capcom

noun

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control.

   “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.”

   ““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).

   “Neowiz Dreams of Becoming the 'Capcom of Korea'”

   “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."”

   “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.”

   “IGS: The Capcom of China?”

   “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.]”

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).

   “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”

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

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

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

4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM.
5. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM.