Street Fighter X Tekken is coming out in just a couple months and the characters keep getting announced. Some of you may have heard about Cole McGrath from Infamous be exclusive to Playstation platforms. I hadn't paid much attention to this but today's post on Joystiq informed me that there hasn't been, and won't be, an exclusive Xbox 360 character reveal. Apparently, the developers wanted an exclusive character but ran out of time before they could reach a decision with the right people.
Wait a minute. Didn't Ed Boon from the Mortal Kombat team say something very similar about their reasons for not including an exclusive character in the latest game in the series? What is up with the lack of exclusive characters in Microsoft versions of fighting games?
I have a few theories. One of them is that Microsoft doesn't really believe in this fighting game thing and didn't want to pay for an exclusive character right in the games. Another similar theory is that Microsoft is more protective of its characters being in other franchises and wasn't willing to share. Or maybe the process behind a Microsoft character being licensed is much stricter than Sony's (wouldn't be surprised after hearing about the Cert process for XBLA games).
No matter the reason, it's still a little disappointing. The Xbox 360 is the most popular system when it comes to multiplatform games and it sucks that those players don't get anything for their devotion. I know that the Xbox controller is the least optimal for a fighting game but there are still plenty who try. If the blame for this is on Microsoft, they need to be more willing in the future.
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