Capcom#The Yashichi

Capcom's predecessor, I.R.M. Corporation, was founded on May 30, 1979{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/881/881137p1.html |title=Capcom Marks 25th Anniversary |author=Ocampo, Jason |date=June 11, 2008 |work=IGN |publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc |access-date=July 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004235215/http://pc.ign.com/articles/881/881137p1.html |archive-date=October 4, 2009 }} by Kenzo Tsujimoto, who was still president of Irem Corporation when he founded I.R.M. He worked at both companies at the same time until leaving Irem in 1983.

The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japan branch were I.R.M. and its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computers Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacture and distribution of electronic game machines.{{cite web |date=September 30, 2009 |title=Corporate Information: History |url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415003816/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/history.html |archive-date=April 15, 2010 |access-date=July 21, 2010 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd}} The two companies underwent a name change to Sanbi Co., Ltd. in September 1981. On June 11, 1983, Tsujimoto established Capcom Co., Ltd. for the purpose of taking over the internal sales department.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/company/history.html |script-title=ja:会社情報 カプコンの歴史 |language=ja |date=September 30, 2009 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=July 21, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305061106/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/company/history.html |archive-date=March 5, 2010 }}

In January 1989, Capcom Co., Ltd. merged with Sanbi Co., Ltd., resulting in the current Japan branch. The name Capcom is a clipped compound of "Capsule Computers", a term coined by the company for the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread.{{cite web |url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/company/name.html |script-title=ja:会社情報 社名の由来 |language=ja |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=July 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305061111/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/company/name.html |archive-date=March 5, 2010 }} "Capsule" alludes to how Capcom likened its game software to "a capsule packed to the brim with gaming fun", and to the company's desire to protect its intellectual property with a hard outer shell, preventing illegal copies and inferior imitations.

Capcom's first product was the medal game Little League (July 1983) followed by Fever Chance (Oct 1983). In December 1983, the video arcade Acty 24 was opened under the direct management of Capcom. It released its first arcade video game, Vulgus (May 1984). Starting with the arcade hit 1942 (1984), they began designing games with international markets in mind.{{cite magazine |title=Developer Interviews – Capcom and the CPS-1 |magazine=Gamest |date=September 30, 1989 |volume=4 |issue=11 (November 1989) |page=10 |url=http://shmuplations.com/cps1/}} The successful 1985 arcade games Commando and Ghosts 'n Goblins have been credited as the products "that shot [Capcom] to 8-bit silicon stardom" in the mid-1980s. Starting with Commando (late 1985), Capcom began licensing their arcade games for release on home computers, notably to British software houses Elite Systems and U.S. Gold in the late 1980s.{{cite magazine |title=Capcom: A Captive Audience |magazine=The Games Machine |date=May 18, 1989 |issue=19 (June 1989) |pages=24–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/the-games-machine-19/page/n23/mode/2up}}

Beginning with a Nintendo Entertainment System port of 1942 (published in Dec. 1985), the company ventured into the market of home console video games, which would eventually become its main business. The Capcom USA division had a brief stint in the late 1980s as a video game publisher for Commodore 64 and IBM PC DOS computers, although development of these arcade ports was handled by other companies. Capcom created home video game franchises, including Resident Evil in 1996,{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/salesdata.html |title=Business Strategies & IR Data: Total Sales Units Data |date=March 31, 2010 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=July 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327174103/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/salesdata.html |archive-date=March 27, 2014 }} while their highest-grossing title is the fighting game Street Fighter II (1991), driven largely by its success in arcades.{{cite news|title=World of Warcraft Leads Industry With Nearly $10 Billion In Revenue|url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/13510-world-of-warcraft-leads-industry-with-nearly-10-billion-in-revenue|work=Game Revolution|publisher=CraveOnline|date=January 26, 2017}}

