22 Sep, 2010
After the release of Case Zero and the subsequent announcement of Case West – both Xbox exclusives – you would be forgiven for thinking that Capcom are trying to exclude PS3 fans.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Co-producer Shinsaku Ohara said:
“I think Inafune said that we’re sorry that it seems like you’re getting a little bit less of the Dead Rising 2 universe, but you’ll still be able to enjoy the full game. You’ll just miss a little bit of extra. We haven’t completely alienated PS3 gamers because Dead Rising 2 is a standalone boxed product. Dead Rising was our very first Xbox 360 title and Microsoft supported the title all the way.
At the beginning we didn’t know that this new IP would be a success, but the fans on the console really assisted in making it into one. So it’s like a present, something that we gave back to the original Dead Rising fans.”
So, PS3 fans should look upon this less as a snub to themselves and more as a reward to 360 fans for supporting the first title. Riiiiiiiight.
Dead Rising 2 is released on Friday 24th September.
Via TheSixthAxis
And released September 28th for those of us in North America. I can not express how jealous I am that UK will get this four days before. :(