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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:28AM cinders720 said

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Best XBLA games ever were from Capcom in 2008.

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 10:07AM NaeemTHM said

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Yeah seriously! This is a huge surprise, I mean Bionic Commando Rearmed and MM9 were miles better than MOST of the "AAA" titles that came out this year.

Well...then again I'm old school like that.

Anyway, here's hoping RE5, SFIV, and Bionic Commando 2 boost their sales in to the stratosphere. Capcom is one of the few companies left that makes games for gamers (as apposed to EA and Ubisoft who stick to more casual stuff).
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:30AM Professor Lario said

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But just think what a profit increase percentage we'll see in 09! Typical business maneuvering...

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:32AM (Unverified) said

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I only remember Capcom releasing Megaman,Bionic commando and Taskunoto vs Capcom.

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:45AM John Z said

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They also got Street Fighter HD out, and Apollo Justice that I know of. Probably Mega Man ZX Advent, too, now that I think about it (but I'm not sure on that one). It's not like they didn't release anything, but compared to the slates that some companies had, they've been quiet.

(crosses his fingers that maybe this means they're secretly working on MM Legends 3 after all)
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:47AM (Unverified) said

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Megaman ZX? I though that was release on late 07, it was a long year I guess.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:56AM original fred said

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didn't the colonies version of lost planet get released 2008?
and I know it was real early but dmc4 was released too... wow it was a long year.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 10:02AM (Unverified) said

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DMC4 sounds like ancient history now xD, I feel like the game has being out forever.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 11:02AM (Unverified) said

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1942: Joint Strike
Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Devil May Cry 4
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (PS3 and Colonies for 360)
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Megaman 9

and that's without counting handheld releases.

I would say its an average number (quantity wise) of releases
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 11:06AM (Unverified) said

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oh shit, I forgot Taskunoto vs Capcom!

(when I came to FL, I was told that it would be hot all the t..FUCK ITS COLD)
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 11:20AM Misframed said

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Exactly! There were no big console releases last year. It will be huge year-on-year growth in 2009.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:35AM chargen said

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Death knell? They didn't _lose_ money. Their profits were down to almost nothing, but they weren't losses. This compared to the other major publishers earnings (or rather, massive losses).

Joystiq School of Business: D+. See me after class.

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 10:11AM Foetoid said

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LOL +1
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 10:53AM (Unverified) said

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"See me after class."

Sorry buddy, Im not falling for it twice..
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 11:53AM Professor Lario said

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@Nosh +1 for first good laugh of the day
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 1:11PM Vidikron said

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Did you somehow miss the "no way be considered a" before "death knell"?
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 1:13PM BananaBoat said

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Ahaha, comment of the day award, and possibly the memorial burn of the day award goes tooooooooo @Noshino

Good show sir
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 9:50AM original fred said

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ilu capcom

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 10:16AM BIGGEN said

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capcom is probably my favorite game company and i would be very distraught if they were downsized, acquired, broken up, broken down, or otherwise. me like them so much, me want to cry

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 11:07AM (Unverified) said

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yeah but in 2009 they'll probably become the overlord of the videogame industry

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 11:08AM Dirty said

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Seems like they need to start spreading their game releases a bit. How you go about that, I couldnt tell you.

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 12:06PM MowDownJoe said

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I'm sure half of the problem is that they avoid the Holiday Shuffle so their games don't get lost in it. That's all well and good, since their releases end up sticking out like a bright red rose in a nuclear wasteland, but people's wallets are usually hurting after said shuffle.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 11:22AM (Unverified) said

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Way to skew information. Doesn't a profit mean sales before all expenses ? so technically they're still positive ?If their net income/net profit was negative then we'd be surprised.. Oh Joystiq.. ..you're so funny

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 12:11PM aughscreennames said

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RE5's profit is looking very grim. I dont know what the reaction was like to that piece of crap in Japan but it seems like a good 80% of the people who are commenting about the demo hate it because of the ridiculous controls. RE5 is going to suffer the same fate as Force Unleashed, a hyped up game that has its hype destroyed by a bad demo and a massive amount of bad word of mouth.

Its really all up to SF4.

Posted: Feb 5th 2009 12:28PM (Unverified) said

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If they don't make profits, they'll be releasing another Monster Hunter version for PSP....
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 12:49PM (Unverified) said

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I can't even believe how not excited I am for RE5. The funny thing? I was super-hyped until I played the demo.
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Posted: Feb 5th 2009 1:16PM BananaBoat said

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@WRE - Same goes for me. All the previews I read said that the controls were massively improved, but that was a complete load of crap. They are just as bad as ever. I'm still going to buy it, but it might be a tough sell for people that won't buy it just because it's an RE game.

Capcom is going to get a nice chunk of my money this year anyway: RE5, SFIV, Dead Rising 2 (I hope), Tatsunoko vs Capcom (going to import soonish), and probably a megaman or two.

They'll be fine
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