Devil May Cry 4 no longer a Playstation 3 exclusive

by Jared Rea { Mar 19th 2007 at 10:40PM }

When Microsoft's Shane Kim told 1UP that certain titles we perceive to be PlayStation 3 exclusives weren't so locked up, we figured that he was talking about the Assassin's Creed or Mercenaries debacle. What Nostradamus here was hinting at was probably this: Devil May Cry 4 will be released simultaneously for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. A PC has also been announced, though it will be shipping on a later date.

Capcom announced this news in both a late night press release and on their Japanese website as well. Like every good multi-format press release, it goes on to say that each version of the game will take advantage of the specific strengths of each platform. Well, thank god!

Now that Devil May Cry 4 has been announced for all the next generation consoles, we wait for the other foot to drop. While Capcom has gotten pretty cozy with Microsoft, we're interested in seeing just how long Dead Rising and Lost Planet remain Xbox 360 properties.

[via PS3 Fanboy]

[Update - Capcom has sent word that while Devil May Cry 4 will be seeing a release on PC, it won't be shipping alongside the PS3 and 360 versions of the game. Thanks!]

Tags: breakingnews, capcom, devilmaycry, dmc4

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

Rainblood @ Mar 19th 2007 10:44PM

gg.

scott @ Mar 19th 2007 10:44PM

hahah wooo

Dolla Dolla @ Mar 19th 2007 10:45PM

Damn ...

I guess exclusivity is soooo last-gen. Capcom, you animal.

laserboyjc @ Mar 19th 2007 10:46PM

while the game doesn't draw my interest, I'm glad more choices will be available on the 360, the only PS3 exclusive I was interested in was Virtua Fighter 5 but now nothing on PS3 appeals to me

deaftly @ Mar 19th 2007 10:46PM

thank you capcom and might i say, hahahahahaha, $600 ftl

bootsielon @ Mar 19th 2007 10:48PM

I guess Microsoft has been very generous with developers. Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry, GTA4...

Still, if any of the three following games: Metal Gear Solid 4, FFXIII, or FF Versus XIII gets ported before they are launched, it's doom and gloom for Sony.

2kings @ Mar 19th 2007 10:50PM

hopefully we'll see some x360 titles comeover to the ps3s side

J1987 @ Mar 19th 2007 10:51PM

Boycott this piece of crap!!

Koopa Troopa II @ Mar 19th 2007 10:51PM

Do 360 owners play anything other than shooters and sports games? Nah, i didnt think so.

bootsielon @ Mar 19th 2007 10:51PM

Oh yeah, and Virtua Fighter 5, but it's a long wait till it comes out on 360, and frankly, it's great to be playing it now.

Anyhow, are there any other games PS3 has lost exclusivity to 360 which were considered absolutely crucial for PS3?

I'm now betting now that Tekken 6 will appear on both, and maybe even Ninja Gaiden Sigma (but then again, Tecmo usually remains exclusive disregarding dominant platforms, like they did with the first Xbox).

^FourthDimensionGod^ @ Mar 19th 2007 10:51PM

uh oh SDF's gonna do Massive Damage control on Sonys weak spot

vidGuy @ Mar 19th 2007 10:53PM

Imagine that.

generaldane @ Mar 19th 2007 10:53PM

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaah

Virtua Fanboy @ Mar 19th 2007 10:54PM

LOL

Can't wait til the PS3 fanboys start to say, "That's ok, you can have that one." You gotta wonder bout any exclusives staying exclusive.

Well, I guess I can finally give the Devil May Cry series a try.

Jared @ Mar 19th 2007 10:54PM

#11 - Yes! Boycott this wonderful piece of software that now more people can enjoy! Brilliant!

bootsielon @ Mar 19th 2007 10:54PM

Oh and by the way...

Please Crapcom, Namco and Konami, don't be sell-outs and port those 360 exclusives to PS3 (Eternal Sonata, Culdcept Saga, Lost Planet, Dead Rising), just like it was done with Enchanted Arms (unfortunately, it was crap). After all, those Japanese titles would sell a lot more in Japan on PS3 than on 360, and they would definitely rake some more sales outside Japan. It means mullah.

Yes, I have both, but I wanna use the most games on a single console as possible (personal preference; blu-ray, HDD, Linux, and all my PS1 and PS2 games).

CHINESE BABON @ Mar 19th 2007 10:55PM

Look for more exclusives, like even possibly Metal Gear Solid IV to possibly go unexclusive as well, Konami wants MGS4 to be a multi platform game.

nick @ Mar 19th 2007 10:56PM

"I guess Microsoft has been very generous with developers. Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry, GTA4..."

