Lost Planet 2 Could Be Time Exclusive

US, June 12, 2009 - Lost Planet 2 went from being an assumed Xbox 360 exclusive to being totally multiplatform at E3. But not so fast! Xbox 360 owners may be getting a slight advantage with the highly anticipated Capcom sequel.

Capcom Japan officially acknowledged the presence of the PS3 version today through the Lost Planet official Japanese site. The page now contains a listing for the PS3 version of Lost Planet 2 alongside the 360 version.

There's one difference between the two listings, though. While the 360 version is listed for a winter 2009 Japanese release, the PS3 version is listed as date TBD.

This could be an error on Capcom's part (although if it were, we imagine Capcom would have corrected it by now -- they haven't). Alternatively, it's conceivable that Lost Planet 2 will be yet another time exclusive for the Xbox 360.

We'll let you know if we hear anything official.

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/994/994219p1.html

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If true, goodbye any good chance of PS3 sales for LP2 & goodbye extra $$$ for Capcom

I mean IF THEY ARE making it at all (which they are), they should release it at the same time, or its a waste of money to port it

Yeah, I don't see the benefit of making it a timed exclusive, we've seen plenty of times critically acclaimed and high selling games do poorly when released for the other console, months later, with no hype, and against tough competition.

@Akvod

I mean if they weren't making it & this was a rumor it was ok

but as they ARE making it, they are loosing tons of $$

@darth

I'm not a buff/expert on the actual innings of the video game industry, so could you tell me how much $ it'll take Capcom to actually port it? I don't think they'll really lose money, only lose an opportunity to make a good profit.

Yeah, i don't see the benefit of making it a timed exclusive neither. Since its Lost Planet and its in Japan. The game wouldn't really help 360 in any major way by being timed exclusive in japan since its the "wrong" genre for Japan. This game, a TPS in Japan with a "bad" first game won't really turn heads in japanese game stores. So the exclusivity would feel quite pointless.

@akvod

I don't have a clue, but I have a heard a % thrown around, hpefully the VGC members who know will come to this thread soon

quote me on this

Lost Planet 2 will release on all platforms at the same time (or maybe just the HD consoles)