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Crysis maker abandons PC exclusivity, citing piracy
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article published on 1 May, 2008
Crytek, the developer of the hit game Crysis, has announced that it will no longer be PC exclusive in the future, citing growing piracy as the reason why.
For those not into computer gaming, Crysis was arguably one of the most highly praised PC-exclusive for 2007 and even one some awards for its stunning graphics.
In an interview with the magazine PC Play, the studio's director and ... [ read the full article ]
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tgok
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1. May 2008 @ 15:53 |
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They also may have been able to increase their profit margins by making their game not rape 99% of computers
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1. May 2008 @ 16:00 |
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Originally posted by tgok:
They also may have been able to increase their profit margins by making their game not rape 99% of computers
True, they forgot to admit that the small sales maybe due to the insane system requirements for the game.
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1. May 2008 @ 17:39 |
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are you stupid crytec, crysis failed because 1. insane requirements 2 the game limited functionality. and 3. no Replay value.
you dug your own grave, but piracy seems to be everybodys scape goat.
i loved farcry but crysis sucked balls.
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highly praised PC-exclusive
were in praised does it say game of the year..
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1. May 2008 @ 20:00 |
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Lol Just downloaded it a few days ago...
I can't run it on my computer properly...
Good thing I didn't give them my money for this sh!t :)
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1. May 2008 @ 21:44 |
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I looking forward to Crysis coming to PS3 now.
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1. May 2008 @ 22:10 |
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Originally posted by NexGen76:
I looking forward to Crysis coming to PS3 now.
I doubt That. Farcry 2 will be. im looking foward too a few games cooming out soon. Farcry 2,Fable 2 and hopefully A mass effect expansion.
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1. May 2008 @ 22:51 |
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Originally posted by NexGen76:
I looking forward to Crysis coming to PS3 now.
I bet the PS3 will have difficulties playing it too ;)
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1. May 2008 @ 23:03 |
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Really... talk about a stupid excuse.. blame the pirates again!
the fact of the matter is.. they released a game which probably 5% of real hardcore gamers rigs will run.. then give no help and support for people who have systems which in theory should be able to run it, and wonder why people download before buying?
Way to go.. There is probably more total unit piracy of console games, because of the stupidly inflated prices, than of pc games which are usually a little harder to deal with than download iso and burn.
It doesn't seem to hurt the consoles that much, and modability probably increases overall sales of hardware... If somebody cracked the ps3 the sales would probably increase by 10-15% overnight. It saved the 360, it made the xbox, and is a great boost to the Wii.
These guys obviously live in the same fantasy world as the mpaa/riaa and the rest of the whining cartel gangsters. (and farcry was rubbish as well... held my attention for about a level and a half... another boring old FPS... roll on the next Tomb Raider to remind people how good games are made.)
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1. May 2008 @ 23:07 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
If somebody cracked the ps3 the sales would probably increase by 10-15% overnight.
Definitely. I now tons of people praying for that Holy day :P
Originally posted by varnull:
It saved the 360,
I don't now about that... Most of the people I now with 360s are M$ loyalists... They wouldn't touch a PS3 with a 10-foot poll... My friends are really gay (no offence) :P
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1. May 2008 @ 23:17 |
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it would take them months to do the coding for another plataforms, and what he meant i think it's that in the next crytek project they will include consoles also
and some comments here asre just dumb, insane requirements well sorry for not having a good enougth computer
that's just wrong u ppl have to admit that this plataform is expensive, if u wanna see upgrades on the games ur a gonna have to upgrade ur computer too, that's why ppl don't use psTwos anymore as ppl shouldn't use p4 at least for serious gaming
And the game is just amazing I own this core 2 duo with an 8800 ultra looks amazing but i have a friend running it under a quad with a gx2, wow i mean wow how dare would u call crysis a Sh!t that's a 100% envy
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1. May 2008 @ 23:18 |
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Funny how these companys work hard on a game and then it comes out and doesn't do as good as they expected. Maybe they should put more time into optimizing their games to work with a wider range of hardware then they wouldn't completely block out the mid-low range PC user. Although I do believe in technology moving forward at least make it where if you turn the settings on med it'll run at decent FPS, something Crysis wasn't capable of doing. If Crytek feels that abadoning the main group of people that more than likely made them who they are is the best route then so be it. I'm not defending piracy but I think both sides are to blame. Piracy AND Crytek's lack-there-of creating a more optimized engine.
