According to an
investor document (PDF) posted by Capcom Japan today, several major titles have been moved from the company's fiscal fourth quarter, which ends March 31, 2010. The delays, which appear to be worldwide, include
Super Street Fighter IV and
Lost Planet 2, in addition to the North American and European release of
Monster Hunter 3. The releases of these games and others, including
Dead Rising 2, are planned to be "spread across all four quarters" of Capcom's fiscal 2011, which begins April 1, 2010 and ends March 31, 2011. The decision to delay the games was made in order to "avoid competing with the major titles that other companies plan to introduce."
Curiously,
Dark Void has not been delayed, though Capcom has drastically reduced its sales forecast from 1.3 million units to only 600,000 (the split between Xbox 360 and PS3 copies was not specified).
Given the reasons for Capcom's schedule shuffling, we can't help but wonder if other companies will follow suit. When all is said and done, the
Great 2009 Holiday Release Migration just might be set to repeat itself. If so, does
Yves Guillemot win a prize?
Capcom pulls Super Street Fighter IV, Lost Planet 2, Monster Hunter 3 from Q1 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
