Of Onimusha he says, "For the time being I think it's in percolate mode, that is to say, it's not forgotten internally, there are discussions that go on, but I don't think anyone has sort has come up with the 'that's it' idea of how to get the game back up to 3 or 4 million units."

Dino Crisis sounds to have a little tougher road back. "As much as I love Dino Crisis, I don't think pre-rendered backgrounds; tank-controlled dinos are going to sell to the level that's going to cover the budgets that it takes to make something competitive in that space," said Svensson.

In the case of both games, Svensson's comments point to the pivotal issue being the need for someone in their R&D to have an "ah-ha" moment on how to proceed. But for fans, know that though it's been a while, the series are not forgotten.