Crytek In Deep Trouble – Adoption of CryEngine Not Good, Ryse Development Catastrophic (Update: Crytek denies claim)

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curl-6 said:
Crysis on PC was pirated relentlessly. This is gonna sound harsh, but PC gamers kinda brought the console-ization of the series on themselves, Crytek had to turn to PS3/360 make their money back.

1	Crysis 2	X360	2011	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.66	0.48	0.02	0.12	1.27
2	Crysis 2	PS3	2011	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.41	0.53	0.06	0.19	1.19
3	Crysis 3	X360	2013	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.45	0.28	0.01	0.05	0.79
4	Crysis	PC	2007	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.00	0.68	0.00	0.03	0.71
5	Crysis 2	PC	2011	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.15	0.43	0.00	0.13	0.70
6	Crysis 3	PS3	2013	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.22	0.36	0.03	0.08	0.69
7	Crysis 3	PC	2013	Shooter	Electronic Arts	0.12	0.26	0.00	0.06	0.44

When you include digital the console versions probably havent done that much better than the PC version. While they have more sales overall was the damage to the game/brand worth it? If Crysis 4 was announced tomorrow not many people would care, and thats sad.

Id expect 700,000+ sales on a PC exclusive game to be fairly profitable, again thats just retail. Steam and Origin must make the totals at least 200-600k higher.

Look at how Star Citizens backers lost their minds when they noticed a PS4 devkit it one of RSI's videos. Games targetting consoles tend to be designed differently compared to games targetting PCs, they also tend to play differently. Best example I can think of right now is Dragon Age Origins vs Dragon Age II, the first being very PC centric (and loved by the community) and the second console centric.