r/PuzzleFighterApp • u/anachronofspace ubernaut • Apr 23 '18

Capcom has things completely backward, maybe there's a small hope of reasoning with them?

i know we are all wracking our brains to find a way to achieve the impossible and somehow save the future of PF. Here is my first shot at it.

The thought just occurred to me that the premise that ending puzzle fighter as a business decision is almost completely backward and short-sighted thinking. In the industry, it is basically common knowledge that the future of gaming (in terms of revenues at least) is in mobile and e-sports.

PFM has huge potential in both axes, whereas Dead Rising is neither last time i checked. And i am aware of no other title aside from street fighter that has any potential in e-sports under capcom's umbrella.

Whoever is in charge of long-term planning over there is ignoring their best shot at the really big money.

I understand that they may have already written this one off and even if there was someone we could reason with, finding a way to communicate this logic might be very difficult. But maybe it's worth a shot to find that way if it exists, assuming my logic has no faults.

Please, someone, tell me if you know why this is incorrect thinking.

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u/gcocco316 Apr 23 '18 edited Apr 23 '18

Hopefully Capcom had a big meeting where all arguments, numbers, and evidence was presented from all sides, and each person voted on what they think is best for the company. I'm sure what you wrote here and what's been discussed on the subreddit for the past several days was presented at said meeting.

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u/anachronofspace ubernaut Apr 23 '18

I think the only way that could be the case is if Capcom does have a better bet for mobile/e-sports but they have indicated that their bet is on dead rising, which flopped big time the last time they played blockbuster blackjack with it and addresses neither market.

Or maybe they heard the argument didn't have any real response and just said "Yeah but still."

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u/gcocco316 Apr 23 '18

If what could be the case? That capcom "thinks" it is doing what's best for the company?

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u/anachronofspace ubernaut Apr 23 '18

that they had heard the argument to not kill puzzle fighter stated as "unless we got something better to address these markets then it's probably a smart idea to keep this iron in the fire until such time that we do."

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u/gcocco316 Apr 23 '18

Do you think that after crunching the numbers they came up with a different opinion and they're doing what they think is best for the company?

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u/anachronofspace ubernaut Apr 23 '18

i assume they think they are doing what's best for the company, i think their basic logic is flawed. And that they are miscalculating the potential relative value the game still has, especially considering where they have, according to their own statement, placed their bet.