Puzzle Fighter 2 simultaneously hitting PS3 and 360 -- same price

by Nick Doerr { May 18th 2007 at 9:30AM }

We're all pretty excited to be getting Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix on the PlayStation Network and those with a 360 can look forward to enjoying it as well. This was, unsurprisingly, difficult to coordinate for Capcom between Sony and Microsoft. Mostly because Capcom has been having a love affair with Microsoft the last few years. We're not baiting any flame -- it's just true. A lot of good games from Capcom have hit the 360 and have taken away anticipated PS3 exclusives. No bait, just truth.

The price for SPF2THDR (oh, man ... ) will remain the same across the two platforms, so no one needs worry that Capcom will charge less for it on XBL than the PS Store or vice-versa. That would be silly (although the point-conversion deal on XBL is silly by itself).

Remember when Capcom insisted its new strategy was going to be multiplatform content? That the loss of PS3 exclusive Devil May Cry 4 was simply a casualty of this new outlook? Seems that Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Research, Christian Svensson, doesn't want to hold that promise for very long: "Are there exclusive content deals that could be struck? Possibly," he said to Gamasutra. So does this mean that an exclusive title may hit the PS3 after all, even if a downloadable game? Or will the PS3 get the shaft and watch the 360 score another hot title a la Dead Rising or Lost Planet (if you like being blatantly told where to aim ... "look, bright orange glowy things! Shoot that, durr.")?

In any case, be sure to check out SPF2THDR when it hits the PS Store later this year.

[via Joystiq]

Tags: 360, Capcom, Microsoft, PlayStation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Puzzle Fighter, PuzzleFighter, Sony, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, SuperPuzzleFighter2TurboHdRemix, Xbox 360, Xbox360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

alienclay @ May 18th 2007 3:44PM

can i get some high def lumines on my ps3 pleaze.
(for the right price this time, we never had no stinking 50mb caps like some "other" consoles)

Atomu @ May 18th 2007 9:38PM

PS3 better get some sort of a gamer score set-up like live has. If I can play the same game on my box as the ps3, but i also get points for my acheivments (I thought they sounded stupid till i got my xbox, its addicting!) then of course im going to buy the xbox version.

althought Im getting puzzle fighter on ps3 simply to be able to use the better d-pad. If anyone wants a good challenge, ill take you on!