Capcom powers up $10M quarterly profit

Monster Hunter Freedom 2G's record-breaking sales on PSP offset slumping arcade business; RE5 projected to sell 2.3 million, SFIV 1.7 million.

Nintendo, Sony, and Electronic Arts all released their quarterly reports this week, and while the news was mixed, the common theme among them is that sales were up. Capcom today provided further evidence of the game industry's health today with its own financial report for the three months ended June 30.

The Resident Evil publisher posted revenues of ¥16.35 billion ($151 million), up more than 14 percent from the same quarter the year before. Profits were up more substantially, more than doubling year-over-year to ¥2.38 billion ($22 million), up from ¥1.13 billion ($10 million).

The only game singled out as a particularly strong seller was Monster Hunter Freedom 2G, which Capcom said "drastically increased both sales and profits." The latest addition to Capcom's action-role-playing series released on the PlayStation Portable in Japan in late March, and has already racked up 2.4 million sales. According to the publisher, it is the first Japanese PSP game to hit the 2 million mark.

Despite the game's success, Capcom stuck by its previous fiscal year forecast "due to continuous weak performance of arcade operations business." The publisher doubtlessly hopes to see its arcade business revitalized with the Japanese arcade release of Street Fighter IV, which was set for this summer. The publisher today said it hopes to have the game in arcades "more or less on schedule."

As for the home editions of Street Fighter IV, Capcom projected the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC editions to sell 1.7 million. That's more than the 1.5 million the publisher expects to sell of the new Bionic Commando on the same systems, but significantly less than the 2.3 million copies of Resident Evil 5 it has projected to sell on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Over on the Wii, Capcom expects the recently announced Dead Rising: Chop 'til you Drop to rack up 500,000 in sales. That's significantly less than its last zombie remake for Nintendo's system, Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, which notched more than a million sales worldwide.

55 Comments

  • Doolum

    Posted Sep 28, 2008 6:11 am GMT

    bring MHF2G states side

  • TheBlaklyon

    Posted Aug 11, 2008 3:48 pm GMT

    Kickin ass and, taking names. Good Job Capcom!

  • Pete5506

    Posted Aug 3, 2008 5:12 pm GMT

    Its good to see Capcom is doing good

  • scphan

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 11:53 pm GMT

    RE5 cant wait

  • onurtheunique

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 1:40 pm GMT

    I don't realy understand why capcom stays away from PC? PC gaming industry is much bigger than others. For example crysis made a big jump just by crysis. Resident evil never comes on pc at the begining but why? Is it a must?

  • Argetpheonix

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 12:17 pm GMT

    well...good for capcom...now if they would just bring MHP2ndG over here i would be happy...Monster hunter freedom 2 has been at the top of the best sellers list for nearley a month....ohh well all i can do is wait and hope for it to come

  • BradBurns

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 10:53 am GMT

    So I guess Capcom doesn't expect very high sales on the Wii from its "core" games..

  • cajunstrike

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 10:28 am GMT

    Marvel vs. Capcom 3 would also be welcomed...

  • Dante9916

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 9:54 am GMT

    Deeeviiill maaayy cryyy?

  • arc_salvo

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 9:38 am GMT

    I like Capcom's new stable of games, but I wish it had stayed closer to its roots and churned out more games like Marvel VS Capcom 3, and a Street Fighter that had the best characters from 2, 3, and the Alpha series rather than just 2's characters + a few newbies.

    I also wish they'd tried harder to keep series like Rival Schools/Project Justice alive, but the way they shafted the localized US versions of those games made them a lot less interesting and sellable, so it's no surprise they never got popular.

  • redskinStu

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 9:29 am GMT

    RE 2 was the best of the series, by far. Two discs, two different stories depending on whom you use first, 4th Survivor etc. etc.

  • shahinps3

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 8:16 am GMT

    Ive played and finished all resident evils expect Zero and 1. Ive loved all of them. For me Resident evil 5 will be the best game made but still it wont feel as good as RE2 or RE3 where there were zombies and the big monsters. They should remake RE2 and RE3 on much higher graphics (1080p) and then they should make RE6 with zombies not like RE4 and RE5.

