Resident Evil 4 for PS2

[Thirteen]

Resident Evil 4 coming to PS2

Formerly GameCube-exclusive entry in Capcom's survival horror series will appear on PlayStation 2 in 2005.
Capcom announced today that the long-awaited follow-up to its popular survival horror franchise, originally planned to appear only on the GameCube console, is also headed to Sony's PlayStation2.

The PS2 version of Resident Evil 4 is currently slated to be released at the end of 2005 in Japan, the US, and Europe. The GameCube version is still scheduled for a January 2005 release in the US and Japan, followed by a spring release in Europe.

In a statement released today, Capcom said that the decision to make Resident Evil 4 go cross-platform was based on requests from fans worldwide, market considerations, and shareholder requests. The statement made mention of the fact that each version of the game will be developed to take advantage of the strengths of the respective platform.

In September 2001, Capcom held a press conference in Tokyo to announce that the Resident Evil series would thereafter be released exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube. Capcom first produced a visually overhauled remake of the very first Resident Evil title, which was originally released for the PlayStation in the mid '90s, and followed suit with a brand-new prequel called Resident Evil 0 and ports of Resident Evil 2, 3, and Code: Veronica.

But as soon as the deal was cemented between Capcom and Nintendo, cracks started to appear. Early in 2002, Capcom announced that an online Resident Evil title, Resident Evil: Outbreak, was exclusively headed to the PlayStation 2. Later that year, the publisher seemed to reaffirm its relationship with Nintendo when it announced four more GameCube-exclusive games alongside Resident Evil 4. Then one of them, Dead Phoenix, was canceled, and PS2 versions of two of the other games, Viewtiful Joe and Killer 7, were subsequently announced. Nevertheless, if Capcom sticks to the current release plan, Resident Evil 4 will remain exclusive to the GameCube hardware for roughly one year.

By Chris Kohler -- GameSpot

[Nutty]

I hope RE4 doesn't disappoint like RE: Outbreak, that game sucked man.

RE 1 was the coolest, if they can make RE4 as good as the first, then I'll preorder my copy today!

[Thirteen]

I hope RE4 doesn't disappoint like RE: Outbreak, that game sucked man.

RE 1 was the coolest, if they can make RE4 as good as the first, then I'll preorder my copy today!

watch the videos over at ign or gamespot.... this game is easily one of the greatest looking games on any console

[Black_Smoke]

I hope RE4 doesn't disappoint like RE: Outbreak, that game sucked man.

RE 1 was the coolest, if they can make RE4 as good as the first, then I'll preorder my copy today!

watch the videos over at ign or gamespot.... this game is easily one of the greatest looking games on any console

Word this game is gonna b sick,realli realli good,im gonna prolly sell my gc and games for a ps2, the onli upcomin exclusive gc games i want now  r Metroid Prime 2 and Zelda

[Rick]

That's good to hear, cause I was thinking about buying a GameCube just for this game. Why'd they cancel it in the first place?

[MANBEARPIG.]

It's awesome, I played it at Comic-Con

[Thirteen]

That's good to hear, cause I was thinking about buying a GameCube just for this game. Why'd they cancel it in the first place?

they didn't cancel the gamecube version, it actually comes out a year before the PS2 version

[Rick]

No, I meant why'd they cancel it for the PS2 in the first place? It was supposed to come out originally for the PS2 and GC but I think they wanted to focus on one system for some reason.

[Thirteen]

capcom liked the power of nintendo's gamecube and also being a traditional japanese company, they give minimal support to the xbox

anyways the gamecube let capcom make terrific looking RE games so they signed a deal saying that only Nintendo can have the RE games that deal with the main story line

well they found out that their choice isn't the most profitable so they decide to make a deal that they are allowed to release the RE main games on other consoles, but only after a certain amount of time