Capcom execs drop “hint” on RE5 release

Capcom‘s much-awaited Resident Evil 5 for Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3 is still shrouded in deep mystery as a game can get. More statements have been uttered by Capcom’s top executives but very little clues have been dropped. So far, the release date is the only detail that has a hint to it.

“In order to make Capcom more competitive, we will focus on further strengthening development of our core home video games business, marketing efforts and sales efforts,” says Capcom CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto. He continued:

We plan to create a title portfolio that accurately reflects the global market share, as well as strengthen our R&D organization and staff. Our title lineup includes many new titles in our existing franchises over the next period, including ‘Resident Evil 5‘.

That’s a pretty long statement with pretty much nothing of value to us regular guys who just want to play the game. The only thing we could assume at this point is that the Japanese boss was pointing at the company’s fiscal year that ends March 31, 2008. If that’s the case, Capcom may very well be planning the release of RE5 before April next year similar to what they did with RE4 a few years back.

But if you’ve been a gamer for sometime now, you’d know better than to take release date plans as gospel truth. So what did we learn today? Nothing much, really. Capcom just wants RE5 to ship before their next fiscal cycle begins.

Via 1UP

Capcom‘s much-awaited Resident Evil 5 for Microsoft‘s Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3 is still shrouded in deep mystery as a game can get. More statements have been uttered by Capcom’s top executives but very little clues have been dropped. So far, the release date is the only detail that has a hint to it.

“In order to make Capcom more competitive, we will focus on further strengthening development of our core home video games business, marketing efforts and sales efforts,” says Capcom CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto. He continued:

We plan to create a title portfolio that accurately reflects the global market share, as well as strengthen our R&D organization and staff. Our title lineup includes many new titles in our existing franchises over the next period, including ‘Resident Evil 5‘.

That’s a pretty long statement with pretty much nothing of value to us regular guys who just want to play the game. The only thing we could assume at this point is that the Japanese boss was pointing at the company’s fiscal year that ends March 31, 2008. If that’s the case, Capcom may very well be planning the release of RE5 before April next year similar to what they did with RE4 a few years back.

But if you’ve been a gamer for sometime now, you’d know better than to take release date plans as gospel truth. So what did we learn today? Nothing much, really. Capcom just wants RE5 to ship before their next fiscal cycle begins.

Via 1UP