Capcom has gone on the record to say that it would stay independent and decline a hypothetical acquisition offer from Microsoft while at the same time also not acquiring other studios itself.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Capcom chief operating officer Haruhiro Tsujimoto was asked whether Capcom would be interested in a bid offer to become part of Microsoft. “I would gracefully decline the offer, because I believe it would be better if we were equal partners,” he explained.