History Main / MultiPlatform

* Creator/TeamNinja is an example of an entire development studios making exclusives for one brand of console before going multiplatform. They started off as an arcade developer, with the first two ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' games being made on Sega-based hardware (Model 2 and NAOMI respectively), although were still ported to the Sega and [=PlayStation=] consoles available at the time. When Team Ninja started making their games directly for consoles, they initially favored Microsoft's machines. ''Dead or Alive 3'', along with ''Xtreme Beach Volleyball'' and the 2004 ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' reboot, were all exclusives to the original Xbox, while ''Dead or Alive 4'', ''[=Xtreme=] 2'' and ''Ninja Gaiden II'' were released for its successor, the Xbox 360. While the [=PS3=] did get ports of the two ''Ninja Gaiden'' in the form of the ''Sigma'' series, these were drastically altered from the Xbox originals. After director Tom Itagaki departed from Tecmo, Team Ninja started to make their games multiplatform again, with ''Dead or Alive 5'' and ''Ninja Gaiden III'' being released on both, the [=PS3=] and the Xbox 360.

* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 5'' was released on both, the [=Xbox 360=] and [=PS3=]. The first two installments were arcade games designed for Sega hardware (although they were ported to the [=PlayStation=] consoles as well), while parts ''3'' and ''4'' were exclusive to the original Xbox and Xbox 360 respectively.

* The Team Ninja version of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden III'' was developed simultaneously for the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 from the get-go. The [[RecycledTitle 2004 version]] of ''Ninja Gaiden'' and its 2008 sequel, ''Ninja Gaiden II'', were released exclusively for the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 respectively due to director Tom Itagaki's preference for the two Microsoft consoles in favor of their [=PlayStation=] counterparts. Despite this, both games were ported to the [=PS3=] as ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma'' and ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'' respectively under a different director and with substantial changes to the game's content in order to get around Microsoft's exclusivity clauses.

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' was developed and marketed as a [=Dreamcast=]-exclusive. However, the expanded edition that was made a year later, ''Code: Veronica X'', was released for both, [=PS2=] and Dreamcast, in Japan. Only the [=PS2=] port got released overseas though, since sales of the Dreamcast was already being discontinued by that point.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' was developed and released for both, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, from the get-go, being the first game in the developed on Capcom's in-house MT Framework cross-platform engine. While most of the prior entries in the series were not necessarily exclusive to specific platforms, they were often made for one console in mind and then ported to everything else, as was the case with the first three numbered entries, which were originally [=PlayStation=] games, as well as ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', which were timed-exclusive for the Dreamcast and [=GameCube=] respectively. The only mainline titles that were truly exclusive for a while were the 2002 ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' remake and its prequel ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'', which were only available to the [=GameCube=] (and later Wii) and took more than decade (in 2014 and 2016 respectively) to reach non-Nintendo platforms thanks to their HD remasters.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' was developed and released for both, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, from the get-go, being the first game in the developed on Capcom's in-house MT Framework cross-platform engine. While most of the prior entries in the series were not necessarily exclusive to specific platforms, they were often made for one console in mind and then ported to everything else, as was the case with the first three numbered entries, which were [=PlayStation=] games originally, as well as ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', which were timed-exclusive for the Dreamcast and [=GameCube=] respectively before they both got ported to [=PlayStation=] 2. The only mainline titles that were truly exclusive for a while were the 2002 ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' remake and its prequel ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'', which were only available to the [=GameCube=] (and later Wii) and took more than decade (in 2014 and 2016 respectively) to reach non-Nintendo platforms thanks to their HD remasters.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin]]'', a feudal-themed spinoff of the ''Yakuza'' series, was produced during a console generation transition and ended up being released as a launch title for [=PS4=] in addition to the [=PS3=], although both versions ended up being released only in Japan (similar to the previous period-themed title in the series, ''Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!'', which launched the series on the [=PS3=]). ''Yakuza 0'' and ''Kiwami'' (a prequel and remake to the original ''Yakuza'' respectively) both got dual releases on the [=PS3=] and [=PS4=] in Japan, but only the [=PS4=] versions of the two games ended up being localized in English.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' was developed and released for both, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, from the get-go, being one of the earliest Capcom games developed on the MT Framework cross-platform engine. The first three mainline ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' entries ([[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 the original]], ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'') were UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} games, while ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica CODE: Veronica]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 4]]'' were intended to be exclusives for the UsefulNotes/{{Dreamcast}} and UsefulNotes/{{GameCube}} respectively, but all five games were eventually ported to other platforms at some point or another.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', the SpiritualSuccessor to the [=PS3=] exclusive ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', launched on both the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 and has since been ported to the PC.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' debuted simultaneously on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360. The first two GTA games were originally PC games that got ported to the original [=PlayStation=], while ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]'' were first released on the [=PS2=] and eventually got ported to the Xbox and PC.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' will be released on both, the [=PS4=] and Xbox One, despite none of the previous games in the series ever being released on an Xbox console. Not even the remasters of the first two mainline games (''Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 Remix'' and ''HD II.5 Remix''), which were available on both, [=PS3=] and [=PS4=].

* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 5'' was released on both, the [=Xbox 360=] and [=PS3=]. The first two installments were arcade games designed for Sega hardware (although they were ported to the [=PlayStation=] consoles as well), while parts ''3'' and ''4'' were exclusive to the Xbox brand.

While multiplatform games were not uncommon during the 16-bit and 32-bit console generations, they started becoming more prevalent during the [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth console generation]]. Even though the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 was the biggest selling console of this era, games on the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] still sold well enough to ensure an even bigger profit than on the [=PS2=] alone for very little extra development. The fact that the Xbox was a functionally small PC running an embedded version of [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] didn't hurt either.

While multiplatform games were not uncommon during the 16-bit and 32-bit console generations, they started becoming more prevalent during the [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth console generation]]. Even though the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 was the biggest selling console of this era, games on the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] still sold well enough to ensure an even bigger profit than on the [=PS2=] alone for very little extra development. The fact that the Xbox was a functionally small PC running an embedded version of UsefulNotes/{{Windows}} didn't hurt either.

While multiplatform games were not uncommon during the 16-bit and 32-bit console generations, they started becoming more prevalent during the [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth console generation]]. Even though the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 was the biggest selling console of this era, games on the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], and Windows still sold well enough to ensure an even bigger profit than on the [=PS2=] alone for very little extra development. The fact that the Xbox was a functionally small PC running an embedded version of Windows didn't hurt either.

By the [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames seventh generation]] multiplatform development became the norm for most third-party developers due to the ever increasing budgets in mainstream games as a result of the standardization of HD displays. Series that used to be at least timed-exclusive went multiplatform and with the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} selling just as well as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 this time around, Japanese developers that neglected the Xbox during the previous generation (due to the brand's poor reach in Japan) ended up making their games on both consoles. The trend continued with the [[UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames eighth (and current) generation]], with the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne both adopting the X86-64 architecture used by current [=PCs=], leading to less disparities between the different platforms. In fact, console versions games are more like their [=PC=] counterparts than ever before with the introduction of the later high-performing models, the [=PlayStation 4=] Pro and the Xbox One X, forcing developers to upscale the performances of their games to suit the different models of each console just like how PC developers had to take into consideration various possible hardware specifcations.

Meanwhile Creator/{{Nintendo}}, which has adopted a blue ocean strategy since the seventh generation, tend to have consoles that are less focused on hardware performance and more on introducing new gimmicks to the market. The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, which was essentially a [=GameCube=] with an overclocked CPU and wasn't capable of HD output, tended to have downgraded versions of multiplats that were on [=PS3=]/Xbox 360 contemporaries (if the particular game had a Wii version at all) or its multiplats were shared with the previous generation of consoles, especially with the [=PS2=] (which was still receiving new games in the late 2000's due to its large install base). The UsefulNotes/WiiU was more on par with the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 in terms of performance, but not as powerful as the later-released [=PS4=] and Xbox One. As a result, the Wii U had several multiplats shared with the previous generation early in its lifespan, but this gradually died out when developers began focusing on the newer generation after the Wii U turned out to be a commercial failure (being the least selling Nintendo home console since the [=GameCube=]). Their current console, the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, while an improvement over the Wii U specs-wise, is still behind the competition in terms of performance, but its success along with the portability aspect has allowed both, developers and consumers, to overlook this fact, resulting in a small share of multiplats.

* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 5'' was released on both, the [=Xbox 360=] and [=PS3=], following the series's brief exclusivity period on Xbox consoles with parts 3 and 4 during Tom Itagaki's tenure as director.

