View Full Version : Future Crytek titles will be multi-platform, no more PC exclusives
Retrolock
04-29-08, 04:24 PM
Strategy Informer writes: "Cevat Yerli, president of the German Studio Crytek, which is well known for developing Crysis. In the interview they discuss the success and failures of Crysis, but more importantly the state of the PC gaming industry.
Yerli was asked about the risk of going PC exclusive with a high-profile title, and replied with: 'It is certainly. We are suffering currently from the huge piracy that is encompassing Crysis. We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin, a chart leading that is not desirable. I believe that’s the core problem of PC Gaming, piracy. To the degree PC Gamers that pirate games inherently destroy the platform. Similar games on consoles sell factors of 4-5 more. It was a big lesson for us and I believe we wont have PC exclusives as we did with Crysis in future. We are going to support PC, but not exclusive anymore.'"
http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/937/future-crytek-titles-will-be-multi-platform-no-more-pc-exclusives
:(
...the start of the breakdown? :(
ASUSEN7900GTX
04-29-08, 04:46 PM
damn i thougt they selled more copies than it seems i still belive crytek will port the other way from pc to console such still being a little PC exclusive.
damn pirates destroying crytek damn it
No linux versions of their games planned. Keep your trash and go home.
Nice blaming on the pirates again. One million copies sold isn't bad at all considering Crysis' extremely high system requirement.
BioHazZarD
04-30-08, 05:05 AM
Exactly they said one thing in all videos and previews and now they are suprised though considering what monster pc you have to have to enjoy this game as on all e3 videos..
Doom3 when it got out was the number.1 most downloaded game too and at the same time it sold just as much in retail sales.
nekrosoft13
04-30-08, 09:21 AM
like i said in the other thread, i think EA was "involved" in that decision. Crytek is getting to close to them, it wouldn't suprise me if EA would buy out crytek soon.
EA saw 1 million + sales, decided to throw more money at Crytek to make multi-platform told them to come up with some lame reason to the decision.
SeriTonin
04-30-08, 09:33 AM
The game was a 6 hour interactive benchmark, it wasn't fun, it WAS pretty to look at. I said this a week after it came out and I played through it, this isn't me blasting off because of his comments.
Make a fun game worth playing people will buy it.
Make an uninteresting game that can't run max setting on the best of the best rigs out there, you're shooting yourself in the foot.
But nice job crytek, pulling an epic/ut3 and blaming piracy for a boring game.
wysiwyg
04-30-08, 06:02 PM
i actually bought crysis
loved it too
nekrosoft13
04-30-08, 06:15 PM
i actually bought crysis
loved it too
same over here, great game.
NaitoSan
04-30-08, 08:03 PM
I bought Crysis Special Edition and haven't played it. :o I really should since I just finished Call of Duty 4.
Who would be dumb enough to make a game exclusive for Linux.
I run Knoppix Linux, Puppy Linux, Cento Linux, Ubuntu, etc. but please, don't even think it's a good platform for most people to play games on or work on. For most people, it's a free toy.
No linux versions of their games planned. Keep your trash and go home.
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ClosetFanBoy
05-01-08, 12:07 AM
like i said in the other thread, i think EA was "involved" in that decision. Crytek is getting to close to them, it wouldn't suprise me if EA would buy out crytek soon.
EA saw 1 million + sales, decided to throw more money at Crytek to make multi-platform told them to come up with some lame reason to the decision.
Why would they need a lame reason? "Hey we're going mulitplatform so everyone can enjoy our games" Thats not hard is it?
Blaming EA is a cop out, plain and simple.
No one forced Crytek to sign with EA, and if Crytek didn't want to make console games they wouldn't have to...EA can't force them to make one.
Crytek finally woke up like many other developers before them and realized that they would have sold many, many more copies had the game been cross-platform. And as far as Crysis "exceeding expectations", well that makes you feel better right up to the point that you realize that five times as many people are downloading your game than paying for it.
There isn't a single developer worth talking about thats not putting at least some resources into console development these days, because with the cost to make games these days its the smart thing to do.
Logical
05-01-08, 04:56 AM
FFS, are developers soooo thick that they have no idea how to beat piracy.
Steam have got it right.....Digitally download the content ffs.
Who's arsed if Crysis goes multiplatform anyway.....the graphics are awesome...the gameplay SUCKS.
glObalist
05-01-08, 05:01 AM
FFS, are developers soooo thick that they have no idea how to beat piracy.
Steam have got it right.....Digitally download the content ffs.
Who's arsed if Crysis goes multiplatform anyway.....the graphics are awesome...the gameplay SUCKS.
FYI, all Steam games have been cracked.
TheManko
05-01-08, 08:25 PM
People are really lazy, so putting Crysis on steam might make it sell more just because there is an audience that would buy it then because they can't be assed to go to the store or get the Ea downloader. Believe me, those people exist.
ClosetFanBoy
05-01-08, 10:14 PM
People are really lazy, so putting Crysis on steam might make it sell more just because there is an audience that would buy it then because they can't be assed to go to the store or get the Ea downloader. Believe me, those people exist.
This is probably true to an extent. Me? I'm like a dog going for a ride "Go for ride!" Plus I get to scope some pooty tang!
bacon12
05-02-08, 01:04 AM
FYI, all Steam games have been cracked.
Yea but do they work? Most stories I have heard is they almost never completely work as intended.
Yea but do they work? Most stories I have heard is they almost never completely work as intended.
All of them work. You don't get updates, so if there's a bug/glitch, you'll be playing with it.
HL2, EP1, EP2, TF2, Portal. All have been cracked and TF2 even has bunch of private servers.
AngelGraves13
05-02-08, 08:14 PM
Today is a good day!
This might mean that it will actually be playable on computers now since they'll have to do A LOT of optimization!
BioHazZarD
05-03-08, 05:49 AM
Yerli was very confident prior to release preety much anyone with a core 2 duo and a 8800 card could run this game somewhat maxed.. roflmao.
MrTexTure
05-03-08, 08:28 PM
All of them work. You don't get updates, so if there's a bug/glitch, you'll be playing with it.
HL2, EP1, EP2, TF2, Portal. All have been cracked and TF2 even has bunch of private servers.
Wrong several games have got updates so its not a problem but it may take a bit longer as the groups in the scene do update packs. I have friends who like to show of that he never will buy a game and get everything including all games from Steam.
I know it sucks but it's the truth but hey Steam stops much of the pirates atleats the zero day piracy and thats a very good thing.
I love Steam as it have done wonder selling more Pc Games, even EPIC was shocked that they did sell so many copies as soon they got over there.
Plain and simple Steam rocks :D
Intel17
08-18-08, 02:06 AM
Oh, well, isn't this just great? I just hope that they don't sacrifice the visual fidelity of their future titles to conform to console standards.
Whatever. I'm gettin' too damn old for games anyway, and as soon as PC gaming dies, so does my interest.
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