G-pinions

So, Resident Evil 4 will be appearing on Playstation 2 as well, later next year. Funny how things work. Capcom seem to be developing a pattern here - Killer 7? No longer exclusive. Viewtiful Joe? No longer exclusive. P.N. 03? Well, Tom can tell you about that. Resident Evil exclusivity agreement? Gone to hell. What did they get out of that in the end, a RE1 remake and RE0 which no one seemed to care about? Pretty weak. I mean, it's nothing but sensible to release as many things on PS2 as possible at this point because of the massive installed user base, but it's gotta be a bit of a rectal harpoon for GC stalwarts. Announcing it at this point also seems like kind of a jerk move, especially if it's only being released much later. There will be a good deal fewer Gamecubes requested this Christmas once the news gets out, and that's not good for anyone in the long run.

So can PS2 handle it? Well, it can obviously handle a version of it. If they Silent Hill-filter it up it could probably end up looking just short of great, though it will never touch the GC version. In fact, I'll bet it will be a fairly different game by the time it hits Sony's shores, especially with nine months of feedback behind it. Regardless, this will piss a lot of people off, even if it pays off big in the future. On the one hand I weep for GC fanatics, but on the other hand it's just smart business.