Rumor Smash: Capcom Doesn't Love The 360 THAT Much
Two Capcom-Xbox 360 rumors have been crawling around the internet for the past couple (slow news) days, so before we get too many more tips about these non-stories, let's smash 'em!
Rumor #1: Capcom Is Publishing SIX Xbox 360 games in 2007!Source: This chart showing Capcom's Number of Titles Released, often incorrectly referred to as Capcom's latest investor relations report.
Unfortunately, that column featuring six Xbox 360 published games indicates they'll hit by March 2007, the end of Capcom's fiscal year. The column directly to the left shows two 360 games published in the first half of the fiscal year. What were those games? Dead Rising and Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting? Dead Rising for Japan and Dead Rising for... not Japan? It's unclear how Capcom is defining these games, if they're Capcom developed titles or games published by Capcom, but since this chart is from early November, don't expect to see six Capcom titles hit the 360 before the end of Q1 07.
Rumor #2: God Hand and Okami Coming To Xbox 360!
Source: A Japanese PDF issued by Capcom with the words God Hand and Okami in close proximity to the words Xbox 360.
Sadly, the fact that neither title broke sales records and the shuttering of developer Clover Studios tipped off the news hungry. The other clue to the authenticity of the rumor should have been the November 9th date of the news release. The English language version of the release merely indicates that Activision will be distributing titles in Australia and New Zealand and reads: "The first title to be distributed in this manner will be the Xbox 360 title "Lost Planet Extreme Condition" in early 2007, followed by "Okami" and "God Hand" for the Sony PlayStation® 2."
As much as I'd like for more Capcom games, especially two of my faves from this year, to hit the 360, it's just not going to happen. At least not any time soon.