Well, yes and no. What's known for sure is that Capcom has dissolved Clover, but motivations are a lot harder to ascribe. All the comments in the linked article about Capcom doing it because of Okami's poor sales are, notably, unattributed and presumably the blogger's; all Capcom has said is that they want to 'concentrate management resources', which may mean that they just don't find running independent studios a useful way of spending their time or money (it isn't the first they've shut down). For a slightly different take on it, have a look at Joystiq's article, which suggests that it may even be that Clover jumped ship and Capcom is covering.
And yes, Okami is a gorgeous game. *grin* By far my favorite this year, the first RPG I've played to completion in forever. I presume you might've seen already, but BitsBytesPixelsSprites has a pointer to 16x12 wallpapers, as opposed to the 12x10 versions on the US site...
Yay if they went off to do their own thing! That would be SOOO cool! Especially since I'm buying the game for nearly everyone I can think of who would be interested. :-)
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And yes, Okami is a gorgeous game. *grin* By far my favorite this year, the first RPG I've played to completion in forever. I presume you might've seen already, but BitsBytesPixelsSprites has a pointer to 16x12 wallpapers, as opposed to the 12x10 versions on the US site...
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Yay if they went off to do their own thing! That would be SOOO cool! Especially since I'm buying the game for nearly everyone I can think of who would be interested. :-)