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Capcom Dev 1 visiting in Seattle [Could be Xbox or Nintendo related]
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That would be quite epic on the forums if that happened but I said long ago they should try and get Capcom since they have many IP's but Japan would try and block it. It would also be another piece to try and get Game Pass out there to more people. However Microsoft doesn't appear interested in large acquisitions like that.
Some seem to forget where most decisions still come from.
Plot twist: it's actually Amazon related.
It would be virtually impossible for Microsoft to acquire any major Japanese publishers.
It would be virtually impossible for Microsoft to acquire any major Japanese publishers.
Are you citing this urban myth about foreign companies not being able to buy Japanese ones?
Major japanese companies won't abandon their country and develop to a console no one owns there.
This wishful thinking in every thread is really fun to see tho
Microsoft will allow development on other platforms, I don't think that issue exists for them. Capcom has also removed safeguards a couple years ago, also I think if Capcom was bought by Microsoft, they would keep the branding intact and sell the Xbox as a Capcom console in Japan. It would likely sell millions there if that was the case.
It's not really wishful thinking for me, I just think it makes a lot of sense for both companies, there is a lot of overlap between Microsoft's user base and Capcom's IPs, not to mention that Switch has seen a lot of titles from Microsoft hit it's platform, so Capcom wouldn't be left out of Japan. Microsoft is willing to spend billions and Capcom likes billions, both would benefit greatly and lastly Capcom could focus on game development and not business, that is a big benefit to someone like Capcom, who traditionally likes to push technology and not worry about pleasing share holders, though they had a big turn around the last couple years, they were hurting a few years ago, and they would not be in any risk of that ever happening again.
Capcom is a big publisher, MS only bought small devs till now. I think the biggest was Obsidian with 170 employees, Capcom has 2.000.
Also they are not in financial trouble, far from that.
I didn't suggest they were in any financial trouble. Unlike other companies, Capcom opens Japan to Microsoft, a publisher as big as Capcom in Japan would be needed if Microsoft starts selling millions of consoles there and with the Capcom brand behind their xbox console, it might do that well. Think about it this way, if you have billions of dollars to burn on game studio acquisitions, would you keep buying double fine size studios, or now go after a big purchase that opens you up to one of the biggest gaming markets in the world, as well as fill out your IP library in a way that reaches every segment of the market you aren't already in. Capcom is a big fish, and a perfect fit for Microsoft, though I'm not saying that it is a sure thing, just that both of these companies would gain heavily from this.
I don't think MS wants to spend "billions of dollars" in acquisitions, and if they want they would go after EA, Ubisoft, Take Two, and other studios that are much more popular than Capcom. Their priority is the West.
But let's wait and see.
Those companies already release all of their games on Microsoft's consoles and I agree we need to wait and see, but just 2 things real quick.
1. Microsoft bought Minecraft for 2.5 Billion dollars. (Capcom's current market cap is worth just over 2 Billion, but even double that, it's more valuable to Microsoft considering the Japanese market should open up with such a purchase).
2. What is the most exciting purchase Microsoft could make?
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Maybe Capcom will do a port of their Disney Tetris game for the Switch.
Please drop this discussion, it's going nowhere and only creates console war in the end.
Microsoft isn't going to buy the entirety of SEGA (which is much bigger than just videogames) unless they plan to go hard on the Pachinko market. Deals between Cacpom / SEGA and Xbox could be possible though.
Ironically, I feel like that could actually somewhat improve Capcom's Nintendo support at this point.
I don't really think it's a console war topic, since Microsoft has been willing to publish on other platforms now, including Minecraft on the PS4. It's not a topic I started either, I'm just adding to it, feel free to ignore it if it bothers you though.
Honestly, I think that is exactly what would happen lol.
If a Capcom dev team wanted to talk to Nintendo, they wouldn't have to leave Japan to do it.
What's interesting to me is, this is a photo from a downtown Seattle building, not from Redmond or Bellevue. Nobody stays in Seattle hotels to do Bellevue business. Hmmmmmmm.
I always do wonder, what actually happens at Nintendo of America? Do they focus on one aspect of the company? Are major deals only accomplished in Japan?
Any developers/publishers in Seattle?
Google has a large presence in Seattle (I think?) but I'd guess any kind of major discussions would be in California.
While that is clearly Amazon land, As you mentioned MS, Google and Facebook all have massive amount of office space in that area. MS specifically (I used to work in a building where MS owned 6-7 floors)
My guess would actually be a visit to Google or one of the other streaming companies. MS isn't buying Capcom, because it doesn't fit the pattern
You can get a good indication of what NOA does here:
So a lot of marketing and retail support but also an amount of software development within NST and NTD.
There is a role for business development with game developers currently listed there as well.
They even look to do aspects of security research.
So they're not just an extension of NCL that purely does retail and marketing, whereas they may have been more like that in the past.
Google is not yet in Downtown Seattle (I believe they were opening one of the campuses by 2019. though. Currently they were in Kirkland and Fremont.
While buying a publisher sounds like crazy talk, buying a Japanese publisher sounds like what MS should do.
Buying a Japanese publisher makes sense, but Capcom does not. They aren't in fiscal trouble like most of MS acquisitions
