Why no Xyanide on U.S. PS2?

[josekortez]

If you've played this Robotron-esque shooter that on Xbox, you know it was pretty good. Apparently, the game was released on PS2 in Japan, even though Playlogic, the developer, isn't Japanese. I could have sworn they were American (I thought I read this in Play magazine).

Anybody know why this wasn't released on PS2 in the U.S.? Was it because of the poor sales of the Xbox version?

[Bojay1997]

It's still on the PS2 release list with a date of TBD. Obscure Aftermath just came out and it was announced at the same time as part of a distribution deal for Ignition, so I wouldn't be surprised if this still slips out sometime. Playlogic has a US distribution arm in New York, but their development studio is in the Netherlands.

[josekortez]

Yeah, I know the game sold like a brick on the Xbox since it was one of the last releases and most people had moved on by the time it came out. But I did see the Japanese version available on playasia.com, so I just thought I would ask.

And I didn't know Playlogic's studio was in the Netherlands. I learned something new today.

[RadiantSvgun]

If you still want a Xyanide fix, there is a PSP version.

[josekortez]

If you still want a Xyanide fix, there is a PSP version.

Yeah, I've already got it on Xbox. It was just one of those weird things. I kept seeing it on playasia and I wondered about it. Good game, though.

[ProgrammingAce]

Sales were crappy on the xbox, it's not likely they would have sold enough on the PS2 to meet the minimum print requirement. Not worth printing...

[yok-dfa]

Well, there is a Xyanide for PAL systems. Is that the same game you guys are talking about?