{"id":1829582,"date":"2026-03-16T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1829582"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:30:01","slug":"saudi-arabia-now-owns-just-over-10-of-capcom-as-another-national-investment-company-scoops-up-more-shares-in-the-resident-evil-and-street-fighter-publisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1829582","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia now owns just over 10% of Capcom, as another national investment company scoops up more shares in the Resident Evil and Street Fighter publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Saudi Arabia now owns just over 10% of Capcom, as another national investment company scoops up more shares in the Resident Evil and Street Fighter publisher<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Watcha buyin?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/resident-evil-requiem-leon-car.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Resident Evil Requiem screenshot showing Leon S. Kennedy sat behind the wheel of his car.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"resident-evil-requiem-leon-car.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Capcom<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-16T16:30:01+00:00\">March 16, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/saudi-arabia-capcom-resident-evil-street-fighter-shares?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          3 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"50f32f00-4134-42c6-8d2a-21e4b9383601\" data-name=\"Resident Evil Requiem\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" title=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\"><br \/>\n  Follow Resident Evil Requiem<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>An investment fund connected to the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) has acquired roughly five percent of Capcom, as the country continues to invest in the video game industry.<\/p>\n<p>This fund &#8211; the Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC) has bought 26.78m shares of the Japanese video game giant, which comes to around 5.03 percent of total shares. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crown-prince-of-saudi-arabias-flagship-charity-buys-a-chunk-of-snk-and-it-wants-more\">This fund also owns the entirety of SNK<\/a> &#8211; the developer behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fatal-fury-city-of-the-wolves\">Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves<\/a> and the King of Fighters series.<\/p>\n<p>The EGDC has said, as part of a report to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau, this share purchase is &#8220;pure investment&#8221;. This essentially means it would aim to gain profits from the valuation of the stocks going up. Capcom&#8217;s recent releases have propelled the company into something of a golden age, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-sells-six-million-copies-march-2026\">Resident Evil Requiem the latest example of a smash hit triple-A release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s only half the picture though, as the PIF already directly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/capcom-nexon-become-latest-video-game-companies-in-saudis-investment-splurge\">bought roughly five percent of Capcom shares back in 2022<\/a>. In total, the nation now owns just over one tenth of the company.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has been on something of a spending spree as of late. Not only has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-developer-close-to-selling-games-for-35bn-to-saudi-owned-monopoly-go-maker-report\">it bought Pokemon Go developer Scopely for $3.5bn<\/a>, the nation&#8217;s wealth fund is also heavily involved (alongside private equity firms) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-privately-acquired-in-55bn-deal-by-group-of-investors-including-saudi-arabias-investment-fund-and-donald-trumps-son-in-law\">a record-breaking $55bn deal to acquire EA<\/a>. That final transaction, while not yet a reality, would be the largest acquisition in history.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The PIF&#8217;s trend of purchases has been labeled by human rights organisations as an attempt to wash the reputation of the nation, as well as diversify Saudi Arabia&#8217;s revenue via investment in foreign companies. It&#8217;s chaired by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA claims arranged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-jamal-khashoggis-assassination\/2018\/11\/16\/98c89fe6-e9b2-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html\">the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>, and upheld the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/location\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/middle-east\/saudi-arabia\/report-saudi-arabia\/\">notoriously poor human rights record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>An investment fund connected to the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) has acquired roughly five percent of Capcom, as the country continues to invest in the video game industry.<\/p>\n<p>This fund &#8211; the Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC) has bought 26.78m shares of the Japanese video game giant, which comes to around 5.03 percent of total shares. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crown-prince-of-saudi-arabias-flagship-charity-buys-a-chunk-of-snk-and-it-wants-more\">This fund also owns the entirety of SNK<\/a> &#8211; the developer behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fatal-fury-city-of-the-wolves\">Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves<\/a> and the King of Fighters series.<\/p>\n<p>The EGDC has said, as part of a report to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau, this share purchase is &#8220;pure investment&#8221;. This essentially means it would aim to gain profits from the valuation of the stocks going up. Capcom&#8217;s recent releases have propelled the company into something of a golden age, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-sells-six-million-copies-march-2026\">Resident Evil Requiem the latest example of a smash hit triple-A release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s only half the picture though, as the PIF already directly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/capcom-nexon-become-latest-video-game-companies-in-saudis-investment-splurge\">bought roughly five percent of Capcom shares back in 2022<\/a>. In total, the nation now owns just over one tenth of the company.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has been on something of a spending spree as of late. Not only has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-developer-close-to-selling-games-for-35bn-to-saudi-owned-monopoly-go-maker-report\">it bought Pokemon Go developer Scopely for $3.5bn<\/a>, the nation&#8217;s wealth fund is also heavily involved (alongside private equity firms) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ea-privately-acquired-in-55bn-deal-by-group-of-investors-including-saudi-arabias-investment-fund-and-donald-trumps-son-in-law\">a record-breaking $55bn deal to acquire EA<\/a>. That final transaction, while not yet a reality, would be the largest acquisition in history.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The PIF&#8217;s trend of purchases has been labeled by human rights organisations as an attempt to wash the reputation of the nation, as well as diversify Saudi Arabia&#8217;s revenue via investment in foreign companies. 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