Capcom eyes $1.2bn sales goal as ‘Pragmata’, ‘Resident Evil’ fuel golden era

LifestyleCapcom eyes $1.2bn sales goal as 'Pragmata', 'Resident Evil' fuel golden eraBy Web Desk-Apr 16, 2026Japanese game studio Capcom took a big science fiction swing this week with moon-bound action title Pragmata, juiced by the success of hit franchises like Resident Evil. After the adventures of an astronaut trapped on a moon base overrun by hostile robots, the new game set for release on Friday combines tense shootouts with puzzle-based hacking, allowing players to weaken enemies mid-gunfight. The game mechanic is creatively represented on screen by an android in the form of a girl who accompanies the protagonist. Professional game reviewers have handed the new title a respectable average score of 86/100, according to aggregation site Metacritic. Capcom’s previous release, February’s Resident Evil Requiem, has already sold more than 6 million copies, leading the charts in many countries and firing up purchases of the series’ back catalogue. On March 31, the success likely powered the studio towards its target of 190 billion yen ($1.2bn) in net sales in its 2025-26 financial year, which ended. Such results would drastically set Capcom apart from a games industry mired in post-pandemic doldrums, with many publishers closing studios and laying off staff to remain solvent or protect profit margins. Discipline “Capcom is currently in its golden generation and seems to make almost no big mistakes as a corporation,” said Serkan Toto of consultancy Kantan Games. The Osaka-based company, founded in 1983, has been growing for more than 10 years. A second building is under construction near Capcom HQ to accommodate new staff, after the company surged from 3,200 people in 2022 to more than 3,760 last year. Toto noted, “Capcom’s discipline as a studio has been extremely high for a long time now, with a high focus on quality, building on top of existing hit IPs and shipping on time”. He added, “part of that discipline includes what Capcom is not doing,”...