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Rumours about Microsoft buying out Capcom (see the SR news section) are floating around after a profit/loss prediction for Capcom show they forecast a loss of over £50 million (I think it was in pounds, but it may have been dollars...)
Anyway, at first I didn't blink an eye, then I remembered what we could lose. The Resident Evil franchise.
After just one game (the Resident Evil 1 remake), are we going to lose the franchise to MS? I'm kind of reserving judgement about Resi for now. I haven't played the GC version, but played it on the PSX and it was okay, nothing amazing though. I'll hopefully be getting it from SR tomorrow through the post. So while I may or may not think the loss of the Resi franchise is terrible for me personally, it'll still be bad for the Cube...
You can't deny the popularity of Resident Evil, the announcement that Resident Evil series would be remade and be exclusive to the Cube was a bit of a shock for a lot of Nintendo fans, as Resident Evil was long associated with the Playstation.
Resident Evil fans then have had a bumpy road. I'll bet many bought a PS2 early expecting to see a Resident Evil game before too long, then the GameCube announcement comes, so if they really want to play all the games they have to get a Cube too (or trade the PS2). Now if MS buy up Capcom, the Resident Evil franchise will likely be exclusive to the Xbox, meaning a further console switch if they wish to play the Resident Evil series... That could get annoying...
Well, that's about all. I'll decide how big a loss (well, potential loss anyway...) the Resi franchise is after I get the game, until then, thoughts/views on this? Is Microsoft getting greedy? Do you care about the potential loss of the Resi franchise? Are these questions at the end of posts annoying?
Thanks for reading.
Anyway, at first I didn't blink an eye, then I remembered what we could lose. The Resident Evil franchise.
After just one game (the Resident Evil 1 remake), are we going to lose the franchise to MS? I'm kind of reserving judgement about Resi for now. I haven't played the GC version, but played it on the PSX and it was okay, nothing amazing though. I'll hopefully be getting it from SR tomorrow through the post. So while I may or may not think the loss of the Resi franchise is terrible for me personally, it'll still be bad for the Cube...
You can't deny the popularity of Resident Evil, the announcement that Resident Evil series would be remade and be exclusive to the Cube was a bit of a shock for a lot of Nintendo fans, as Resident Evil was long associated with the Playstation.
Resident Evil fans then have had a bumpy road. I'll bet many bought a PS2 early expecting to see a Resident Evil game before too long, then the GameCube announcement comes, so if they really want to play all the games they have to get a Cube too (or trade the PS2). Now if MS buy up Capcom, the Resident Evil franchise will likely be exclusive to the Xbox, meaning a further console switch if they wish to play the Resident Evil series... That could get annoying...
Well, that's about all. I'll decide how big a loss (well, potential loss anyway...) the Resi franchise is after I get the game, until then, thoughts/views on this? Is Microsoft getting greedy? Do you care about the potential loss of the Resi franchise? Are these questions at the end of posts annoying?
Thanks for reading.
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Anubis wrote:
> ARRRGGGGHHH! I really hate it when there are rumours around about
> things that either will never happen or don't exist.
> Just don't believe them until you actually have proper facts.
There are facts. Read the SR news article. MS were in talks with Capcom a while back. Now Capcom state they are set to make huge financial losses. It's not proof that MS will buy out Capcom, but it could easily turn out that way.
> ARRRGGGGHHH! I really hate it when there are rumours around about
> things that either will never happen or don't exist.
> Just don't believe them until you actually have proper facts.
There are facts. Read the SR news article. MS were in talks with Capcom a while back. Now Capcom state they are set to make huge financial losses. It's not proof that MS will buy out Capcom, but it could easily turn out that way.
Holy!! Well this is big news for sure. If Capcom did in fact desert the GC in favour of the X-box i would be very shocked and extremely dissapointed. There were "promises" of upto 6 RE games for the GC of which we have 1 so far... granted a few others are obviously very deep into development and i would majorly shocked if they were scraped (i seriously doubt they will be binned).
Big Bill waving his wallet again huh? :s
Big Bill waving his wallet again huh? :s
Sibs wrote:
> Rumours about Microsoft buying out Capcom (see the SR news section)
> are floating around after a profit/loss prediction for Capcom show
> they forecast a loss of over £50 million (I think it was in
> pounds, but it may have been dollars...)
