Resident Evil 4 for PS2

slumpy writes "An article Gamespot is running states that Resident Evil 4, the highly anticipated exclusive from Capcom, will no longer be for Gamecube only, breaking the deal they had with Nintendo. Does this show Nintendo's third-party support dwindling even more?"

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exclusivity is only temporary these days

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

Most third party games that sell well don't stay exclusive forever. Resident Evil 4 is going to be exclusive to the Gamecube for nearly a year. That's a pretty good window for Nintendo to sell Cubes in.

Re:exclusivity is only temporary these days

[lion2]

It's a pretty good window, but announcing this totally kills it. Capcom should've waited till a couple of months after the game was released on the Gamecube to announce this. Now PS2 owners know they are getting it and will just wait for it to be released for them.

Its about money

[LordZardoz]

PS2 is king as far as raw numbers go. A game that only does moderately well on the PS2, (say, 10% of PS2 owners buy game X) would need a much greater penetration on Gamecube or X-Box to match the sales.

When the PS2 has about 50 million units sold, and the gamecube / X-Box have about 5 million each, then hitting 10% on the PS2 is going to match hitting 90% on the other platforms.

And the only publisher that can expect to get 90% penetration on the Gamecube is Nintendo, and that is with one of their flagship titles.

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You want RE4? Sure, just give me GTA:SA

[hoser]

I'll happily see Resident Evil 4 go to the PlayStation IF we see Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas come to the GameCube. Sounds fair, doesn't it?