Capcom on PS3 exclusive SFxT characters

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 25 September, 2011

"We spread the love around."

Capcom has responded to Xbox 360 owners upset by the current lack of exclusive characters in their version of upcoming fighting game Street Fighter x Tekken, saying it is "spreading the love".

The PlayStation 3 and Vita versions of Street Fighter x Tekken so far include three exclusive characters: Cole MacGrath from PS3-exclusive superhero action series Infamous, and quirky fictional Sony characters Toro and Kuro.

Capcom is yet to announce any Xbox 360 exclusive characters.

In a thread titled "Xbox fans who want Street Fighter X Tekken", in which an Xbox 360 owner asks: "Are fans that play Xbox going to get ignored in Street Fighter X Tekken like NetherRealm Studios did with Mortal Kombat?", Capcom USA senior vice-president Christian Svensson explained the Japanese publisher's position.

"Guys, we've done lots of exclusive content on Xbox 360 platforms (DR1, DR2, Lost Planet, etc.)," he said.

"We spread the love around from time to time. Nothing more I can say on the topic for the near term."

The mention of Mortal Kombat is a reference to the inclusion of God of War protagonist Kratos as a playable character.

In April, ahead of the game's release, Eurogamer revealed that NetherRealm wanted to include a character exclusive to the Xbox 360 version of Mortal Kombat, but was unable to do so.

"Unfortunately, the circumstances didn't allow us to make an 360 exclusive," was all Mortal Kombat boss Ed Boon could say when quizzed by Eurogamer.

"I'm not allowed to talk too much about it, but I can tell you we certainly wanted to do an exclusive for 360, but that's all I can say. It was not a decision we made where we said, oh, let's not do one for the 360."

At the time Boon refused to specify the characters he wanted to include exclusively for the Xbox 360 version, but he hinted that NetherRealm discussed the likes of Master Chief and Marcus Fenix.

"Anybody who's really knowledgeable about the Xbox video games, the big titles, names like Master Chief from Halo, Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, and any other Xbox exclusive title, is going to come up in a conversation in talking about it. So clearly we've discussed it.

"But, like I said, it wasn't something we decided, no, we don't want to make a 360 version of a character."

In June Street Fighter x Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono told Eurogamer the inclusion of an Xbox 360-exclusive character in the game "will depend entirely on Microsoft".

"When we first started talking to SCEA about the Vita version and ways we could link that up to the PS3 version the conversation naturally drifted toward what else we could that's very PlayStation-ey, very specific to those platforms," he added. "So we started thinking of characters we could cross over.

"We settled on Cole fairly early because he's a character that fits the Street Fighter universe. He doesn't seem out of place. He has electrical moves. We already have Blanka, so we know in this universe it's not unusual for people to have electrical powers. And we think his fighting style measures pretty well with Tekken, as well.

"He won't feel like a shoehorned in guest character."

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About Wesley Yin-Poole

Wesley is Eurogamer's news editor. He likes news, interviews, and more news. He also likes Street Fighter more than anyone can get him to shut up about it.

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Comments (24) Latest comment 8 months ago

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  • RandomTerrain #1 8 months ago

    Xbox fans, don't feel too envious, these extra characters in the PS3 versions of beat em ups aren't generally that cool. Well not in my opinion. I don't mind them putting in Cole too much but I hope they make him the weakest character in the game, despite what they say, I doubt he'll fit in that well. Still, we'll see. Can't wait for this game. :o)

  • IonOnion #2 8 months ago

    Yeah, Capcom made DR2: Case West exlcusive for Xbox 360 despite its success and fan out cry. On which they said its reward for 360 owners for buying the first Dead Rising but implies its punishment for PS3 owners for not having the original DR.

  • el_pollo_diablo #3 8 months ago

    Some people buy one machine and get some exclusive stuff, other people buy a different machine and get different exclusive stuff.

    Bit babyish to whinge.

  • A_Nonny #4 8 months ago

    "He won't feel like a shoehorned in guest character."

    He already does.

  • GamesConnoisseur #5 8 months ago

    Yeah a bit childish to winge, but publishers still need to be cautious of alienating fans, for example when DMC4 was announced as coming to X360.. a heck lots of PS fans were angry.

    Just imagine if at E3 2012 that EA's BioWare and Sony announced that KOTOR MMO is coming to PS3 and not to X360, that would be within the realm of possibility and the KOTOR fans who followed KOTOR 1 and 2 on Xbox would be up in arms.

