I see a lot of people giving shit on Shinji for saying this but he isn't exactly wrong which is surprising since he was probably the worst business man in gaming about 20 years ago.
Most people only really know about the first two Dino Crisis games and many people out there don't even realize there is a freakin third game in the series.
But I think people here didn't really read what he said fully.
"I'm very surprised to hear that," said Mikami in relation to fans wanting more Dino Crisis. "The awesomeness of dinosaurs and the stuff you can do with dinosaurs, that's been kind of really nailed down by Monster Hunter in recent years.
"So even if I were to decide to make a remake or a new version of Dino Crisis, I don't really feel like there's a whole lot of space for that kind of game right now, just since Monster Hunter has become such a big game. But yeah, it is surprising."
He is not saying Monster Hunter is a replacement for Dino Crisis, he is saying he can't see what a Dino Crisis Game could do that could top Monster Hunter is already doing with Dinosaurs.
Which I get why some people are getting caught up on that comparison but you got to look at it from Capcom's/ a Developer's Stand point. Would Dino Crisis ever outsell a Monster Hunter or Resident Evil game? The answer is NO unless if some define miracle happens.
Would a new Dino Crisis or remake of an old one create a splash that RE and MH could? I think not even with it being 21 years since the last game.
And everybody trying to use Dead Rising as an example as to why Capcom could have Dino Crisis and Monster Hunter Co-Exist because Resident Evil also has Zombies in it. Well there are two big issues with that comparison.
1. Shinji didn't say "Zombies" were an enemy that pretty much everything with them was already being done by a different franchise, Also not even all the Mainline Resident Evil Games even have Zombies in them, Only 1, 2, 3, 6, 1 Remake, 2 remake, and 3 remake. (And RE6 doesn't even have Zombies the whole game.)
2. The last new Dead Rising Game was in December 2016 and the studio that made it (CAPCOM Vancouver) shut down on September 18th,. 2018 after lackluster sales of DR4. This was before Resident Evil reinvented itself with the RE Engine and RE7. So technically there was only one time there was a Resident Evil Game with Zombies during the entire Dead Rising franchise lifespan was when RE6 came out and like I said before didn't even feature Zombies thru out the whole game.
So I don't think he is even that crazy for saying this and too everybody who thinks if Capcom made a new Dino Crisis Game or remake of any of the old ones and think it would sell like hot cakes I got some news for you. The Dino Crisis Fanbase is
tiny. Very vocal but Tiny and would be forgotten about very quickly.
Monster hunter isn't a survival horror with dinosaurs
Only Dino Crisis 1 is a survival horror game with Dinosaurs.
2 is a completely action oriented game that does have fixed camera angles but is not survival horror in anyway.
3 is like PN03 with a moving fixed camera like Code Veronica. Not really survival Horror at all.
Well Code Veronica selling horribly on Dreamcast and PS2 certainly didn't help. The Outbreak games, Dead Aim, and RE Survivor 2 Code Veronica being blimps on the sales charts also did not help and those came out on what is the highest selling console as of right now.
