Capcom delays LP2, SSFIV, MH3

By Robert Purchese Published 4 January, 2010

Avoids Q1 2010 like the autumn.

Capcom has delayed the release of Lost Planet 2, Super Street Fighter IV and Monster Hunter Tri.

Those three, as well as Dead Rising 2, will now be "spread across all four quarters" of fiscal 2011, which begins 1st April.

Why? "[To] avoid competing with the major titles the other companies plan to introduce," explained an investor document.

Capcom's early 2010 is not barren, however, as Dark Void blasts off on 15th January and Tatsunoko vs Capcom arrives on 29th January.

But the publisher appears to be hedging its bets, halving performance expectations for jetpack shooter Dark Void down from 1.3m sales to 600,000 by March.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Quint2020 #1 2 years ago

    Glad I punted for SFIV over Christmas, I was going to hold off for SSFIV, seems I made the right decision.

  • JohnnyWashnGo #2 2 years ago

    I must have posted this same comment on every site that reported this but worth repeating...

    ARGH!!!

    I really don't want to wait any longer for SSFIV :(

  • patchbox360 #3 2 years ago

    they really do need the time to rebalance SFIV

  • bad09 #4 2 years ago

    SSF4 delayed ah man! :(

    Oh well I can wait now.

    / pats £7.49 SF4 off Steam

  • darkmorgado #5 2 years ago

    Every preview I have read about Dark Void so far has made me expect scores of 5 or 6 across the board. Apparently flight control is patchy, has invisible barriers, and the cover system is rather shoddy with poor collision detection. A shame, because I was looking forward to it originally. Will have to try a demo when it comes out.

  • oldschoolsoviet #6 2 years ago

    GODDAMMIT.

    That's the Wii purchase on hold, but I'll keep the LP2 pre-order at Amazon(£30) I suppose.

    /waits some more

  • alimokrane #7 2 years ago

    Resident Evil Gold Edition is still making it for March right ?

  • Vice.Destroyer #8 2 years ago

    Why does Dead Rising 2 keep getting shunted back further and further? I loved the first and need the sequel.

  • makeamazing #9 2 years ago

    Yes i want DR2 also, keep forgetting about it.... when is it due? anyone got any ideas?

  • ChronoMizaki #10 2 years ago

    Thank god, I've got too many games to buy, so I'm glad SSFIV and LP2 are delayed. It's a good financial decision on Capcom's behalf.

  • feistycheese #11 2 years ago

    In other words - Capcoms shit itself over the amount of very good games coming out this quarter.

  • CygnusReactor #12 2 years ago

    MH:3 and LP2 where my most wanted this year, guess I'll play something else instead :(

  • Hunam #13 2 years ago

    Why Street Fighter though? Shirly it's a licence to print money for them?

  • dirk_aircool #14 2 years ago

    what game is Dead Rising going to compete with? they just want to have a good 2010 financial year.

  • GreyBeard #15 2 years ago

    I suspect it may be less a case of Capcom being worried about direct competition - I mean SSFIV isn't likely to be overshadowed by any other fighting franchise- but wary of getting their products lost in the noise created by so many big titles being marketed around the same time.

    Launching big titles like the ones mentioned deserve a heavy marketing push, and obviously a lot of other big publishers are in the same boat, so why compete with them over prime advertising spots? Tthink about promotion on XBL/PSN as well as TV and print media.

  • Gearskin #16 2 years ago

    Monster Hunter delayed? Damnit!

  • sega #17 2 years ago

    Maybe they're waiting to see how Tatsun-whatever Vs Capcom does and then release a Wii port of SSF4 with the others? Maybe...

  • HermitArcader #18 2 years ago

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  • Loghorn #19 2 years ago

    If you think about this, this news can actually be considered good, not bad. It also gives more people like myself a chance to save up enough dough for those games. If I were Capcom, I would delay these games for summer. Why? Because normally, summer is the time of year where practically no good games are released. We need more good games for summer if you ask me.

    But out of those three titles, the one I want the most is Super Street Fighter IV. But I can understand why they want to delay those games, & it's because they don't want to compete with the other big named titles out there that will overshadow them, like FFXIII. With SSFIV delayed, I'm hoping that they'll be able to balance out the characters & such, & not rush the game out the door.

  • makeamazing #20 2 years ago

    I would delay these games for summer. Why? Because normally, summer is the time of year where practically no good games are released.

    I would normally agree with you, but i wonder, because companies have delayed many games from last year, i wonder if summer will be chock full because Jan-March is already packed. I mean how many games are just Take 2 publishing this year, it seems like alot :). I hope we dont suddenly see all games before June and then no games for the rest of the year.. :D