The publisher released a statement that read: ”Capcom today laid off several employees from the U.S. office as part of an overall organizational restructure of the company. The transition to the new generation of hardware and changing industry landscape have required us to adapt our business to best meet our new goals. We sincerely thank each individual for their contributions and wish them well.”
One of the employees let go was senior VP of planning and business development Christian Svensson, who was for many the face of Capcom with his updates at Capcom-Unity.
He posted on his Google Plus page, “I stayed as long as I did in large part for the potential I felt the company had (and still may have). But I also stayed for the people. I’ve worked alongside extremely talented and passionate folks in nearly every office we have. There are far too many to name but I really want to thank them all for the time we spent in the trenches together. I have truly enjoyed working with each and every one of you and would jump at the chance to do so again in the future.”