Capcom Aiming to Increase Resident Evil Output

Company hopes to fight falling sales and earnings by releasing more software.

Posted Jul 27, 2010 at 13:33, By Anoop Gantayat

Capcom will be upping its output of Resident Evil and other major titles, according to a report from Nikkei's web edition.

As part of a general report on attempts by publishers to reduce development times, the site states that Capcom aims to increase output of new entries in popular series like Resident Evil from the current two titles per year to three or four titles per year.

Developing a large scale title requires a staff of over 100. To increase output, Capcom plans on making use of outsourcing, centered primarily on North American and European studios. Through the use of external resources, Capcom believes it can reduce development times from four years to between two and three years.

[Note: A previous version of this story suggested that Capcom is aiming to release three or four Resident Evil games per year. The Nikkei is actually referring to three or four major releases from various popular series in a given year. Resident Evil Kart Racing is still probably a ways off.]

Capcom's goal in all of this is to avoid the falling sales and earnings it experienced last year. The company aims to stabilize earnings by releasing more software.

Visit Nikkei for the full Japanese-language report (registration required).

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Reader Comments (showing 6 of 6)

yowvapa @ 2010.07.27, 13:44

We will have to see whether outsourcing is a good thing, as it may affect game quality, and increasing output may not ensure that Capcom can increase sales and earnings.
metamorphic @ 2010.07.27, 14:47

So basically, they're gonna be milking it till kingdom come. Good thing Mikami's moved on to other projects.
Darkpen @ 2010.07.27, 15:58

The only thing I'd approve of is the previously announced Resident Evil PSP title, the RE 3DS title, and hopefully a Playstation Move port of Resident Evil Umbrella/Darkside Chronicles (!!!)
anoop @ 2010.07.27, 18:36

It looks like my original text was worded strangely. They're not planning on getting out 3 or 4 Resident Evil games, but 3 or 4 major releases from popular series like Resident Evil. To achieve this, they'll be reducing development time by tapping overseas studios.

Sorry for the confusion!
60Hz @ 2010.07.28, 2:39

Main problem is developing on HD consoles takes a ton of man-power, keep your 1 HD game a year policy and instead develop on the wii, ds, 3ds... bigger potential markets and cheaper dev costs... just gotta get the wii consumer to buy something other than nintendo brand is all... and it amazes me that the JP's are not in the facebook market...
anoop @ 2010.07.28, 2:45

@60Hz: "it amazes me that the JP's are not in the facebook market."

Japanese slowly seem to be adopting both Facebook and Mixi platforms, although it's definitely not as full blown as American publishers like EA.