The developer is planning more blockbuster games for mobile phones

Resident Evil Village will be Capcom’s first AAA game on the iPhone 15 Pro (Max). (Image: Apple/Capcom)

Resident Evil Village and Resident Evil 4 will be released for the iPhone 15 Pro: and that’s just the beginning. In an interview with Bloomberg, Capcom gave a look at the future and where AAA games on smartphones should play a bigger role.

More AAA games on mobile

The goal is 100 million title sales per year: Bloomberg interviewed Haruhiro Tsujimoto, Capcom’s COO. In the chat, the company revealed that it aims to sell 100 million titles a year – and that AAA games on smartphones should play an important role in this.

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However, Tsujimoto confirms that the majority of sales will continue to be for PC titles.

In fact, Capcom has long been planning to fully port popular titles to smartphones, but the technology for that wasn’t ready yet.

The Resident Evil Village will now startwhich according to Capcom and the Apple App Store will be released on October 30 – the day before Halloween.

The following iPhone and iPad devices will be compatible:

• iPhone 15 Pro
• iPhone 15 Pro Max
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch, M1, 5th generation)
• iPad Pro (11-inch, M1, 3rd generation)
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch, M2, 6th generation)
• iPad Pro (11-inch, M2, 4th generation)
• iPad Air (M1, 5th generation)

A release date for Resident Evil 4 Remake has not yet been set, but it is scheduled to appear in 2023. Capcom and Apple want to continue working together in the future, so we can expect more AAA games to appear on iPhone and iPad.

iPhone 15 Pro is the next console for AAA gaming – what do you think?

Does Capcom want to acquire other studios or take over itself? Bloomberg also asked interesting questions regarding corporate acquisitions and how Capcom feels about them. According to Tsujimoto, Capcom is not interested in purchasing other studios and instead wants to grow organically.

If Microsoft offers to buy the company, Capcom will refuse – it prefers a business partnership.

What do you think about this development? Want more popular titles on mobile? Can you imagine playing the next Monster Hunter, Devil May Cry, or Resident Evil game on mobile? And are you willing to pay AAA game prices (ie €60+) for the mobile version? As always, let us know what you think about it in the comments!