Dante Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Capcom Co., the Japanese publisher of the ``Resident Evil'' video-game series, rose to a five-year high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on expectations sales of titles for Nintendo Co.'s Wii consoles will boost earnings. Capcom's stock climbed 6.3 percent to 2,855 yen, its highest close since Sept. 26, 2002, compared with a 0.5 percent gain in the benchmark Topix index. The Osaka-based company's shares have risen a total of 14 percent in the past two days. The company, whose ``Resident Evil'' action game was among the top 10 titles sold in Japan and the U.S. in June, expects annual sales to rise 11 percent as it doubles the number of Wii titles to six. Chief Financial Officer Kazuhiko Abe gave presentations to investors in New York and Boston last week, focusing on new Wii offerings, spokesman Ryosuke Tanaka said. ``Resident Evil's Wii edition has continued to sell well,'' said Jay Defibaugh, an analyst at Credit Suisse Group in Tokyo who rates Capcom shares ``outperform.'' Sales of the game, also known as ``Biohazard'' in Japan, will probably exceed Capcom's shipment target of 620,000 units by March 31, he said. Capcom's stock has risen 33 percent this year, compared with a 8.8 percent decline in the Topix index.
IMJ Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Let's hope other key Capcom titles (Zack&Wiki, RE:UC and We love golf) performs above expectations like RE4 did. Hopefully this will lead to better Capcom and other key 3rd party support. Good for Capcom though
Zechs Merquise Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Again we see Wii games driving up companies profits. Hopefully these companies will start getting the message... and maybe just maybe we may see RE5!
The-chosen-one Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 nah i dont think wii will get a resident evil 5 they will make another kind of resident evil i think
Pit-Jr Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Castlevania Wii Capcom DO IT! Wrong developer, but go tell Konami that please
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