Hahaha, what?
Well…I’m in full agreement there.
I get the feeling there was more to this than just him moving on. I think he was asked to politely leave. Quitting and moving on always looks classier than firing your CEO.
Inafune said the only reason there’s no VS is because there no resources or any companies good enough to work on the game.
So, Ninja Theory and Blue Castle is good enough (which BC only worked on a baseball game before DR2 and is based in Canada) but you just can’t find “Anybody” to work on the series?
Sit tight. let Ono troll “the new guys” for a few months and there will be a VS released by 2012-2013. bet on it.
Capcom: Alright, you can make MML3, but it has to have a cover system, knee-high barriers, the Unreal 3 engine, and the only colors you’re allowed to use are gray and brown.
Inafune: Fuck this, I quit.
Makes sense.
Capcom: Yo man where you goin! You said you wanted to westernize stuff!
Japanese companies in the whole is in the prehistoric ages compared to the western world. Back in the day their “way” worked. But times have changed and Japan is slow to change. People who want to be progressive are not allowed cause that is frowned upon.
Its no surprise Japan’s economy has been suffering for the longest time now, although that has alot to do with the totally incapable politicians being voted in but its the same in the industry as well. I wouldnt be surprised if more people left their big companies to pursue elsewhere.
Now Ono needs to leave as well.
“Japan being 5 years behind” is actually a good thing. The best games in Japan are made with a mentality of 10 years ago if not more.
The mentality that video games should be deep and challenging, instead of piss-easy, shallow and “cinematic”(which means the cool stuff isn’t what you do anymore, but what happens automatically as a part of a predetermined script)
It’s just that the standard has changed for the worse and most people prefer the later nowadays.
The arcade games are still great (not just fighting games, also cave shmups etc.) because they don’t cater to casuals and idiots.
Prove this. All of it. Because, from where I’m standing, you’re talking out of your ass, and you couldn’t back up these absurd claims if your life depended on it.
Dr. B can differentiate between “cinematic” and “deep.” You, apparently, can’t.
I think some people in this thread wanting Ono to take over need to wake up and realize that SFIV is a step backward from what Capcom SHOULD be doing, and Ono is not qualified at all to take over such a position. Niggas be blind.
A step backwards? are fucking crazy?
If anything SFIV revitalized Capcom big time.
Capcom’s really turned the page. Virtually all of Capcom’s big names of the past 20-30 years have jumped ship. Actually this is the same situation with every Japanese company, save KCET and a couple others-- the ‘big name’ producers all quit the company. As though upper management aren’t fond of producers making a name for themselves.
Do you ever get tired of making Dr. B references?
Look at it objectively. With SFIV, nothing is really new to the SF franchise. How is that NOT a step backward? It’s not like Capcom was on the verge of bankruptcy and SFIV single handedly brought the company back on its feet, because that is far from the case. SFIV’s popularity is greatly overexaggerated; it’s not like SF is Capcom’s only IP and people seem to forget that.
Game companies should be moving forward, not backward, with their IPs, but it’s not so much about that but rather Ono’s qualifications. What has Ono done besides SFIV? Oh yeah, he made Capcom Fighting Jam, which was a huge failure on Capcom’s part. Ono’s track record is one for two. That doesn’t seem to make him qualified for taking over Capcom. SFIV isn’t the messiah of video games, let alone the messiah of Capcom.
But objectively speaking, SFIV wasn’t a step backwards.
SSFIV revitalized the fighting game industry, however I think that any fighting game that made the true jump to next gen could have done this.
People saying it’s in ANY way, shape, or form, a negative thing, is just retarded. It sold like crack in the hood, made Capcom fuckloads of money, the fighting community exploded in size and knowledge, and more is coming because of it.
That being said, if you think Ono should be promoted that much, you’re either an idiot or Ono is the only japanese person you know of.
It is for the franchise but not in terms of sales. IPs are supposed to evolve in terms of gameplay. People didn’t like the direction Inafune was taking Capcom, but Ono would’ve probably just rehashed every single IP and sold them as new games. RE6 would be RE1: HD Remix, DMC5 would have been DMC1 HD Remix with one button combos and slower, easier gameplay, etc. Well, maybe not, but given Ono’s qualifications, it would not have been surprising.
My entire point is that Ono isn’t qualified and SFIV isn’t the messiah of video games and Capcom.
I don’t think Ono is the right person for the job. Capcom just needs someone that KNOWS the game and KNOWS what the fans want.
I do not entirely agree with that SF4 was a “step backwards”. Capcom would probably be up for sale or something if Ono didn’t troll Inafune to give the green light to make SF4. SF4 was the best thing to ever happen for Capcom within the last 10 years, based on profit and sales. DMC, RE, LP, and DR still can’t compare to the “success” of making SF4. Ono’s trolling breathed, literally, life back into fighting games and not just for CAP.
Don’t get me wrong, Ono and Inafune has made some BAD decisions (Fighting Jam and DMC Reboot) while they both had some GOOD decisions (SF4 and DR2), but does that mean Ono is qualified to run CAP? No, and if he was then Inafune would’ve stated that he was the new heir instead of “Jun and company”. My main problem with Inafune is what exactly do you mean by catering to westerners? I am a Westerner… but I am not white nore do I play everything or try to do everything that white people do. I enjoy some things that most white people like (sports, beer, and bitches) but not everything. England is considered Westerners in this instance as well. So, what the fuck did he mean by that? If he meant, “since British currency is more than American currency so lets make every game have to do with British culture to get their money” then I could understand that “five years behind”. IMO, it sounds to me that he really wanted to cater to the people with money and not the people who want good games. Inafune knew that old gamers were not going to totally love the idea of SF4 being 2.5D, but the prospect of getting that New-Gen Money got his eyes twinkling.
SF4 was a BIG step forward, regardless of how “not SF3/SFA2/SSF2T” it is as a game, and what is about to happen NOV 1 is an even BIGGER step forward. The only thing we can do as “Fans” of Capcom is to hope that the new guys know how big those two steps really are, and that they should capitalize on it by taking even more steps in that same direction.
i can understand you not liking it, and you arguing whether its a step back from SFIII or whatever, but either way it brought in a much better variety of players, and has done so many other positive things, that you’re a fool for claiming otherwise. Sure it’s just a flashy beautiful fighter with far too simple commands/shortcuts, but its pretty much guaranteed that future fighting games will get made.
Do you think Marvel vs Capcom 3 would have been greenlit? Capcom x Tekken? MK9? Any other future possible games???