Capcom’s 2026 is shaping up to be the kind of packed year that leaves very little room for mistakes.
The company has several major releases planned across different genres, including Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, even before accounting for the added attention from its live-action Resident Evil and Street Fighter films and the uncertain status of Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
When a publisher loads its release calendar this heavily, the real risk isn’t low interest but one preventable failure that overshadows everything else.
For Capcom, the worst-case scenario would be a repeat of Monster Hunter Wilds, where technical problems (particularly on PC) ended up defining the launch.
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That context explains why Capcom has started behaving like a company that knows it has a trust problem to fix.
One of the clearest indicators was how directly the company addressed investor questions about whether Resident Evil Requiem could face issues similar to Wilds.
Capcom attempted to separate Requiem from its predecessor by pointing to major differences in gameplay scope, system architecture, and network implementation.
The key part of the response was the assurance that Requiem is being built for consistent PC performance, which stands in contrast to Wilds where stability often depended on system specs and user tolerance.
Even if the outcome is unclear, the messaging suggests Capcom is consciously addressing the issues players care about.
Why Is Pragmata’s Demo More Than Just Marketing?
With Pragmata, Capcom is clearly trying to catch problems before release, framing the demo as an optimization tool instead of a simple marketing beat, especially on PC where hardware combinations are notoriously difficult to account for.
A demo gives the team a way to observe real performance across real machines, gather feedback, and fix issues before the worldwide release, with a particular focus on framerate stability.
They’ve even said the priority is “comfort” first, meaning they’re willing to sacrifice certain graphical ambitions if that’s what it takes to keep the game running consistently.
That’s basically the inverse of the Wilds worry: a great-looking game on trailers that struggles once it’s in players’ hands across different rigs.
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