  • jackrocks123

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 7:02 am GMT

    now with lost planet coming to ps3, DR on wii, now maybe DR on ps3?

  • V-r0cK

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 5:28 am GMT

    [ ! ] Capcom bring Dead Rising to PS3, and make the next Onimusha game please! ( For PS3 as well of course =P )

  • Hillsy_

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 5:09 am GMT

    @Caer_Death - They provided a patch for the PC version to introduce extra effects.

    I agree though, RE5 will be the big seller; everyone loves it all around the world. There are still alot of Street Fighter fans too, so it should sell well. I also think Dead Rising will sell for the Wii, don't know about Bionic Commandos. I think it will be popular in America.

    Always good to see Capcom doing well, probably the best third Party developer.

  • blackie8

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 5:07 am GMT

    all i got to say is capcom is the only other company to make sucessfull titles for the wii and well ubisoft had grasshopper with no more heroes so thank you capcom

  • Dante9916

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 4:41 am GMT

    Devil may cry 4?

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 1:58 am GMT

    How dare you lot complain about not having Dead Rising 2, Megaman etc, when Resi 5 is sat right there. It's Resi 5 for the love of god! (Rrrraaaahhhhh)..... (mad moment over, pops a prozac)

  • wwonka666

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 11:00 pm GMT

    Where is Megaman, let him appear in Street Fighter IV if nothing else.

  • Karmacodelc18

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 9:48 pm GMT

    argh! wheres Mega Man Legends 3!?

  • Dylanius

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 8:55 pm GMT

    MEGAMAN LEGENDS 3 FFS!

  • reddawnchild

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 7:50 pm GMT

    Dead Rising 2 is all I want to hear from Capcom

  • tawagivercetti

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 7:33 pm GMT

    kudos to Capcom, one of the greatest, keep it up

  • Zerosumgame

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 7:32 pm GMT

    No Dead Rising 2 plz, it will struggle for sure.

  • mjc0961 posted Jul 30, 2008 7:29 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    mjc0961

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 7:29 pm GMT (hide)

    "Capcom expects the recently announced Dead Rising: Chop 'til you Drop to rack up 500,000 in sales."

    I can't believe they expect anyone to buy that. They need to bring Dead Rising 2 to the table, instead of wasting development resources on a game that is doomed to fail from the start because of the host console's weak hardware.

  • tarmadadj

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 7:23 pm GMT

    The thing capcom needs is a New Rival Schools!!!!

    Well, id like to say that but sadly even i know that isnt true....
    What happened with games i used to like?

  • UnreaLuigi

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 6:59 pm GMT

    almost all the games theyre makin shuld do well... cant wait to c how gud RE5, SF4, and bionic commando are. im sure the first two will do gud but im hopin BC will live up to its name.

  • xophaser

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 6:43 pm GMT

    it is true, I bought like 5-6 games already this year (DMC4) and another console, the wii to go with my PS3. I need to take it easy for awhile.

  • xdeiri

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 6:05 pm GMT

    make good games = make good money , simple as that .

  • HatchetKill

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 6:02 pm GMT

    Dammm, so that's where all me money is going, Hehehe.
    I really think street fighter gunna do even better than they think,
    Soul Calibur will have faded and Mortal Kombat has a whole different feel to the game than street fighter

  • GuyverV

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 5:53 pm GMT

    that's great, now give me powerstone 3 and marvel vs. capcom 3 so we can all be friends...and because smash bros and soul calibur need to be put in their place

  • godzillavskong

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 5:26 pm GMT

    Good to see. This is one of my favorite japanese developers/publishers. They always seem to have a strong lineup and a lot of their games really push the graphics. Especially the Resident Evil series. I remember when Capcom was a big supporter of the Dreamcast, back when it wasn't getting much 3rd party love, with games like Powerstone and Resident Evil Code Veronica.

