Lost Planet not exclusive to Xbox 360?

1up.com has been speaking to Jun Takeuchi, one of the producers on Capcom’s excellent looking Xbox 360 action title Lost Planet. The most interesting nugget of information to come for the chat has already sent internet chat forums into a fanboy frenzy: the game might not stay an Xbox 360 exclusive.

“We will try to keep it as a 360 exclusive,” Takeuchi said. “But, from the company’s point of view, when you think about the business, in the future it’s something [port the game to PS3] we might have to do.“

It makes perfect sense from a business standpoint to port the game to the PlayStation 3, particularly to gain sales in Japan, where the Xbox 360 version is almost certain to bomb. Although sales of the game are predicted to be high in Europe and North America, the Xbox 360 is failing to make an impression in Japan, where the PlayStation 3 and Wii are expected to dominate.

Takeuchi suggested that the Xbox 360’s poor sales in Japan aren’t cause for a total lack of Japanese developed titles: “We hope that more Japanese publishers realise there are more markets outside of Japan,” he commented.

Moving on to downloadable content for Lost Planet before the game hits store shelves, Takeuchi wouldn’t be drawn on the company’s exact plans, but he did say that “we [Capcom] will upload something to keep the users busy until release.” Not a confirmation of a multiplayer demo, then, but at least we know something is coming.