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Devil May Cry 4 will be released on Xbox 360 and PC as well as PlayStation 3, Capcom said overnight. The 360 version will apparently be released at the same time as the PS3 one - although a release date has yet to be determined.
The publisher said that each game would be refined to take maximum advantage of its home system's capabilities. Capcom's Mark Beaumont added that DMC was "one of Capcom's pillar franchises" and gave the impression the publisher had always wanted it to reach "as wide an audience as possible".
Speculation that the game would make its way to Xbox 360, at least, has been rife for a while, and regularly dismissed by the publisher. That it's true is still slightly surprising, as Devil May Cry 1, 2 and 3 only ever appeared on Sony consoles, although the third game did show up on PC too.
Indeed, Sony will be a bit unhappy, we suspect, about the timing of Capcom's announcement - coming as it does just days before the PS3's launch across PAL territories, and hot on the heels of various short-term slippages that threaten to hamper the console's launch day line-up.
Still, good news for 360 and PC fans. For more on DMC4, check out our Tokyo Game Show first impressions from last September.
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I like the way this is going :D
There's no way in hell, that come september MGS4 still will be PS3 exclusive. How awesome is it, that you will be able to buy a much cheaper 360, and get ALL the great games from the mistake that is PS3. Seems like the only exclusives in the future will be for the Wii. Happy days indeed \o/ |
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Negotiator
20/03/07 @ 09:38
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This is some funny shit, one by one the PS3 exclusives fall from the proverbial tree and into Bill's wallet like little drops of heaven, I love it.
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"Capcom's Mark Beaumont added that DMC was "one of Capcom's pillar franchises" and gave the impression the publisher had always wanted it to reach "as wide an audience as possible""
Or in other words, previously they could release only on the PS2 and have no worries about reaching as large an audience as possible, whereas now that's not the case with the PS3. Edit: @Morztan - I wouldn't be surprised to see MGS4 as a Sony exclusive still when it's released. I'm pretty sure DMC hasn't been a huge performer for the last two versions, whereas we all know that MGS goes like hot cakes and is a definite system seller. Put it this way: if Sony do let that one slip then they've definitely taken their eye off the ball.
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HyperShadow
20/03/07 @ 09:42
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Heh, After VF5 went to 360, this was the only game left to convince me that I may pick up a PS3 in the future. Oh well, I'll save myself the £425 for now.
Seems Sony need to do something do stop losing all these exclusives. Drop the console price maybe XD |
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numptyboymatt
20/03/07 @ 09:44
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Well, if I was buying a PS3, this would have been one of the games I was buying it for. Im made up that this is coming to the 360 as am really looking forward to it.
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There's no way in hell, that come september MGS4 still will be PS3 exclusive.
I can't say I've ever been that fussed about DMC, but IF that ^ were to turn out to be true, it'd just leave Final Fantasy XIII and Team ICO holding my allegiance to Sony's machine... Bill hasn't won me over yet, but Sony are doing a worryingly bad job of holding on to the things that make Playstation special... |
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asphaltcowboy
20/03/07 @ 09:47
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Good news, 360 version for me I think! Though I bet the PC version will be usual Capcom "atrocious PC-port" fair...
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asphaltcowboy
20/03/07 @ 09:50
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morriss, given that GoW is developed by SCEA, I highly doubt it will go multiplatform...
EDIT: beaten to it! damn!
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Stormflood
20/03/07 @ 09:59
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Pretty sucky for Sony, but only yesterday I recall all the Sony haters saying the machine has nothing they want. Funny how things change, huh, hypocrites?
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@ Killerbee
"Team ICO" is also keeping my eyes on the PS3, but with so many of the great games moving to the 360, it won't be so hard waiting a couple of years to buy a PS3 thus saving a couple of hundred. @Tricky Konami REALLY have to have confidence in MGS4 if they believe it will turn in enough profit by just releasing it on PS3. If the PS3 price hasn't been cut by september, I'm not so sure that it will sell by the millions in the western world.
