Capcom Releases Sales Predictions For Upcoming Titles

The wayward kings of fan misjudgement, Capcom, released their expectant (and profoundly optimistic) “shipment target” to Andriasung yesterday.

It will come as no surprise that they predict their most financially lucrative title of 2012 to be Resident Evil 6 with a whopping 7 million copies outgoing. With the game’s mechanic trajectory set to channel as much Call of Duty as genuine horror-suspense, it would be permissible to predict a worst-of-both-worlds situation on the cards.

Similarly DMC: Devil May Cry stumbled dying out of the PR gate with its initial trailer by effectively alienating fans and strangers alike. Thankfully, since then, Cambridge-based Ninja Theory have taken to heart the criticisms of the fans, delivering a slightly more recognisable Dante who hopefully can provoke the predicted sales of 2 million copies.  Whilst this seems manageable, a target of 1.4 million for Lost Planet 3 seems steep given that the IP never really gained traction outside of Japan. The teaser trailer suggests a new but derivative direction – perhaps it will impress at E3.

1.5 million copies of Dragon’s Dogma comes a across as a more realistic target. By combining the better elements of Skyrim, Dark Souls and (to a lesser extent) Shadow of the Colossus, Capcom could actually be on to a winner. Let’s hope so.

Sources: IGN, Andriasang