Holammer
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ArtHands is currently incommunicado, so I thought I'll cover for him.
Capcom's financials show that embracing Steam has paid off handsomely: It now accounts for a third of all the publisher's revenue
What're ya buying?
ArtHands is currently incommunicado, so I thought I'll cover for him.
hououinkyouma00
Member
Checks out. They were one of the first bigger Japanese publishers to embrace PC and their ports as far as I'm aware are pretty good. I could be wrong on that part though.
Holammer
Member
Absolutely correct, they produce games that suit many cultures & audiences.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I bought their iOS ports of Resident Evil. I'm keeping that corner of the office employed. 
Astray
Member
lol you know he's losing it over not making that Helldivers 2 Xbox port thread.
MayauMiao
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mayham2199
Member
Of course they see it. They also see their console purchases dropping if they decide to go chasing the software revenue. They have to balance both software sales and hardware sales. It's not the same as being a third party publisher that just needs to be on as many platforms as they can. Considering their first party games are selling so well I think they are doing just fine. It's a clear sign that people are buying the hardware for their first party games.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
CAPCOM's PC Strategy Is Paying Off, as Steam Revenue Increases by Over 61% While PlayStation Revenue Declines
CAPCOM's PC strategy seems to be working well for the publisher, as Steam revenue has increased by over 61% in the past fiscal year.
Odd that there is no Xbox or Switch revenue in their report. But damn. They are killing it on Steam. I'm very curious how their revenue went down YoY on PS with MHW release.
This is the report:
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Their PS revenue is down to less than 10%
Kacho
Member
It's never been better. It's a wealth of riches.
What's the other 2/3?
But that's referring to digital only, correct? Would make sense with steam having no physical.
But that's referring to digital only, correct? Would make sense with steam having no physical.
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RetroGamingUK
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The entire premise of the thread is incorrect and wrong, as its not apple to apple comparisons and PlayStation revenue is split between different entities from US to Japan etc vs Valve which is Global
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willothedog
Member
that's why they ship with Denuvo...
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
No, that's total revenue.
CAPCOM's PC Strategy Is Paying Off, as Steam Revenue Increases by Over 61% While PlayStation Revenue Declines
CAPCOM's PC strategy seems to be working well for the publisher, as Steam revenue has increased by over 61% in the past fiscal year.
pudel
Member
Good question. Steam 30% and PS 10% makes 40%. Maybe xbox 60%?
RetroGamingUK
Member
10% is PS Japan only
coachmcguirk91
Member
I am assuming these numbers are inflated due to Monster Hunter Wilds. Those games do way better on PC than consoles
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
It's the companies entire revenue worldwide. Read the article.
Thats the source I read. The 1/3 (31%) is referring to total revenue. 42% vs 10% is the digital entertainment split. At least that is what it reads like. I can't read Japanese otherwise I would use the capcom releaseNo, that's total revenue.
CAPCOM's PC Strategy Is Paying Off, as Steam Revenue Increases by Over 61% While PlayStation Revenue Declines
CAPCOM's PC strategy seems to be working well for the publisher, as Steam revenue has increased by over 61% in the past fiscal year.wccftech.com
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RetroGamingUK
Member
Show me where the rest of the revenue is coming from.
32% = Steam
10% =0.1 PS Japan
Where the other 58% ?
pudel
Member
If I had to assume...mobile slop!
hououinkyouma00
Member
But that doesn't make sense.
That leaves like 60% left to Xbox/Nintendo and mobile? If PS was at 10% there is no chance in hell that Xbox is higher and they don't really do all that much when it comes to mobile.
Edit: I read both articles multiple times because I felt like I was missing something and the pcgamer article mentions the 10% when talking about digital stuff only (excluding stuff like arcade) so that might be it. I just find it hard to believe that PS with nearly 80m units sold account for less then 10% of revenue but who knows.
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Bojji
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And Nintendo consoles?
Trogdor1123
Member
That looks pretty good.
What portion of their profit does it add up to?
What portion of their profit does it add up to?
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Isn't it ironic that great games without denuvo sells better than games with denuvo?
Bg3 was a massive success despite having zero drm protection.
The veilguard game also shipped without drm and flopped badly.
