This is a story the average tendie wouldn't tell you

RE4 sold horribly on the Gamecube and it was about to be written off as a total loss for Capcom and they were going to have to file for bankruptcy. Projected sales were in the toilet so they hastily announced the PS2 version before it launched and the Gamecube version ended up selling like dog milk as expected of an M rated title on the purple lunchbox. The PS2 version ended up being insanely profitable and saved the company.

Yet despite those facts, GroidCubers act like RE4 was a defining game for the system (which nearly destroyed Capcom if they stuck to Shinji's insane platform exclusive nonsense) and not one of the many defining games for the better selling competitor

>tendie console has tons of great games, so the mediocre RE4 does not gather attention
>sony console has no games, tale as old as time
>release it on the sony console
>everyone loses their mind because they finally have something to play
Yeah go figure. Imagine what would happen if they released Mario Odyssey on the PS5. The Sony network would implode as snoys finally got a taste of what a good game is.

>>715753429
M-M-M-Mega Cope X

>>715753429

>>715753264 (OP)
>having console wars about 20 year ago consoles
Massive faggotry

>>715753264 (OP)
I see you couldn't accept being BTFO'd on /vr/ and tried slinking away to /v/ in hopes of free asspats from the retards here. Well, guess again, niggertron. Repostan' it
>The GameCube version sold over 320,000 copies in North America during the first twenty days. The European release sold its entire 200,000 copies during the first month. By December 2005, 3 million copies of the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions had been shipped worldwide.[203][204] According to January 17, 2007 sales figures provided by Capcom, the GameCube version of Resident Evil 4 had sold a total of 1.6 million copies worldwide, while the PS2 version had sold over 2 million copies.

Crapcum was in zero financial trouble during the '00s. Where did this myth come from?

>>715757392
>Still proves I'm right

Ruh roh raggy

>>715757510
>RE4 sold horribly on the Gamecube
>actually sold just 400k less
>on a console with tens of millions less units sold
Uh...

What did happen:

Resident Evil 4 was initially released exclusively on GameCube in early 2005 (North America: January, Europe: March)
.

Capcom had planned the game as part of their “Capcom Five” titles to support GameCube, but due to poor GameCube hardware sales and smaller install base, they quickly scrapped exclusivity and ported RE4 to PlayStation 2 in late 2005 .

The GameCube version sold around 1.6 million copies worldwide, while the PS2 version sold over 2 million (some sources cite 2.2–2.3M)
.

What didn’t happen:
1. RE4 did not “sell horribly” on GameCube

GameCube version’s ~1.6M copies was strong for a third‑party mature‑rated game on GameCube. It sold well in its niche—not a total flop as implied ≠ "dog milk" sales
.
2. Capcom never neared bankruptcy over RE4

There’s no record of Capcom facing bankruptcy risk due to RE4 or needing to port it to avoid going under. Capcom remained financially stable throughout 2005–2007.

3. The PS2 version didn’t “save the company”

Though porting to PS2 significantly boosted sales, RE4 was already widely praised and selling respectably on GC. PS2 boosted overall reach by several hundred thousand copies, but not to the extent of being existential lifeline for Capcom
.

>>715757701
>>715757757
Okay now let's remove 2 million sales if we make it GC exclusive you absolute retarded mongoloids.

>>715757810
>>715757510
by stander here
you where proven wrong
also capcom should have died if they where going to die.

>>715753429
This is bad bait, even for an obvious shitpost thread.

>>715757836
>you where proven wrong

But I wasn't. 1.6 million copies sold is diddly dick when it comes to big AAA, especially if you look at how Nintendo treats the Metroid series.

>>715757392
What the fuck does this prove? The PS2 version sold significantly more despite being out for less time. It literally more than doubled their money.

>>715757757
>Capcom 5

Dead Phoenix
>Dead™ luhmow ecksdee
Killer 7
>ported
Resident Evil 4
>ported
Viewtiful Joe
>ported

Only one survived!

>>715758043
Tendies think if the game stayed exclusive, the game would magically somehow sell 4 million copies. Also just to compare what Capcom was missing out on by not porting it or making it PS2 exclusive:

>Nightfire, 2002 (PS2 3.33m, XB 0.82m, GC 0.78m) - total 4.93 million

Gamecube is the worst pile of dogshit ever made and almost made Nintendo and Caocom go bankrupt

The controller was so fucking bad, some games like SSX have entire button combos gutted from the game
The first party was terrible. Mario shitshine is by far the worst 3d mario, wind waker killed zeldas, double dass was a barren tech demo for mkWii, etc
The console design was made for faggots and trannies; a purple box. No wonder so many cubies grew up to be smelee groomers and trooned out mario shitshine apeedrunners.

The only good thing about shitcube is the GBA player, and that’s because you can ditch the awful shitcube games and play some real kino

>>715757940
you were
>but I said!
no man, you had sales
get the fuck out of here

I call bull on the Capcom about to die part. They just created Monster Hunter at the time.

>>715758509
https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Game_List

The games became huge on PSP, but look at the 2 year time gap between it and the PS2 version. Capcom legit could've died in that time if RE4 stayed exclusive.

>>715758630
Was that ever said anywhere? Sounds fishy.

>>715758438
I played SSX Tricky super fucking heavily. Most insane blind buy of my life at Blockbuster.

I did EVERYTHING even maxed out every character just because.

What was I missing out on?

>>715753264 (OP)
>RE4 sold horribly on the Gamecube
>the Gamecube version ended up selling like dog milk

This is objectively false.

>>715753264 (OP)
Yet I beat it on Pro before you even played it

>>715758914
>Yet I beat it on Pro

Nothing to brag about when even retarded normies can do that.

>>715758914
>>715759027
Just for comparison. RE4 was never hard. Might as well be bragging about beating OOT.

>>715758914
>I boughted the beta version with shitty controls, no widescreen, worse atmosphere, less weapons, less costumes, and less scenarios
congrats cubie
>B-BUT THE HECKIN CUTECNES ARE BETTER!!
man too bad the shitcube couldn’t play dvds so you spics could do what you actually wanted to with that dogshit console

>>715759208
Having console wars 20 years after the fact is the gayest thing I can imagine

>>715759470
being a cubie, ever, at any pint in your life, lets me know your penis was turned into a gaping wound by a jewish “””””doctor””””

>>715757940
It's diddly dick for modern games with inflated budgets. At the time, though, the average AAA rarely had a budget over $10,000,000. Even if were EXTREMELY generous and said the budget was $30,000,000, it still sold $1,600,000. 49.99 x 1,600,000 = nearly $80,000,000. That's way more than necessary to make back on this inflated hypothetical budget, and almost certainly enough to make back any advertising cost, too. The game absolutely did not sell like "dog milk", it easily made AT least it's budget back thrice over on the cube. And don't start again with the
>B-b-but... it sold more on playstation!!!1!1!
No shit, retard. Of course a game sells more when it's released on a different console, especially one with way more players. It would have sold at least a million more if they released it on the original XBox, or the DS. It's a complete nothing statement. And even then, despite the sales discrepancy, it still didn't sell dramatically more than the cube release.
Also, you've yet to substantiate your claim of "Capcom was LICHRALLY about to go bankrupt if they didn't release it on the PS2!"

>>715759554
You're a loser having console wars TWO DECADES after the fact. You're life is empty man.
Also
>pint