Crytek: ‘PC is our next-generation, way ahead of other next-gen platforms

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pezus said:

VGKing said:
Thank you for stating the obvious Mr. Crytek spokesman.

But didn't Crytek themselves say how Crysis wouldn't be able to be funded if it was a PC exclusive? It's why they went multiplatform for Crysis 2 and why they released the first on PSN/XBL. They even complained about how bad piracy was on PC.

Like I said above, Crysis 1 sold better on PC only than Crysis 2 did on all platforms combined. Piracy is bad, but what matters most is sales. They probably expected a lot more from Crysis 2 on consoles.

Before Crysis 2 launched they said they expected it to do arround 7 million including consoles. Probably as they had been constantly told by publishers that PC piracy was killing sales and the PS3 and 360 market was much bigger for that kind of game. And as the first sold 3.5 million on PC they expected double that from consoles+PC.

So far it has sold ~ 2 million on PS3+360 (+500k PC retail) so yea they were expecting more for Crysis 2, especially as it had a larger budget and more marketing plus was a sequel rather than a new ip.