought by anyone, I just hope it's not Sony. I would hate to buy a VITA just to play Ace Attorney games.

 

[JCAll]

If it is bought by anyone, I just hope it's not Sony. I would hate to buy a VITA just to play Ace Attorney games.

It would be a huge deal if Sony could land Megaman Legends 3 on the Vita.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

I really hope Nintendo at least considers Getting Stock in there. As much as I want Nintendo to expand and buy these guys, I don't think they're willing to put too much into something that could potentially backfire. However, if they get at least 25-33% of the companies stock, that would be enough to secure at least permanent Monster Hunter Exclusivity, and maybe even the rights to Mega Man.

 

[80sboy]

GOOOODDD!! Capcom knows as much what to do with their IPs as George Lucas did with Star Wars. They're sitting on a gold mine holding a pickax while scratching their heads wondering what to do with it... just like... just like George Lucas did with Star Wars. Hey... that makes me think... maybe Disney can buy them out? Hmmm...?

 

[JagermanXcell]

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA?! "F*** the fans", amiright Capcom?! YOUR DAY OF RECKONING HAS FINALLY COME!
... sorry, I just really wanted to see my prediction come true is all

Considering the relations to Platinum if Nintendo or Sega go their hands on Capcom it would basically mean that Platinum would have Devil May Cry to work with.

That would make it worth it.

Read me like a book.
As much as I hate exclusivity, I'm all for Capcom games on WiiU. Plus I just want Power Stone 3, Breath of Fire 5, and DMC5 starring Uncle Dante really really baaaadly.

 

[crazygameguy4ever]

My first thought as to potential companies was Nintendo. Then I thought about a possible merger with Namco. Call it NamCom...or NapCam...or NamCap. I'm not quite sure what their financial situation looks like, but I imagine they could do some good with some of Capcoms IP's. I guess I would just love to see a PowerStone reboot.

Eh, Namco-Capcom might work.

the last thing we need is the money grubbing, out of date nintendo that doesn't know how to make profitable consoles anymore and only knows how to rehash the same game, year after year getting ahold of Capcom.. it would mean the end of RE, Street Fighter and all other Capcom proprieties as we know it.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

EA is probably salivating right now. Another studio it can buy out, pillage the IP, then close down.

This is going to be an interesting fight no matter who gets involved.

Foreign conglomerates are barred from buying out Japanese corporation due to Japanese trade laws. EA can't legally own Capcom.

And like that you've destroyed half the speculation on that link, bravo sir!

OT: Well I guess either Sony or Nintendo will buy Capcom. My real thoughts are whether Resident Evil fans would prefer to use the PS4 controller or the Wii U game pad.

Personally, I'd rather Resident Evil go Nintendo. Not so much for the gamepad but for more Resident Evil remakes like what we got on the Gamecube. Even if they don't buy Capcom outright though, I hope Nintendo is able to buy some IPs...Power Stone, Mega Man, Demon's Crest/Gargoyle's Quest...I'd love to see more of these but hey, if Nintendo does buy Capcom it would be cool to see Nintendo vs Capcom as the next VS fighting title.

 

[crazygameguy4ever]

I saw this coming for sometime.. and if they are bought out it would be disaster Capcom is bought by either Nintendo, Sony or Microsux.. it would lock out gamers from getting new games from RE and street fighter unless they wanted to buy the doomed Wii U from Nintendo or worse, or have to get the tv first, games second xbone from the money hungry mistake that is Microsux.. AS for sony?.. they might do ok with it, but it would be unfair to other gamers if RE and other Capcom properties became PS4/Vita exclusive... I hope EA doesn't get to ruin Capcom any mopre the nit already is, by buying it either

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

I can see sony buying em. Nintendo amd capcom properties haven't meshed since the 16 bit era. Ps2 is where dmc started, ps3 is the home of Japanese fighting games. RE I honestly don't care about (always was more of a silent hill guy) and megaman is dead without Inafune alwho is making his own IP and I wouldn't want them making a cash grab one. Legends 3 having been abandoned for years holds little promise, as depressing as that realization is. There's also Darkstalkers and Rival Schools and stuff. These games themes fit with other sony exclusive games such as Guilty Gear Xrd and the Blazblue series.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

I'd hope Nintendo buys them and fixes Resident Evil to it's former glory, bring back Megaman and work more on monster hunter while also doing good things with Devil may Cry, having DMC and bayonetta on a Wii U sounds like my ideal dream to have them on the Wii U, especially seeing as how now Bayonetta 2 comes with one for free with a little more added making it the definitive type of platform to own the games on.

I probably wouldn't like it if Sony grabbed them, then we'd have Monster Hunter getting wrestled back and forth in an annoying manner, the dust has already been settled, let's not do that again, also I'm not really invested in Sony for this gen and more into Nintendo and a bit of Microsoft, it would be cool if a third party grabbed them but then we'd have different platform exclusivity deals knowing them (no doubt PC would want cream of the crop or complain if not to the high heavens, look at TB for example) and really their shoddy DLC practices should be stopped and going on the Wii U would be a start to stopping it.

I'll probably add the obligatory save your breathe if you're a PC only, you'd only waste time with me just to let you know, 4 other people did in the past anyway.

 

[Ieyke]

if nintendo buy them...

