Mr Puggsly said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Farsala said:
Honestly the hype for MS 1st party games has died since Halo 4. If this game does 1m+ 1st week though you will know it at least had some hype. |
A lot of people wouldn't consider Gears a 1st party game.
Gears of War: Judgment was one of the most pre-ordered games of 2013. It even surpassed God of War: Ascension in the US charts. So clearly there is hype.
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Epic is under contract with MS for the Gears games. Nobody knows for how long or what the details are. Gears of War woud commonly be called a 2nd party series for MS by Epic. But the truth of the matter is that "2nd party" is a made up term to describe a outside developed 1st party game. Gears of War is first party, it's just a different kind of 1st party game than say Halo which is also a 1st party IP. For more info on these terms check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_developer
MS and Sony have different ways of accomplishing the same thing. Sony often buys developers outright and MS often partners with 3rd party devs to publish exclusive games. In the end the result is the same. Exclusive games like Gears of War or Resistance.
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I assume the contract with Epic was the trilogy. But I wouldn't be surprised if MS threw a shit ton of money at them to get more exclusives.
I see what you're saying, but I don't consider it a 1st party game. Other than publishing rights at the moment, MS doesn't own any of it.
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The thing with Epic is basically the same thing with bungie and all those Halos. The difference of course is that Epic can go wherever they want with Gears. And back to your original reply to me. Shooters are more popular in US then hack and slash. But also God of war is more popular in US then most other Sony Ips. But as I said I am sure it will get 1m+ FW and that is quite some hype.
