Dead Rising and Lost Planet to remain Xbox 360-exclusive

By Tom Bramwell Published 27 March, 2007

Says Capcom man.

Whatever's going on with Devil May Cry 4 (it's coming to Xbox 360 and PC as well as PS3 - where have you been?), Lost Planet and Dead Rising "are not slated to appear on Wii or PS3 as far as current plans go".

That's according to Capcom's director of strategic planning and research, Christian Svensson, who was drawn into clarifying his earlier comments on the publisher's official forum. Previously he had said that Capcom is "committed to making its titles available to as wide an audience as possible" in reference to DMC4's situation.

"The quote delivered above references our strategy moving forward, not something that is necessarily retroactive. You can see evidence of this with our previously stated [Resident Evil 5] plans going to 360 and PS3 simultaneously," Svensson noted.

So why are Lost Planet and Dead Rising exclusive, then? "I'm bound by [non-disclosure agreements] on these matters so I can't divulge why this is the situation." Fair enough. With Capcom having said Dead Rising sequels are likely, though, it's an issue the company's probably going to have to return to at some point.

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Comments (45) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • Dizzy #1 5 years ago

    Strange... would make sense to port. Maybe next year.

  • Steroyd #2 5 years ago

    Yes just how they had DMC4 with a PS3 exclusive tag at TGS.

    Although it's suspicious how he said wii in that sentence though.... where the hell did that come from?

  • Keso #3 5 years ago

    I’d assume that Microsoft has been throwing money at them.

  • simo #4 5 years ago

    The Sony fanboy tards who signed that petition will not be best pleased! :-D

  • Moz #5 5 years ago

    Maybe MS bought the IP on the sligh!

  • varsas #6 5 years ago

    It'll be interesting to see if they are consistent since moving forward would imply Dead Rising sequels would go multi-platform.

  • BillGaitas #7 5 years ago

    Problably they just cant be bothered. The sequels, on the other hand, unless MS wants to pay, should be multiplatform

  • alimokrane #8 5 years ago

    Simple answer. Microsoft was probably funding both projects and they are under contract not to release the games on any other platoforms.

  • Steroyd #9 5 years ago

    Wouldn't that mean that MS are publishing them then?

  • Les #10 5 years ago

    "I'm bound by [non-disclosure agreements] on these matters so I can't divulge why this is the situation."

    I bet he's not allowed to say they will come to other platforms because MS paid them money not to. Same situation as with Assassins Creed earlier. But if PS3 installed base remains relatively small, they'll not port the games of course.

  • OnlyMe #11 5 years ago

    Is there actually that much interest in these games? It's not exactly triple-A games. Well, maybe on the X360 scale.

    /puts on fire-resistance ring

  • AcidSnake #12 5 years ago

    @Keso:
    Money fight!

  • Steroyd #13 5 years ago

    They're exclusives not going multiplat to PS3... that's all that matters.

  • Skooch #14 5 years ago

    This makes perfect sense. The console war could be won or lost on the strength of platform exclusives. Whether a title is a platform exlusive depends on how much money is bunged towards the publisher. MS have managed to get equality on GTA, DMC4, Pro Evo etc. whilst rolling out some very nice looking exclusive titles such as Dead Rising and Lost Planet so it seems to be tipping the balance in it's favour.

  • asphaltcowboy #15 5 years ago

    Well, Lost Planet was disappointing for me, but Dead Rising is brilliant!

  • Rash' #16 5 years ago

    "...as current plans go" suggests to me those plans can change...
    Personally, I think the sequels, rather than the current games, will go multiplat.

  • sharpfish #17 5 years ago

    Dead Rising is/was a great game. full of personality and with a decent story (for the camp horror that it is) and brilliant atmosphere.

    Still my favourite Xbox 360 game... good times at the mall.

  • Grump #18 5 years ago

    Dead Rising was great until the VGA problem came up

  • repairmanjack #19 5 years ago

    "So why are Lost Planet and Dead Rising exclusive, then?"

    Because we really wanted to spunk in the eye of every moron who signed that petition.

  • alimokrane #20 5 years ago

    Both Lost Planet and Dead Rising are million sellers. Lost Planet with "1.3 Million" and Dead Risign with "1.1 Million" Units sold so far. With these kind of figures I dont think Microsoft are gonna let them go.

  • bdc #21 5 years ago

    Fanboys lol

  • neil_likes_bums #22 5 years ago

    omg petition!

  • Tweakmonkey #23 5 years ago

    I never thought we'd see the day when Capcom became MS's lap dog.

