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Thanks to the monumental success of Dead Rising on the Xbox 360, Japanese investment firm NikkoCitiGroup’s forecasts for Capcom are up this year. According to them, 320,000 copies of Dead Rising were shipped since in it’s first week of availabilty. Based on that, their forecast for Dead Rising sales for the fiscal year (up to March 2007) is up from 600,000 to 800,000. Not only that, the firm speculates that if Capcom continues to be successful on the Xbox 360, we might see some PS3 exclusives making their way onto the Xbox 360 platform (Devil May Cry was mentioned). From the article:

Fukuda speculated that the “healthy sales” of Xbox 360 titles may prompt Capcom to take currently PS3-exclusive titles multi-platform. He wrote, “If that happens, it will give the company a chance to make the most of its PC-based development program, which aims to enhance efficiency by utilizing PCs through the primary stages of development.”

Devil May Cry 4 and a version of Monster Hunter are two Capcom titles that have only been announced for PS3.

Fukuda commented further on Xbox 360/PS3 ports, saying, “Capcom will conduct the first 50–60 percent of the PS3 and Xbox 360 development process on PCs, only in the final stages using a development approach that is optimized for either the Xbox 360 or the PS3.”

This would be good news for Microsoft (obviously) and the consumer (not having to spend the large sum of money to get a PlayStation 3). On the same token it would be very bad news for Sony, since really, exclusivity is the only reason most gamers would even consider purchasing a PS3 at the price it goes for (unless it really is a LOT better than the Xbox 360 in terms of graphics and performance, or it drops in price before it’s released, of course).

Read more: Dead Rising Raises Capcom Prospects [Next Generation via Joystiq]