In the late 1980s, Capcom was on the verge of bankruptcy when the development of a strip Mahjong game called Mahjong Gakuen started. It outsold Ghouls 'n Ghosts, the eighth highest-grossing arcade game of 1989 in Japan, and is credited with saving the company from financial crisis.{{cite web |last1=Yarwood |first1=Jack |title=This Strip Mahjong Game Saved Capcom From Bankruptcy |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/03/random-this-strip-mahjong-game-saved-capcom-from-bankruptcy |website=Time Extension |publisher=Hookshot Media |access-date=March 7, 2023 |date=March 7, 2023}}{{cite magazine |title=第３回 ゲーメスト大賞 〜 インカム部門ベスト10 |trans-title=3rd Gamest Awards – Income Category: Best 10 |magazine=Gamest |date=December 27, 1989 |volume=41 (February 1990) |url=https://archive.org/details/gamest0041/page/79 |pages=49–79 (79) |language=ja}} [http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~dummy/gamest/magazine/gamest/v041.html alternate url]

Capcom has been noted as the last major publisher to be committed to 2D games, though it was not entirely by choice. The company's commitment to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as its platform of choice caused them to lag behind other leading publishers in developing 3D-capable arcade boards.{{cite magazine|title=Capcom |magazine=Next Generation|issue=17|publisher=Imagine Media|date=May 1996|pages=67–69}} Also, the 2D animated cartoon-style graphics seen in games such as Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors and X-Men: Children of the Atom proved popular, leading Capcom to adopt them as a signature style and use them in more games.

In 1990, Capcom entered the bowling industry with Bowlingo. It was a coin-operated, electro-mechanical, fully automated mini ten-pin bowling installation. It was smaller than a standard bowling alley, designed to be smaller and cheaper for amusement arcades. Bowlingo drew significant earnings in North America upon release in 1990.{{cite magazine |title=A Bowling Alley No Arcade Should Be Without / Capcom Bows "Next Final Fight" With Magic Sword |magazine=RePlay |date=September 1990 |volume=15 |issue=12 |pages=19–20, 68 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-15-issue-no.-12-september-1990-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2015%2C%20Issue%20No.%2012%20-%20September%201990/page/19}}

In 1994, Capcom adapted its Street Fighter series of fighting games into a film of the same name. While commercially successful, it was critically panned. A 2002 adaptation of its Resident Evil series faced similar criticism but was also successful in theaters. The company sees films as a way to build sales for its video games.Gaudiosi, John. "Capcom Seeks More Playtime in HWood." Hollywood Reporter 397 (2006): 4,4,29. ProQuest Research Library. Web. May 30, 2012.

In the early 2000s, Capcom focused many of its resources on bringing series from arcade and earlier consoles onto more modern hardware, bringing these games out from 2D to 3D space. One of the most successful titles during this period was Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube (2005), which received universal acclaim, was a financial success for Capcom, and led to ports to multiple systems.{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/capcom-golden-age-the-rise-and-fall-resident-evil-monster-hunter-wilds | title = Capcom Was on Its Knees After Resident Evil 6, Now Monster Hunter Wilds Cements Its Golden Era — Here's How It Did It | first = Matt | last = Kim | date = March 12, 2025 | accessdate = March 22, 2025 | work = IGN }} Other major successes include Street Fighter IV (2008).

Capcom debunked rumors that it was leaving the arcade business in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/21/capcom-remains-in-the-arcade-biz|title=Capcom Remains In The Arcade Biz|publisher=IGN|date=2001-03-20|accessdate=2024-03-11}} While it did remain in the business in Japan, it gradually left the American market in 2003 and closed its arcade subsidiary in March 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e040405b.pdf|title=Notice about Dissolution of Consolidated Subsidiaries|publisher=Capcom|date=2004-03-30|accessdate=2024-03-11}}

