Ultra Street Fighter 2 On The Switch Is A Hit, Capcom Plans To Import More Games

One of the biggest concerns that analysts and players have with the Nintendo Switch is the matter of third-party support. Right now, in-house games like Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2 are giving the console plenty of steam, but Capcom’s Ultra Street Fighter 2 is also making a huge contribution by being a smash hit. Now, the company is thinking about importing more of its games on the portable gaming platform.

According to Capcom’s own financial report, the fighting game is a huge success, with a booming start on the Switch. This led to the company looking at its other IPs to see if any of them would do well on the hybrid gaming unit. This really isn’t surprising since the game sold over 450,000 copies for the first quarter.

This proves promising for both Nintendo and Capcom since the latter was saying back in May that its commitment to the Switch in terms of other titles would depend on how well Ultra Street Fighter 2 would perform, IGN reports. Now that the company has seen just how popular the game is among the frankly limited customer pool of the Switch, it’s more than likely that others will follow suit.

In a general sense, some of Capcom’s other IPs such as Resident Evil 7 have not exactly performed as well as the company hoped, PlayStation Lifestyle notes. The situation is well in hand, however, as the company did say in a statement that a few reductions in expenses did have a positive impact on its overall financial health.

“We reduced expenses in this quarter with the aim of profit improvement, which included reviewing and re-evaluating our cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses,” the statement reads.

For now, it would seem that the Switch is proving to be quite the Wild Card. The next few months should prove interesting to see which publishers and studios will take the plunge with the console next.