though we've yet to see official numbers on november's resident evil: the darkside chronicles, capcom france head antoine seux told gamekult in a recent interview that sales of the game were ''''''below what we had hoped.'''''' the english translation of the interview indicates that just 16,000 units were sold worldwide as of december 23, something that has seux feeling ''''''concerned'''''' as capcom continues to develop for nintendo's consoles.

''''''indeed, the wii is becoming complex,'''''' he says. seux believes that high-profile games like mario & sonic at the olympic games and new super mario bros. wii -- games that were ''''''strongly supported'''''' by ''''''massive advertising campaigns'''''' -- are the only ones that stand a chance. ''''''for us, capcom, the future is the playstation 3 and xbox 360,'''''' he finishes up with, couching that in his belief that ''''''this will be a difficult year for the handheld in general, ds or psp.'''''' perhaps he's been borrowing pachter's sorcery ball?

[via nintendo everything]capcom france head wary of wii, says 2010 will be a 'difficult year' for ds and psp originally appeared on joystiq on wed, 06 jan 2010 19:35:00 est. please see our terms for use of feeds.




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