I don’t have any interesting stories or witty well written remarks to tack onto the beginning of this editorial piece. So with that being said, I’m kicking the kitchen door down and serving the meat and potatoes to whoever is in the vicinity of this write up.
To the citizens of the internet: Quit with the blind hate for Capcom.
Now before you skip to the end of the article in a desperate attempt to locate the comment box so you can come up with a creative way to call me a fanboy, please use the eyes on your face and notice that I said “Blind Hate” and not “Hate”.
If I said, “quit hating Capcom” then that would mean that I am asking you to relinquish your well thought out and reasonable opinion for not liking Capcom. It would be like saying ”hey, I understand why you hate Pasta, I respect your reasons, but still, you should eat Pasta…” I think we can all agree that I would be full of tomfoolery if I was to suggest a person should do that.
However, I am saying “quit blindly hating on Capcom”, which means I am asking you to stop fanning the hate flames just because all the cool kids are doing it. Stop looking at certain situations and quickly coming up with your own hateful conclusion without properly considering what is going on. The problem is, nobody will admit they are blindly hating, so I’m going to attempt to make you realize that you probably are. A bold statement, I know, but it’s something I wouldn’t even dare endeavour in if I wasn’t passionate about it or didn’t have the confidence to. I also predict that most people won’t care about what I say and cuddle onto their opinions like its their one and only child. Just know that its pride and stubbornness when illuminated by truth and facts, that prevent people from changing their mind-sets to a more sensible/educated conclusion. Believe it or not, an opinion can change. There is a myth floating around that once you have an opinion, that’s it. Your mind is incapable of being opened up to new ideas or ways of seeing things.
A common guideline in the “Hate Capcom Fanclub”, is to mention how they have nickel and dimed the customers to hell. Which they have, to an extent. Personally, I have always been against paying for characters. I’ve always preferred the concept of paying for DLC that serves only personalisation purposes. Things like costumes, titles or any extra in game item that does not increase gameplay in any way at all, are all fine with me. It’s when we are made to pay for things that potentially means we are missing out on gameplay if we don’t buy them – that annoys me. However, in recent events, many people are having freak out sessions over Capcom’s decisions. Case in point: “Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3″.
Trust me, I had a “WTF!” moment when I first saw the news, but then I REALLY looked at the situation. This is why I say people need to stop “Blindly Hating”. Yes, ‘Ultimate’ was announced only 6 months after the release of ‘Marvel vs Capcom 3′ and when it comes out in November, it will mean that we bought two Marvel games within one year. Sounds incredibly stupid. Now, take the time to actually look at what we are getting in that game and then ask yourself if the people who plan on buying it are just Capcom zombies. 12 new characters and almost every single old character is getting new moves/tricks. You have probably heard that being said many times but simply put, the 2nd question you should ask yourself is; “is that not worth it?” (Whilst remembering it’s not full retail price and asking yourself how many other fighting games give you 12 new characters in an expansion?) If you don’t eat troll food for dinner, I’m sure you will see that it is indeed worth it. The main problem seems to be that it’s just coming out too soon, which is something I also agree with. Aiming to have it out by at least by February a year after the original release would have been more sensible, especially because I still think the current game had a lot more to be explored. A lot more. But then you have to look at it from more angles than just one.
There is a growing interest in fighting games now. (85,000 viewers at EVO is proof of this) To maintain that growth, there needs to be a constant and steady injection of fighting games into the hands of the gamers, now that there are more gamers who are willing to play than compared to 10 years ago. Whether it’s ‘Call of Duty’, ‘Battlefield’ or some other FPS game, there is always something being spoken about within that genre, be it a new game, a patch, an expansion or a trailer at E3. Maintaining growth is very important, and shooters do that all day long with new shooters coming out so frequently. Fighters right now, are trying to provide more games for the increased numbers. Just look at the amount of fighting games scheduled to be released soon and then compare to how many were coming out before ‘Street Fighter 4′ existed? From Capcom alone we have “Ultimate Marvel 3, Street Fighter x Tekken and 3rd Strike Online. Clearly they know what audiences they are catering to and they are trying to do the best they can to bring in more players. Street Fighter X Tekken is attempting to fuse the Tekken community and the Street Fighter community, since the two have the biggest fanbases. It’s a no brainer to get them both playing the same game. 3rd Strike Online is pure fan service which is never a bad thing.
