Capcom recently stated that they were going to focus more on the XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles, at least for games considered 'hardcore' and 'mature', after citing poor sales of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles."In 2010, you won't see as many Wii games from Capcom, but the ones we release will be much larger, event-size games. I also expect to see the market dominated more and more by Nintendo releases with fewer games from the major third parties, like EA, Activision, and Ubisoft."
In Kramer's opinion, no one should perceive the reduction in Wii titles as an abandoning of the platform. "Instead," he said, "it's a case of the third-party publishers trying to figure out how they can make a return on their investment and maintain profitability.
One of Capcom's biggest 'event-sized' games of 2009 was Street Fighter 4, and not too long ago there was a movement to get it ported to the Wii. Now with Super Street Fighter 4 around the corner, there probably will be a similar movement with the upgraded title.
If sales for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars are bad, you can pretty much guarantee SSF4 has little to no shot of hitting the Wii. On the other hand, if the title performs well, or even very well, it should be interesting to see if the company would be willing to port it over.
It's been stated many times that one of the main challenges with a port of Street Fighter 4 would be overcoming the default control scheme of the Wiimote and nunchuck, but with Mad Catz entering the fray with their new FightSticks for the platform, this argument may not carry as much weight as it once did, especially if things go well as far as TvC is concerned.
