Japanese mega publisher and developer Capcom has announced that it plans to stop investing in new games developed in the West.

“As a group, the new titles where development was led from abroad didn’t do so well,” citing prime examples Dark Void and Bionic Commando, which were both pretty forgettable.

After aiming for 2 million sales on Dark Void, the publisher was disappointed with the feeble 520,000 units sold. Apparently no one told them that if you want to shift 2 million units, you can’t release utter trash.

Capcom is not done with Western audiences though, and will still use US/European studios to develop sequels, and remakes of currently established franchise titles.

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