Well, now that I think about it, we also have to take into account such...
That Capcom's staff IS on their forums(shocker, something most companies don't do)which is why more often than not this stuff happens and why they seem to listen to their fans more. The fans on their forums decide.
And y'know, I paid a visit to some SE forums today and have found, technically, they listen to their fans. The problem is that the only hardcore loyal fans they have on their forums and comprising their members etc is Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest fans. So maybe they'd listen to their other series as well, if perhaps they had those other series' fans amongst them on their own turf rather than floating about their own fan made forums(like we do).
First of, Breath of Fire. Capcom hates it. And therefore, they fail.
I don't think they hate it. At least not for bad reasoning. The latest game as I said was a massive failure. Ever since Microsoft jumped into the game scene, business revolves a lot more around money so when they see it not do well, they have to decide between another poor selling BoF, or a high success Resident Evil.
Plus not only was BoF5 not a success, but BoF4 wasn't that big and same goes for BoF3. The series after 2 was heading in a massive plummeting downhill.
Third, Capcom makes a million Mega Man and RE games and SF games because they sell well, not because they are paying debt to their fans. And Mega Man stopped being good after X3.
In my eyes, firing Keiji Inafune would solve at least 2 of the above problems...
I have to say I'd strongly disagree there. Alright, yes sales have a lot to do with those series but it's for good reason. They sell well generally because they work with those series diligently. They don't make as many games in those series as you'd think. Sure, they make a lot but it's nowhere near a massive quantity(specially Resident Evil). After X3? I definetly disagree there. So the games haven't been as good, that doesn't instantly make them bad. X4-6 and 8, Battle Network, Legends, I don't think you realize just how many Megamen you're marking off here.
And firing Keiji Inafune wouldn't solve the problems at all. Because then if Street Fighter and megaman weren't getting spawned, some other series would. Most likely Devil May Cry. Not to mention, we certainly can't assume once these classic game creators die their creations go with them. That's like assuming Mickey Mouse and Disney just went straight to hell the moment Walt Disney passed away. He died, and his stuff was still great for a great many decades afterward! Someone else would get hired is all!
But if they really actually cared about all of there fans there would be a Megaman Legends 3 by now.
Well actually I can't remember where I read it but I do know for a fact that the creator WANTS to do another one, and has for a very long time. But just as with the Chrono team, he can't really get everyone from the originals into the spirit he's in of working on another. Plus time constraints, Megaman not hitting very high notes lately(just because there IS loads of megaman games doesn't mean they're doing that great, he's still around unlike Breath Of Fire because he's the mascot. If he weren't he'd be dead as well!)
