PS3 Launches in Europe!

[A Black Falcon]

Look, the fact is that Nintendo fans buy more games published by Nintendo than by other companies. Of the third-party games, exclusives often seem to get more attention (and sales) than multiconsole titles. Capcom knew this, and went on and announced the PS2 version just before the release of the GC one -- making a lot of Nintendo fans mad at them (and perhaps losing those sales as a result), and convinced a large chunk of the mass market which was perhaps on the fence to just wait. Perhaps this doesn't affect Capcom at all, if the game's overall sales make it worth the second version, but it definitely was a major blow to Nintendo at the time. I'd imagine that Nintendo simply wasn't willing to pay Capcom enough to gaurantee exclusivity... so they went with Sony.

Now, on the other hand, an eventual PS2 port was pretty much a certainty, since all of Capcom's other successful GC games had been ported, but at least for Viewtiful Joe and stuff they didn't announce the PS2 versions until much later...

Look... of course this DMC4 thing is bad news for Sony fans. But just like with Capcom and the Wii, companies go after the bottom line, not the hardcore fans' wishes...