Will Gears Of War Ever Go Multiplat?

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Squilliam said:

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.

 

 

This.

It's never going to happen. GoW2 isn't even going to the PC, and there's already rumors claiming Epic is a first-party for Microsoft. (Obviously not true, YET..) The only people who think otherwise are desperate Sony fanboys still in denial about GoW2 not going to the PC.

Even if Epic was going bankrupt, and had no other choice, Microsoft would buy the IP in a second.