A brand new Onimusha sport hit PC and consoles final week, and to this point, it appears to be like like Capcom has one more win on its fingers. Onimusha: Means of the Sword bought 1 million copies on launch day–bringing lifetime gross sales for the franchise as much as 10 million–which is fairly spectacular for a sequence that has been dormant for the higher a part of 20 years. Commenting on the early gross sales milestone, Capcom mentioned that it desires to repeat Onimusha’s success with different video games that have not seen a brand new launch in a few years.
“Along with often releasing main new titles every year, Capcom is specializing in reactivating IPs that have not had a brand new title launch not too long ago,” Capcom wrote in a press release. “The corporate is working to additional maximize company worth by leveraging its wealthy library of content material, together with this title.”
Capcom added that “a number of advertising initiatives,” alongside demos and hands-on exhibitions, additionally helped unfold consciousness of the brand new Onimusha, serving to to drive gross sales. It additionally helps that the sport is genuinely good, with beautiful visuals and thrilling fight that retains you on the sting of your seat.
As for which video games may make the lower, take your choose. I would argue that Satan Could Cry is due a contemporary sequel, contemplating that the final sport, Satan Could Cry 5, was launched in 2019, however Misplaced Planet, Viewtiful Joe, and Dino Disaster followers would possibly fervently disagree with me–and these are only a few of the video games which were gathering mud at Capcom over time.
No matter Capcom does resolve to reactivate, it’s going to land within the wake of a really profitable 2026 for the corporate. Issues obtained off to a sizzling begin with the discharge of Resident Evil Requiem in February, and the momentum elevated with the launch of Monster Hunter Tales 3: Twisted Reflection in March and the sleeper hit Pragmata in April.
On prime of that, a number of Capcom video games like Road Fighter 6 have continued to take pleasure in post-launch help, and future releases embrace Dragon’s Dogma 2: Darkish Arisen in October, a serious growth for Monster Hunter Wilds, and Resident Evil Veronica. We’re even getting a primary style of Capcom’s reactivation technique subsequent yr, with the launch of Mega Man: Twin Override.