Now, understand that ‘Marvel vs Capcom 3′ did not sell that well compared to ‘Street Fighter 4. I believe Marvel stands at about 1.5 million. Street Fighter did just over 3 million. ‘Ultimate Marvel 3′, is a second attempt at getting more people to get into it as well as a result of listening to the fans and trying to make them happy by answering their cries, (better balancing, Strider Hiryu) while trying to bring in more players at the same time. You can’t please them all, but I think that it was a sensible business move that will hopefully do a good job at compromising current player needs and the need of more sales.
There is also the fact that Capcom has been doing this since they were born and have been releasing full updates in the form of a full game since the original Street Fighter. Which goes to show that either many people have chosen to forget that fact or that many of those complaining where born in 2001 and Street Fighter 4 was their first fighting game.
I won’t get into fields that I don’t know too much about, such as Resident Evil 5 stuff or whatever else that you can find in this picture here: http://www.gamingsurvival.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/capcom-mistakes.jpg but I will say that most of that stuff is just clearly trying to nit pick and blow up every little thing they have done. How the hell is the new ‘Devil May Cry’ game being developed by ‘Ninja Theory’, a bad thing? How is it bad on the company that the 2nd Miles Edgeworth game and the Phoenix Wright/Proffesor Layton cross over title, are not being released in the west as of right now? There was a time when we thought we would never have got ‘Tatsunoko vs Capcom’ in the west, but it happened in the end. Why is ‘Megaman Universe’ and ‘Megaman Legends 3′ being cancelled, on that list, when CLEARLY, ever since Inafune left the company, things just went pear shaped with anything Megaman related. Obviously, there has been some internal issues and ricochets that we may never know the truth of and has nothing to do with us, so why is it a bad thing? It baffles me.
The next problem I have is probably the one that infuriates me the most.
Capcom are one of the rare breeds of companies that are almost unnecessarily in touch with their fans. How could you hate on that? In fact, how dare you hate on that? How many people are quick to say that companies should not be defended because it all comes down to money and that all they want is whats in your wallet? What I’m doing here is not blindly defending Capcom. (Blindly is the keyword of today’s lesson) Instead, I am defending them on the fields that they DESERVE to be defended on and being so in touch with their fanbase, is one of them. Lets think, which other huge studio is known for their closeness to the fans and have so much of a following that they could probably invade Africa if they wanted?
You guessed it – Blizzard. Even if you don’t care for Starcraft, WoW or Diablo, I urge you to have a look at their forums to see how busy they are reaching out. Or, you could look at the fact that they have their own convention called Blizzcon. They don’t even NEED to go to events like E3, TGS or Gamescon. They have their very own. Just like how Apple doesn’t really need to go tradeshows like CES. The only reason why Blizzard is the beast they have become is because of the fans. They know that. So does Capcom. They understand that fighting games is still a niche market even though it is a growing niche, so they understand that they need to keep their fans happy whilst doing what is necessary to be as future proof as possible and to avoid what happened to them 10 years ago. How many companies do you see with this much fan appreciation? The big dogs of the Capcom staff were all at EVO2011, getting involved, not just acting like empty suits with nothing to share with anybody. All you need to do is watch Seth Killian on commentary to really understand how much love is there. The dude knows nearly ALL the names of both top and soon to be top players. It’s as if he doesn’t even really work for Capcom and instead uses his time to keep up to date with all the going ons in the community. People do not appreciate this. Even if you have adamant, legitimate reasons for hating Capcom and prowl for scraps to attack their credibility as a company, you should still respect the connection they have with the very people that allow them to feed their families.
My final issue that I have with these people might strike a few personal chords, but it must be said.
Some people just can’t handle the fact that because Capcom fighters are the most played/popular, their own favourite games are being overshadowed and are not getting the attention they deserve.
Now, I can honestly understand that feeling. The flow chart of the mind-set is: “There’s this thing that I want to be more recognised because it really deserves it, but there’s this other thing in the way that’s stopping what I want from happening. The thing that’s stopping it isn’t even as good as the thing I like. People only play it because it’s popular and it has “such and such” in its name.”
If that is the stigma you have against Capcom, then you ironically need to redirect your hate to the company of whatever game you want to succeed and wish that they would do more to make it succeed on higher levels.
