Soul Caliber III PS2 Only?

Courtesy of Joystiq, the inkling of an exclusivity deal for the next iteration of the Soul Caliber franchise. Sony and Namco may be in talks to ensure that Soul Caliber III only appears on the PS2. Still up in the air, of course, so take it with a grain of salt. From the article: "...nowadays when developers label a game as exclusive, the footnotes usually read 'for about the next six months or so.' There's a chance that Namco may just be making Xbox, Gamecube, DS, and perhaps even PSP owners wait until 2006 for their daily recommended amount of fighting game goodness."

Comments

Zonk and/or Zork Is My Sister

[King Fuckstain]

"from the big-mistake dept."

Why exactly would this be a big mistake? I mean - I would assume that Namco would get a nice check for the exclusivity and it is not as though the game won't have a market; there have been more than a few PS2s sold, after all. So where's the mistake?

Irving Fisher Was My Brother-In-Law

[King Fuckstain]

"Often exclusivity deals don't involve getting paid, but getting reduced liscensing fees. So if it only costs namco 50% of the liscensing fees to sony"

Getting reduced rates is the same thing as getting paid.

"Sometimes yes, sometimes no."

And that was primarily my point. There are arguments on both side of the issue as to why this may be good or bad for Namco - which is why I don't understand why Zonk would say that this is clearly a "big mistake."

PS2 "Exclusive"

[FriedTurkey]

If I was a game publisher, I would take advantage of the fact the Xbox2 is coming out this year and sign an exclusive with Sony. The PS3 is coming out much later so you have a greater lifespan than the Xbox. Even if they did it for the XBox2 they would still lose because there isn't a large install base for the Xbox2 at launch. With the "exclusive" deal they can bring it out for the Xbox2 in 2006 and make even more money.

Because....

[Vermifax]

"which is why I don't understand why Zonk would say that this is clearly a "big mistake.""

Because he owns an xbox/gc?

Re:PS2 had the most trouble with SC2

[xenocide2]

Well, its entirely understandable if the ps2 version of soul calibur 2 underperformed because the development team was spreading their efforts across three platforms. Granted, the ps2 is significantly challenged comparitively, but I don't think its entirely beyond their means. Making the game ps2 specific should allow for a few design comprimises that speed up the game on the ps2. I have to wonder if SC3 will be much more than the SC2 that should have been...