While SEGA is busy scratching its head over thesurprisingly good sales ofAlpha Protocolit seems Capcom has been busy throwing chairs across the room at some disappointingLost Planet 2sales. In what can only be called amiserable financial reportCapcom revealed that the game, and burgeoning staple franchise, “underperformed its projection substantially,” shipping only 1.5 million units globally. A large sum for most games, but disappointing for what was supposed to be a blockbuster sequel.
In the financial report, which covered the three month period ended July 30, Capcom also revealed that its income dropped by 90.4 percent to 213 million yen compared to the same period last year. The company cites the ever increasing cost of development and the slumping economy as two of the reasons for this massive drop while also noting thatMonster Hunter Tri“grew at a sluggish pace” with 690,000 units moved,Ghost Trick“struggled” andSuper Street Fighter IVshowed “steady growth” with 1.35 million units sold.
Finally of note is thatMonster Hunter Frontier Onlinewitnessed “steady growth” by shipping 130,000 units on Xbox 360 in Japan in two weeks. That’s not too shabby for the 360 in Japan.
Capcom says that it will be reversing its fortunes by “renovating” its Japanese development policies and “updating” its alliances overseas. Oh, and there’s some socialMonster Huntergame coming out. Maybe that’s the next one thatDestructoid can suck at.
Lost Planet 2 “substantially underperformed” – Capcom[Eurogamer]