Multiplatform games, while not uncommon during the 16-bit and 32-bit console generations, started becoming more prevalent during the [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames sixth console generation]]. Even though the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 was the biggest selling console of this era, games on the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], and Windows still sold well enough to ensure an even bigger profit than on the [=PS2=] alone for very little extra development. The fact that the Xbox was a functionally small PC running an embedded version of Windows didn't hurt either.

By the [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames seventh generation]] multiplatform development became the norm for most third-party developers due to the ever increasing budgets in mainstream games as a result of the standardization of HD displays. Series that used to be at least timed-exclusive went multiplatform and with the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} selling just as well as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 this time around, Japanese developers that neglected the Xbox during the previous generation (due to the brand's poor reach in Japan) ended up making their games on both consoles. The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, which was a significantly less powerful console than its contemporaries and could only output in SD, would receive downgraded versions of [=PS3=]/Xbox 360 multiplats if it got any at all, although it still had a few proper multiplats shared with the [=PS2=] (which was still getting new game releases in the late 2000's due to its huge install base).

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' was developed and released for both, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, from the get-go, being one of the earliest games Capcom developed on their MT Framework cross-platform engine. The first three mainline ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' entries ([[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 the original]], ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'') were UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} games, while ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica CODE: Veronica]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 4]]'' were intended to be exclusives for the UsefulNotes/{{Dreamcast}} and UsefulNotes/{{GameCube}} respectively, all five games were eventually ported to other platforms at some point or another.

The time and effort to make a multiplatform game is not as great as some assume. Some developers have stated that it raises the cost only about 10 percent. This can vary quite a bit depending on how different the systems in question are. For instance, the [=XBox=] and PC versions of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' are quite similar; the [=iPhone=] and UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} versions of ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' are quite a bit different.

This really became popular with developers during the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]]. Even though the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 was in the lead, games on the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], and Windows still sold well enough to ensure an even bigger profit than on the [=PS2=] alone for very little extra development. This was even carried to the point of the wildly popular UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance receiving "ports" of set-top titles! The fact that the Xbox and [[UsefulNotes/Xbox360 its successor]] are functionally small [=PCs=] running an embedded version of Windows doesn't hurt either.

With the cost of video game development being even higher with "high definition systems", this trope is more popular than ever. Series that used to be at least timed-exclusive are now going multi-platform. Nowadays, however, the priorities have shifted -- as the [=PS3=] and UsefulNotes/XBox360 concentrate more on graphics than the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, and the Wii's controls are non-standard compared to the other systems, the result is usually one version of a game for [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, sometimes called [[{{Portmanteau}} PS360]][[note]]Sometimes also confusingly used for the ''owners'' of both an Xbox 360 and [=PS3=][[/note]], and another version which is released on the Wii (and occasionally on [=PS2=] as well, hence also the term [=WiiS2=]). That said, however, graphics card technology that was state of the art at the time the Xbox 360 and the [=PS3=] were released is actually somewhat dated now; the latest high-end graphics cards can leave them both in the dust, but only a relatively small number of games actually take full advantage of this, as developers understandably want as many potential customers as possible. Some PC gamers call this pandering to the LowestCommonDenominator, others see anything that means they can go longer between expensive hardware upgrades as a good thing.

** The original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' was initially ported exclusively to the Super NES, giving the console a much needed boost in sales after it was struggling to keep up with the Sega Genesis in North America. To make up for this, Sega made Capcom an official third-party publisher in order to secure the rights for the second iteration of the game, ''Champion Edition'', on the Genesis (a PC Engine version was also released by NEC Avenue, but only in Japan). Nintendo, in an attempt one up Sega, commissioned an SNES port of the third iteration, ''Street Fighter II Turbo'', which also included an alternate ''Champion Edition'' mode. Sega, not wanting to be left behind, canceled the version of ''Champion Edition'' that was under development for the Genesis in favor of ''Special Champion Edition'', which added the option to play the game with ''Turbo'' rules as well. Aside from an extra game mode in the Genesis version, the difference between ''Turbo'' on the SNES and ''Special Champion Edition'' on the Genesis simply amounted to which iteration of the game it defaulted to. On the other hand, the SNES and Genesis ports of the fourth iteration, ''Super Street Fighter II'', were released at almost the same time with no difference in titling. ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'', the fifth iteration, came out during the dawn of the 32-bit console generation and was first ported to the [=3DO=], taking a while to appear on later consoles.

