In their latest quarterly earnings call, Capcom stated that the Switch 2 price hike in Japan “has had no impact on sales” of Capcom games (“販売影響が出ている状況ではない”). → This makes sense in the short term, because Japanese consumers rushed to buy NS2 before the price hike, pulling market penetration forward.
Although physical media account for less than 10% of sales, “we are not considering compulsorily eliminating physical media” because “some users prefer physical media as collectors” (“パッケージをコレクターとして好むユーザーもいるため、無理にパッケージをなくすことは考えていない”). → It sounds like at the very least that Capcom will continue releasing collector’s editions with physical media. Will they be Switch exclusives?
[Sidebar] Pragmata reached 2.5 million units sold “faster than anticipated”. Capcom now aims to sell over 3 million copies.
Source: Nikkei Shimbun
[Originally posted on 2026-07-28 Pacific Time]
