CAPCOM
(figuratively) A company with dubious business strategies and sales practices similar to those associated with the Japanese video game company CAPCOM (e.g.
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Born ~1961 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Decepcionada que Capcom no anuncie nada en absoluto relacionado con esta saga xD
I made 2 mistakes with the game selection here, Rad Racer and Double Dribble should be featured in the next year of the NES lifespan based on their western release. The 2 games that should have been in this selection…
J'arrive après la guerre mais voici mon papier sur #PRAGMATA : la troisième bombe lachée par Capcom en ce début d'année qui démarre très très fort pour eux ... buff.ly/FAq80Gh
Ooof, Resident Evil 3 Remake pissed me off Resident Evil: Requiem Resident Evil 2 Remake Resident Evil 4 Remake Resident Evil Village Resident Evil 7 Resident Evil 3 Remake #gamesky #ResidentEvil #Capcom
Watched VSAV top 8 from EVO JP. Incredible. It's crazy Capcom will never make a game this cool again.
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(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).
Neowiz Dreams of Becoming the 'Capcom of Korea'
“Decepcionada que Capcom no anuncie nada en absoluto relacionado con esta saga xD”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I made 2 mistakes with the game selection here, Rad Racer and Double Dribble should be featured in the next year of the NES lifespan based on their western release. The 2 games that should have been in this selection instead are 2 Capcom games, Ghosts 'n Goblins and Commando 🎮👍🏼”
— Bluesky· May 2026“J'arrive après la guerre mais voici mon papier sur #PRAGMATA : la troisième bombe lachée par Capcom en ce début d'année qui démarre très très fort pour eux ... buff.ly/FAq80Gh”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ooof, Resident Evil 3 Remake pissed me off Resident Evil: Requiem Resident Evil 2 Remake Resident Evil 4 Remake Resident Evil Village Resident Evil 7 Resident Evil 3 Remake #gamesky #ResidentEvil #Capcom”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Se pueden explorar otras opciones como por ejemplo retroceder años, ampliar historias anteriores, pero por dios Capcom, no le hagais eso. Este hombre necesitará descansar en su casa algún día, jubilado y tranquilo xD”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, astronautics) ; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control.
"CAPCOM" means ; a nasa position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"CAPCOM" is informal English meaning ; a nasa position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control. It is mainly used in North American English. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "CAPCOM" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“Watched VSAV top 8 from EVO JP. Incredible. It's crazy Capcom will never make a game this cool again.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Jello Man was a psyop... Capcom lied, reploids died...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I don't know what the writers of Pragmata did, but every scene of Hugh and Diana discovering more together, the more it makes me tear up. It's got that hopecore that feels so refreshing in these trying times. I love RE9, but this might just be Capcom's best work to date.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Сам отец удивлен, что его история вызвала такой отклик у других геймеров https://shazoo.ru/2026/05/05/183452/istoriia-ottsa-poteriavshego-doch-i-nashedshego-uteshenie-v-pragmata-tronula-ves-internet-i-doshla-do-capcom”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I truly can't get over how Sherry Birkin is in the game bc that just adds fuel to the fire of "Capcom's cut-off age is 40 years old for women" so we're never going to see her in any other game and Jill and Claire may as well be dead.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(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).
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