Capcom Slaughters Resident Evil 3DS [news]

Well if Capcom desides to bitch about the low sales for Revelations they've got NO ROOM to complain since they're poor marketing desisions are the prime reason this game might not end up selling as well as they'd hoped.

It doesn't matter how good a game is, if no one knows it exsists then no one's gonna play it. How else can you explain all the bashing Nintendo & most E rated games get even though they're good...people talk without knowing that's why!!

They should have announced it as a Wii U Exclusive

I haven't seen it in most Game and Gamestation stores that I've looked in. Don't know whats going on?

...and, rumour has it that Nintendo may be putting any potential ad campaign monies into Kid Icarus instead, if the game doesn't pick up (Nintendo is helping push the game here).

Madness!

Really...? Well that's a WONDERFUL way to help strengthen third party relations Nintendo!! I hope that rumor is false...I really do.

Vorash Kadan said:
Really...? Well that's a WONDERFUL way to help strengthen third party relations Nintendo!! I hope that rumor is false...I really do.

Obviously we know better than that but that's a realistic reaction from a not-so-informed gamer who happened to see a Resident Evil 6 ad on places like the main gaming page on Amazon.

( Edited 07.02.2012 05:36 by SirLink )

Nintendo shouldn't have to pay for RE:R adverts at all.

Is Sony and Microsoft paying for the RE6 adverts?

That all depends on whatever agreement is made between the companies. Nintendo has a record of supporting both Capcom and Square Enix release in the past. If in the long run it results in more game sales then it pays off.

Interestingly enough, Sven, Capcom's main guy in the US says this is all nonsense and that RE6's adverts have boosted sales of Operation Racoon City and Revelations...and then quickly locked the topic. No idea how the game IS doing in the US, but closing the topic in a rush seems odd. Also, he was asked about this UK-based article specifically, not US sales. I don't put much stock in his response.

Am I the only one that sees this as completely and utterly pathetic? Why advertise a game that isn't out for almost a whole year? Sure, you can make trailers for online media, but on the TV... you should advertise your most recent game. I could understand if RE6 was out in a week or 2, but it isn't. Bad marketing campaign on Capcom's part.

It's almost as bad as announcing a game as exclusive for a dying format...and then before release confirming its actually coming to a competing system that is still selling really well, with added content!

What sort of company would do that??

Oh...wait a second...

Capcom should of numbered the 3DS resident evil game. I aint sure what the advertising has been like in Japan but here in the UK all I have seen is RE: 6 trailers on tv when they have a brand new 3DS game out. Just dont understand that.

At least I'm not alone in the confusion surrounding Capcom's treatment of Revelations!

( Edited 08.02.2012 18:21 by jesusraz )

***ing Capcom... this is so typical. Watch them muster up the audacity to complain about Revelations' poor sales next. :-x They shouldn't be marketing RE6 YET. Those idiots.

( Edited 08.02.2012 19:37 by MechaG2 )