...or maybe it's the installed base of the 360 being greatful for the great games coming from Capcom and buying them.

Sony screwed themselves when the set the pricing of the PS3 out the range of the mainstream gamer.

bootsielon @ Mar 19th 2007 10:58PM

Jared:

I presume he meant boycotting PS3.

I find it ironic how 360 fanboys come and bash PS3 and PS3 fanboys about how they'll say "yeah you can have that one". They're just as childish, except they are also hypocrites.

Macross SDF-1 @ Mar 19th 2007 10:59PM

@ ^FourthDimensionGod^
LOL!

As a representative of the SDF I gotta say Capcom is the suck. DMC4 is going to be absolute crap because it's going to be bogged down the less powerful Xbox3-shitty. We'll never see it run in 1080p and use the Cell to it's full potential. Doesn't matter anyways the DMC isn't that great anyways. We'll just have to wait for all the awesome games that will come out in 1-2 years like MGS4, FFXIII, God of War 3, and GT5.

Myke @ Mar 19th 2007 10:59PM

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....oh wait, you're serious?? Let me laugh even harder BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

fragglefart @ Mar 19th 2007 10:59PM

But but but...

somebody think of the giant enemy crabs!

+1 for 360.

and I couldnt save my game @ Mar 19th 2007 11:01PM

Uh oh, spaghettios!

CHINESE BABON @ Mar 19th 2007 11:01PM

bootsielon

You, like almost every fan boy, are being hypocrits by stereotyping gamers. For instance: Koopa Troopa II, if you think we only play shooters and Sports games, how come the GOTY, Oblivion, an "RPG" won game of the year and is shipping to the PS3, wait, Nah, that caNT BE RIGHT.

Todd Rabanus @ Mar 19th 2007 11:03PM

#9 "Do 360 owners play anything other than shooters and sports games? Nah, i didnt think so."

No we also play games like Oblivion, Dead Rising, Hitman: Blood Money, Viva Pinata, Crackdown, Splinter Cell Double Agent , and evidently now we will also play GTA IV, Assassin's Creed, Mercenaries and supposedly Metal Gear Solid 4. What do PS3 owners play, old ps2 games?

bootsielon @ Mar 19th 2007 11:02PM

Nick:

The installed base argument doesn't really work. If that was the case, no developer would be making an exclusive for any console before it came out like they did with PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox and Gamecube and many consoles before them, and even todays consoles. Furthermore, it's not like Xbox 360 has a huge installed base, if that was the criteria, then all games would still be coming to PS2. The console wars have barely started, so no console has an installed base to crave (besides, the Wii is outselling everything; why isn't it getting ports of everything available on PS3 and 360?)

Don't be naive and assume Microsoft hasn't given any dough. Of course its installed base can make an influence, but it's definitely not the only factor. Money... That's how exclusives start, and that's how exclusives end too.

J.Goodwin @ Mar 19th 2007 11:04PM

Ouch, Joystiq slapping Nintendo by omission.

john @ Mar 20th 2007 6:30AM

Great job Sony! You F'K up good time! I am going sell my ps3 now thank you very much.

Sony Sucks!

^FourthDimensionGod^ @ Mar 19th 2007 11:05PM

lets be serious now :P

the Xbox 360 has huge software attachment rates which is hard to ignore. Capcoms seen how well Dead Rising and Lost Planet did on 360.

NukeAssault @ Mar 19th 2007 11:06PM

Best news ive heard in days!

Virtua Fanboy @ Mar 19th 2007 11:07PM

@ 21. Macross SDF-1
LOL!

As a representative of the SDF I gotta say Capcom is the suck. DMC4 is going to be absolute crap because it's going to be bogged down the less powerful ShitStation 3. We'll never see it run in 1080p and use the Xenon to it's full potential. Doesn't matter anyways the DMC isn't that great anyways. We'll just have to wait for all the awesome games that will come out in 1-2 years like MGS4, FFXIII, Gears of War 2, and PGR 4.

ZenGaijin @ Mar 19th 2007 11:07PM

One less reason for me to get a PS3.

Let loose the NinjaGaiden vs DMC arguements.

I side with DMC.

Will @ Mar 19th 2007 11:07PM

hahaha, joystiq just said the Wii isn't a "next gen console"...let the flame wars begin!