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'' was the first mainline entry in the VideoGame/MetalGear franchise that was developed with multiple platforms in mind, which was the main drive behind the creation of the FOX Engine that the game was made with. Prior to this, ''Substance'' (the [[UpdatedRerelease expanded edition]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'') was initially a timed-exclusive for the original Xbox before it was released on [=PS2=] and PC, while the ''HD Collection'' (a [[CompilationRerelease compilation]] that contains remastered ports of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'') was released simultaneously on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but these were ports of games that were originally on the [=PS2=] (or in case of ''Peace Walker'', the PSP). ''Metal Gear Solid V'' was not only a multiplatform project from the get-go, but it was even released across two console generations, coming out not only on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but also on the [=PS4=] and Xbox One. The Steam version of the stand-alone prologue (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Ground Zeroes]]'') was released several months after the console versions had already come out, but the main game (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]'') launched on all five platforms upon its release date.
** Prior to ''Metal Gear Solid V'', Konami released ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', a spinoff that was released on both, [=PS3=] and Xbox 360. Originally announced under the title ''Metal Gear Solid: Rising'', it was initially developed internally by Kojima Productions and was intended to be the first game made on the FOX Engine, but its troubled development resulted in the project being outsourced to Creator/{{PlatinumGames}}, who ended up making their version of the game on their own engine.

** The upcoming ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' is scheduled to be released on all four of the current home platforms ([=PS4=], Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam).

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' was developed and released for both, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, from the get-go, being one of the earliest games Capcom developed on their MT Framework cross-platform engine. The first three mainline ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' ([[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 the original]], ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'') were originally UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} games, while ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica CODE: Veronica]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 4]]'' were originally designed to be exclusives for the UsefulNotes/{{Dreamcast}} and UsefulNotes/{{GameCube}} respectively, but all five games were eventually ported to other platforms at some point or another.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''. Development was taking much longer than anticipated, and since the UsefulNotes/WiiU was not selling well anyway, the decision was made to delay the game even further and simultaneously release it on their next platform, the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. This left the Wii U in the position of being the only Nintendo home console without a unique Zelda game of its own, since its only other Zelda games were remastered ports of the two [=GameCube=] games (''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''Twilight Princess'').

* The 2004 RecycledTitle version of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' was originally released exclusively for the original Xbox due to director Tom Itagaki's preference for Microsoft's platform over the competing [=PS2=], with its sequel ''Ninja Gaiden II'' being released four years later on the succeeding Xbox 360. Both games eventually got ported to the [=PS3=] as ''Ninja Gaiden Σ'' and ''Ninja Gaiden Σ2'' respectively under a different director and with several changes made to get around Microsoft's exclusivity clause. When it came for Team Ninja to develop ''Ninja Gaiden III'' without Itagaki's direction, they made the [=PS3=] version alongside its Xbox 360 counterpart from the get-go.

* The first three mainline ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' ([[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 the original]], ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'') were UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} games that were ported across multiple platforms, while ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica CODE: Veronica]]'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' were initially marketed as a UsefulNotes/{{Dreamcast}} and UsefulNotes/{{GameCube}}-exclusive respectively before they were ported as well. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' on the other hand, was developed and released for both, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, from the get-go, being one of the earliest games Capcom developed on their MT Framework cross-platform engine.

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'' was the first mainline entry in the VideoGame/MetalGear franchise that was developed with multiple platforms in mind, which was the main drive behind the creation of the FOX Engine that the game was made with. Prior to this, ''Substance'' (the [[UpdatedRerelease expanded edition]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'') was initially a timed-exclusive for the original Xbox before it was released on [=PS2=] and PC, while the ''HD Collection'' (a [[CompilationRerelease compilation]] that contains remastered ports of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'') was released simultaneously on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but these were ports of games that were initially released on the [=PS2=] (or in the case of ''Peace Walker'', the PSP). ''Metal Gear Solid V'' was not only a multiplatform project from the get-go, but it was even released across two console generations, coming out not only on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but also on the [=PS4=] and Xbox One. The Steam version of the stand-alone prologue (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Ground Zeroes]]'') was released several months after the console versions had already come out, but the main game (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]'') managed to reach all five platforms on the same date.

