CAPCOM Stock Soars to All-Time High After RE4 Remake Is the Latest in a Seemingly Unending String of Success
This Monday, CAPCOM stock reached its all-time high record at 4,865 yen, as noted in a tweet by Japanese gaming market analyst Serkan Toto.
CAPCOM shares opened at 4,780 today and have now slightly decreased to 4,840, which is still a 2.22% increase. As you can see from the chart, the Japanese publisher and developer has been mostly on a roll over the past few years, owing to a long string of successful game releases.
It's Monday noon in Japan where Capcom's stock today hit 4,865 yen earlier in the morning, an all-time high for the company.
(Screenshot shows the price at the current 4,850 yen.) pic.twitter.com/xexMEtfNyp
— Dr. Serkan Toto / Kantan Games Inc. (@serkantoto) April 3, 2023
Around seven years ago, things were much different. In 2016, CAPCOM released the Resident Evil Origins Collection, a rather low-effort compilation of Resident Evil and Resident Evil Zero remasters; Street Fighter V, which was supposed to take the world of fighting games by storm but largely failed due to scarce single player content and poor performance during online multiplayer matches; Umbrella Corps, a generic third-person shooter that even the Resident Evil IP couldn't save from being thoroughly panned by critics and fans alike; and Dead Rising 4, which while decent couldn't save CAPCOM Vancouver from being closed less than two years after its release due to poor sales and the cancellation of the studio's next projects.
The rise of the famed developer began in early 2017 with the release of Resident Evil VII: Biohazard, which is largely credited as the spark that reignited CAPCOM's creativity. The developers took a gamble, moving their prized survival horror IP to a completely different playstyle and setting. For the first time in the
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