Despite its successes from the previous decade, Capcom releases several titles that were considered misfires during the 2010s. Both Resident Evil 5 (2009) and Resident Evil 6 (2012) were seen to lean far too much into action-oriented gameplay while forgoing the balance with the survivor horror elements of the earlier games in the series. Street Fighter V (2016) was released with very limited single player content and poor online features.{{cite web |date=April 6, 2016 |title=Capcom Responds to Street Fighter 5's Lack of Content Concerns |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/capcom-responds-to-street-fighter-5s-lack-of-conte/1100-6438601/ |access-date=January 31, 2018 |website=GameSpot}} Street Fighter V failed to meet its sales target of 2 million in March 2016.{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Street Fighter 5 Sales Miss Capcom Target By Huge Margin |url=https://gamerant.com/street-fighter-5-capcom-sales-target-382/ |access-date=January 31, 2018 |website=GameRant}} Capcom outsourced the next Devil May Cry title to Ninja Theory, resulting in DmC: Devil May Cry (2013), a re-envisioning of the series that failed to resonate with players. Other newer IP like Lost Planet and Asura's Wrath also failed to gain significant audiences, though Dragon's Dogma (2012) was one of the few newer titles during this period to be seen as a success.

Capcom partnered with Nyu Media in 2011 to publish and distribute the Japanese independent (dōjin soft) games that Nyu localized into the English language. The company works with the Polish localization company QLOC to port Capcom's games to other platforms;{{cite web|url=http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/dustforce-sweeping-onto-xbox-live-arcade-and-psn-for-ps3-vita-january-2014/ |title=Dustforce Sweeping onto Xbox Live Arcade and PSN for PS3, Vita January 2014 |access-date=December 30, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705094515/http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/dustforce-sweeping-onto-xbox-live-arcade-and-psn-for-ps3-vita-january-2014/ |archive-date=July 5, 2017 }} notably, examples are DmC: Devil May Cry{{'}}s PC version and its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One remasters, Dragon's Dogma{{'}}s PC version, and Dead Rising{{'}}s version on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

In 2012, Capcom came under criticism for controversial sales tactics, such as the implementation of disc-locked content, which requires players to pay for additional content that is already available within the game's files, most notably in Street Fighter X Tekken. The company defended the practice.{{cite web|url=http://gamespot.com/news/capcom-defends-on-disc-dlc-report-6369371 |title=Capcom defends on-disc DLC - Report |website=GameSpot |first=Eddie |last=Makuch |date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121921/http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-defends-on-disc-dlc-report-6369371 |archive-date=April 4, 2012 }} It has also been criticized for other business decisions, such as not releasing certain games outside of Japan (most notably the Sengoku Basara series), abruptly cancelling anticipated projects (most notably Mega Man Legends 3), and shutting down Clover Studio.{{cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201105/07043348.html|title=稲船敬二氏によるセミナーが開催――クリエイティブへの思い、新会社設立の意図を語る|publisher=ファミ通|date=May 7, 2011|accessdate=April 6, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.raindropsanddaydreams.co.uk/2013/07/thoughts-on-why-were-probably-not.html|title=Thoughts on why we're probably not getting an English version of Sengoku Basara 4|publisher=Raindrops and Daydreams|date=July 29, 2013|accessdate=April 6, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/mega-man-legends-fan-community-releases-documentary-video-to-commemorate-game-s-cancellation-379260.phtml|title=Mega Man Legends fan community releases documentary video to commemorate game's cancellation|publisher=Destructoid|date=August 8, 2016|accessdate=April 6, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108135131/https://www.destructoid.com/mega-man-legends-fan-community-releases-documentary-video-to-commemorate-game-s-cancellation-379260.phtml|url-status=dead}}

On August 27, 2014, Capcom filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Koei Tecmo Games at the Osaka District Court for 980 million yen in damage. Capcom claimed Koei Tecmo infringed a patent it obtained in 2002 regarding a play feature in video games.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-26-capcom-files-lawsuit-against-koei-tecmo-for-patent-infringement |title=Capcom files lawsuit against Koei Tecmo for patent infringement |first=Jeffrey |last=Matulef |website=Eurogamer |date=August 27, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816072456/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-26-capcom-files-lawsuit-against-koei-tecmo-for-patent-infringement |archive-date=August 16, 2016 }}