>
> Well, that's about all. I'll decide how big a loss (well, potential
> loss anyway...) the Resi franchise is after I get the game, until
> then, thoughts/views on this?
Was this a question?
> Is Microsoft getting greedy?
Getting?
> Do you care
> about the potential loss of the Resi franchise?
Very Much
> Are these questions at
> the end of posts annoying?
Yes
> Thanks for reading.
> Rumours about Microsoft buying out Capcom (see the SR news section)
> are floating around after a profit/loss prediction for Capcom show
> they forecast a loss of over £50 million (I think it was in
> pounds, but it may have been dollars...)
>
> Well, that's about all. I'll decide how big a loss (well, potential
> loss anyway...) the Resi franchise is after I get the game, until
> then, thoughts/views on this?
Was this a question?
> Is Microsoft getting greedy?
Getting?
> Do you care
> about the potential loss of the Resi franchise?
Very Much
> Are these questions at
> the end of posts annoying?
Yes
> Thanks for reading.
ARRRGGGGHHH! I really hate it when there are rumours around about things that either will never happen or don't exist.
Just don't believe them until you actually have proper facts.
Just don't believe them until you actually have proper facts.
Rumours about Microsoft buying out Capcom (see the SR news section) are floating around after a profit/loss prediction for Capcom show they forecast a loss of over £50 million (I think it was in pounds, but it may have been dollars...)
Anyway, at first I didn't blink an eye, then I remembered what we could lose. The Resident Evil franchise.
After just one game (the Resident Evil 1 remake), are we going to lose the franchise to MS? I'm kind of reserving judgement about Resi for now. I haven't played the GC version, but played it on the PSX and it was okay, nothing amazing though. I'll hopefully be getting it from SR tomorrow through the post. So while I may or may not think the loss of the Resi franchise is terrible for me personally, it'll still be bad for the Cube...
You can't deny the popularity of Resident Evil, the announcement that Resident Evil series would be remade and be exclusive to the Cube was a bit of a shock for a lot of Nintendo fans, as Resident Evil was long associated with the Playstation.
Resident Evil fans then have had a bumpy road. I'll bet many bought a PS2 early expecting to see a Resident Evil game before too long, then the GameCube announcement comes, so if they really want to play all the games they have to get a Cube too (or trade the PS2). Now if MS buy up Capcom, the Resident Evil franchise will likely be exclusive to the Xbox, meaning a further console switch if they wish to play the Resident Evil series... That could get annoying...
Well, that's about all. I'll decide how big a loss (well, potential loss anyway...) the Resi franchise is after I get the game, until then, thoughts/views on this? Is Microsoft getting greedy? Do you care about the potential loss of the Resi franchise? Are these questions at the end of posts annoying?
Thanks for reading.
Anyway, at first I didn't blink an eye, then I remembered what we could lose. The Resident Evil franchise.
After just one game (the Resident Evil 1 remake), are we going to lose the franchise to MS? I'm kind of reserving judgement about Resi for now. I haven't played the GC version, but played it on the PSX and it was okay, nothing amazing though. I'll hopefully be getting it from SR tomorrow through the post. So while I may or may not think the loss of the Resi franchise is terrible for me personally, it'll still be bad for the Cube...
You can't deny the popularity of Resident Evil, the announcement that Resident Evil series would be remade and be exclusive to the Cube was a bit of a shock for a lot of Nintendo fans, as Resident Evil was long associated with the Playstation.
Resident Evil fans then have had a bumpy road. I'll bet many bought a PS2 early expecting to see a Resident Evil game before too long, then the GameCube announcement comes, so if they really want to play all the games they have to get a Cube too (or trade the PS2). Now if MS buy up Capcom, the Resident Evil franchise will likely be exclusive to the Xbox, meaning a further console switch if they wish to play the Resident Evil series... That could get annoying...
Well, that's about all. I'll decide how big a loss (well, potential loss anyway...) the Resi franchise is after I get the game, until then, thoughts/views on this? Is Microsoft getting greedy? Do you care about the potential loss of the Resi franchise? Are these questions at the end of posts annoying?
Thanks for reading.
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