wow one of the most shocking stories of the year so far ;)

I expect this game to get like average seven scores if it can be done on the PS2.

The first Mercenaries was released on both Xbox and PS2. It's a shame EA is publishing it cause now i'll have to break my boycott of them. I wonder why LucasArts isn't publishing it again?

I hope they do like with NHL 07 : two different version, one for last gen (ps2) and one for the nex gen so that the nex gen version doesn't get downgraded too much.

Why oh Why couldn't EA keep it to next gen only, now its going to be a ps2 port

Tell me something we didn`t already know!

boring it was obvious

Its EA for crying out loud! Eat it Juevani and Achira.

But it is still nice to now know for sure... although the fact that they are also making it for the PS2 has me worried and pessimistic. Bleh, it'll probably be a port from the PS2 to the next-gen consoles.

Ofcourse. Now every Sony fanboy was expecting it also because it's EA

Before if a 360 user said this they would say: "It's not announced, it's a PS3 exclusive" blablabla

It doesn't matter, if it's EA, or any third party developer. Epic is 3rd party, but Gears of War will never show up on the PS3.

Now a lot of former PS exclusives, owned by EA or other developpers have gone over to the 360 side also, but fewer XBOX exclusives go over to the PS3 side. It's just simple as that. GTA4, Virtua Fighter 5, Fatal Inertia, Mercenaries 2, Assassins Creed and more... Big guns

And the worst for PS users is: their main franchises are from 3rd party developers that can easy choose to bring them over, including MGS4, DMC4, Tekken 6, whatever game almost.

The XBOX 360 in contrary, has it's main franchises secured, Halo 3, Gears of War, Viva Piniata, PGR3... you will never ever see those on other consoles

It's just very, very clear if you look at it

@ Big Tim

Read Tim, read....

I talk about being exclusive on CONSOLES. A PC is no console.
DS is a handheld no console. What does the DS get? Viva Piniata maybe.

XBOX 360 holds its exclusives better period. Just like I said

I think most 360 fans knew this was comming I got a hint in EGM. I hope they improve this over the first, that one kinda sucked.

Posted By DJ...

DJ - 02 Feb 2007 16:53

17 - Pandemic comes out and states to the whole world.
"Our new game is ONLY in development for the PS3." And yet there's still quite a few hopefuls saying "No, they're lying! It has to be coming to the 360! It just has to be. -cries-"

it tells us that the PS3 and 360 versions will be as identical as possible. The one major difference will be achievements on the 360. The PS2 version will run off the Mecs 1 engine and will be a downgraded port from the PS3 and 360 without co-op. No need to worry about that.

The only part that is intriguing is the dev said that the PS3 was and is the primary sku. Does that mean the 360 will be a port? According to the dev it won't be. Who really knows...

The most disappointing news is there isn't other multiplayer besides co-op.

this is no surprise at all...
as a company i would say screw exclusives release them on all consoles and make more money
is it really likely that someone who thinks it is an exclusive and then finds out its not, will they no longer buy it because of that
i highly doubt it

but anyway, this isnt the first time a ps3 exclusive has been brought to 360

who cares get used to it

you 3 get a life, and themart Viva Piniata, PGR3 i really dont want these to come over -.-
really look at how immature your sounding on the internet and no one i mean No one listens to your opinion.

just look below for another example i love the report button :)

and to the other below stop riding the mart and do i give 2 shyts nope :) so jog on.

also this by Kiko 9 :
Violater, they're already doing it ! Antan, Overated, ... (soon DJ)... they brag about it for months and now they act like they never claim exclusivity !

when did i brag about it, i said it was a good game dont compare me to the Sony fanatics like DJ and Antan cause i ain't one of them you stupid little mug.

and themart i'm ignored by 4 fanboys cause i said they were imature you were one of them you little boy go home and bash one out over your precious 360 you sad little fackwit, i was also ignored by people when "i asked the question why do you bash the PS3?" so they cant answer a simple question because they are cowards.
Plus themart i dont need my confidence boosted by silly little 13 year olds on a gaming site tracking me, im the one with a job and having a good time in the real world, you probs just sit there and game oh ye your idea of a good time was " drinking beers with my m8s while playing the Wii" now thats sad.

to take away from sony...

We all know that...It was never excuslive...we all seen it on 360 dev kits....Stop wiht the fanboyism.......The last one was multi-platform...and it will seel more on ps2 then any other system..so I see it sony gained a version u dont seea GC or a xbox version do u......NO u dont....Also who need merc...when u got MGS....and DMC...

Im back...been on vacation...for anyone who cares.

i think everyone knew this was going to happen. ea may not be xbox friendly, but Pandemic Studios is. and how can you have a sequal to a xbox game and not put on an xbox.

anyone who thought this will be exclusive needs a kick in the teeth.

on a sad note, it's being developed/downscaled for the ps2 as well...it is now on my "not worth buying" list.

This game mite suck but then again it mite be good. I'll wore some achievements out of it. I'm currently creeping up on 10,000.