In 2015, the PlayStation 4 version of Ultra Street Fighter IV was pulled from the Capcom Pro Tour due to numerous technical issues and bugs.{{cite web |author=Wesley Yin-Poole |date=June 1, 2015 |title=Capcom pulls PS4 Ultra Street Fighter 4 from its own tournament |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-28-capcom-pulls-ps4-version-of-ultra-street-fighter-4-from-its-own-tournament |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816091817/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-28-capcom-pulls-ps4-version-of-ultra-street-fighter-4-from-its-own-tournament |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=July 3, 2016 |website=Eurogamer}}

Following several years of unclear direction, management at Capcom changed in the mid-2010s to try to refocus the company on its successful properties. The company recognized that many of their titles during that period were attempts to bring Western game concepts into their titles but without failing to capture how these mechanics were implemented in Western games. To correct this, the company changed its approach to try to develop games that would be fun for players worldwide, rather than developing games that felt like they were niche Japanese titles. The main studios in Japan began reaching out to Capcom's other worldwide studios to collaborate on game design to appeal to a broader range of players.{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/aug/22/creatures-monster-hunter-wilds-players | title = 'Even more vicious and threatening than before': the fantastical creatures of Monster Hunter Wilds | first = Keza | last = MacDonald | date = August 22, 2024 | accessdate = August 24, 2024 | work = The Guardian }} Additionally, Capcom began developing the RE Engine to replace the older MT Framework, helping their studios develop across a wider range of hardware including newer consoles.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) was the first game Capcom released under this new approach, which was seen by critics as a return to the series roots. A similar approach was used to bring the Monster Hunter series, generally seen as a niche Japanese game due to its steep learning curve, to a broader market. Monster Hunter: World (2018) was developed to modernize the series' gameplay to simplify the learning curve. The game received critical praise and became Capcom's best-selling game as of 2025.

On January 28, 2019, Capcom announced that Sega would take over technical services for its arcade games starting in April.{{cite web|url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/arcade/news/operator/20190306.html|title=業務用アミューズメント機器のサービス業務移管スケジュールに関するお知らせ|publisher=Capcom|date=2019-03-04|accessdate=2024-04-25}}{{cite web|url=https://www2.sls-net.co.jp/cms/sls/pdf/news/20190401_CAPCOM_SERVICE_START.pdf|title=株式会社カプコン社の業務用AM機器サービス業務開始時期について|publisher=Sega Logistics Service|date=2019-04-01|accessdate=2024-04-25}}

On November 2, 2020, the company reported that its servers were affected by ransomware, scrambling its data, and the threat actors, the Ragnar Locker hacker group, had allegedly stolen 1TB of sensitive corporate data and were blackmailing Capcom to pay them to remove the ransomware. By mid-November, the group began putting information from the hack online, which included contact information for up to 350,000 of the company's employees and partners, as well as plans for upcoming games, indicating that Capcom opted to not pay the group. Capcom affirmed that no credit-card or other sensitive financial information was obtained in the hack.{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54958782 | title = Capcom hack: Up to 350,000 people's information stolen | date = November 16, 2020 | access-date = November 16, 2020 | work = BBC }}

In 2021, Capcom removed appearances of the Rising Sun Flag from their rerelease of Street Fighter II. Although Capcom did not provide an official explanation for the flag's removal, due to the flag-related controversy, it is speculated that it was done so to avoid offending segments of the international gaming community.{{Cite web|url=https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/rising-sun-removed-from-%27street-fighter-ii%27-background-in-game%E2%80%99s-latest-rerelease|title=Rising Sun removed from 'Street Fighter II' background in game's latest rerelease|date=February 22, 2021|website=Japan Today}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/controversial_rising_sun_design_removed_from_street_fighter_iis_re-release | title=Controversial Rising Sun Design Removed from Street Fighter II's Re-Release | date=February 19, 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/02/rising-sun-removed-from-street-fighter-ii-in-capcom-arcade-stadium/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219113715/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/02/rising-sun-removed-from-street-fighter-ii-in-capcom-arcade-stadium/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 19, 2021 | title=Rising Sun Removed from Street Fighter II in Capcom Arcade Stadium | date=February 19, 2021 }}

