Capcom stock hits five-year high, boosted by Wii
by Ross Miller 
{ Sep 11th 2007 at 2:25PM }
Capcom's shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose to 2,855 yen at close today, the publisher's highest close since September 26, 2002, according to Bloomberg. The stock has risen 14 percent in the last two days and 33 percent this year.The good fortune has been attributed to sales of Resident Evil 4 for the Nintendo Wii, which is selling well worldwide, and expectations that the publisher's annual sales will rise 11 percent as it doubles the number of Wii titles it releases to six. Much of the increase, Bloomberg implies, is attributed to Capcom's vocalizing support for Nintendo's console.
In November 2002, around the time of Capcom's last share high, the company had opened CE Europe Ltd. in London.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
jorojoserojas @ Sep 11th 2007 2:32PM
That's good...the Wii version controls amazingly well. I kind of wish that I could "unplay" the Resident Evil 4 on the GameCube just so that I could play it on the Wii for the "first time".
But man, if anybody out there has not played this game, the Wii version rocks.
samfish @ Sep 11th 2007 2:39PM
It does. In the unlikely event that RE5 gets ported to the Wii, I'd buy that one over the PS3/360 version in a heartbeat.
RE4 on the Wii is probably the best example I've played of controls actually adding to the immersion of the game.
waves @ Sep 11th 2007 2:45PM
After I got my Wii I bought this game on the recommendation of a friend. It took me a while to get to it, and by the time I'd played about an hour in, they announced the Wii version. I had made myself stop playing the GC version. Good thing it only cost $12 used.
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:02PM
I bought this last weekend instead of Smash, Sonic Mega Collection, or MP3:C. I got a little woozy when trying to aim up and down but I expect to get better shortly.
slackerdan @ Sep 11th 2007 2:33PM
Having one of the few grown up games on the wii must have its advantages. I guess this pretty much guarantees a wii port of anything else they ever make. Can't wait to see Dead Rising with the waggle chain saw.
samfish @ Sep 11th 2007 2:42PM
The only way Dead Rising would work on the Wii is if they used N64 level graphics.
Maybe they should talk to the Crusin' guys about handling that...
Ska Oreo @ Sep 11th 2007 3:07PM
have to agree with samfish, there is no way that the Wii would be able to handle all those zombies.
Shagittarius @ Sep 11th 2007 2:33PM
Capcom digging itself in deeper.
Vegnagun @ Sep 11th 2007 2:36PM
Digging itself deeper into a pile of money.
samfish @ Sep 11th 2007 2:37PM
Yeah, like how Scrooge McDuck digs into his giant money vault.
Vegnagun @ Sep 11th 2007 2:49PM
Shagi, meanwhile, is digging himself deeper and deeper down the long tunnel to despair. What's that at the end? A light? No it's something different. It's blue. It's a blu-ray player, and that's all his system will amount too. Until MGS4 comes out, then I bite my tongue.
waves @ Sep 11th 2007 2:55PM
"How do you sleep at night?"
"On a pile of money surrounded by beautiful women."
Ska Oreo @ Sep 11th 2007 3:06PM
....
Ya see this is exactly why no one believes you when you say that you're a fan of all "good" games. Like I said before, you're either a fanboy who likes to say he has no alliance to any console in a sad effort to legitimize his claims, or you're an idiot.
Shagittarius @ Sep 11th 2007 3:19PM
Beacuse I didn't rebuy RE:4 on wii I'm not a fan of good games?
Crono (NDF - Fire Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:25PM
Exactly!
bm @ Sep 11th 2007 4:08PM
"Beacuse I didn't rebuy RE:4 on wii I'm not a fan of good games?"
LOL it's one thing to make a strawman argument, it's something else to just conjure a comment that was never made out of thin air! Go shaggi! No, you're not a fan of good games because of your general retarded attitude, that's why.
"Until MGS4 comes out, then I bite my tongue."
Idunno man, from the trailer it doesn't look very... remarkable. More like a toned down FPS with some simple gimmicks, and copious loads of old man ass in spandex, lots of humping and dick grabbing and puke jokes. No thanks. ;D
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 2:33PM
Now, bring a new 2D Megaman and your wallets are going to explode.
Zaphod Beeblebrox @ Sep 11th 2007 2:38PM
Blah blah blah, insert negative Wii comment here.
Hey Fernando, just wanted to troll a Wii thread since you seem to be in every PS3 thread spouting nonsense.
AlanRickman @ Sep 11th 2007 2:40PM
Zaphod, are the rumours true that you are really GodIsAMyth?
samfish @ Sep 11th 2007 2:40PM
What do you mean, "just wanted"? haha- You troll all the Wii threads anyway!