You lost one. HA

Enjoy

... \

Thammer below,

Dude that little snitch got his @ss beat hard. Hahaha

I agree, there's some buuuuuullsh*t going on around here!

And you snitching scum with a chip on your shoulder need to stop reporting every little thing. A good Snitch is a dead one ya herd.

is this game any good? whats the big deal?

Do you think it's a good guess that DJ is currently sitting in a corner somewhere eating his own hands because yet again he's been proven wrong that one of his beloved Sony "Exclusives" has managed to creep onto the console he hates, The X360.

Poor poor DJ, my thoughts go out to you!

Wasn't he the one who said this game would never come to 360 despite EA publishing it?

Why are u hiding DJ? come out an do damage contrrol like what you always do.

Now we just have to wait for him to twist words and say this game was always multiplatform ot how the game is gonna be crap.

While I'm excited to play this on my 360, I think it's too bad that it will be on the PS2 as well...this will probably lower the quality for the PS3 and 360 fans.

Just look at the next-gen games so far, most of the multiplatform titles just aren't that good because they don't have time to refine it for the individual console. Just look at Resistance, Motostorm, and Gears of War. Clearly the best looking and most refined games on the next gen consoles are exclusives.

I know it's all about money, but I wish they would take the time to do games right.

did anyone really expect an EA game to be exclusive to a system which sold less then other systems? You gotta be kidding, developer might not be EA, but afterall it's simple EA strategy. Leaving 360 out on a game would be a great loss to company since the system sold more than 10 million units.

Let's be real now, EA can never count out 360. Well but if the game has just same physics etc. with the last-gen systems, blah... Who cares if this is coming to PS3 and 360, it will be a graphically advanced last-gen like game then.

i can hear the fanboys crying now, IT WAS NEVER AN EXCLUSIVE!!!

this doesnt effect sony in any way the game is also coming to two of its consoles and think of how many ps2 owners there are that havent got a ps3, so it doesnt really matter

Noo!!!DUH!!!what a surprise.

Violater, they're already doing it ! Antan, Overated, ... (soon DJ)... they brag about it for months and now they act like they never claim exclusivity !

no one EVER expected this to happen, an EA game? So what, it's not exclusive, what's the big deal? Not like that should prevent it from being a great game. *Sigh* and yet everyone continues to fight. BTW, this really isn't news wolgang

THIS JUST IN EA SPORTS WILL BE PUBLISHING THE FOLLOWING TITLES, UNREAL TOURNAMENT 3, TEKKEN 6, GEARS OF WAR 2, LOST PLANET 2, METAL GEAR SOLID 4:

Exclusively for:

Xbox
Xbox360
PSONE
PS2
PS3
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Gamecube
GameBoy SP
Gameboy Advance
GameBoy
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 64
Super NES
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Saturn
Sega CD
Sega 32X
Sega Genesis
8 Bit Nintendo
Jaguar
Lynx
GameGear
Kileco Vision
Turbo Graphix
Cell Phone

Well you get the Picture:

(Commercial)

EA: Challenging everything....then port the living S)-(it out of it.

(Message from EA Sports): "We dont know what the word exclusive means...we will port your mother if you give us the rights to her. thank you and have a good day.

(ok im done)

Its EA 360 monkeys! E A ! There are 10 million 360's out there for the bohemeth EA to make a dollar off. They will NEVER do a PS3 exclusive with the current sales numbers of consoles. They are a huge corporation. They think like one, and for the most part make games like one. aka Crap.

...I actually had to sit down for a minute, because the shock was too much. This was almost as shocking as Rosie O'Donnell announcing she was a lesbian. :o

so why shouldnt the sequel be multi also? Its only logical. There is only gonna be a small portion of 3rd party developers keeping console exclusives. The other rumored ones are most likely lies or just temporary exclusives...if you wanna call it that.

I commented that EA will not keep this game an exclusive but people just blew me off. Now look what happened.

I can see a few peoples 360 anal receptors starting to twitch . Its just a game guys ..thats all .. who really cares if its released on 360 aswell as PS3 ? . EA want your money end of story and you PS3 guys out there please dont ever think that EA will make an exclusive oe even use the PS3`s full potential becase the dumb $hit$ are to god damn lazy.

why u defending console u know and i know that ps3 the king of the consoles this will game not come on the xbox at least a 6 so calm down this xbots the most dumbest a$$holes in the world just leave it.

P.S sorry for bad english

Why the hell would Pandemic spend so much time pretending like its not coming out on other platforms when they knew all along that that was the fact?

Well i think i might buy this for the Xbox 360 now ;)

Since PS3 is primary SKU.. wonder what would happen if 360's version looked better ;)

Oh my God.

...the developer came out only a month ago stating that it was only in development for the PS3. Of course, quite a few people on here are giddy at the fact that I was somehow proven wrong, when really it's just that the developer put out false information to begin with. Honestly, I should've seen it coming considering EA makes EVERYTHING multiplatform. Never did I imagine seeing Prince of Persia end up on Gameboy, but it happened anyway.