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A friend of mine had two reasons he was interested in maybe getting a PS3 sometime. One is Ninja Gaiden Sigma (he's a huge Ninja Gaiden fan), and the second was Devil May Cry 4. Seems quite a significant title to lose exclusivity on, still it just means more people will get to enjoy it,which is obviously a good thing.
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reality_cheque
20/03/07 @ 10:34
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Well all I need now is Wipeout for the 360, and my reasons for buying a PS3 when it's cheaper have vanished! :)
Which is good, as I didn't want to have to wait 3 years for DMC - that would have been arse. |
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wipeout won't becoming on 360 as it's a sony first party game you numpty...
unlike capcom konami are still chummy with sony, so i expect mgs4 to remain a ps3 exclusive for a period of about 12 months... but to be honest when has it ever been good to make 3rd party games exclusives? the developer is cutting off a third of it's potential sales by doing so... the system sellers will and should always be the first party exclusives, developed to take advantage of that system to the full... 3rd party ones are just ports of each other with little tweaks here and there... |
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Sony should be glad that Capcom at least waited to see what european sales would deliver for the PS3 before jumping ship. It's purely a business decision at this stage. They simply will not make back the money on a PS3 only release. This coupled with the amazing reception Dead Rising has gotten has told all Japanese companies that NOT doing a game for 360 also, will more than half sales and profit!
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BadBoyBonner
20/03/07 @ 10:51
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Penhalion - I completely agree - the fact that the Wii technology base doesn't (in most cases) offer cross compatibility/sales of titles, is in fact pushing most Japanese developed games to be on both the PS3 AND the 360.
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captainrentboy
20/03/07 @ 10:56
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Who reeeealy thought this wasn't going to happen anyway? It was only a matter of time until the announcement would be made, Capcom love Microsoft, it's a fact, and by the time DMC4 is released why would they want to miss out on an installed base of ,I'd guess, 15 million?
Anyway I'm a bit bored of having digs at Sony, it's getting to the stage where I almost feel sorry for them :/ What's left now? MGS4, GT5, and waaay way off GOW3. |
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SeesThroughAll
20/03/07 @ 11:20
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Welcome to the miltiplatform generation.
I just hope it never turns into the Microsoft generation... |
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This is bad news for Sony in multiple ways: they lose a strong franchise and it'll probably end up as a shoddy port that'll look terrible on PS3.
Whether or not this (games going multiplatform in general) is good for gamers remains to be seen. If you like your stuff generic it probably is. But if you like cutting edge games that take 100% advantage of hardware, mutiplatform games are killing. The start of this generation will be all about first party. With current development cost and the still limited installed bases (compared to prev. gen) of the three brands, it's practically impossible to get third party exclusivity. |
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"This is bad news for Sony in multiple ways: they lose a strong franchise and it'll probably end up as a shoddy port that'll look terrible on PS3. "
DMC is running on a cross platform engine from the start (the same as Dead Rising engine) so the fact that it is coming to 360 will not change the game for the PS3. |
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GamesConnoisseur
20/03/07 @ 11:30
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MWah ha hahaaa!
Imaging the sinking feelings among diehard zealots, the types who won't get AAA games if its not on Sony machine and diss them as being for girls (Wii) or bland (X360). MSG4 will go multi platform, not a question of if but when. Will get PS3 at some point far off for the few dwindling exclusives but in no damn hurry! |
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I wouldn't say that Devil May Cry 4 is a system seller anyway, anymore than Virtua Fighter 5 is so I don't think the fact that it's going multiformat will have any real impact on PS3 sales, certainly not in the same way that Metal Gear Sold 4 or Gran Turismo 5 will.
And even if the PS3 didn't have any exclusives at all, the machine would still sell in huge numbers because of the allure of the brand name and the diehard Sony fanbase who wouldn't touch any other console not made by Sony. |
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JediMasterMalik
20/03/07 @ 12:02
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This generation is going to focus alot more on 1st pary game, especially on the nect-gen machines. I think Sony do have the advantage here, but it is, asalways, down to personal preference.
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