Miles @ Mar 19th 2007 11:08PM

If MGS4 comes, I no longer have to go buy a PS3.

bounchfx @ Mar 19th 2007 11:11PM

"Do 360 owners play anything other than shooters and sports games? Nah, i didnt think so."

nice stereotyping there buddy.

I own a 360. and I like many other things than shooters and sports games. and shit, I don't even like sports games.

besides, what do you call blue dragon, mass effect, lost odyssey, eternal sonata, dead rising, table tennis, oblivion, virtua tennis, symphony of the night, guitar hero 2, vf5, fable 2, gta4.

oh, I guess they do like other stuff. it just so happens shooters and sports are the most popular (and I can't even fathom why sports sells so well besides the drones of people who buy the same game every year, but I guess this could be said for almost any genre of game)

it's also funny how most of the ps3 games are getting made for 360 as well.

guess people who own different consoles aren't as different as you think. (or maybe 360/xbox just had better shooting and sports games than ps2/ps3? etc)

get outside of your stereotypical head

Fozzybear @ Mar 19th 2007 11:13PM

...sigh...i really wanted to believe that Sony would be smart enough to spend the money to secure key intellectual properties...guess not. seems they're more concerned with selling blu-ray than making their customers happy. hurry up and move MGS4 to the 360 so i can sell my damn PS3...this is ridiculous...sony is being REALLY fucking stupid...FUCK this pisses me off.

I could've bought either a 360 or a PS3 in November...is there ANYTHING beside MGS and FF that makes the PS3 a better system? free online? ha. like many have said, you get what you pay for. i love getting demos of mediocre games months after their release over demos of highly anticipated games that aren't coming out for months. not being able to find my friends to play with.

why does ps3 cost 200 dollars more than what is at this point clearly the better system? oh yeah. blu-ray. helluva difference thats making right now - like how every ps3 game is inferior to its 360 counterpart...

sonofabitch. am i allowed to swear on joystiq? oh well. i think i have more than enough reason to...should've eBayed the fuckin thing when i bought it. couldda bought a 360, a Wii, and like 30 games with the profit. (need to stop rambling, don't i?)

i shouldn't drink and comment...especially about the ps3...

mcloki @ Mar 21st 2007 7:56PM

Big Whop. I think it's short sighted since most of the 360 ports to the PS3 have been rather poor. Hopefully they do take advantage of each consoles strength. I hope this era of multi platform games doesn't limit games to the 9 gig limit of the 360. Looks like lots of downloading in the future.

Styki @ Mar 19th 2007 11:13PM

I'm utterly shocked that it took 32 comments before someone caught on the the fact that Joystiq pretty much just said the Wii is not part of the next generation.

Xbox MAN FTW @ Mar 19th 2007 11:15PM

"9. Do 360 owners play anything other than shooters and sports games? Nah, i didnt think so."

No, We Dont. You know why? CAUSE WE ARE REAL MEN!(Except for those halo fans)

kriswlak @ Mar 19th 2007 11:15PM

Remember. It's far too expensive to be developing these next-gen games as exclusives.

and I couldnt save my game @ Mar 19th 2007 11:15PM

Sorry, Will, but this isn't about the Wii.

They're going to call it the PS3 because that's how many exclusives it's going to end with in it's lifetime.

Milkshake @ Mar 19th 2007 11:16PM

360 is getting the titles it deserves, it simply is pound 4 pound the best value heavyweight console on the planet right now no question. Must suck heaps to own a PS3 so glad i didnt get sucked into the sony hype.

Draco @ Mar 19th 2007 11:18PM

Wii isn't Next Gen, its quasi Gen, quasi's not better, not worse,just different.

mccomber @ Mar 19th 2007 11:19PM

What! DMC4 is coming out for the 360! Son of a bi... oh wait, it's still coming out for the ps3 too. Add me to the list of people that don't care if another console gets the same games considering I still get to play them on mine.
Yeah, it sucks to lose a big exclusive, can't deny that, but in the end it doesn't really matter to me as an individual. I have stock in Mobil, not Sony.

colin @ Mar 19th 2007 11:20PM

Anything developed in conjunction with Microsoft Game Studios will stay 360 exclusive. And you know, I seem to be seeing that splash screen a lot lately! Truthfully, I'll trade you Lost Planet and Dead Rising for MGS4 and DMC4. Don't worry, 360 won't lose any of its good exclusives.

*random comment about 1080p being overrated

*random PS3 bash with cutesy pun

*random L337 comment with abbreviations and "!!1one" included for good measure. (i also enjoy roffle woffling)

that should just about cover it

*oh yeah, random unsolicited wii-bash