from Capcom's 2006 Annual Report:
Quote:
Question 3:
There has been much talk about rising development costs.
Tell us Capcom’s position on investing in the next-generation consoles.
Answer 3:
We intend to ensure profitability by efficient development and a multi-platform strategy.
In addition to the Xbox 360, which has already been released, PlayStation 3 (hereinafter “PS3”) and Wii will be introduced in the fall of 2006. Although these new game consoles will be capable of offering new ways of playing games and breathtaking graphics, there is some fear that
profitability will be diminished due to high development costs of these highly advanced systems.
In view of the anticipated market growth beginning in 2007, we have initiated the development
of several new titles including the latest in the “Resident Evil” and “Devil May Cry” series intended
for next-generation game consoles. We are fully aware that the main market during the next fiscal year will be for current-generation game consoles and portable game consoles. For that reason, we are maintaining earnings based on the sales of our game titles intended for current-generation game consoles, which boast of established and prolonged popularity, while making advance investments in the development of software for next-generation game consoles.
In order to curtail development costs, we intend to implement a multi-platform strategy
of marketing a single title for a number of different types of game consoles, thereby expanding
sales and optimizing our profits. Furthermore, we expect to compensate for rising
development costs incurred in the transition to next-generation game consoles by revising our
development process and cost management structure, which we have done a number of
times in the past. In addition, by creating a new development engine that can be commonly
used for all next-generation game consoles, we are confident we can further improve the
efficiency of our development.
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Ok so here they are talking about how they will have a multiplatform strategy for making more money. Now i know that Capcom has developed some 360 exclusives (Dead Rising and Lost Planet) but see Dead Rising has come before PS3 and Lost Planet comes out right after PS3. but since Devil May Cry has not come out yet, and probably won't until 2007 like they said, i think there is a strong chance for it to be a multiplatform game based on what they are saying in this article and how they even mention Devil May Cry in it.
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