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CAPCOM (plural CAPCOMs)

1. (US, astronautics) Clipping of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control.
   • 2013, David West Reynolds, Wally Schirra, Gene Cernan, Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963-1972, Zenith Imprint, →ISBN, page 103:

     Normally, the Capcom was a fellow astronaut. At Mission Control in Mission Elapsed Time 6:37, the man sitting at the fourth Houston seat in the second row of consoles at Mission Control was Capcom Michael Collins, who had been scrubbed from this very mission due to the occurrence of a bone spur on his spine.

   • 2014, Steven Gould, Exo: A Jumper Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN:

     “Apex One here. Do you read, Capcom?” Dad's voice said, “I read. Do you have the package?” “Roger that, Capcom. Let's do this thing.” When I'd rendezvoused with Tinkerbell, we'd done it in stages, adjusting location, velocities, and headings until I'd gotten a visual.

2. (figuratively) A company or work whose quality, style, aesthetic, gameplay, etc. are similar to those associated with the Japanese video game company CAPCOM (usually positive connotations).
   • 2025 August 11, Lee Minwoo, The Asia Business Daily‎:

     Neowiz Dreams of Becoming the 'Capcom of Korea'

   • 2026 March 23, Lee Jin-seok, Seoul Economic Daily‎:

     Neowiz CEO Kim Seung-chul made these remarks in an interview with Seoul Economic Daily at the company's Pangyo headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on the 20th, stating his ambition to "grow Neowiz into the Capcom of Korea."

   • 2025 March 5, Michael “Kayin” O’Reilly, KAYINWORKS‎:

     They say history is written by the winner, but I don't think that's the case here. History is written by the fans of the winner. Here, I feel like many of us ended up, to use an FGC comparison, looking at Blizzard as the Capcom of RTSs. Westwood, for their part, wasn't even the SNK. They were the Mortal Kombat. Style over substance. I imagine other people, in other circles have slightly different takes on this, but I think we all, to some extent, over inflate the Blizzard of the 90s.

   • 2023 November 18, Happy Gaming House, Happy Gaming House‎:

     IGS: The Capcom of China?

   • 2017 July 15, RVGFanatic‎:

     Who knew Culture Brain were such whores for baseball? :P They truly were the Capcom of this particular genre. [Note: Culture Brain was a Japanese rival to CAPCOM.]

   • 2013 September 7, GameFAQs‎:

     Basically if Nirvana is the Capcom of grunge, I'm looking for the SNK of grunge

   • 2006 April 12, SRK Forums‎:

     I can’t imagine SNK as a major giant anywhere, if they were, why’d they go bankrupt? SNK couldn’t be the Capcom of North America, Capcom is not limited to fighting games and never was.

   • 2020 May 10, Aaltomies‎:

     The soundtrack suffered as well, with some memorable tunes here and there, but Super Famicom always sounds like it’s played through a tunnel. Some samples are very Capcom-y in places and can even get you in the mood, but the overall soundtrack doesn’t really stand out too much from the rest of Super Famicom library. [Note: Super Famicon is by Nintendo, a CAPCOM rival].

3. (figuratively) A company with dubious business strategies and sales practices similar to those associated with the Japanese video game company CAPCOM (e.g. repeatedly recycling old material, marketing old content as new, releasing incomplete "early-access" games, requiring further payments to unlock already paid-for content, sacrificing quality for quantity).
   • 2024 January 24, Ian Kane, CYBERPOWERPC‎:

     When I’d heard that Valve had updated their venerable shooter, titled Counter-Strike Global Offensive, I hardly batted an eyelash. I figured that since Valve had become more or less like the Capcom of the United States, with its Counter Strike brand sort of representing the Street Fighter of FPS’s. Heck, even Left 4 Dead was like their Street Fighter of zombie games, super-fast-paced and saccharine enough to please the throngs of hyper-active gamers out there who have the attention spans of goldfish on meth.

   • 2011 August, Collector Freaks‎:

     I feel like Hot Toys is becoming the Capcom of 1/6
     Yep, they release the same characters over and over while making as few new ones as possible

   • 2012 April 9, NeoGAF‎:

     They have no shame, that's why they keep pulling stuff over and over.
     They're the Capcom of arcades.

   • 2013 November 6, Steam Community‎:

     SEGA the 'CAPCOM' of PC gaming!
     Can't help but feel that I bought an 'early access' game which charges us for content patches.

   • 2026 June 20, NeoGAF‎:

     Atlus makes good games but... never buy the first version.
     Agreed. They're like the Capcom of Sega studios.

   • 2024 September 14, MyAnimeList‎:

     And this is why everyone hates TOEI Animation, and most certainly why Dragon Ball Super will never return. As long as TOEI keeps making garbage after garbage for the sake of money, they will stop putting all time and efforts into making an actual GOOD anime.
     It's no wonder why the company is becoming the CAPCOM of anime.

   • 2021 February 25, Tom's Hardware‎:

     Nvidia is also not introducing ways to protect consumers(when mining dies again or is laws are passed so that virtual currency has literally no value the only consumers left will be gamers and designers of all trades).
     Is Nvidia the Capcom of GPUs?

   • 2015 March 4, GameFAQs‎:

     More like the Capcom of cartoons. Doesn't understand what its audience actually wants and throws fan favorite series like DMC into the gutter for no reason.

   • 2025 January 2, GSMArena‎:

     I swear, MediaTek is the Capcom of the mobile chip industry.

   • 2017 September 29, GameFAQs‎:

     Honestly, PD is the Capcom of the racing genre.

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