Artist and author Judy A. Juracek filed a lawsuit in June 2021 against Capcom for copyright infringement. In the court filings, she asserted Capcom had used images from her 1996 book Surfaces{{cite book|last=Juracek|first=Judy A. |title=Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1ZWyWDcq1YC&pg=PA310|year=1996|publisher=W.W. Norton|isbn=978-0-393-73007-4}} in their cover art and other assets for Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry and other games. This was discovered due to the 2020 Capcom data breach, with several files and images matching those that were included within the book's companion CD-ROM. The court filings noted one image file of a metal surface, named ME0009 in Capcom's files, to have the same exact name on the book's CD-ROM. Juracek was seeking over {{USD|12 million|long=no}} in damages and $2,500 to $25,000 in false copyright management for each photograph Capcom used.{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/22519568/resident-evil-4-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-capcom | title = Artist says Capcom stole her photos for Resident Evil, Devil May Cry games in lawsuit | first = Nicole | last = Carpenter | date = June 5, 2021 | accessdate = June 5, 2021 | work = Polygon }} Before a court date could be made, the matter was settled "amicably" in February 2022.{{cite web | url = https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-02-10-capcom-lawsuit-over-alleged-stolen-art-settled | title = Capcom lawsuit over alleged stolen art settled | first = Danielle | last = Partis | date = February 7, 2022 | accessdate = March 3, 2022 | work = gamesindustry.biz }} It comes on the heels of Capcom being accused by Dutch movie director Richard Raaphorst of copying the monster design of his movie Frankenstein's Army into their game Resident Evil Village.{{Cite web|last=Yin-Poole|first=Wesley|date=May 10, 2021|title=Movie director says Capcom copied his monster for Resident Evil Village boss fight|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-10-movie-director-says-capcom-copied-his-propellerhead-monster-for-resident-evil-village-boss-fight|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=Eurogamer|language=en}}

In February 2022, it was reported by Bloomberg that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund had purchased a 5% stake in Capcom, for an approximate value of US$332 million.{{Cite web|date=February 6, 2022|title=Saudi acquires 5% stake in Capcom and Nexon gaming firms worth $1bn|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220206-saudi-acquires-5-stake-in-capcom-and-nexon-gaming-firms-worth-1bn/|access-date=February 7, 2022|website=Middle East Monitor|language=en-GB}}

In July 2023, Capcom acquired Tokyo-based computer graphics studio Swordcanes Studio.{{cite web|title=Capcom acquires computer graphics studio Swordcanes Studio |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2023/07/capcom-acquires-computer-graphics-studio-swordcanes-studio|website=Gematsu|last=Romano|first=Sal|date=July 26, 2023|access-date=July 26, 2023}}

In July 2024, Capcom acquired Taiwan-based computer graphics studio Minimum Studios.{{cite web|last=McEvoy|first=Sophie|title=Minimum Studios becomes Capcom subsidiary|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/minimum-studios-becomes-capcom-subsidiary|website=GamesIndustry.biz|date=2024-07-01|access-date=2024-07-02}}

In its beginning few years, Capcom's Japan branch had three development groups referred to as "Planning Rooms", led by Tokuro Fujiwara, Takashi Nishiyama and Yoshiki Okamoto.{{cite journal |journal=Gameside |script-title=ja:ゲーム業界を"爆発"させた"ストライダー"の父 「四井浩一」 ディスコグラフィー |date=February 2009 |issue=16 |language=ja |publisher=Micro Magazine}}{{cite video game |title=Strider Hiryū |developer=Capcom Co., Ltd |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd. |date=March 7, 1989 |scene=staff credits}} Later, games developed internally were created by several numbered "Production Studios", each assigned to different games.{{cite web|url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/775/775450p1.html |title=The Future of PSP – Capcom |author=Nix, Marc |date=March 23, 2007 |work=IGN |publisher=IGN Entertainment, Inc |access-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223004104/http://psp.ign.com/articles/775/775450p1.html |archive-date=February 23, 2011 }} Starting in 2002, the development process was reformed to better share technologies and expertise, and the individual studios were gradually restructured into bigger departments responsible for different tasks. While there are self-contained departments for the creation of arcade, pachinko and pachislot, online, and mobile games, the Consumer Games R&D Division is an amalgamation of subsections in charge of game development stages.{{cite web |url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2008/ |title=Developer Interview 2008 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=July 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004135608/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2008/ |archive-date=October 4, 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2007annual/Annual2007e.pdf |title=Annual Report 2007 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=July 22, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020035102/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2007annual/Annual2007e.pdf |archive-date=October 20, 2012 }}

