Capcom officially reveals its interest to enter the mobile game industry. A few days ago, Capcom announced through a press release that the mobile game market can improve their monetary standings, and that they see this as an opportunity to increase their value in the near future. Perhaps Capcom's creation of a 'Mobile Business Division' is mandatory in order for the company to have a team that will focus on developing exciting mobile game applications.
Capcom is a successful Japanese developer and publisher of popular video games namely "Street Fighter," "Resident Evil," "Mega Man," "Devil May Cry" and "Monster Hunter." Most of the games developed by Capcom end-up being a video-game series. Good examples are "Street Fighter," which is now on its 8th installment, and "Resident Evil," which is on its way to have its 23rd installment.
According to the press release, Capcom predicted that the mobile gaming industry will have an estimated value of $37.4 billion in 2019 from $27.5 billion last year. This forecast is based on the fact that most people today owns a smartphone, and the number of people who will want one will dramatically increase in the years to come. As a result, the demand for excellent mobile games will also rise up drastically. This is the main reason why Capcom is planning to expand its expertise in the mobile gaming industry, because hopefully this strategy will yield a positive result to the gaming company's future.
Capcom is expected to release four new mobile games on its fiscal year ending on March 31, 2017. It includes "Moster Hunter," "Sengoku BASARA" and "Mega Man." The company's move to include popular games such as "Mega Man" is an indication that it certainly plans to conquer the mobile game industry.
It seems like mobile gaming is the new trend in the gaming world, because just recently, Nintendo released its first mobile game "Miitomo" in the market. Sony is also reportedly developing a mobile game app, which was said to be available later this year.