Capcom wants to make the PC its main target platform -apkrig

According to the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom intends to enter a new era. He wants to connect the future of his games – whether published or directly developed – primarily with computers, which is unusual given Capcom’s history. Not that the titles of Japanese publishers and developers in the past did not target DOS and Windows, but the strong inclination towards consoles across a variety of brands was clearly felt. However, with the change, Capcom wants to respond to changes in trends in Japan and around the world, and also refers to the huge success of PC versions of games released in recent years. Randomly, Resident Evil 7 is expected to have an increase of at least one million copies in the number of copies sold each year, regardless of the fact that this is a game from 2017 and the period of the biggest sales is over. However, Capcom also turns to other brands, such as Monster Hunter, which in the last iteration with the subtitle Rise devoted a lot of space to the TGS 2021.

“Computers are the driving force behind worldwide sales,” one of the reasons for the planned change was Capcom’s operations director Haruhiro Cujimoto for Japan’s Nikkei. He also said that the coronavirus pandemic changed the way people looked at the PC, when home stations or laptops began to be used extensively again instead of mobile phones. “Smartphones are convenient, but their screens are small and the touch panels are difficult to operate, so they are not suitable for homework or schooling,” said Cujimoto, predicting a bright future for computers. It is said that this is also reflected in the domestic Japan, where, according to Capcom, the increased interest in the PC as a gaming platform should have increased, only that Pujimoto does not state any specific numbers. “The number of PC users should increase as the importance of the platform grows […] therefore, we want to balance the sales of PC and console games next year or next year, ”adds the operations director.

But the change described is not rapid or unexpected – as early as 2019, Capcom pointed out that PC was the second largest market for Monster Hunter World sales, and we must not forget the record sales of Resident Evil Village along with the largest number of concurrent players on Steam in the history of this series. . It is therefore not a big surprise that at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom paid attention to the next part of the Monster Hunter series, which will be released on January 12, less than a year after the game premiered on Switch. It was a well-rated part, which received the highest marks with few exceptions, and it is likely that a large number of fans are waiting for it in the PC version. In contrast to the existing one, it will also offer support for 4K and other resolutions premium elements that the Switch hardware cannot offer for obvious reasons.