Darkstalkers, aka "The franchise where Morrigan and Felicia come from", has a pretty deep cult following. The fans were able to convince Capcom to take another stab at the series with Darkstalkers Resurrection, which came out on PSN and XBLA last month.
It's had some success, too. It worked its way to the PSN Top Sellers list, coming in at number 7 (placing it ahead of Black Ops II). Sound like a nice little success story, right?
Not if you're Capcom!
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Capcom, you went full Square Enix.
That last comment is also extremely worrying. Sure, Capcom only specifies that they're talking about fighting game revivals... but yeah, I doubt this is going to inspire much enthusiasm for revivals of other ailing franchises. (On a completely unrelated note, how ya holding up, MegaMan fandom Mega Mandom?)
In closing, success is no longer successful enough. And people ask why we can't have nice things...
It's had some success, too. It worked its way to the PSN Top Sellers list, coming in at number 7 (placing it ahead of Black Ops II). Sound like a nice little success story, right?
Not if you're Capcom!
"Sadly, it's not as high on that list as it really needs to be to be successful. We're working on promotions and the like to improve the situation. We've not given up," Capcom Senior Vice President Christian Svensson said in a message posted in the "Ask Capcom" forum. "But I'm disappointed in the opening sales response relative to any other fighting title we've put out on the same platforms given the frequency and urgency of requests we've had here over the last several years and the quality of the execution."
The problem, it seems, is not with the game, which has received solid reviews, but simply that Capcom expected too much from it because of all that "frequency and urgency of requests" business. "I'm not blaming fans who did buy it and supported the brand. I'm very thankful for those guys (thank you, to all of you)," Svensson wrote. "I'm more disappointed by my misread of the information in this particular case."
Svennson said last week that Capcom had "probably run the course" with updates of games like Darkstalkers, adding, "It seems the novelty of such projects is wearing off even within just the fighting game community based upon the sales data of our last two launches."
Capcom, you went full Square Enix.
That last comment is also extremely worrying. Sure, Capcom only specifies that they're talking about fighting game revivals... but yeah, I doubt this is going to inspire much enthusiasm for revivals of other ailing franchises. (On a completely unrelated note, how ya holding up, Mega
In closing, success is no longer successful enough. And people ask why we can't have nice things...