Capcom Blames Piracy for Poor DMC4 PC Sales

In all seriousness... I if even a quarter of the PC gaming population is like myself, I'm really interested in the game- played the demo on my friend's 360 and then some of the game on it as well and then replayed the demo w/the m/k on my PC when that came out and then made my own GlovePIE script for it so I could use the Wiimote/Nunchuk with it (which works far better than the naysayers will have you believe- imo, works better than the 360 gamepad and is a lot more fun and that alone makes the game worth a purchase). However... between Team Fortress 2, the Battlefield 2142 Star Wars First Strike mod, Sins of a Solar Empire, Mass Effect PC, Crysis, Unreal Tournament 3, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Combat Arms, the Battlefield: Heroes Beta, and Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath... as well as another play-through of Half-Life 2... not to mention work and my own projects... well, I just haven't had any huge reason to go out and buy the game this very instant. I definitely will within the next month or two though.

Damnit Capcom, I bought the game! I love it! It's fun! PLEASE gimme more PC titles! I'll support you through and through!

;_;

It's by far the best PC port I've seen in terms of graphics and performance. It's too bad it isn't selling well.

some things that hurt sales:

-lack of hype, advertising
-not on Steam or Direct2Drive (not just convenience, adds PR for a game)
-gamepad oriented; the people with a 360 or ps3 gamepad could already play the game
-massive piracy on pc/bad copy protection (people will try to manufacture the idea that there's lack of evidence but it's true)

Ok...so a game that sold very well on both the PS3 and 360 months ago sold poorly on PC's. I really don't think we need to call in the rocket scientists on this one.

Most gamers with a solid gaming PC own either (or both) a PS3 or 360. Therefore, I submit that they hit damn near full market penetration with their original release. To expect high sales numbers of the PC version is absurd.

Thus we move to the Piracy defense. Piracy is a problem, we get. No doubt the PC version was tossed around the torrent swarms like a beer bong at a frat party. However, I guarantee that there were 360 disc images available via the same channels the day before the console copies were even on sale. Not that one makes the other right, but funny how we never hear the piracy complaint as long as discs are flying off the shelf, no? That's all I'm going to say about that for fear of another piracy related nastygram from the chatty mods.

Ok, maybe just this. I'm willing to bet most of the people pirating the game probably purchased it for a console and didn't feel like coughing up another $50 to have the game on the PC platform. Of course, legally that would be wrong, but I wager a good deal of people are not ethically opposed to it. As for me, I found it to be an amusing Gamefly rent. Not really my style of game, I didn't spend a good deal of time with it before it went back in it envelope.

Capcom should make PC games for the PC. What's the point of porting a console game unless you're going to make some drastic changes to take advantage of the platform?

i blame them releasing a game that could only be fun on consoles as the cause for low sales

Everyone on the blame train!!! Toot Toot!!

This is the first I heard of this game coming out for the PC. I always thought of this as a console gamers' game. Has anyone here played the PC version?

These threads always seem like group therapy sessions wherein some people are trying to convince themselves and each other, but mostly themselves, that piracy is not really a problem. The reasons and argumentation given is just so incredibly flimsy that it could only be the kind of stuff people have lying to themselves about for years.

WE HAVE A PC GAME. IT DOESN'T SELL AS WELL AS WE'D HAVE LIKED = MUST BE PIRACY

Dick heads.

I wish companies like this would cut the bullshit with putting the blame on piracy when its not even their place to say it.

I've never competed in the Olympics, but ran around the track at my highschool 15 years ago. If I were to compete in the Olympics today, I would surely lose, horribly - then I will blame it on the cheaters, rather than blame myself for competing in an area I know I don't have a chance with.

piracy killed my father

Is using the 'piracy' card the only way to generate 'interest' in a low selling game like this that:
A: No one would care to play at all on a PC
B: Even heard about it
C: Even wanted it 'on the PC"
D: See Unreal Tournament 3 as another fine 'piracy' example.
E: Casual games are your real enemy on the PC (a.k.a. Puzzle Quest).

Everyone but a few select developers are complaining, and the shack just flames the majority for thier statements and then holds up Valve or Blizzard as an example. HIlarious

Wow, first time I actually heard that they had a PC version of DMC4... I have it for PS3..

I didn't even have a clue they put this out for PC. Judging by this thread and others, missing that fact is not exactly a rarity.

Maybe they should fix their marketing before blaming shitty sales on piracy?

I know piracy IS an issue, but I don't think that was their only problem with this one. :P

Yeah the thing is this game is not what a lot of PC owners are interested in.

Now when they bring SF4 to the PC and it doesn't sell then I'll believe them a bit more.

Capcom please note: every game is on torrents literally the day it ships. Every one. It doesn't mean that your game was singled out or special or anything.

i like this game, i would have bought it... but i played it on the 360 already.

1. Skaipper1 asks (with questionable grammar): Are Capcom pleased with DMC4's PC sales?

Sven: I'm not sure about how Capcom in general feels but It's not doing as well as I would like in the US at retail. It's such a good version and it really deserves better sales. I know it's getting pirated to hell and back (it was up on torrents literally the day it shipped).

I certainly have pushed for digital distribution on the title (globally, I'm responsible for all DD deals) but Capcom Japan so far has not allowed it. For the record ALL CEI developed titles will be distributed extremely widely via digital channels (not just Steam or Direct2Drive, but more than a dozen partners across more than 100 sites/portals for everything we do). I've spent the last year building up that channel and I'm continuing to add partners even in advance of Age of Booty, MotoGP, Neopets, Dark Void and Flock shipping.

I have a presentation I'm making shortly that I'm hoping will make that approach something we do with all of our PC content, even those developed in Japan, but no promises. It might not happen.

In the mean time, Ben Judd has completely understood CEI's strategy and Bionic Commando Rearmed will have broad digital distribution for PC (not quite as many as CEI titles, but close).

Given that, it seems as though the focus of this news article is somewhat misplaced.

I didn't even know it had a pc version ffs!! LOL!

Ah, must be nice having an easy-out without having to prove anything. I wish I could blame piracy every time my boss feels like I've fallen short of my goals.

I blame the control scheme on PC. I know you can use the 360 gamepad but most people aren't going to do that when it's out for 360 already :/

4 month gap between console and PC, DMC fans are likely to have a console, and already played it. Now it's the consoleless dregs playing it on PC, and that is likely a small percentage of those who already played it on consoles.

I'm betting Bioshock PS3 will have the same fate, as the people who really wanted to play it already have on XBOX360 or PC.

do all these companies have evidence to back these claims up or is it just a complete cop-out like I'm fairly sure it is. Honestly, I wouldn't even consider a free copy of the above pictured game to be worth the time.

they gonna cry about it?

ah not this again