Capcom for sale

[DiscostewSM]

Aquaman is DC...

Well, now I feel silly....like Aquaman.

 

[BlackWizzard17]

Well, now I feel silly....like Aquaman.

Don't worry when land gets destroyed and water rules all one man shall live and that man will be......... Auqaman
Batman

 

[Skelletonike]

Both of the examples you've given were covered earlier in the thread. Nobody says that mature games are automatically better than non-mature games, we're discussing Nintendo's attitude towards mature games and whether or not they even sell on Nintendo platforms.
Exactly. The IP belongs to Platinum Games, and unlike publishing deals, this ownership does not magically "vanish" just because Nintendo funded the game. As soon as the publishing deal reaches its "deadline", Platinum Games can do whatever they feel like with Bayonetta 2. When that time comes is a matter of the specifics of the deal they signed with Nintendo.

Well, Platinum has shown interest in becoming Nintendo's second party dev, and while they make pretty good games, they're usually niche games that don't sell a lot (I mean, I loved Infinite Space, but most people have a hard time getting into it). Due to Platinum not having a good sales history, I wonder if Nintendo would be actually interested in buying them out. .-.

Also, what's with that weird blue that I often see in your posts foxi? It makes it hard to read. >.>

 

[Guild McCommunist]

They got bought out by Tencent.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=798584

Hope is dead and over.

 

[GameWinner]

They got bought out by Tencent.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=798584

Hope is dead and over.

Is Tencent bad or something? Lots of people complaining in the thread.

Edit: Oh, this was back in April.

 

[Foxi4]

Well, Platinum has shown interest in becoming Nintendo's second party dev (...)

That's not entirely true. Hideki Kamiya is not interested in becoming an exclusive developer, what he's interested in is working more closely with Nintendo, but of course some journalists like to put a spin on what people say.

Here's Kamiya saying that he's not interested in Platinum Games becoming a second-party developer: http://www.gengame.net/2013/07/kami...-becoming-exclusive-to-a-first-party-company/
Here's Kamiya saying that he would like to work more closely with Nintendo (which implies funding from them): http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/08/29/platinum-games-expresses-desire-for-wonderful-101-sequel

 

[Skelletonike]

That's not entirely true. Hideki Kamiya is not interested in becoming an exclusive developer, what he's interested in is working more closely with Nintendo, but of course some journalists like to put a spin on what people say.

Here's Kamiya saying that he's not interested in Platinum Games becoming a second-party developer: http://www.gengame.net/2013/07/kami...-becoming-exclusive-to-a-first-party-company/
Here's Kamiya saying that he would like to work more closely with Nintendo (which implies funding from them): http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/08/29/platinum-games-expresses-desire-for-wonderful-101-sequel

The one saying he has no interest is nearly one year old though.
Also, being a second party isn't the same as a first party and they still get freedom.

Either way, Kamiya is prone to mood swings and Bayonetta's 2 fate will be a major factor in how this relationship goes.
I wonder who owns the Infinite Space IP though, since Platinum is able to make a new Bayonetta, maybe they could make a new Infinite Space too, despite being published by Sega. D=

 

[natkoden]

They got bought for 10 cents

More likely.

 

[Foxi4]

Also, being a second party isn't the same as a first party and they still get freedom.

Sure. Freedom to develop Nintendo games and Nintendo games only. ;O;

 

[Skelletonike]

Sure. Freedom to develop Nintendo games and Nintendo games only. ;O;

If you mean for Nintendo systems, sure, but these second party dev's from Nintendo make some new IP's once in a while.

 

[Dork]

They got bought out by Tencent.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=798584

Hope is dead and over.

OH GOD DAMMIT NO

Spoiler

What is Tencent?

 

[Nathan Drake]

OH GOD DAMMIT NO

Spoiler

What is Tencent?

It doesn't really matter because that's an old, locked thread from April. From what I can gather though, Tencent is a cheap Chinese electronics manufacturer.

 

[KingVamp]

Sure, if you want 90% of Capcom's content to become Japan-exclusive.

Turn games into Pay to Play games (Tekken, Soul Calibur, Ridge Racer), make dodgy devs (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z) produce the games and franchises which still have a good chunk of fans waiting to get a good game it always turns up a shit one (Dragon Ball -- at least in 2015 we'll have Dimps back for a new Dragon Ball game which is guaranteed to be with seal of quality).

So no, Bandai Namco wouldn't.

Never mind. lol

 

[FAST6191]

It doesn't really matter because that's an old, locked thread from April. From what I can gather though, Tencent is a cheap Chinese electronics manufacturer.

Tencent is a bit more than that... in basically the same way that google is just a little advertising company. Indeed money and clout wise they in the top five of internet companies (as in Google, Amazon, Ebay, Facebook and then tencent).

They run the Chinese equivalent of facebook (it is called qzone, though most confuse it with the IM client that is tied in with it), they run one of the more popular IM services (it is called QQ, and it is actually one of the best IM clients I have ever used) and they do a lot of things in between. They have a search engine but it is probably not the most popular (that is probably still Baidu). Oh and at least for a while they performed the miracle of getting people to pay for mobile access to qzone so they actually made profit on a social network. Technically there is still actually quite a bit of competition in China for internet services so I am pushing it by using terms like "equivalent of".

Lately, though technically for a long time they have been, they do the investment company bit and own a bit of Epic, a large chunk of the people that make League of Legends, possible still a bit of Activision Blizzard (they were an investor in their buyback) and quite a bit more besides. They do a lot of mobile and social games as well.

 

[cracker]

I would hate it if Nintendo took over Capcom - the company has many mature IP's like Resident Evil, Dead Rising, Devil May Cry etc. which would fall into the realm of obscurity or misuse with Nintendo's PC-friendly management looming over the developers.

QFT!

 

[Gahars]

It doesn't really matter because that's an old, locked thread from April. From what I can gather though, Tencent is a cheap Chinese electronics manufacturer.

IIRC, Tencent is the company that owns Riot, which is the company that makes League of Legends.

So ech.

 

[TheCasketMan]

Valve will buy Capcom!

Megaman Legends "3" would stay dead.

 

[Taleweaver]

They got bought for 10 cents

More likely.

Next up on humble bundle: get these awesome indie games (some of which debuting in linux)...and if you beat the average, you'll get one infamous game development company with it!

 

[VMM]

I see a lot of people asking Nintendo to buy Capcom and I'm like: Really?!
Nintendo barely uses it's franchises, if uyou see already a lot of people complaining about no F-Zero,
imagine that together with Megaman.

The best would be if a third party company bought it,
but I would be fine if Sony bought it, their studios have shown how capable they are,
I think Sony would know how to treat Capcom IP's properly.