    So there are always going to be some lines where if crossed too far, can causes troubles. Still having proper full exclusives for platforms is always going to be healthy and I disliked the DLC exclusives. As the consumers splashed out on games equally but one section or more wont get access to the full on experiences that are available to only one section.

    Too much like the real world with its classes of celebrities and the haves and have nots!

  • spiritsnake #6 8 months ago

    do the microsoft exclusive games have ny character that fits properly in a street fighter X tekken game? anyone??

  • Widge #7 8 months ago

    One of the Gears guys maybe?

  • betrayerofhope #8 8 months ago

    jeez, who plays on fighters on xbox 360 anyways with that terrible dpad

  • neonemesis #9 8 months ago

    I might be speaking for myself but I'd just prefer everyone to get the same game without exclusive characters, bits of DLC, bonus pre-order crap on selected consoles etc. All it does is create disappointment and increase fanboy rants/moaning.

  • inutaihanyou #10 8 months ago

    "jeez, who plays on fighters on xbox 360 anyways with that terrible dpad"

    pretty sure that was fixed with the silver uplifted D-pad that came out

  • O2L #11 8 months ago

    @betrayerofhope
    I agree, the x360 controller is horrible for fighters, don't like it for shooters either but that's a different matter. It is great for driving games though
    Edited by O2L at 25/09/11 @ 18:42

  • nickthegun #12 8 months ago

    Try the new razer 360 pad. It's a great bit of kit, the dpad is as good as a madcatz fightpad and it's wired.

  • IMD1_Pk #13 8 months ago

    "do the microsoft exclusive games have ny character that fits properly in a street fighter X tekken game? anyone?? "

    Banjo

  • Murton #14 8 months ago

    @gamesconnoisseur - agreed, but it's not just the alienating of fans they should be worried about though it's the disingenuous delivery of that these disappointments that leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Capcom for example here are defending their only having PS3 exclusive characters by saying that the 360 already received a load of exclusive stuff instead of just telling it how it is, there are no characters that fit or that MS won't allow them work with their character images or whatever, they have to make it sound like they're doing right by gamers in general rather than the fact that they've been limited in that regard.

    Then of course comes the slap to the face of the PS3 fans in his statement when he names Dead Rising 1 as one of those exclusives, didn't Capcom hint at a PS3 port for quite some time before abandoning it and announced a multiplatform sequel instead? It's that sort of twisting of information and omission of truth that really alienates fans, and leads us not to trust games publishers.

  • andrewsqual #15 8 months ago

    Its Crapcom, I'm sure they will spread the legs of Microsoft any day now and stick it up their hole like they have at every other opportunity this gen. PS3 owners get fucked over by Capcom. Capcom fucks Microsoft (in a pleasurable way) is what I am trying to get at.

  • jynxce #16 8 months ago

    Fulgore, Sabrewolf, Orchid, TJ Combo... So tired of MS sitting on Rare's KI characters. Would love to see a return of any of those characters. If MS isn't going to do something with the characters, then let another company have a go.
    Edited by jynxce at 25/09/11 @ 21:16

  • RhapsodyRules #17 8 months ago

    "jeez, who plays on fighters on xbox 360 anyways with that terrible dpad "

    Jeez, who plays on fighters with a D-pad anyway. Arcade Sticks are real way to play this games.

  • carlosdfn #18 8 months ago

    It's hilarious how people still blame NetherRealm for not including an exclusive character in the 360 version of MK when it was actually MS that didn't let them. I'm glad this article didn't forgot to mention that. Same will probably happen with SFxT so take your bitching to MS and leave the developers alone.

  • DRUNK3N-_-DRAGON #19 8 months ago

    if it cant b done then fuk it lol! how stupid would a streetfighter game look if master chief was in it? man you xbox fans must be fukn sick of all that halo shit by now..cmon addmit it already...

  • ilmaestro #20 8 months ago

    Console exclusive characters are the worst idea ever anyway, who cares.

  • man.the.king #21 8 months ago

    @andrewsqual

    "...they will spread the legs ...any day now and stick it up their hole ...get fucked over...fucks ...(in a pleasurable way)..."

    Hormonal tsunami

  • 3william56 #22 8 months ago

    Noby noby boy as an exclusive character please. His eat and poop missile move would be awesome.

  • retr0gamer #23 8 months ago

    @betrayerofhope

    PS3 d-pad is pretty hopeless as well. A good stick is required for both platforms.

  • DAN.E.B #24 8 months ago

    I like the streetfighter 4 joypads myself
    got one from HMV for a tenner!