Not that many games are lainched with denuvo anymore. And I avoid those who do myself, and I know I'm not alone.
People buy great games.
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Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
The numbers don't add up. The majority of PS sales are digital, not physical, so it cannot account for less than 10%. This makes no sense.
The numbers in this article are all over the place.
Wfftech is messing up the percentage and things are getting lost in translation
"Things get even more handsome when just looking at Capcom's digital content business, which excludes stuff like arcades, with Steam accounting for 42.1% of total sales (thanks Gamebiz.jp). In comparison, sales of software on PlayStation now account for less than 10% of the total, with Capcom omitting the exact % due to it being below that threshold."
The 31% is from total revenue with an unknown split for others. The 42% vs 10% seems to be from the "digital content business". I don't know the direct source of the report that's in English or which region it pertains to. I think the report was possibly released May 13th too which is weird to be covering now but I could be mistaken.
pudel
Member
Nah, mobile slop! Its bigger than pc and consoles combined....unfortunately:
Here you find some pretty nice statistics. Also which franchises sold how many copies ever. Resident Evil is leading with 157mio copies sold.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Nintendo, Xbox, mobile, arcade, licensing, merch. Who knows. It definitely isn't from physical console games in the year 2025. But the articles are both worded strangely. We need a JP speaker in here to look at the real report.
jshackles
you got a minute? 
forsakkenSoul
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yep, considering the profitability, the state of latest Capcom games is ridiculously bad.
That is from last year but even so you can see that the numbers presented by PC gamer aren't adding up and there is a game of telephone happening with subsequent articles from the Japanese source.Nah, mobile slop! Its bigger than pc and consoles combined....unfortunately:
Here you find some pretty nice statistics. Also which franchises sold how many copies ever. Resident Evil is leading with 157mio copies sold.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
They went drunk with success, and know perfectly well that their games will sell on name alone so, why put in the effort?
Jinzo Prime
Gold Member
Also known as the Gamefreak Method.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Spot on. Couldn't think of a better analogy myself.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
This argument might make sense if Sony released their games day and date on PC, but they don't.
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Doesn't matter if they are day 1 or day 300. Sony has made it clear there is no red line and that everything will be ported sooner or later. PC gamers can wait. Actually most gamers can wait. I would not waste money on a Switch 2 if Nintendo announced they would release all of their games on PS5 after 1-2 years.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Maybe you would not, but evidently, you aren't most people. Helldivers 2 was a simultaneous release and still one of their better-selling games on PS alone. Spider-Man 2 outsold Spider-Man 1. GOWR outsold GOW. Astro Bot is selling great and so on.
The question for Sony isn't whether or not PC takes some of the sales away from PS. The question is, is it worth it to our bottom line to release games on PC later? They make more money with PS+PC than PS alone, so it's a no-brainer.
All of these games would have sold even better if there was no PC version or expectation of one. This was never going to be an overnight change. In 2020 it was not yet obvious that everything Sony would be on PC. In 2025 it is. Capcom didn't suddenly become majority PC from majority console, despite releasing everything day 1. It was a gradual change.
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calico
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It could probably be better if they stopped half-assing it on PC. I was interested in both DD2 and MHW until the last minute mtx nonsense with DD2 and the MHW benchmark running like shit.
As for Sony, I guess they decided that PC gamers who could be pushed into buying a PS5 for exclusives had already done so, so they may as well sell games to the rest of us. It will be interesting to see if they reset this arrangement with the next console cycle.
As for Sony, I guess they decided that PC gamers who could be pushed into buying a PS5 for exclusives had already done so, so they may as well sell games to the rest of us. It will be interesting to see if they reset this arrangement with the next console cycle.
Baemono
Member
Where are the other 60% then ?No, that's total revenue.
CAPCOM's PC Strategy Is Paying Off, as Steam Revenue Increases by Over 61% While PlayStation Revenue Declines
CAPCOM's PC strategy seems to be working well for the publisher, as Steam revenue has increased by over 61% in the past fiscal year.
Playstation accounted for almost 10% on physical alone in the report somebody posted here. Even if you assume all the "full game download" is entirely "Steam" and not switch, PS and xbox it simply wouldn't add up. A large portion of that full game download would be PS, especially when done by revenue.
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