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Capcom's Christian Svensson Talks Mega Man, Franchise Fatigue, And More (Game Informer)

For our article "What's Happening at Capcom" in issue 225 of _Game Informer,
_we spoke with Christian Svensson, Capcom's senior vice president of strategic
planning and business development. We talked about Capcom's role in the
Japanese game market, the fan fallout over Mega Man Legends 3, working with
Western developers, and more.

**Is there one core philosophy that Capcom holds in order to remain such a
relevant Japanese publisher in a world where critics prophesize the country's
declining relevancy in the game market?**

I think what pundits are reacting to is a fairly marked divergence in consumer
tastes in the Japanese market from Western markets and perhaps even other
Asian markets (particularly China and Korea, which are so PC online focused).
I don't dispute that. For me, the disconnect in the pundits' conclusion
though, is the supposition that Japanese publishers can only appeal to
Japanese tastes. I disagree that that is a foregone conclusion, and not just
as it applies to Capcom, but probably to one or maybe two other major Japanese
publishers as well.

To that end, Capcom's strategy for remaining relevant globally is really a
multi-pronged approach. Console and PC games will remain at the ...

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