It is not Capcom’s fault that they work so hard to deliver games and other developers within the same genre, do not. It is not Capcom’s fault that other companies are not as in touch with their own communities. It’s not Capcom’s fault that other organisations do not have the initiative and resourcefulness to work with other big names such as Marvel and Namco to get better results and more interesting games that can attract more people. In fact, if this is a reason for your negativity, you should actually thank Capcom because other fighting games can ride the wings of success protruding off Street Fighters back. Fighters are slowly starting to become one whole unified gaming scene, as opposed to separate games constantly in competition with each other.
My thing is, if you really, truly, understand and know what Capcom have done for the fighting game industry, you would never hate them, even if your beef with them was only based around Resident Evil or Devil May Cry. It’s like being eternally angry at the man who invented the car just because he sprayed terrible graffiti around your neighbourhood. Or because he made other things that weren’t as good or cost too much money. Either way, you should still respect that he created the car. I won’t get into a long list of things Capcom has done and all the iconic characters/games that they have under their belts. That would be a heavy task and I suggest if you haven’t, that you go do some research and watch some documentaries to really understand the influence they have had on gaming as a whole. When I put it like that and read it back to myself, I can’t help but feel that the random/trolling hate I’ve seen all over Twitter, forums and some podcasts, is just a classic example of hating on Mr.Popular just for the sake of hating on Mr.Popular. Just like how its cool to hate on ‘Final Fantasy 7′ without a solid reason other than “because that’s all anyone ever talks about”. That’s bullshit.
We are all gamers and we all love games. We should be happy that there are so many different genres within gaming. Let’s all rejoice. It makes no sense to hate the very people who helped make gaming a diverse medium by being responsible for the creation of the fighting game on a 2D plane, which has continued to live on till this day. I bet everyone who is reading has at least 3 Capcom games they loved to play. Or has a Capcom game as one of their top 15 games of all time. It’s funny to think that in light of all that, a few business decisions and apparent wallet robbing, has turned them into the world’s worst enemy.
You don’t have to like their games. If you don’t like’em then you don’t like’em. I just believe they deserve to be respected for what they have done (and continue to do) for this industry.
Swag.
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Capcom is not only ripping us off with rehashes like the multiple versions of SFIV or MvC3, they denied me my Megaman on Ultimate MvC3 even though Megaman X won every poll everywhere as the most requested character and then they tried lie to us saying that nobody wanted him. Then they canceled Megaman Legends 3 and now they are in the process of killing one of my most favorite franchises ever, Devil May Cry. I could care less about the many stuff they are adding to UMvC3 for the modest price of $40. I already paid $60 (+ 40 = $100) for a barebones game that didn’t even had spectator mode, a feature that every modern fighting game has by default and that we all know it wasn’t impossible to add because then it wouldn’t be on UMvC3. I don’t even like most of the new characters, so they could have added them all through DLC and I wouldn’t have bought any of them except for Megaman and Virgil. Now with this new game they are going to divide the players because the ones that have MvC3 can’t play with those that have the Ultimate version… Capcom is evil and they deserve all the hate. They are so out of touch with their fans I can’t believe what you just said. An example of being in touch with the fans are Sucker Punch that changed Cole back for good. Capcom just got lucky with SFIV because all their other current gen games suck. Dark Void and Lost Planet are the biggest piece of shit I have ever played and while I like MvC and SF I just can’t keep up with their bullshit.
I will stop hating capcom when they stop making stupid decision turning resident evil in to an action game and that DMC Reboot and the fact they don’t care about what there original fans think and then there are thought terrible Films Residant evil which completely unrecognisable not to mention the street fighter films, look they are probably never going to listen to us but I will keep complaining but in the end there are plenty of other developers that are doing some good stuff so to hell with Capcom.
Ok, so you’re mad because resident evil 5 was shitty? Did you play 4? It was incredible and one of the best games in the series. Also have you been reading about the 3ds Resident evil that is going back to the basics? Why the hell are you blaming capcom for the films based off their IP’s? Do you hate on every movie studio/ director because the games based on the movies suck? You are doing EXACTLY what this article is talking about. It’s amazing how little people actually think sometimes. You read what he said and then spouted out all the bullshit he argued against without a second thought. The one thing i do agree with you somewhat on is the devil may cry reboot. Right now it isn’t looking so hot, but it’s still early and I will reserve my judgement until it’s finished.
