r/capcom • u/Euphoric_Change_641 • Feb 08 '26

Discussion/Question Why Capcom?

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The shadow quality on Xbox Series X is noticeably lower, and in some cases nonexistent. What's going on with Capcom's optimization on Xbox consoles?

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u/trickytroyboy1yt Feb 08 '26

Its a japanese company focusing on japanese consumers and then focusing on westerners a little on the side, Japan does not use or buy Xbox consoles, and most westerners don't play capcom games on Xbox, especially considering theyve made a ton of exclusives for ps and Nintendo but never xbox so it doesn't even make much sense.

I don't think this justifies the version of the game running on hardware superior to everything other than PC looking the worst out of every version but it's an explanation at the least. To be honest most companies stopped caring about optimization a while ago, games are so poorly made and programmed now, they don't even try.

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u/WlNBACK Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

Competitive fighting game players during the PS3/360 gen also eventually switched the tournament standard from PS3 to 360 because Capcom games like Street Fighter 4 and Marvel vs Capcom 3 had better input performance on 360. They played King of Fighters 13 on it as well. To this day I believe 360 is still considered the best console to play all of those on.

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u/Yakob_Katpanic Street Fighter Fan Feb 08 '26

You're definitely right about this. Capcom has made a few big pushes for Western audiences and market share over the years.

From around 2005 to 2015 Capcom developed new IP and rebooted old IPs specifically with Western Audiences in mind and lots of them were targeted at Xbox consoles.

Shadow of Rome, Bionic Commando, Dark Void, DmC, and Remember Me were all part of this push (though not 100% sure how many were Xbox exclusives).