Capcom "still making new PSP games"

**Shrygue** · August 18th, 2008, 19:21

via Eurogamer

Capcom has dismissed as "absolutely 100 per cent false" suggestions that it is giving up on the PlayStation Portable.

Answering readers' questions on the Capcom-Unity blog, biz-dev VP Christian Svensson said, "We're still making new PSP games."

"We may be the most successful PSP publisher in the world with Monster Hunter Portable 2nd and 2ndG. It'd be a difficult decision to defend stopping development when we have such success on the platform," Svensson added.

The UK Charts may give the impression no one cares about the poor old PSP, but hardware sales are strong in the US and Japan. In July, for example, figures revealed the PSP outsold the Xbox 360.

In Japan, meanwhile, there are regular reports of the PSP outselling all or most of the other platforms week to week thanks to the success of games like Monster Hunter 2ndG and current chart-topper, Phantasy Star Portable.

And despite the lack of regular chart success in Europe, Sony continues to back the format with software initiatives like the GPS wotsit and Go!View, in partnership with Sky, which now benefits from Premiership football highlights.

**JKKDARK** · August 18th, 2008, 19:39

I don't know how anyone could think they won't make more games for PSP when Monster Hunter was a smash hit on Japan..

**Eviltaco64** · August 18th, 2008, 19:57

Yeah, and usually Capcom is one of the last to leave a console.
They made games for NES up until 1994, Saturn until 2000, Playstation until maybe 2003, etc.

**mike_jmg** · August 18th, 2008, 21:53

Come on Capcom give us a Devil May Cry game

**JKKDARK** · August 18th, 2008, 22:01

All I want is Resident Evil games on PSP!

**Zack** · August 18th, 2008, 22:17

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

All I want is Resident Evil games on PSP!

Word.

**Veskgar** · August 18th, 2008, 22:17

I want to see more Mega Man games. All of the original NES titles upgraded to "Powered Up" style and all of the Mega Man X games recreated just as the original was in "Maverick Hunter X".

Why they haven't continued with those games for the PSP yet is beyond me. Its been a couple years now.