Key Takeaways
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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess failed to meet sales expectations, according to Capcom.
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Capcom believes this is due to the lack of promotion, as the game received good reviews.
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It's a shame because it's rare for Capcom to release a new IP.
According to a report by Japanese media outlet Gamebiz, Capcom revealed in a Q&A with investors that Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess was not a commercial success.
Here's the quote, machine translated by Google: “Capcom released four new games in the second quarter, but failed to reach planned unit counts for the all-new Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.”
According to Gamebiz, Capcom admitted that a lack of publicity was partly to blame for Path of the Goddess' poor sales. To correct this, Capcom plans to promote sales by extending the game's marketing cycle.
Capcom's Rare New IP
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a new IP from Capcom that casts players as the warrior Soh. Soh's goal is to protect the girl Yoshiro from demons and spirits. The game combines action, strategy, and tower defense elements in a rather unique way. In his 4/5 review, our own James Kennedy called Path of the Goddess “an excellent game,” “a breath of fresh air,” and “compelling and engrossing.”
Kunitsugami: Path of the Goddess has an overall positive critical consensus, scoring 82 points on review aggregation site OpenCritic. Unfortunately, the game peaked at around 2000 players on Steam at launch. Obviously, the game's primary market is Japan, which is primarily a console-based market, so Steam numbers may not reflect Path of the Goddess' overall commercial performance.
The report also mentions Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster and Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is selling as well as expected, suggesting the latter will see a physical release later this year.
As for upcoming Capcom releases, Monster Hunter: Wilds is scheduled to release in February, leading people to believe that the rumored Resident Evil 9 will release during the 2025 holiday period. According to a few leaked videos, the main characters of Resident Evil 9 are Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine, with the latter still looking as young as he did in Resident Evil 3 due to a virus that slows down his aging.
Capcom's single-player action-adventure Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess takes place in a fantastical version of feudal Japan. You must guide the Spirit Stone Goddess on her journey to cleanse the mountain of its disease.
