Will Gears Of War Ever Go Multiplat?

[Squilliam]

Million said:

Squilliam said:
Gears is likely to sell 11M+ between two games released within 4 years. They wouldn't risk anything which could potentially damage sales of their darling franchise like spread their resources too thinly and a cross advertising deal with Microsoft for exclusivity is something which definately pays off.

 

The bolded is absolute garbage .First you "spreading resources" point is flawed a big project like Gears will likely draw more resources from other areas of epic if needs be. As for a microsoft advertising deal > Multiplatform release = LOL.

 

@Twestern "Gears 2 didn't go multiplatform because it didn't have a 5 year development cycle and they knew it would sell more than a million on the first day.  Gears 3 will likely be the same story."

That doesn't explain why Epic wouldn't make a PS3 version of the game .

Epic won't make a PS3 version of the game because A: They get millions of dollars worth of advertisement spent on the game by Microsoft, along with game testers which they don't have to manage themselves B: They want to make the best game possible and they aren't the biggest developers out there in terms of manpower, C: They release a big game every two years whereas with a PS3 version it could take 3, this relates back to point B. D, they can make a better game by going exclusive to take advantage of the strengths of a particular console and E, exclusive shooters which Microsoft picks up on do extremely well in terms of sales.