Ok, so you’re mad because resident evil 5 was shitty? Did you play 4? It was incredible and one of the best games in the series. Also have you been reading about the 3ds Resident evil that is going back to the basics? Why the hell are you blaming capcom for the films based off their IP’s? Do you hate on every movie studio/ director because the games based on the movies suck? You are doing EXACTLY what this article is talking about. It’s amazing how little people actually think sometimes. You read what he said and then spouted out all the bullshit he argued against without a second thought. The one thing i do agree with you somewhat on is the devil may cry reboot. Right now it isn’t looking so hot, but it’s still early and I will reserve my judgement until it’s finished.
Ok, so you’re mad because resident evil 5 was shitty? Did you play 4? It was incredible and one of the best games in the series. Also have you been reading about the 3ds Resident evil that is going back to the basics? Why the hell are you blaming capcom for the films based off their IP’s? Do you hate on every movie studio/ director because the games based on the movies suck? You are doing EXACTLY what this article is talking about. It’s amazing how little people actually think sometimes. You read what he said and then spouted out all the bullshit he argued against without a second thought. The one thing i do agree with you somewhat on is the devil may cry reboot. Right now it isn’t looking so hot, but it’s still early and I will reserve my judgement until it’s finished.
capcom not translating ace attorney investigations 2 is like them stabbing my heart, it’s not hatred against them, more like being dissapointed, they let me down…..
I like CAPCOM…. I am not fond of their many itterations of SFIV or that they released a bad MvC game that is broken, doens’t have enough characters and is now releasing UMvC which is what should have been released in the first place. But I GREATLY enjoyed Lost Planet 1 (Lost Planet 2 was down right horrible), SF IV and Resident Evil 5. I am already reading some great things about Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor and it’s use of Kinect (which I am still not to sure of as I would have rathered a proper SB sequel that required anouther 40+ button controller). Is CAPCOM “evil”….I don’t think so, I think they are just doing some bad business practices that cause some anger. If they know the sheep will buy their products regarless of all the hate, then who is it that is really at fault? The developers who developer unfinished games to the consumers or the consumers who continue to support the developers by buying their unfinished games? I do my research by reading reviews. I know what I am getting in a game before I buy it. That way, I can’t be upset with the developer for releasing a bad game because it’s not like I was forced to buy it. I can only blame myself for buying a game that was not finished or lacked some features that should have been in the game because it was me that didn’t read the reviews to know what I was purchasing.
I think hate for a company is a harsh word to use on how most people who purchased MvC3 feel when it comes to this subject. Personally, i feel ripped off and pretty much screwed over (as I put this on my credit card and I’m still paying interest for this damn game). BTW, i could barely read half of your article for the simple fact you’re just sticking up for ” The Man” when they obviously could have just patched in damn near every aspect of the game, or simply waited until the game was ready for release. Its this reason, along with the 3DS price cut mere months after it was released, that i will try as much as possible, make sure that I don’t buy software or hardware at or around launch, for the simple fact that these publishers continue to fool people by releasing unfinished products, and over charging their consumers because you sheep cannot think for yourselves. Sorry for being so blunt, but gaming to me is a privilege. I cannot afford every game comes out. So from here on out, unless I totally cannot refrain myself, I vow to never buy software or hardware new again. Cause I know its only a matter of time before a GOTY edition can be found in the bargain bin 6 months or so. Even when it comes to the xbox 720 or ps4, there will end up being slim models, and eventually huge price cuts, till then I’ll be stuck in this generation until these companies get serious and stop shooting themselves, and everyone that supports them in the foot.
wow this guy is obviously blind why is cancelling megaman legends a bad thing u ask? WHY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO FUCKING PLAY THAT FUCKING GAME!!! you should wake up man seriously soon you’ll be buyin a new marvel vs capcom every week and games like megaman dead rising resident evil will all become obsolete and left to dust fucking idiot
My point there was that those two cancelled games where on a list of things that are generally trying to say either: A) Capcom made this game, this game is shitty B) Capcom is not translating this game, this is shitty C) Capcom is raping us with DLC and expansions, more games for more people is shitty My issue was that MMU and MML are games that were cancelled due to inner company issues and beefs. I don’t see why people should blame Capcom as if they actually WANTED to pull the plug on those games and piss people off. Why would you spend a lot of money making a game and then cancel it? Do you know how much that hurts the company? Yes its a bad thing that those games won’t come out and the fans wont get to play them. But people shouldn’t point a finger like it was Capcoms malicious and cruel intentions to do that to the fans. That’s where my issue was.
