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eBay as a marketing tool? Capcom explains how photo

Capcom has a rather interesting way of reviewing its market to find out which of its old franchises could do with a remake. It checks eBay to find out which games are the hottest property.

"To choose titles to revive, we see if we can give old franchises the modern touch, and we evaluate the fanbase and see if there’s a market for it," stated John Diamonon of Capcom. "Sometimes we see games on eBay, and that’s how you see what games people are willing to spend $80 on. It’s certainly not the only thing we do, but sometimes we look there to assess the market value of a game."

How very Web 2.0 of you, Capcom. MTV points out that a copy of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 sold for $455 the other day, so you better get to work on that post-haste, eh wot?


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FreedomToast's Avatar
FreedomToast at 06/13/2008 06:03
the clocks a tickin cappy givma damn figtin game
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 06/13/2008 06:05
Give me Marvel Vs. Capcom, or give me Death! xD
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar
JamnOnTheOne at 06/13/2008 06:16
:( I think Capcom just want to kill the collecting market.
Noah's Avatar
Noah at 06/13/2008 06:17
If I was paying $450 for MvC, it'd better be the Arcade with two sets of joysticks and buttons. Wait, was MvC2 in arcades?
FreedomToast's Avatar
FreedomToast at 06/13/2008 06:22
@Noah yeah it was

hell if the ps2 game is 450 i can't imagine what a a arcade cabinet would cost around 4k i'd guess
Amp's Avatar
Amp at 06/13/2008 06:27
Too bad Capcom's legal problems with Marvel won't allow for an MvC2 remake :(
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Anus Mcphanus at 06/13/2008 06:29
$455?!!!! No fucking way! You could buy Rock Band for that amount of cash!
Remo's Avatar
Remo at 06/13/2008 06:40
Bloody hell I need to get my copy on ebay sharpish.
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zombiekiller13 at 06/13/2008 07:17
No way I'd buy a game for that much. One of the employees of the Gamestop I go to tells me every time I'm there about how a copy of the game came in, and before they could put it on the shelf, their manager bought it. The thing goes for $80 USED at GS...insane.
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Cowboy TTop at 06/13/2008 07:47
Nice to see Capcom using such forward thinking initiative. I'm liking them more as each day passes.

I wish Nintendo thought like this, then we would of got new Earthbound and Kid Icarus games ages ago.
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T9X at 06/13/2008 07:51
holy shit!I had no idea the game was such a hot commodity.I mean it is a great game,but 450$?MVC3 right fucking now!
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 06/13/2008 07:52
Shit. I have Dreamcast copies of MvC AND MvC2. Anyone wanna give me a grand? Anyone? Damn.
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casualweaponry at 06/13/2008 07:59
Ugh, the PS2 and Xbox version of MvC2 are horrible! Really buggy. Stick with the Dreamcast version.
I did score MvC2, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, KoF99, and Gunbird 2 (all Dreamcast) for 90 bucks off of EBay a couple of months ago. So bargains can be had.
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Gen Eric Gui at 06/13/2008 07:59
Quickly, organize a group of people to start selling the Megaman Legends games to each other for extremely large sums of cash! We need a sequal STAT!
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Wexx at 06/13/2008 08:16
Why doesn't Nintendo do this? Why?
NihonTiger90's Avatar
NihonTiger90 at 06/13/2008 08:26
Man,some people will pay anything for a game.
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kevinski at 06/13/2008 08:38
My God...I own MVC2, and I don't even like it. Maybe I should sell it. XD
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Misanthrope at 06/13/2008 09:44
Alright capcom, please write a letter to square so they take a look at the chrono trigger sales and remake it kthnxbye.
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sevink at 06/13/2008 09:49
thats funny, because I have 3 copies of MvC2 on the Ps2 I'm about to put up on ebay. I also got a MvC1 for Ps1 I might put up but I love the first one a lot, so I dunno. I just sold 13 oldschool RPGs for 200+ on ebay, so if your smart and can get retro games cheap (like me) You can resell and turn a profit.
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Holyetheline at 06/13/2008 10:07
good strategy
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king3vbo at 06/13/2008 10:15
Lies! Otherwise we would have 50 Marvel vs X games
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KMCC at 06/13/2008 10:22
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 rumor:

My friend works for Marvel, and I was asking him when they were going to stop being douchebags and work with Capcom again and make Marvel vs Capcom 3.

According to him, there is no talk of a third game happening, BUT, there is "rumor mill" talk of MAYBE a release Marvel vs Capcom 2 on XBLA with new character packs.

That would be amazing, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
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Escaflowne at 06/13/2008 10:45
come on capcom you know you want a marvel vs capcom 3, or at leas on put mvs1 and 2 on live arcade or psn.
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Ujn Hunter at 06/13/2008 11:29
wow, whoever paid $450 for the PS2 version of MvC2 is a tard. they could have bought a used Dreamcast & every 2D fighting game for the system, including MvC2 and play a superior version. 2D fighting games on the Dreamcast FTW!
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elliott20 at 06/13/2008 12:06
guh... I think I might be the only person on earth that finds MVC2 over-rated. I mean, seriously, after a while, people only play the same 4 people. Team A? Cable, Sentinal, Magneto! Team B? Cable Sentinal Storm. Team C? Storm Magneto Cable! Team D? WTF?!?! Captain Cammando?!

Seriously though, I honestly feel that MVC2's price tag is not a true reflection of the quality or the popularity of the game itself, but rather a product of scarce demand and collectorism.
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brainderailment at 06/13/2008 12:28
Ebay sucks. There are too many people on there and instead of competition lowering prices, it only seems to raise them.
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PaperBowser0 at 06/13/2008 13:56
yeah, I agree with you brainderailment, ebay does suck.
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loki d20 at 06/13/2008 16:21
Hate eBay, would love an HD PSN/XBLA release of Marvel vs. Capcom (all 3 in one, though).
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 06/13/2008 23:14
Namco X Capcom, please. NAO. O_o
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