How is that getting desparate? I see it as reaching a broader audience.
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RE4 was meant to be a gamecube exclusive consolewise.
Then because of their financial problems Capcom broke their agreement and ported it to the PS2.
I guess they're still hurting for cash to port these games now.
In the past they always released each version at the same time, and their agreement with Nintendo wouldn't have prevented them from making a PC game at the same time as the GC version.
Thus, I'm guessing they know they're screwed and are desperately trying to correct that.