  • Jokerr #24 5 years ago

    Everyone has a price.

  • simo #25 5 years ago

    Cr@pc0m r teh M$ f@n80y5 n0w!111lolol!11

  • bioreit #26 5 years ago

    Come on guys, think about it: to convert titles that are months old to a completely new platform takes a lot of time and effort.

    It probably isn't worth it, especially when you could be concentrating on making the sequels multi-platform right from the off.

    And there you have the rub - DMC4 isn't released yet, so making it multi-platform is probably fairly easy.

    Also, look at it from Capcom's position: you have a game coming out on the last-to-market console, which is likely to have the lowest install base for at least a year.

    It makes sense to release it on a comparable spec system (which is arguably easier to code for), which is likely to have a far greater install base for at least a year.

    It does NOT make sense to move a title from the more common format to what is at present the 'niche' format. Especially when converting it is likely to lead to significant problems.

  • Vin #27 5 years ago

    ^ This fella knows what's up.

  • LetsGo #28 5 years ago

    Good, who wants last gen games on a next-gen console?

    Not me!

  • spongebob #29 5 years ago

    **ck you Capcom. Better yet, **ck you MS with your deep pockets :)

  • neil_likes_bums #30 5 years ago

    > Good, who wants last gen games on a next-gen console?

    I think you missed out the current-gen, which we're all now in.. incidently..

  • Mr_Brown #31 5 years ago

    lol...PS3 fanboys are getting pwned by Capcom big time! Might teach them some manners, bloody ingrates.

  • deepspacefox #32 5 years ago

    Bugger

  • toy_brain #33 5 years ago

    This comments thread is worthless without mike_mgoblue.

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #34 5 years ago

    I reckon it's all in clever wording: Lost Planet and Dead Rising are exclusive to 360, but Lost Planet 2: Even Loster and Dead Rising Again are multiplatform releases...

  • polar #35 5 years ago

    Surely PS3 owners have plenty of other 2nd hand reject 360 titles to amuse themselves with?

  • Xerx3s #36 5 years ago

    Is there actually that much interest in these games? It's not exactly triple-A games. Well, maybe on the X360 scale.

    Dead rising and Lost planet sold more than 1 million copies each. That's a fair number on any system.

  • TRUTH #37 5 years ago

    Final Fantasy creator has 3 exclusives rpg's for 360: Blue Dragon, Lost Oddysee & Cry-On (who also inc the Sega's 'Panzar Dragoon Saga' rpg creator)...the game ratio sales for 360 is better then Wii, PS3 - Gears Of War, Lost Planet, Dead Risisng, Project Gothem Racing, Call Of Duty 2, Dead Or Alive are all 1m+ sellers. With Crackdown, Call Of Duty 3, Final Fight 3, + others all reachnig high numbers in sales... with 360 being a powerful machine & also alot cheaper/easier to produce for; It's the reason many game companies are turning to it for multi as it's easy to convert games to, & for exclusives, as it has already 10m+ players.
    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 18:26

  • Triggerhappytel #38 5 years ago

    Both these games have 'Xbox 360 Exclusive' on the case. As far as I know, when a game on Xbox says this, it remains so. The only exception to this is Top Spin, as far as I know, and that's because they bought developer PAM and also the licence from Microsoft. So anyway, what I'm saying is, this would not be a surprise.

    Unless MS cough up lotsa dough to keep subsequent titles exclusive, expect the next entries in these series to be multiformat.

  • TRUTH #39 5 years ago

    Psp game sales suck, Wii will have the odd game but won't sell millions, but can reward Capcom and others due it's cheap cost...360 is quality, easy to develope for, has great software support, it's graphics architecture was built around game developers advise (remember it's graphic custom processors built for gaming esp), it's has huge & growing market, it's easy to convert pc/ps3 games too, it has better financial return for companies as it does have the best ratio for game sales...This allowing multi format games to come, but, also giving the same developers a good return which allow them making original/exclusives for 360 (Dead Rising, Lost Planet, for example)...Simply for business it's the most rewarding, esp with the huge cost of next gen games.

  • Les #40 5 years ago

    "Wii will have the odd game but won't sell millions"

    But it sells way better than 360. With an even poorer lineup. Had Nintendo been able to keep up with demand, it would probably be the console with the largest installed base.

    I agree for business 360 is the most rewarding: it doesn't require any creativity nor strays from the beaten path. For a gamer, that makes it the most boring console as nothing revolutionary is to be expected from it. PS3 could probably do amazing things but is too dificult to develop for so unles it begins to sell like hot-cakes, its potential will never be tapped. My hopes are on the Wii, although the creativity to actually do something good with the controller is beyond most developers and they'll go for the easy shit that they always did on 360 and poor PS3 ports.

