Soul Calibur 3 possibly a PS2 exclusive

[A Black Falcon]

IGN Mailbag.

Matt responds: Strange as it sounds, this news appears to be true. For now, at least, Soul Calibur III seems to be a PlayStation 2 exclusive. My head spun when I first read that, and again when I confirmed it, because it frankly doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense. I hope Sony is rewarding Namco with a fat, juicy paycheck to dismiss much stronger sales of the title on GameCube. My feeling at this point is that this is probably a time-stamped exclusive, meaning that Sony will get it for three or four months, and then Namco will bring it over to GameCube, Xbox (or Xenon). I think that's going to backfire in a big way, though, particularly where GameCube owners are concerned. The rule of thumb for Nintendo fans seems to be that if they don't get it first, or with some form of exclusivity, they don't want it at all.