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Japan’s Capcom slashes forecast and cancels games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Storied Japanese publisher Capcom slashed its forecast and canceled a number of games because its traditional video games aren’t selling as well as expected.

The struggles of the Japanese video game publisher — known for the Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter franchises — are similar to those of rivals such as Square Enix, which recently reported a huge loss and parted ways with its CEO.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.