Capcom’s COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto has told the Japanese publication Nikkei (in an article behind a paywall) that the studio behind Street Fighter and Resident Evil, among others, wants software sold on PC to make up half of its sales within the next few years.
“PC is driving global sales,” said Tsujimoto. “We have recently stated that we will make the PC our main platform. At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, we focused on exhibiting the PC version of Monster Hunter Rise, and I think people will be able to experience the change in our approach.”
Tsujimoto also suggested that their pivot to PC comes from data showing increased sales on old purchases, citing that “Resident Evil 7 still sells over one million copies a year.” Additionally, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased Japanese PC gaming:
“The pandemic is changing the way people look at PCs. Smartphones are convenient, but their screens are small, and their touch panels are difficult to operate, so they are not suitable for home working or school classes. I think PCs will be the next big thing after smartphones.
“The PC can also play high-quality games, so the number of PC users should increase as understanding of the PC increases.
“We will expand our business for dedicated game consoles, which has been the mainstream up to now, but PC will be the mainstream in the future. Next year or the year after, we want to equalize the ratio of sales to PCs and dedicated consoles.”
Capcom’s PC success with titles like Resident Evil Village and Monster Hunter World have likely encouraged the company’s push for more PC-centric games.
The pandemic’s ramifications in the console market, impeding consumers’ ability to obtain a next-gen console, might also be a contributing factor to Capcom’s intent to pivot away from console gaming and toward PC gaming.
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