Ninty is in no position to consider buying out anything at the moment, much less Capcom.

Yes it is. Nintendo has a fuckton of money banked that they're really basically doing nothing with.

They could lose something like $300 million a year for 35 years straight without going bankrupt.

 

[rob_simple]

I hope nobody buys them.

I'd rather see their individual properties get sold off to people who actually know what the fuck they are doing with them.

Let that mad bastard Suda51 have a crack at Resident Evil; see what he comes up with. Hand Street Fighter over to Arc System Works and we'll get a beautifully animated modern Street Fighter instead of that ugly-ass 3D stuff in IV. Give Megaman back to Inafune, not that he needs it anymore with Mighty No.9.

And somebody, anybody, release a god damn Onimusha HD collection. Please.

 

[Ieyke]

Yea. And Nintendo's never really losing money so much as just occasionally making it more slowly than they prefer.

 

[OrokuSaki]

EA is probably salivating right now. Another studio it can buy out, pillage the IP, then close down.

This is going to be an interesting fight no matter who gets involved.

Foreign conglomerates are barred from buying out Japanese corporation due to Japanese trade laws. EA can't legally own Capcom.

And like that you've destroyed half the speculation on that link, bravo sir!

OT: Well I guess either Sony or Nintendo will buy Capcom. My real thoughts are whether Resident Evil fans would prefer to use the PS4 controller or the Wii U game pad.

What about Square-Enix? Are they still considered a Japanese company? I'd love Square-Enix to buy them. They wouldn't ignore PC and they love catering to nostalgic gamers which means old Dante trumps new Dante!

Square and Enix, which now make up Square-Enix after Square essentially bought out Enix couple years ago are a japanese company. Although Enix wasnt a developer of games and more a publisher, essentially its the japanese equivalent of Activision Blizzard where Activision fusioned with Vivendi (Blizzard was just the top dog under Vivendi).

Also last I heard (Admittedly didn't follow up because I've been on the fence about modern Square-Enix releases) Square Enix isn't really in a position to buy out anyone. I'm pretty sure they've been in financial decline for a while.

 

[EvilRoy]

if nintendo buy them...

Ninty is in no position to consider buying out anything at the moment, much less Capcom.

Yes it is. Nintendo has a fuckton of money banked that they're really basically doing nothing with.

They could lose something like $300 million a year for 35 years straight without going bankrupt.

Not really, a large part of why their stock has remained somewhat trustworthy is because of the money they have banked. Basically they retain investor confidence by keeping a large amount of money on hand to insure against any hard times that might crop up in the future. Since Nintendo really hasn't diversified at all, they need something around to show that they won't go belly up at the first failure.

So having all that money is really good for the company, but it also means that they can't really use or lose too much of it without endangering investor confidence. Basically the idea is that when the company is on an upswing, dip into the piggy bank a little bit, when the company is in a downswing, hands off.

Right now Nintendo is in a little bit of a trough. It might be over, with the uptick in sales of the WiiU the stock price has finally recovered to where it was just after the end of year disappointments - but they haven't recovered to pre-disappointment levels yet, so it is likely too early to start spending money.

 

[RandV80]

I doubt anything will happen. The 'Japanese' thing may prevent a bigger fish like EA from buying them out, and for a specific console maker Capcom has there eggs spread around in all 3 baskets so for them it would make more sense to divide & conquer. Like last year I played ice hockey with the Vancouver Capcom company team, and they're pretty much an Xbox dev studio that makes games like Dead Rising. Then you have franchises like Mega Man that are good for Nintendo, Resident Evil for Playstation, and so on. This news isn't that they're about to go under and/or are looking to sell off, but rather that they're open to being bought out as a whole.

Or if we could play in crazy fantasy land, how about Sega buys them out and makes a console comeback featuring the now exclusive Capcom IP's! Megaman, Street Fighter, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Dead Rising, etc, to go along with whatever Sega has left: Sonic, Phantasy Star, Virtua Fighter..?

 

[Lunar Templar]

if nintendo buy them...

Ninty is in no position to consider buying out anything at the moment, much less Capcom.

Yes it is. Nintendo has a fuckton of money banked that they're really basically doing nothing with.

They could lose something like $300 million a year for 35 years straight without going bankrupt.

Not really, a large part of why their stock has remained somewhat trustworthy is because of the money they have banked. Basically they retain investor confidence by keeping a large amount of money on hand to insure against any hard times that might crop up in the future. Since Nintendo really hasn't diversified at all, they need something around to show that they won't go belly up at the first failure.

So having all that money is really good for the company, but it also means that they can't really use or lose too much of it without endangering investor confidence. Basically the idea is that when the company is on an upswing, dip into the piggy bank a little bit, when the company is in a downswing, hands off.

Right now Nintendo is in a little bit of a trough. It might be over, with the uptick in sales of the WiiU the stock price has finally recovered to where it was just after the end of year disappointments - but they haven't recovered to pre-disappointment levels yet, so it is likely too early to start spending money.

They might risk it anyway.

Just think of what them buying out Capcom and then saying, "Mega Man 11, Mega Man X9 Dark Stalkers 4 and Breath of Fire 6 comming soon to the WiiU", would do for console sales, and it's not like Nintendo is a company afraid of taking huge risks.