Why is/was Capcom so afraid of CPS3?

[Richard]

kof is played EVERYWHERE BUT north america

Not in the Uk either.

poor sales of sf3/cps3 systems=low distribution and capcom losing money

Another MAJOR factor that’s been ignored so far is the prohibitive costs for the individual games. Drawing all those frames of animation (up to 1000 per character) is just an insane waste of money. All those artists working round the clock for months on end all need wages. And at the end of the day, I’m just not prepared to finance that.

what with the arcades dieing, and how relatively little capcom seems to care, why should they make new games for hardware that’s not nearly as common, and at more cost to themselves?

And that too…

But to be honest, CPS3 wasn’t that much better than CPS2. Unless you’re a graphics whore, that is. The resolution and speed where about the same, and the palettes and sound were similar.

[hubcapsignstop]

im a graphics whore
cant front

[Snowman]

Not in the Uk either.

yes it is, London as always. 2002 especially.

[System_1]

The reason why Capcom gave up on CPS3, is because they thought of a brilliant idea.

They figure out they could make a game called Resident Evil, and make 20 titles involving Resident Evil with no difference in play.

Aren’t Executives the smartest people in the World.

[master_akuma]

But to be honest, CPS3 wasn’t that much better than CPS2. Unless you’re a graphics whore, that is.

Thats 100% right, CPS3 has better graphics but as far as gameplay: CPS2 has the king games :karate:

[Richard]

yes it is, London as always. 2002 especially.

I lived in London, and I have to state that having a couple of machines in one arcade does not make something widely played. Where’s the KOF machine at Liverpool Street? Victoria? Ilford?

[D-Force]

#1 reason Capcom dropped CPS3? No one cared. There were more people playing their CPS2 stuff than their CPS3 stuff, so they didn’t see a point in continuing to support something that no one apparently cared for.