Capcom has two internal Consumer Games Development divisions:

• Division 1, headed by Jun Takeuchi, develops Resident Evil, Mega Man, Devil May Cry, Dead Rising, Ōkami, and other major franchises (usually targeting global audiences).
• Division 2, headed by Ryozo Tsujimoto, develops Ace Attorney, Onimusha, Sengoku Basara, and other franchises with more traditional IP (usually targeting audiences in Asia) alongside online-focused franchises such as Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Lost Planet.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2015/|title=Developer Interview 2015|author=Capcom}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-10-13-capcoms-resident-evil-division-focusing-on-vr|title=Capcom's Resident Evil division "focusing" on VR|website=GamesIndustry.biz|date=October 13, 2015 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/officer02.html|title=CAPCOM | Corporate Officers|website=CAPCOM IR|date=April 2023 }}

In addition to these teams, Capcom commissions outside development studios to ensure a steady output of titles.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2009/vol08/index.html |title=Developer Interview 2009: vol08.Keiji Inafune |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=November 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407010514/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2009/vol08/index.html |archive-date=April 7, 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2010/vol01/03.html |title=Developer Interview 2010: vol01.Jun Takeuchi |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=November 6, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003125751/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2010/vol01/03.html |archive-date=October 3, 2010 }} However, following poor sales of Dark Void and Bionic Commando, its management has decided to limit outsourcing to sequels and newer versions of installments in existing franchises, reserving the development of original titles for its in-house teams.{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5540859/bionic-commando-dark-void-last-straws-for-capcom |title=Bionic Commando, Dark Void Last Straws For Capcom |author=Orsini, Lauren |date=May 17, 2010 |work=Kotaku |access-date=November 6, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620062228/http://kotaku.com/5540859/bionic-commando-dark-void-last-straws-for-capcom |archive-date=June 20, 2010 }} The production of games, budgets, and platform support are decided on in development approval meetings, attended by the company management and the marketing, sales and quality control departments.

Although the company often relies on existing franchises, it has also published and developed several titles for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii based on original intellectual property: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Dead Rising, Dragon's Dogma, Asura's Wrath, and Zack and Wiki."Lost Planet & Dead Rising; Capcom Brings New Blood to Xbox 360." EGM [i] 2006: 1-41. ProQuest Research Library. Web. May 30, 2012. During this period, Capcom also helped publish several original titles from up-and-coming Western developers, including Remember Me, Dark Void, and Spyborgs, titles other publishers were not willing to gamble on.{{cite web |author=Douglass C. Perry |date=August 21, 2009 |title=How Airtight Games started a console game studio with just $24,000 |url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/08/21/how-airtight-games-started-a-console-game-studio-with-just-24000/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204042337/http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/21/how-airtight-games-started-a-console-game-studio-with-just-24000/ |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=February 8, 2015 |work=VentureBeat}}{{cite web |author=Stephany Nunneley |date=November 27, 2012 |title=Remember Me developer discusses amicable split with Sony, Capcom's {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|enthusiasim}} |url=http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/27/remember-me-developer-discusses-amicable-split-with-sony-capcoms-enthusiasim/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128135356/http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/27/remember-me-developer-discusses-amicable-split-with-sony-capcoms-enthusiasim/ |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |access-date=February 8, 2015 |work=VG247}} Other games of note are the titles Ōkami, Ōkamiden, and Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.

