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

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

BasilZero said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

BasilZero said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:
PC gaming doesn't have generations, just graphics card replacements.

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I cant wait to make a better PC for gaming ;x

Thats the point...its not stock...go make it or go to a place that cares to make it.

Suggestions on a place where they make it? Mainstream store PCs suck, too poor for alienware as well ;x

Thats because PC's aren't made for gaming, unless you buy a specific version. Even then its still not "dedicated", but consoles are.

That's the kicker... All PC's can game. Sure you might not be able to play Crysis on your netbook... However the game library is incredibly vast spanning decades and multiple platforms via emulation, with thousands of titles that you could probably play.
If a device is determined to be a "gaming machine" or not via the number of games available, then PC would beat the consoles hands down, no contest, regardless of the hardware in use.

With that said... To get a gaming PC is actually fairly simple. - Any decent pre-built quad-core equipped Desktop machine with 4gb+ of ram will do fine as a "base". - Then all you need to do is drop in a new decent graphics card (And in some cases a better PSU) and you could probably run every title out there.

 

 

 

zarx said:

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.

Well, if they kept Crysis 2 on Steam it may have sold better on the PC. But the amount of hate over Origin is incredible. If they want more sales on PC, that would be the first thing I would be changing.
I bought Crysis at Retail and on Steam, Great benchmarking game at the time. (Although my PC creams it now.)
Yet, never touched Crysis 2 because it was on Origin.

PC Piracy is a big problem, but not as big as publishers make it out to be.
If they release a game at a price point that gamers are willing to pay on a service they prefer, then they will get sales.
Plus if you look at Steam, a game that is even 10 years old could suddenly hit the top of the best selling charts with a price reduction, that's a a large recurring sales boost without the developers having to do anything, that kind of thing just never happens with a console where games are usually released then fall into obscurity.