Onyxmeth on 14 April 2009
| perpride said: Gears of War could have done Halo 3 numbers. How? The same way GTA IV did. Exclusivity does not "help" third parties. PS3 and 360 have been getting bitch-slapped by Nintendo every single week for almost two years now. Developers should realize that going multiplat. would help their cause. |
Yes and no. Established franchises I believe are better off multiplatform. However, imagine if Gears of War was multiplatform and MS never published it. What third party publisher would have spent as much money and exposed the game as well as MS did? Notice that Unreal Tournament 3 went that route and the game tanked hard. Would Gears really still be as huge? I doubt it.
After having established the series though, Epic is now at a point where they could look towards moving the series as multiplatform as a benefit for sales. However, I'm fairly sure MS will lock the series up further to make up the difference.
Tag: Became a freaking mod and a complete douche, coincidentally, at the same time.