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Capcom Co., Ltd.'s head office building and R&D building are in Chūō-ku, Osaka.{{cite web |date=August 31, 2009 |title=Corporate Information: Capcom Group |url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/address.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422210240/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/address.html |archive-date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=July 21, 2010 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd}} The parent company also has a branch office in the Shinjuku Mitsui Building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo;"[http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/map.html Locations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007130308/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/map.html |date=October 7, 2011 }}." Capcom. Retrieved on August 12, 2011. "3-1-3 Uchihirano-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka

540-0037, Japan" and "Shinjuku Mitsui Building 2-1-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo" and the Ueno Facility, a branch office in Iga, Mie Prefecture.

The international Capcom Group encompasses 12 subsidiaries in Japan, rest of East Asia, North America, and Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2009annual/e2009annual.pdf |title=Annual Report 2009 |date=September 17, 2009 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=July 20, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015183958/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2009annual/e2009annual.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2012 }}

In addition to home, online, mobile, arcade, pachinko, and pachislot games, Capcom publishes strategy guides; maintains its own Plaza Capcom arcade centers in Japan; and licenses its franchise and character properties for tie-in products, movies, television series, and stage performances.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/business.html |title=Corporate Information: Business Segments |date=September 30, 2009 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=July 21, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301081423/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/business.html |archive-date=March 1, 2010 }}

Suleputer, an in-house marketing and music label established in cooperation with Sony Music Entertainment Intermedia in 1998, publishes CDs, DVDs, and other media based on Capcom's games.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/Annual1998.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/Annual1998.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |title=Annual Report 1998 |publisher=Capcom Co., Ltd |access-date=January 31, 2018}} Captivate (renamed from Gamers Day in 2008), an annual private media summit, is traditionally used for new game and business announcements.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom-unity.com/kramez/blog/2008/03/28/gamers_day_is_dead_long_live_the_captivate08_media |title="Gamers Day" is dead, long live the CAPTIVATE08 Media Summit |author=Kramer, Chris |date=March 28, 2008 |publisher=Capcom Entertainment, Inc |access-date=July 24, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105190618/http://www.capcom-unity.com/kramez/blog/2008/03/28/gamers_day_is_dead_long_live_the_captivate08_media |archive-date=November 5, 2010}}

Capcom's first arcade board system was the CP System, released in 1988 with the game Forgotten Worlds. They later designed the CP System II and CP System III.

In 2019, Capcom released the Capcom Home Arcade, containing a total of 16 built-in CPS-1 and CPS-2 emulated games.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=John Linneman Senior Staff |last2=Foundry |first2=Digital |date=2019-11-12 |title=Capcom Home Arcade review: the DF Retro verdict |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2019-capcom-home-arcade-review |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}

• MT Framework
• RE Engine

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Capcom started its Street Fighter franchise in 1987. The series of fighting games are among the most popular in their genre. Having sold over 50 million copies, it is one of Capcom's flagship franchises. The company also introduced its Mega Man series in 1987, which has sold over 40 million copies.

The company released the first entry in its Resident Evil survival horror series in 1996, which become its most successful game series, selling over 150 million copies. After releasing the second entry in the Resident Evil series, Capcom began a Resident Evil game for PlayStation 2. As it was significantly different from the existing series' games, Capcom decided to spin it into its own series, Devil May Cry. The first three entries were exclusively for PlayStation 2; further entries were released for non-Sony consoles. The entire series has sold over 30 million copies. Capcom began its Monster Hunter series in 2004, which has sold over 100 million copies on a variety of consoles.

Capcom compiles a "Platinum Titles" list, updated quarterly, of its games that have sold over one million copies. It contains over 100 video games. This table shows the top ten titles, by sold copies, as of June 30, 2024.{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/million.html|title=Capcom, Platinum Titles|website=Capcom|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=August 12, 2024}}

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• Capcom Cup
• Capcom Five
• DreamHack
• Evolution Championship Series

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