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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?"
The only thing I can tell you now is Resident Evil 4 will definitely release only on GameCube, not on another console, if it happens, I will cut my head off.
After years of promising Nintendo and its fans that Resident Evil 4 would ONLY be for GameCube, Capcom shows its true colors.
I am mostly angry because ports always go TO the PS2, and not vice versa. Viewtiful Joe did well on GameCube, and it was a great game. So it got ported to PS2 (and sold horribly). Resident Evil 4 is about the most hyped game on GameCube right now, so Capcom decides that they will avoid the whole "not selling well on PS2", and announce the port before the GameCube version even comes out.
Meanwhile... Onimusha and Devil May Cry are doing well on PS2, but nobody thinks to bring them to GameCube.
It's just irritating to a great degree.
Actually, I've always thought that the GameCube was doing pretty good with survival horror. We have ALL of the Resident Evil games (including Zero, which the PS2 does not have), as well as Eternal Darkness. Silent Hill is notably missing, but I think that Eternal Darkness makes up for it. (btw, Resident Evil: Remake sold better on GameCube than Silent Hill 2 on PS2)
I thought that Resident Evil 4 would really be the clincher.
But you see, the problem is that the creator of Resident Evil, Shinji Mikami, absolutely HATES the PS2, and has publicly stated that he was trying to keep Resident Evil off of it. I think he's going to be quitting pretty quick now because of this.
Also, Nintendo has been very good to Capcom. They have even allowed Capcom to develop THREE Zelda games. Capcom has responded to all of this by stabbing Nintendo right in the back.