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Onimusha Sells Over One Million on Launch Day as Capcom Speeds Up Revival of Dormant IP (translated)
Player agency: how policy constrains it, how the industry shapes it, how narrative design realizes it.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword sold more than 1 million copies worldwide on its launch day. The new entry in the series, which returned after an absence of more than 20 years, also helped push cumulative sales of the Onimusha series past 10 million copies. Capcom said the result shows that IPs without a new release for a long time may still have a market, so it will include its extensive library in its plans to reactivate dormant properties; other long-quiet series, such as Dino Crisis, have consequently drawn attention again.
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귀무자 흥행 업고…캡콤, 휴면 IP 재활성화 집중한다
Source: 인벤 Inven（韓國，韓語）
Sakigarasu's Take
Bringing dormant IP back gives older players a chance to return to familiar worlds, but it may also encourage the market to treat nostalgia as a safe bet once again. The choice players can genuinely retain is to reserve their expectations for projects that actually exist, rather than spending time in advance on sequels that have not even been announced.
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