Capcom must face its largest loss since the company was founded in 2018. However, strong sales of Monster Hunter: World on PC help the developer maintain a positive outlook for 2019.
Why is Capcom making losses? Capcom announced in a press release that the Capcom Game Studio in Vancouver will soon be closed and the projects developed there will be canceled.
This studio was responsible for developing games for regions outside of Japan and has produced titles like the “Dead Rising” series. However, Capcom now wants to relocate the resources of the studio to other locations.
The closure of the studio will bring Capcom record losses of around 35 million euros.
Monster Hunter: World helps in need: Capcom does not seem to be overly worried. This is due to the high sales numbers of the PC version of Monster Hunter: World, which have “far exceeded all expectations,” despite some performance issues and the sales ban on the PC platform “WeGame” in China.
Indeed, MHW is the strongest game from a Japanese developer ever released on Steam. But even before the Steam launch, good news about the sales figures of Monster Hunter: World followed one after the other – Monster Hunter World was already successful on PS4 and Xbox One.
Capcom is therefore confident that they can maintain their stock price.
On September 21, the autumn event will start on the console versions of Monster Hunter: World:
The Autumn Festival in Monster Hunter World is ideal for returnees
