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Resident Evil 4 for PS2

Posted by Zonk on from the braaaaaainsstation dept.

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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  1. exclusivity is only temporary these days by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

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    1. Re:exclusivity is only temporary these days by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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.

    2. Re:exclusivity is only temporary these days by lion2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      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.

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    3. Re:exclusivity is only temporary these days by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 4, Interesting

      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.

  2. Netcraft confirms it... by Xaroth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nintendo is dying!

    Er, wait. I'm guessing that Capcom just decided to branch out a bit, and that the money they'd make on the PS2 after porting would be greater than that they'd make with an exclusive GameCube deal.

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  3. I'm going to miss Mikami. :( by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

  4. Its about money by LordZardoz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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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  5. Re:haha by slumpy · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think we're all smart enough to understand it's to make a profit, and that's not why this is big news. It's big news because of Capom's announcement to keep the RE series Gamecube exclusive will no longer be honored. It's also a slap in Nintendo's face for their promise of the "Fantastic Five" which were slated to be Cube exclusives.

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  6. Eh? by itwerx · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a Bush game out now?!?

    Oh, wait, never mind, I thought the headline said President Evil...

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  7. You want RE4? Sure, just give me GTA:SA by hoser · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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?

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