Capcom Talks Increased PC Focus, Future of PC Gaming
Capcom Talks Increased PC Focus, Future of PC Gaming
Posted 05/12/2011 at 10:41pm
| by Nathan Grayson
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Historically, Japanese companies and the PC have gone together like Godzilla and human civilization, but that may well be, er, history if Capcom has anything to say about it. The Japanese giant has cast a favorable shadow on PC in recent years with games like Street Fighter IV and Dead Rising 2, but – according to senior vice president Christian Svensson – that's only the beginning.
“PC gaming's profile is growing at Capcom. Both the US and our European teams continue to request PC SKUs for new titles. We've got more titles coming with PC versions than ever before (e.g. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, etc.). At green light meetings, our Japanese COO and the head of the consumer and online software business increasingly request a PC version if one is not being proposed at the outset of a project,” he wrote on Capcom's Unity blog.
More interesting, however, is Svensson's perspective on the PC as a cornerstone in any decent plan to take over the world. With videogames. Not, you know, enslavement and other less-good things.
“The PC helps teach a company how to be a global and how to embrace emerging markets and business models. As we continue to expand our businesses in Russia, China, Korea and Brazil, the PC becomes increasingly important as it is the primary platform in those territories,” he explained.
And, of course, what would a discussion of our favorite platform be without mention of the phrase “bleeding edge”? A lie? A travesty? An abomination? Wait, are you agreeing? We usually save those words for real disasters, but OK. Anyway, edges and the bleeding thereof:
“However, our core technology for all of our platforms has been informed by and pushed by the PC, which is always at the bleeding edge. Engineering insights from Intel and Nvidia have assisted the MT Framework team, which in turn has helped us on nearly any/every platform, from high-end PC to X360/PS3 to and 3DS and smart phones.”
Which would be cause for celebration, except that Dragon's Dogma isn't currently slated for PC release, and it looks freaking incredible. Seriously, watch this trailer, and then think your Desire Waves at Capcom as hard as you possibly can. Or write a letter, we guess.
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handsomeboy
August 29, 2011 at 3:52am
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Afroteddy
May 15, 2011 at 6:35am
Blah, Blah, Blah.... It's all talk untill the games come out. No Capcom Vs Marvel and who wants Super Street Fighter 4 after everyone else has had her(including the 3DS) and has moved on to something else.
Ghok
May 13, 2011 at 10:34am
Reminds me of PC gaming exactly ten years ago, just before the X-Box came out. The only real competition that was around was the Nintendo 64 and Playstation, the Dreamcast was around and was a good system, but they had just stopped making it. Of course, we were all a little worried with the new generation of consoles coming out, but during the late 90s the PC was filled with great exclusive titles because there was really no other machine you could make them on.
Much like Silver925 said below me, I don't hate consoles. I just like to game and I need a PC, so it's natural to combine the two. I haven't owned a console since the SNES. It's hard to go back to a console now in the same way it is difficult to use an iPad. I'm so used to the extra depth and level of control, it's hard to accept anything else.
Oh, and by the way... does anyone know just why I can't stay logged into this site? This has only happened since they site upgrade a week or two ago. It happens in both Opera and in the new IE, and only on this site. I can't even reply to comments because I can't stay logged in for more than one page.
Virgnarus
May 13, 2011 at 10:31am
Part of me thinks this mentality is in response to their gripes with Sony and the PSN fiasco, which they claim is costing them a considerable amount of money.
praetor_alpha
May 13, 2011 at 4:52am
Great, now we'll be hearing the whines of console gamers complaining that their games are being PC-ized.
Silver925
May 13, 2011 at 6:39am
How could they complain about seeing titles that have more depth and quality than they thought possible?
I don't hate consoles in the least. If all you want is a 'gaming computer' and nothing else, the console is a perfect fit. However, I'm a member of the crowd that likes to game, but also needs a computer that can do other things (like image editing, desktop publishing, CAD, etc.) and that is why I choose the PC hands-down.
But, once you've got a taste of what things can be like with a PC, you get cynical, and most console titles just feel so limited. It's a bit of an elitist attitude, but it's hard not to be when you've cut your teeth in such an amazing environment.
Marthian
May 13, 2011 at 6:05am
lets hope those cries go unnoticed.
2011 is looking to be a great year to be a PC Gamer :)
Holly Golightly
May 13, 2011 at 1:49am
Wow, I am incredibly happy. Capcom's decision will prove to be beneficial for all gamers, plus it will bring forth the attention from other companies to start creating PC versions, and better yet, PC exclusives. I am very happy about this good news. I look forward to seeing Capcom's upcoming smash hits. Thank you so much Capcom.
bloodgain
May 13, 2011 at 8:23am
I agree, it will be beneficial to all gamers. I think the day of the non-indie PC-exclusive has all but passed, though, at least until the day when we all have cheap, super-powered HTPCs, and consoles are thus extinct.
Holly Golightly
May 13, 2011 at 5:26pm
I think consoles are fine for little kids, but as we grow up and become smarter and smarter by the day... It would make more sense to go with a platform that is more open... Making the Gaming PC the ideal choice for gamers.
Here are the facts, Consoles are trying hard to become more, and more like PCs with downloadable content, Hard Drives, online gameplay, extentions, wallpapers, keyboards, and heck, even the Linux OS/Windows CE.
They try to be that all-in-one sollution by making consoles run DVDs, CDs, MP3s, USBs, Downloadable Movies and BlueTooth. All of which were on the PC long before. What happens when a next generation console is released? The old one goes to the closet... And there goes your All-In-One sollution. At least with a PC, you can upgrade the parts and run it perfectly fine for 10 years while running the most demanding games. Which in return gives you more value.
I agree with you, the moment they start shrinking down PCs to the size of consoles, and make them super-powered HTPCs, is the time consoles will be extinct. I will admit, I will miss the old times when consoles were console, and not trying to be PCs. I mean consoles like the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Saturn/Genesis, NES, and SNES. They were simple, and not complex. Great for kids. Just put in the cartridge and play. But the consoles we all grew up to are dead, and this new breed of consoles just need to go away. I have grown up, I am a PC Gamer.
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