To answer Thwip, the strategy of paying for exclusivity of third-party titles is becoming less and less important. Now the big push seems to be the adoption of companies into each company's respective internal development organizations, i.e. MGS and SWWS.

After outstanding titles like Okami, FF-XII, god of war II, the upcoming announced Burnout Dominator...PS2 is getting another masterpiece...YEAH ! "Merc-2" baby, and original xbox has totally been ditched HeeHeeHee !!! Here are quotes from IGN's latest interview on Merc-2:

Quote:
"Pi has done an incredible job of having the PS2 game mirror its next-gen cousins as closely as possible.".......WOW!!!

Quote:
"PS2 is using next gen assets that are adapted for the system by Pi, so the visuals on the PS2 are going to be really sharp. The team down in Houston has a mandate to keep the PS2 version's features and look as close to the next-gen versions as possible, and to help that effort we've added a senior artist from Pandemic who was involved in both Mercs 1 PS2 and Mercs 2 PS3/360 to give aesthetic feedback and direction.".......Yummy!! !

By the time I might try PS2's version of the game too. Its really great to have two Sony's platforms you know.

It cost a mint, i know how despeate our 360 fans have been crying for some of these PS3 games, i mean just reading all these comments from the past makes me realise how much you people want PS3 and that worries me, so i'm gonna steal a few of there games lol hahahaha hahahahahahahahaha.

another reason to save yourself $200.

Sony fans get shafted again! ]:~)>

No Sony exclusives are safe. ( Maybe, first party stuff? )

I just love seeing the sony boys squirm. You can just feel their anger and frustration thru their posts. Very entertaining seeing the excuses the sony boys make up. Keep them coming! :)

This site is garuanteed to make you laugh at least once a day. I mean really its comical to hear the same fanboys who were so sure that this game was exclusives despite all the sublte hints/rumors that said otherwise, now say; "uhmm, it was never exclusive" although the article specifically says that EA and Pandemic studios have confirmed that what had been "previously a PS3 exclusive" is now in other words NOT exclusive. -lol Yeah maybe they were justified because rumors are just that, and as DJ said the dev's did previously say it was exclusive so I think DJ has a point, but as a gamer you can never be sure(when there's creditable evidence otherwise) and especially when EA is involved so I'm hoping next time we hear a rumor with the MERIT that these Merc 2 rumors had, we will take a more wait and see attitude.

People don't even care about the games anymore, they just want the chance to scream fanboyism nonsense. Honestly, Mercenaries sucked. Let's be serious here, the orignal sucks balls. There's no disputing that. This game might be a 7/10 at best, people don't care. They just want to praise their console with this "lost" BS. Is PS3 not getting the game? No, so it's not a big damn deal. Mercenaries 2 is not a system seller, it's no where near a killer ap. If this was MGS4 or FFXIII, sure, that's a major concern and issue, but give me a f'ing break, this is Mercenaries 2.

I'm tired of this console war nonsense, it's far from over so people need to stop exaggerated. They don't care about he games anymore, "Throwing rocks", "Taking a crap", or "Digging a hole" could be a ps3 exclusive. No one gives a crap, but the second it goes to 360 it's all over the internet. It's absolutely ridiculous. As if any of you were going to buy a PS3 just for this game, roflcopter.

not coz of the announcment.....but because now we can HEAR NOTHING ELSE ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everytime i came on here there was a new post about this being on 360, i hated the 1st one. Maybe multiplayer might be worthwile.......if there is any

Another multiplatform....

Dev: "This game has only been announced for the PS3"

PS3: "This game makes the 360 look like the crap it is lol e.t.c"

360: "This game will probably come out on the 360."

PS3: "lol Yeah, just like Final Fantasy, MGS" e.t.c.

360: "It's a rubbish game anyway. I wouldn't buy a system for it."

Dev: "We are proud to announce...our game is also coming to the 360."

360: "Hell yeah! Another PS3 exclusive lost! Hahah!" e.t.c

PS3: "Hypocrites. First they said the game was rubbish, now they're happy it's on the 360"

360: "Hypocrites. First they said the game makes the 360 look crap, now they say it's no big deal"

Dev: "Our new game has only been announced for the PS3..."

And so it goes on...

(okay.. i don't know why this message has landed down here)

i wish you would comment on every story... atleast you give us that much need relief. and you do make some valid point using humour... i like that but that doesn't mean i'm going to buy 360... you guys are soon going to come up with a new version anytime soon, aren't you? q:

I thought this would come to the 360 all along, so it was okey to get the announcement. But i was suprised to see a PS2 version to be honest. Considering EA has the publishing rights, i probably shouldn`t hehe. Don`t count out the wii yet hehe. Let`s hope it isn`t too scaled down on PS2 though.

I also think people should be more aware of the " only announced for ..." line. It dosn`t mean exclusive, otherwise they would`ve said so. It probably means : we`re waiting to see how much money you can offer us Sony, if not enough well...let`s do an EA.

Then we can say goodbye to Sony for good!

I agree with all the games the author listed. It's not very often that happens.