14 Facts About Capcom

The name Capcom is a clipped compound of "Capsule Computers", a term coined by the company for the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread.

Capcom went on to create 15 multi-million-selling home video game franchises, with the best-selling being Resident Evil.

Capcom has been noted as the last major publisher to be committed to 2D games, though it was not entirely by choice.

Also, the 2D animated cartoon-style graphics seen in games such as Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors and X-Men: Children of the Atom proved popular, leading Capcom to adopt them as a signature style and use them in more games.

In 1994, Capcom adapted its Street Fighter series of fighting games into a film of the same name.

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Capcom sees films as a way to build sales for its video games.

Capcom partnered with Nyu Media in 2011 to publish and distribute the Japanese independent games that Nyu localized into the English language.

In 2012, Capcom came under criticism for controversial sales tactics, such as the implementation of disc-locked content, which requires players to pay for additional content that is already available within the game's files, most notably in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Capcom claimed Koei Tecmo infringed a patent it obtained in 2002 regarding a play feature in video games.

Capcom affirmed that no credit-card or other sensitive financial information was obtained in the hack.

International Capcom Group encompasses 15 subsidiaries in Japan, rest of East Asia, North America, and Europe.

Capcom introduced its Mega Man series in 1987, which has sold almost 40 million copies.

Capcom began its Monster Hunter series in 2004, which has sold more than 70 million copies on a variety of consoles.

In 2016, Capcom released Street Fighter V with very limited single player content.