{"id":108598,"date":"2009-12-28T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T19:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2009\/12\/28\/capcom-considering-shifting-established-franchise-development-overseas\/"},"modified":"2009-12-28T14:46:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T19:46:16","slug":"capcom-considering-shifting-established-franchise-development-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/108598","title":{"rendered":"Capcom Considering Shifting Established Franchise Development Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><!--Begin feature--><\/p>\n<p><!-- for syndication --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/ecea5_media?id=3610552&amp;type=lg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Capcom has recently outsourced a number of projects to western developers, including the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/gameOverview?cId=3162884\" title=\"Dead Rising 2\">Dead Rising 2<\/a>. It appears that they will continue with that strategy going forward, but with more defined roles for western development houses and Capcom&#8217;s in-house teams.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/data\/pdf\/fy2010_3rd_quarter_f.pdf\" >Q&amp;A<\/a> on the company&#8217;s investor relations site (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2009\/12\/28\/capcom-may-shift-established-franchise-development-overseas-q1\/\" >Joystiq<\/a>), a Capcom representative writes that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/gameOverview?cId=3163679\" title=\"Bionic Commando\">Bionic Commando<\/a> reboot &#8220;demonstrated the difficulty of outsourcing the development of [a] new title to overseas companies.&#8221; Developed by the now defunct GRIN, the reboot received mixed reviews when it was released earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn light of that experience, Capcom is considering giving franchises with &#8220;well-established characters and universal themes&#8221; to international developers.  Should they go forward with this new strategy, it wouldn&#8217;t be surprising to see the likes of Resident Evil outsourced to western studios. <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/newsStory?cId=3177466\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom has recently outsourced a number of projects to western developers, including the upcoming Dead Rising 2. It appears that they will continue with that strategy going forward, but with more defined roles for western development houses and Capcom&#8217;s in-house teams. In a Q&amp;A on the company&#8217;s investor relations site (via Joystiq), a Capcom representative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}