VF4 not on Xbox afterall?

Virtua Fighter 4 Fighting its Way onto Xbox??
Sega of America gives us the official response on whether or not Virtua Fighter 4 is Xbox bound.

February 28, 2002 - You may have heard that several European magazines, like OXM UK, are reporting that Sega is bringing Virtua Fighter 4 to the Xbox. Well, we spoke to Sega of America and they gave us a real bummer of an official response. Bryce Baer, PR guru of SOA, said "Virtua Fighter 4 is a PlayStation2 exclusive. We will let you know if there is any additional news."

Well, don\'t cry for me Argentina. The truth is, VF 4 may still be Xbox bound. Often "exclusive" deals are for a specified time. So, it could be that Sega has agreed that VF 4 will only be on PS2 for six months, or some other time variant. Once that time\'s up, it can come out on another system. This happens a lot in the video game world, and I have a hard time believing VF 4 won\'t be on Xbox by the end of the year.

So why would some mags report it as a sure thing when SOA is denying it? Well, we all have friends in various companies, and sometimes they leak things. My guess would be that OXM UK got the truth, but that Sega\'s official response must be denial for the time being. And even if VF 4 remains exclusive, that doesn\'t mean another VF game can\'t come out on the Xbox.

We will hound Sega on this until they relent and tell us VF 4 is coming to the Box. We\'ll keep you up to date and as soon as we know anything new, you\'ll know.

Dont jump the gun people.. :fro:

>"So why would some mags report it as a sure thing when SOA is denying it? Well, we all have friends in various companies, and sometimes they leak things"

I wonder if the real reason is:

The xbox sales in japan sparked a "change" in plans

The magizeen went to print well before the xbox launch in japan

good point chrono.
I really wonder how many ports will go to Xbox if the sales don\'t improve. And hey, even if it goes to Xbox - chances are that people will already have it on PS2 - it\'s just a port. Nothing all that great really.

>"I really wonder how many ports will go to Xbox if the sales don\'t improve. And hey, even if it goes to Xbox - chances are that people will already have it on PS2 - it\'s just a port. Nothing all that great really."

See Silent hill 2..  a ps2 port that sold about 4k (oops, it did actually sell 4k.. not that it makes any difference)

So......X-Box isnt doing to well with the ports eh? They better stick to their own material like malice...... that is if they care about their customers.

Too late for that. Malice ain\'t Xbox exclusive anymore.

What is the source?

mmh. you would have to check the preview area at IGN. It was quite a big thing, so I\'m suprised that you didn\'t get this news. The developers had an interview where they confirmed everything and even had a few screens to show. A lot of Xbox wheenies were also quite angry too when they heard that it ain\'t there\'s anymore.

[Bobs_Hardware]

seven~i may be wrong, but i think he was referring to what Fastson posted.. either way though

lol at M$ if they lost exclusive rights top malice

the air is seeping out of thier balloon

and

mm.. remember that they still got shenmue exclusive..but for how long??

Not all hope is lost. Sega are going to announce some \'old classic\' sega games for ps2 at e3  

[Bobs_Hardware]

guh.. i thought multi-console malice was common knowledge.. guess not  :yawn:

I dread these multi-platform games because with each one we get yahoos coming in here posting screen comparisons and judging a console\'s worth  based on them.

I guess I\'d rather have none of these clowns and multiplatform games, but given an option I\'d take neither if we didn\'t have to put up with fanboys.