Dear regards,while you may not want people hating capcom i’m afraid to say by all means you do not have that right,when a company fails to meet a certain crietia and a certain customer service it is natural for someone to not like it,however by constant repeat failures including not being able to listen to the customers aka the fans it is a god given right for us to hate a company,I’m a resident evil fan resident evil fans have demanded they stop making higher powered weapon action resident evil games and give us back games based on fear,additionally they have been told a million times we are sick of tentacle monsters and want zombies,is this hard to understand do you need a pair of earphones and headlights?Need i remind you about the failed save feature on the resident evil mercs game? I’m a Megaman fan and have been faithfully for over 20 years,to see not one but 2 games cancelled with one being in a high demand by more then 50,000 people is again bad customer service,and they blamed it on the fans for the games cancellation when we didnt even get to try the demo,doesnt sound like a very good company to me pal. And while i may not be a devil may cry fan yet i still respect the people who love the game,they dont like dantes new look and that again is capcoms job to fix,i could take one look at his new green zombie look and tell you this game will fail and if a game fails it may cancell the whole series especially when its done by a company who doesnt make these types of games so fans do have a right to complain because their favorite game is at risk,need i remind you how team ninja did metroid M,the game was so bad no future metroid games have been planned and the same can happen to devil may cry so yeah get the ninja idea out. Bottem line:No customer service=no love
About your comment regarding the hating on the man who invented the car: Capcom is not that man. The one’s who created all those franchises have all of their fans’ respect because they kept working hard to keep their series up in the awesome level. Inafune, the creator of DMC, the creator of Resident Evil and others are the men who invented that car. Capcom is just a random hoodlum who took the credit for their work. The current games in those franchises are just attempts to milk the already existing fanbase. The people who made Capcom’s games awesome are no longer there, and as a consecuence the quality of those series has been constantly decreasing.
But that doesn’t change the fact that it was still Capcom who made those titles. The masterminds behind the franchises you mentioned were still under the umbrella of Capcom when those titles where first conceived. Even though those men have gone off to do other things now, you forget that it was still a bunch of artists and programmers within Capcom that made those games possible. It’s not like Inafune made every single game he thought of with his bare hands. With the car invention analogy, I was actually referring to the whole genre of the 2D fighting game which Capcom were responsible for. I believe there isn’t a man who is the face of Street Fighter like how Miyamoto is the face of Mario. So yes, the analogy I used is definitely applicable to Capcom & Street Fighter.
this must be the lamest attempt at defending capcom i’v ever read. there’s so much wrong in this article for me to address so i’ll hit the earliest ones. there’s no such thing as blind hate towards capcom. the hate they are receiving is well deserved: “Sounds incredibly stupid. Now, take the time to actually look at what we are getting in that game and then ask yourself if the people who plan on buying it are just Capcom zombies.” yes, they are stupid capcom zombies. seriously, only stupid people will pay for better balancing(something that’s supposed to be for free) and a mandatory dlc pack(people only want stryder and phoenix wright,well played capcom). for fucks sake Mortal Kombat has 10 times the content that MvC3 has (or any other fighter for that matter) provides balance patches all the time and it is MORTAL FUCKING KOMBAT. capcom should be fucking ashamed of themselves. just because capcom pulled that shit on the snes/dc era doesn’t mean they should be doing this shit on this era of gaming were u can provide patches through xboxlive and if they pull that shit they should be call out and fucking blacklist their games.(Mortal fucking kombat goddammit) what’s wrong with giving dmc to ninja theory? is that a joke? emo dante, slow ass fucking combat, its fucking ninja theory their games suck ass. who cares how much in touch they are with the fans if everything they do provides solid evidence they are not even listening. MvC3, RE5 and all the shit they have been pulling are solid proof. case in point, u mentioned Blizz and how in touch they are with the fans, if u REALLY check the forums and the blue posts u will CLEARLY see that they aren’t in touch at all they respond to shut up many of the raging concerns player have, or have u not seen the famous shaman threads and the casualness flavor they are adding in an attempt to noobify the game with the aggro tables and so on(do u even game for real in wow?) ill continue later…
I’m still hoping for a Megaman game that actually brings justice to the Megaman name. When that happens I will once again love Capcom.