  • TRUTH #41 5 years ago

    "Wii will have the odd game but won't sell millions" ...i meant in games, 360 has the best ratio game sale - FACT!...what great original game is on the Wii; yes! it has a new control system, but's it's same old re-run games using a control which i believe limits the game to cheesy/gimmik games....and most, if not all are medicore or crap - except Zelda (though nothing new in game play). Most wii game are only interesting for a short burst, nothing has real depth...Compare this to Project Gothem Racing, Fight Night 3, Kameo, Elder Scrolls, Dead Rising, Vina Pitna, Crackdown, Lost Planet, Gears Of War, Condemned, Ghost Recon 2, Rainbow Six Vegas, Table Tennis, Virtua Tennis, Burnout 5, and it's online capability - just some games that show what next-gen can do, but also suited for all gamers from all background: racers, sports, action, adventure, sandbox, arcade, rpg - with new gameplay that out does anything on Wii - not bad for just over a year....and don't forget gamecube sold extremely well when released - that didn't last.

    Here's a list of more next-gen games with depth that wii can only dream of: Mass Effect, Alan Wake, Lost Oddysee, Bioshock (E3 best game), Assassin Creed, Fable 2, Cry-On, Half Life 2, Overlord (Codemasters E3 surprise hit), Too Human - all games adding true original ideas.

    Last your comment '...about PS3 doing amazing things, but to difficult to'...Urm, i 've played Motorstorm, Resistance - look nice but i'm sure my 360 can handle them; but PS3 handle Gears Of War, Lost Planet - it already seems to lose against most multiformat games eg: Call Of Duty 3, Tony Hawk, NBA Homecourt, Madden 07 etc; lets not forget the PS3 did have more development time then 360/Wii, due to retail delays (360 was actaully bought forward for Christmas, PS3 had a extra year to develope games) . And remember 360 hasn't even used it's core technology/ tread/rsx gpu's to the full - still to be exploited. Have you seen Lost Oddysee (claimed by gaming journalist to have had the best gaming visuals on a home console), have you seen the new Project Gothem - AWESOME!

    Oh! here's something about FFIII (though i'm not bothered with this over hyped rpg)
    http://xbox360.destru ctoid.com/
    Edited by 2 at 27/03/07 @ 21:21

  • Freek #42 5 years ago

    Why port the old games when you can do the "bigger/better/more" as a multiplatform release from day one?

  • davisorle #43 5 years ago

    Yeah it's sad but true. MS has the money to do that but we wont know till they tell us officially why these stay exclysive. My guess is that Capcom made that kind of deal and it wont change for at least the rest of the year or whatever and I really dont care. I'm glad they are released for the console I own. Capcom is not to blame. It's your own fault running arround spending all that kind of money for a console just cause it's made by sony. You can't blame Capcom for what is going on.

    P.S. (lol) When I said in the past that this would happen (tittlewhise) most of the sony fanboys attacked me like there was no tomorrow! lol Im just so f*cking glad to see this happening right now. :D We all know there is way more of this to come and yet.... Sony wont be happy at all, fanboys wont either. The rest of us will.

  • X #44 5 years ago

    Own both consoles and a HDTV then who really gives a flying turd :)

  • NegativeZero #45 5 years ago

    Of course they are.

    Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2 are another story entirely.

  • smelly #46 5 years ago

    >Own both consoles and a HDTV then who really gives a flying turd

    If most games come out both platforms.. then there's little point in owning both.

    At the moment though, I cant see much of a point in owning either - that said, dead rising was my 2nd favourtist game of last year..

  • SomaticSense #47 5 years ago

    @ OnlyMe

    "Is there actually that much interest in these games? It's not exactly triple-A games. Well, maybe on the X360 scale. "

    Not played Dead Rising then have we?

    Anyway, my thoughts on these being exclusive are that it serves those fuckers right who signed that petition.

    It's almost as if Capcom had done this deal (likely it was done before that petition though) purely to say to them "This is what it feels like to deny other people the rights to play games you have access to. Serves you right, you cunts"

    I have no qualms whatsoever if these were to be released on the PS3 (hated Lost Planet anyway), as I feel that the more people who are able to play them the better, as long as it doesn't lead to "___ version is waaaay better than ____ version" fanboy bullshit.
    But I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a small part of me is glad that those Petition Pricks got a taste of what they preach.