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 2:41PM
Naa... really. Sorry. Im not going to troll that much. It doesnt make any sense... I will never change my Nintendo fanboyism, and PS3 fanboys will never change either.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 2:43PM
If I know, and almost everyone know in their minds that the PS3 its not that great as a gaming machine, thats enouhg for me.
Zaphod Beeblebrox @ Sep 11th 2007 2:51PM
All of this fanboy nonsense without the humor is pointless. If you want to flame, make it amusing.
I do not want the PS3 as the only system out there, nor do I want just the 360, or the Wii.
Anyone who wishes the death of a competing system has no clue what competition can do for quality.
Do you think Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo would be trying as hard as they are if there was no competition?
AlanRickman @ Sep 11th 2007 2:57PM
Zaphod = GodIsAMyth, confirmed.
Marasai @ Sep 11th 2007 2:35PM
But remember, 3rd parties can't make any money off of wii, or mature titles.
Konny @ Sep 11th 2007 3:10PM
Yea, only when they port last gen games and add waggle can they make money.. remember the only reason this succeed was because their was ZERO development costs. They were basically double dipping.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 2:36PM
This proves that any publisher can make money and compete against Nintendo games...
Just make a game that doesnt sucks.
AstroZombie @ Sep 11th 2007 2:48PM
This is true, but you know the majority of third-parties are going to see it this way:
"The only way we can compete with Nintendo games on the Wii is to slap Wii controls on old games and sell them at a discount!"
Sad but true.
samfish @ Sep 11th 2007 2:44PM
If Capcom wants to make some REAL money, bring Okami to the Wii.
...and throw God Hand on the disc as a bonus.
jodyanthony.com @ Sep 11th 2007 2:46PM
agreed. double whammy to my wallet.
AstroZombie @ Sep 11th 2007 2:49PM
OR, here's an idea: ORIGINAL CONTENT!!! And no, Umbrella Chronicles doesn't count!
DarthDavid @ Sep 11th 2007 2:47PM
Congrats Capcom.....two more things.....Okami for the Wii and SF3 Thrid Strike for Live and PSN....wait one more thing....Megaman 1-3 on the VC thanks!!!! =]
PS....when is that Udon artbook coming to the US?
DarthDavid @ Sep 11th 2007 2:48PM
Congrats Capcom.....two more things.....Okami for the Wii and SF3 Thrid Strike for Live and PSN....wait one more thing....Megaman 1-3 on the VC thanks!!!! =]
PS....when is that Udon artbook coming to the US?
DarthDavid @ Sep 11th 2007 2:49PM
Sorry bout the double guys =}
Vegnagun @ Sep 11th 2007 2:51PM
Thanks for the triple post!
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:06PM
One more thing!
AlanRickman @ Sep 11th 2007 3:43PM
hvnly, I saw that second account you were using to talk to yourself got banned. I guess your spamalicious-ness has been cut in half, huh?
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 4:27PM
Spamming me over my alleged spamming is quite hypocritical of you.
Thr3e2wenty8 @ Sep 11th 2007 2:57PM
Fernando, is your avatar Joe from Facts of Life?
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:03PM
No, its me =(
Anticrawl @ Sep 11th 2007 3:21PM
Haha, I always thought it was Napoleon Dynamite or however it was spelt.
AlanRickman @ Sep 11th 2007 3:44PM
Hah! I thought it was Napoleon Dynamite wearing a bad Professor Snape wig! XD
License to ill @ Sep 11th 2007 4:19PM
lol.....
Zaphod Beeblebrox @ Sep 11th 2007 2:57PM
"What do you mean, "just wanted"? haha- You troll all the Wii threads anyway!"
Check my comment history before you make shit up.
samfish @ Sep 11th 2007 3:03PM
Whatever you say, GodIsAMyth.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:05PM
In fact, he is Godisamyth... just look the pic... a mock of Jesus.
I cant stand that kind of pics or insults. Thats why I stop watching South Park and the Simpsons.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:08PM
And by the way... God its not a myth. Thanks to Him you are alive, thanks to Him this world exist.
Ska Oreo @ Sep 11th 2007 3:09PM
What? I'm a christian and even I think making fun of god is hilarious!! Of course it should be done in a tasteful manner.
Ska Oreo @ Sep 11th 2007 3:10PM
Ok Fernando stop. We really don't need a religious debate right now. The console wars are bad enough.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 11th 2007 3:15PM
Ska Oreo
Have you ever seen the South Park episode when Satan pucn Jesus in a box match? Thats funny to you?
Have you ever seen the last years of the Simpsons> Always making fun of God in a very bad tasteful maner.