They expect total sales of 40,500 yen for the period April 1st to September 30th 2010, this is almost 5,000 yen down. The exchange rate hasn’t helped.
”There was a delay in the release of the major title Dead Rising 2,” reads the Capcom press release. ”In addition, the rapid increase in the yen’s value relative to the US dollar and Euro has reduced sales and operating income.”
”Furthermore, Capcom has been unable to offset the large shortfall in sales relative to the plan for the flagship title Lost Planet 2 that was released overseas in the fiscal year’s first quarter.” Instead of 45,300 million yen they could get 40,500 million in sales.
Operating income is expected to be around 3,700 million yen, down from 4,800 million. This has also dropped Capcom’s overall forecast for this fiscal year. Lost Planet 2 didn’t manage to break out into a major hit with critical reception mixed at best.
Dead Rising 2 released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC October 1st in Europe.
