On June 18, Capcom announced that it was porting the popular arcade fighter Marvel vs Capcom 2— as well as six other Marvel arcade games — to modern consoles. However, the new collection will not be released on Xbox consoles, continuing a trend that has some Xbox fans concerned.
During today’s big Nintendo DirectCapcom announced Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade classics, a new retro package with popular fighting and brawling games. As already mentioned, MvCFC:AC contains Marvel vs Capcom 2a fan-favorite pixel-art fighting game from 2000 that hasn’t received a proper console port in over a decade, so a lot of people are extremely excited to play it MVC2 and the other games in this new package. Xbox players will have to watch from the sidelines, though.
As confirmed by Capcom, MVC Battle Collection will only be available for PlayStation 4, Switch and PC. Xbox fans have noticed this on the Internet and are not happy with the decision.
“THIS IS WHY YOUR FANS ARE PISSED! BECAUSE IF XBOX MOVES GAMES TO OTHER PLATFORMS WE STILL DON’T GET GAMES COMING TO XBOX IN 2024,” tweeted one not at all upset player in response to Capcom’s Tweet which confirms the lack of an Xbox port.
My city has contacted Capcom and Xbox.
MVC Battle Collection is by far not the first game to leave the Xbox in the last two years. Megaman Battle Network Legacy Collection, Final Fantasy Pixel RemasterThe Chronicles of the Great Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter StoriesAnd Gundam Breaker 4 also skipped Microsoft’s console.
Limited Run Games, known for remasters and physical ports of older titles, has also occasionally skipped Xbox. In early 2024, two games were released—Felix the cat And Rocket Knight adventure reignited– only released on PlayStation and Switch. The CEO of Limited Run explained on Twitter that this decision was made because Xbox gamers simply do not buy many physical games. There was also the strange situation of Resident Evil 4The slick 2023 remake skipped the Xbox One but still came out on the PS4. The horror remake, however, came out on the Series X, so Microsoft’s home console wasn’t skipped entirely.
Nevertheless, it is becoming more and more common for third-party games to skip the Xbox. This is in line with an earlier report This suggests that some publishers are not sure whether it is still worth releasing games on Microsoft’s home console, as sales are low and Game Pass Competition.
Of course, you should keep in mind that big games like Grand Theft Auto V, Battlefield 2042, Suicide Squad, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and more will be released on Xbox among other platforms, so it’s not like the console will suddenly stop getting new third-party releases. But if this trend continues, It could become more difficult for Xbox to sell consoles while gamers worry about whether their favorite franchises will be available on Microsoft’s device in the future.
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