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Smidlee on 05 February 2008

Good point Sulla. I hope Firaxis at least planning on allowing mouse to be used with PS3/360. No matter to me since I can play Civ4 with a mouse on my HDTV relaxing on the sofa. So another point, a lot ps3/360 owners has HDTV so can easily play civ4 anyways. The whole success of Rev will be if multiplayer sales or not.

 Today I going to be playing Sin of the Solar Empire on my HDTV. :) 



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CrashMan on 05 February 2008
Sky Render said:
Yeah, console versions of strategy games just aren't that great, what with the lack of a pointer device. Oh wait.

Seriously, why did it not occur to them that the Wii was better suited to a Civ game than 360 and PS3? Developers confuse me sometimes...

My guess would be that the project was first started before the Wii's remote was know, and they assumed Nintendo's console would be in 3rd place, but that is pure speculation, and probably only 50% likely looking at the respective game/console launch dates.



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tokilamockingbrd on 05 February 2008

I always thought take 2 would be one of the devopers to miss the Wii boat the by the most, the next I always said would be Konami.



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*~Onna76~* on 05 February 2008

Idiots... those developers I mean!



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Played_Out on 05 February 2008
MANUELF said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series)
Thank You, it serie have many games, with poor sales, I understand it cancelation

 


You sir, are an idiot.

Civilization is widely regarded as one of the greatest games ever made. Perhaps the reason you are not familiar with it is that, unlike the Pokemon or Mario games you appear to favour, Civilization actually requires you to think.



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Jetlogs on 05 February 2008
Played_Out said:
MANUELF said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series)
Thank You, it serie have many games, with poor sales, I understand it cancelation

 


You sir, are an idiot.

Civilization is widely regarded as one of the greatest games ever made. Perhaps the reason you are not familiar with it is that, unlike the Pokemon or Mario games you appear to favour, Civilization actually requires you to think.


We can all agree that the Civ series is a great series, but do you really have to bash these games? Mario may be shallow, I agree, but if you think Pokemon is shallow its either you haven't played the game, or you just played it casually.



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GhaudePhaede010 on 05 February 2008
CrashMan said:
Sky Render said:
Yeah, console versions of strategy games just aren't that great, what with the lack of a pointer device. Oh wait.

Seriously, why did it not occur to them that the Wii was better suited to a Civ game than 360 and PS3? Developers confuse me sometimes...

My guess would be that the project was first started before the Wii's remote was know, and they assumed Nintendo's console would be in 3rd place, but that is pure speculation, and probably only 50% likely looking at the respective game/console launch dates.


Your answer is too complicated, CrashMan. The more correct answer is money. Money is the biggest motivator. And I am not talking sales. I am talking corporate business.



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quarashi on 05 February 2008

Kinda a big blow for Civ fans. I think this game could of worked really well on the Wii. I was probably going to try it because it look more interesting to me than the other Civ games.(AoE kind of guy)



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Vertigo-X on 05 February 2008
Played_Out said:
MANUELF said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(series)
Thank You, it serie have many games, with poor sales, I understand it cancelation

 


You sir, are an idiot.

Civilization is widely regarded as one of the greatest games ever made. Perhaps the reason you are not familiar with it is that, unlike the Pokemon or Mario games you appear to favour, Civilization actually requires you to think.


 I understand your need to defend it, but I believe it's uncalled for here. The games haven't sold spectacularly... They've sold 5 million units in fourteen years on the market. So, don't insult the man over it.



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Untamoi on 05 February 2008

They haven't completely cancelled it yet if you read articles more carefully. They have put it on hold to finish 360/PS3 versions. IF other versions are successful then production of Wii version could actually continue where it was left. Cancellation and putting on hold are two different things.