StarcraftManiac said:
No... Atleast I didn't! Did they go down or what?! And if so! How hard?! |
It is debateable what effect the rumors had. No doubt many were expecting RE4 to move GCNs, but not long after the announcement, Sony fanboys insisted Capcom was lying about it's console exclusivity. They said, because the PS2 would sell so much more than the Cube that Capcom was sure to bring it over. While they were wrong about Capcom lying - the intent was to keep it exclusive - RE4 failed to sell many Cubes, and its overall sales were disappointing, especially given it's GOTY credentials (sales were also disappointing for RE Remake and RE Zero). So, shortly after (before?) it's release, Capcom decided to put RE4 on the PS2 (which Nintendo fanboys and many gaming sites thought impossible).
Now, the question is why didn't RE4 do well on the Cube. It could just be that RE, having watered down its reputation with too many sequels and side projects on too many consoles, simply didn't have the Killer App pull people expected. Could be that Nintendo gamers didn't have as much interest as the die hards hoped (witness the crash and burn of Eternal Darkness). But some people believe that RE4 disappointed on the Cube because everyone believed it was going to the PS2 (which, for some reason, many believed more powerful than the Cube, which shows you how little they really knew) and so chose to simply wait rather than grab a second console. This, I imagine, is why so many PS3 fans are reluctant to acknowlege the timed exclusivity of UT3 and Haze, and will not acknowlege even a small potential of truth to any rumor of FF13 or MGS4 hopping to the 360.
