Update: Official Crysis 3 reveal coming April 16

[NightDragon83]

zarx said:

NightDragon83 said:
What's with the rumored spring '13 release? I find that hard to believe... you'd think they'd want to hold it back a bit longer and instead have it ready for the launch of the next-gen consoles in late '13 / early '14.

I can't see how they can improve on Crysis 2's visuals much between now and then while keeping the game on current gen consoles, and this is a franchise and company that is known for pushing cutting-edge graphics. Crysis 3 as a launch title for 720 / PS4 would make the game an instant killer-app just for its visuals alone.

I think they want to quickly cash in on the work they did getting 2 onto current consoles, which is also why it is apparently still in NYC so they can recycle the work they did on 2. 

You have to remember the CEO of Crytek was expecting that by releasing the seccond game on consoles they were going to get 3x the sales of the first. And went on reccord saying they expected to sell 7+ million units total for Crysis 2, even if that was just hype I can't imagine they were expecting anything less than 5 million. Last time sales were mentioned officially it was at 3+ million shipped and VGChartz currently has it at 1.1m 360, 0.95 PS3 and 0.52 PC so even with arround 400k PC digital it is unlikely they have since shipped much more than the 3 million. Meaning that Crysis 2 missed it's sales targets by a mile. 

Exactly.  Which is why I think they'd be better off if they held off until the next gen arrives, because even after all the hype Crysis 2 was pretty underwhelming, both in terms of sales and the game itself.  I don't see how 3 can do any better, being that it'll be so late in this console gen, not to mention it'll probably get lost in the post-holiday shuffle like its predecessor did last year.  With some really big titles coming out this holiday season (not to mention the launch of the Wii U), and GTAV rumored for a spring '13 release as well, how can they honestly expect Crysis 3 to do any better than 2 did?