  • coold_steam

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 5:22 pm GMT

    i think RE5 will sell more than 2 mill this game will be the bomb

  • gamer082009

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 4:48 pm GMT

    I just love me some Capcom, they really gave the true meaning of what a good game is. RESIDENT Evil anyone!

  • Miteme

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 4:32 pm GMT

    I would have throught RE5 would beat the 2 mil mark of the other RE games simply because its the first next gen outing for the series and this would attract more buyers

  • SaintJotun

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 3:44 pm GMT

    Wish MH3 was coming to 360. Guess I'm gonna have to get a Wii now.

  • n64nut

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 3:42 pm GMT

    Generally speaking, most RE games sell around two million units, give or take. RE2 on the PS1 has the distinction of being the only RE game to sell more than that, at 4 million units. Thats more than all three versions of RE4.

    So for Capcom to expect those kind of sales for lifetime is probably accurate. Despite what RE4 fanboys want to think, there aren't enough of them around to sell on the level of games like GTAIV or Halo 3.

  • VenomRitual

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 3:10 pm GMT

    they have to mean in the first month. sf 4 and re 5 are gonna sell like crazy. if those are their worldwide projections than they are just being modest

  • Caer_Death

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 3:06 pm GMT

    RE4 for the PC was just sad. Aside from being over two years late to the party, it lacked the good graphics of the GC version, using instead the ported PS2 graphics, and as if that weren't bad enough, it lacks the fog effect that was ESSENTIAL to the atmosphere of the game. Not to mention no mouse support, which would've been better than using joysticks for aiming, but still not nearly as good as using the Wii pointer for aiming. Overall, I'm glad they're not wasting their time with a PC version, at least not yet. No Wii version, though, and the slim-to-none chance that it'll come over there in the future, makes me a tad sad. Guess it'll be the 360 version for me...

  • Henninger posted Jul 30, 2008 3:03 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Henninger

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 3:03 pm GMT (hide)

    Capcom is the best publisher in the biz. RE is the best franchise in the biz. Street Fighter is 1 of the best fighting franchises in the biz. The 2.3 mil on RE5 is underestimating that game. 1.7 mil on SF4 is about rite. 500K on Dead Rising is pushing it. All i know is that SF4 & RE5 need 2 hurry up.

  • themc_7

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 2:55 pm GMT

    RE5 I'm already loosing sleep over you!!

  • Pr3acher posted Jul 30, 2008 2:26 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Pr3acher

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 2:26 pm GMT (hide)

    no RE5 for PC? Bad CAPCOM, bad.

  • drangel_jam

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 2:15 pm GMT

    SF4 will outsell 1.7M units worldwide within it's release. Mark my words!
    RE5 will outsellf 2.3M units worldwide within at least two weeks. (As long as they both have WW simultaneous releases, and great MKT campaign. Capcom needs to stop showcasing these titles, to build even more hanger.)

  • itwiz90

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 2:07 pm GMT

    CAPCOM is really doing a great job with their games that why they have the profits they do. They may be a little slow on releases but you see that good things DO come to those that wait. Keep on Rock'in CAPCOM

  • Ryan10901994

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 2:01 pm GMT

    capcom and nintendo are owning all the other companies

  • nellyg619

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 1:48 pm GMT

    how the hell did Monster Hunter Freedom 2G manage to sell so many.....thought the game was crap

  • AzelKosMos

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 1:39 pm GMT

    Capcom are my favorite company so I hope they continue to do well.

  • MFDABADKID posted Jul 30, 2008 1:37 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    MFDABADKID

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 1:37 pm GMT (hide)

    Why Hasn't Microsoft released there quarterly report

  • 09231991

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 1:37 pm GMT

    I seriously can't wait for RE 5 to get here, it is looking so damn good right now I think that Street Fighter IV and RE5 will definitely boost sales and keep Capcom going strong for a while. As for the Dead Rising port, it seems very lackluster and to late at this point but w/e. If it makes them a lot more money so they can put out bigger and better games (SFIV and RE5), I'm cool with it

  • mattg90520

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 1:18 pm GMT

    sounds pretty good to me. cant wait for re5

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