** The original ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' was initially ported exclusively to the Super NES, giving the console a much needed boost in sales after the console was struggling to keep up with the Sega Genesis in North America. To make up for this, Sega made Capcom an official third-party publisher in order to secure the rights for the second iteration of the game, ''Champion Edition'', on the Genesis (a PC Engine version was also released by NEC Avenue, but only in Japan). Nintendo, in an attempt to be one step ahead of Sega, commissioned an SNES port of the third iteration, ''Street Fighter II Turbo'', which also included a ''Champion Edition'' mode. Sega, not wanting to be left behind, canceled the version of ''Champion Edition'' that was under development for the Genesis in favor of ''Special Champion Edition'', which added the option to play the game with ''Turbo'' rules as well. Aside from an extra game mode in the Genesis version, the difference between ''Turbo'' on the SNES and ''Special Champion Edition'' on the Genesis simply amounted to which iteration of the game it defaulted to. On the other hand, the SNES and Genesis ports of the fourth iteration, ''Super Street Fighter II'', were released at almost the same time with no difference in titling. ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'', the fifth iteration, came out during the dawn of the 32-bit console generation and was first ported to the [=3DO=], taking a while to appear on later consoles.

** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' was released simultaneously on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 a few months after the arcade release. ''Super Street Fighter IV'', the second iteration, actually got a console release before the aptly-named ''Arcade Edition'' update. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' on the other hand, was a [=PS4=]-console exclusive with a release on PC as well.

** The original ''StreetFighterII'' was initially ported exclusively to the Super NES, giving it a much needed boost in sales after the console was struggling to keep up with the Sega Genesis. To make up for this, Sega negotiated with Capcom to secure the rights of the second iteration of the game, ''Champion Edition'', on the Genesis (a PC Engine version was also released by NEC Avenue in Japan). Nintendo, in an attempt to be one step ahead of Sega, commissioned the development of ''Street Fighter II Turbo'' for the SNES, which also included a ''Champion Edition'' mode. Sega, not wanting to be left behind, canceled the version of ''Champion Edition'' that was under development for the Genesis in favor of ''Special Champion Edition'', which added the option to play the game with ''Turbo'' rules as well. The 16-bit console ports of ''Super Street Fighter II'' on the other hand, was released for both, the SNES and Genesis, from the get-go with no difference in titling. ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' was ported exclusively to the [=3DO=] at first and it took a while for the game to be ported to later consoles.
** The first two ''StreetFighterAlpha'' games got near-simultaneous releases on the [=PlayStation=] and Sega Saturn (with ''Alpha 2'' in particular also getting an SNES release). ''Alpha 3'' also came out on the Sega Saturn, but only after it was available [=PlayStation=] for a while and only in Japan (as the Saturn was considered a dead platform in the west by that point).
** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' took a while to be ported to consoles and went it was, it was only available on the Dreamcast in a two-in-one compilation that also included the second iteration, ''[=2nd=] Impact''. ''[=3rd=] Strike'' was also ported only to the Dreamcast at first, but came out a bit later on the [=PS2=] and the original Xbox.

* The console releases of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' have somewhat of a competitive history to them. The first entry in the series, ''Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'', ended up being released exclusively on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]], giving the console a much needed boost in sales during a period when it was struggling to keep up with the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis. However, the next iteration, ''Street Fighter II: Champion Edition'' ended up being announced for the Genesis a year later (alongside a [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]] version that ended up being [[NoExportForYou exclusive to Japan]]) after Capcom became an official third-party company for Sega. Nintendo, not wanting to be left behind, commissioned Capcom to develop the SNES-exclusive ''Street Fighter II Turbo'', which included not only ''Champion Edition'', but also ''Hyper Fighting'' (the third entry). As a result, Sega demanded Capcom to implement a ''Hyper Fighting'' mode into their own version of the game and their port ended up being rebranded ''Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition'' to indicate the additional content. The fourth entry, ''Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers'' ended up being released on both, the SNES and Genesis, at the same time and from the 32-bit era and onward, home releases of ''Street Fighter'' games were usually released on multiple consoles, aside from a few outliers (e.g. ''Super Turbo'' on [=3DO=], the ''EX'' series on [=PlayStation=] consoles, ''Double Impact'' on Dreamcast).

