Sony loses exclusive rights to platinum series

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Virtua Fighter 5 is coming to the Xbox 360 6 months after it is released on the PS3. VF is a fairly solis sell to the crowd who eat fighting games, and will maybe FORCE the Team Ninja people to make a Dead or Alive title worth playing again.

reason cited for Sony's loss of exclusivity is simple. VF4 sold 1.7+ Million copies worldwide. They ramped up the stakes, and they need to sell this next gen title in the same ballpark AT LEAST. No way that will happen on the Ps3. Furthermore, Nokamura analysis of Sony says they will probably not have two PS3 exclusive games hit 1 million sales until after Q4 2007. And that is only with a price cut.

Microsoft expects 5 titles yet to be released to reach that Platinum status by the end of Q3 2007.