* The first three mainline ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' ([[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 the original]], ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis 3]]'') were all originally made for the original UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}, while ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica CODE: Veronica]]'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' were initially marketed as a UsefulNotes/{{Dreamcast}} and UsefulNotes/{{GameCube}}-exclusive respectively, before they all ended up being ported across multiple platforms. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' on the other hand, was developed and released for both, the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 3}}, from the get-go, being one of the earliest games developed on their MT Framework cross-platform engine.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' was released on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 simultaneously, making it the first installment in [[Franchise/ResidentEvil the series]] to debut on two platforms, although all the prior mainline entries had ports on other platforms after their initial release, including the ones that were supposed to be exclusives such as ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' (originally on Dreamcast) and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' (originally on [=GameCube=]).[[note]]Although, the 2002 ''Resident Evil'' remake, along with ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilZero'', both remained exclusive to Nintendo until their remastered ports on HD platforms in 2014 and 2015.[[/note]]

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' underwent a similar situation. Development was taking much longer than anticipated, and since the UsefulNotes/WiiU was not selling well anyway, the decision was made to delay the game even further and simultaneously release it on their next platform, the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. This left the Wii U in the position of being the only Nintendo home console without a unique Zelda game of its own, since its only other Zelda games were remastered ports of the two [=GameCube=] games (''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and the above-mentioned ''Twilight Princess'').

* Franchise/MetalGear
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'' was the first mainline entry in the Franchise/MetalGear franchise that was developed with multiple platforms in mind, which was the main drive behind the creation of the FOX Engine that the game was made with. Prior to this, ''Substance'' (the [[UpdatedRerelease expanded edition]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'') was initially a timed-exclusive for the original Xbox before it was released on [=PS2=] and PC, while the ''HD Collection'' (a [[CompilationRerelease compilation]] that contains remastered ports of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'') was released simultaneously on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but these were ports of games that were initially released on the [=PS2=] (or in the case of ''Peace Walker'', the PSP). ''Metal Gear Solid V'' was not only a multiplatform project from the get-go, but it was even released across two console generations, coming out not only on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but also on the [=PS4=] and Xbox One. The Steam version of the stand-alone prologue (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Ground Zeroes]]'') was released several months after the console versions had already come out, but the main game (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]'') managed to reach all five platforms on the same date.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'': Development was taking much longer than anticipated, and since the UsefulNotes/WiiU was not selling well anyway, the decision was made to delay the game even further and simultaneously release it on their next platform, the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. This left the Wii U in the position of being the only Nintendo home console without a unique Zelda game of its own, since its only other Zelda games were remastered ports of the two [=GameCube=] games (''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'').

* ''Franchise/MegaMan'' mostly stuck to Nintendo platforms during the 8-bit and 16-bit console generations, but when it came time for the blue bomber to make his 32-bit debut with ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', the game ended up being released on both, the [=PlayStation=] and Sega Saturn. The ''X'' series would later show up on the PS and Saturn as well with ''VideoGame/MegaManX4''.[[note]]Although ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'' was previously released for he PS and Saturn ([[NoExportForYou at least in Japan and Europe]]), it was originally a Super NES game.[[/note]] After that though, the series mostly went back to individual releases on [=PlayStation=] and Nintendo platforms (aside from a few compilations) until the release of ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' (and later ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan10 10]]'') as a digital download for the Wii, [=PS3=] and Xbox 360. The upcoming ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' is scheduled to be released on all four of the current home platforms ([=PS4=], Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam).
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'' was the first mainline entry in the Franchise/MetalGear franchise that was developed with multiple platforms in mind, which was the main drive behind the creation of the FOX Engine that the game was made with. Prior to this, ''Substance'' (the [[UpdatedRerelease expanded edition]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'') was initially a timed-exclusive for the original Xbox before it was released on [=PS2=] and PC, while the ''HD Collection'' (a [[CompilationRerelease compilation]] that contains remastered ports of ''Metal Gear Solid 2'', ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'') was released simultaneously on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but these were ports of games that were initially released on the [=PS2=] (or in the case of ''Peace Walker'', the PSP). ''Metal Gear Solid V'' was not only a multiplatform project from the get-go, but it was even released across two console generations, coming out not only on the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360, but also on the [=PS4=] and Xbox One.
** The Steam version of the stand-alone prologue (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Ground Zeroes]]'') was released several months after the console versions had already come out, but the main game (''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]'') managed to reach all five platforms on the same date.
** Prior to ''Metal Gear Solid V'', Konami released ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', a spinoff that was released on both, [=PS3=] and Xbox 360. Originally announced under the title ''Metal Gear Solid: Rising'', it was originally developed internally by Kojima Productions and was intended to be the first game made on the FOX Engine, but its troubled development resulted in the project being outsourced to Creator/{{PlatinumGames}}, who ended up making their version of the game on their own engine.