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1. May 2008 @ 23:24 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
If somebody cracked the ps3 the sales would probably increase by 10-15% overnight.
Definitely. I now tons of people praying for that Holy day :P
Originally posted by varnull:
It saved the 360,
I don't now about that... Most of the people I now with 360s are M$ loyalists... They wouldn't touch a PS3 with a 10-foot poll... My friends are really gay (no offence) :P
LOL
about the ps3 - so true, 360 maybe the live experiencie also save it but that's about it (for me is a ps2 with hdmi- ok ok some extra ram)
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2. May 2008 @ 00:49 |
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http://forums.theeca.com/showthread.php?t=4588
I have also been posting feverishly in the gamespot comment system.
Let me go over why Cryisis failed to be a "BLOCK BUSTER"
1.Niche in a niche focus.
2.Did not want to spend the big bucks for multi deving ahead of time then blame the magical one legged pirates for it not saling(aahr matyes) like farcry then getting denied imaginary funds to further dev a game they gave up on...
3.Cryisis is more bland and repetitive than FC or fear for that matter,it lacks story and enough weapon and suit upgrades to keep things interesting, hell Dark messhia was more fun throughout the whole game and offered at least some replay value(on mute ZOMG dialog do you have it motherfoocker?).
4.The polish on the engine and control is nice however it still has...DX10 quricks.
You can make all the console games you want..but the 360 is the most easiest device to hack and run copies on, in fact it works from day 1 no waiting for a week or a month like on PC, hell I got pissed at the crack for BioShock bought it and felt raped as I got further into the game to realize its consoltard poo, fodder for casual zombies its a game meant for gamers...
IMO blaming pirates is weak when it is your own flawed business practice that is damaging you, to you and to the rest of the game industry mindless greed will destroy you like it did Rome only you will have more law breaking, coke fulled, stripper chasing moments than the fall of a random burnt out hollywood studio....
speaking of which they herd the casual zombies better than you ever can because they have learned to price point products.
Support and nurture your products until you release a new one, cashing in to poo it out and forget it will only lead more sheeple to tinfoil hats and black paint....
*stands up proud to show his no wool black paint tinfoil hat wearing self*
Represent y'all!
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2. May 2008 @ 01:00 |
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Some games are worth buying, like Dragon Age, Baldurs Gate 2, Mass Effect and Mafia 2.
Crysis isn't worth 20 bucks let alone 50. The gameplay lacks artistic direction, and lets face it the whole game was like a tech demo for the 8800GT. The AI was abysmal as were the linear paths on the island.
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2. May 2008 @ 01:19 |
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Originally posted by windsong:
Some games are worth buying, like Dragon Age, Baldurs Gate 2, Mass Effect and Mafia 2.
Crysis isn't worth 20 bucks let alone 50. The gameplay lacks artistic direction, and lets face it the whole game was like a tech demo for the 8800GT. The AI was abysmal as were the linear paths on the island.
IMO Bioshock aint worth 20$, Cryisis is a solid 20-30 title, no worse than Dark messiah,Prey or turok...
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2. May 2008 @ 01:27 |
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fgamer
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the only "piracy" capable of damage sales is bootlegs, downloads are such a small number(on a world wide scale) and of that number a disproportionate amount are not consumers they would EVER have.
Statistically speaking it dose not add up, one can not get blood from a stone...or money from a stoner....ba dum ba bish......
anyway is just falsehoods and falsity to say piracy can damage a game 90% of the time.
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Originally posted by chaos_zzz:
it would take them months to do the coding for another plataforms, and what he meant i think it's that in the next crytek project they will include consoles also
and some comments here asre just dumb, insane requirements well sorry for not having a good enougth computer
that's just wrong u ppl have to admit that this plataform is expensive, if u wanna see upgrades on the games ur a gonna have to upgrade ur computer too, that's why ppl don't use psTwos anymore as ppl shouldn't use p4 at least for serious gaming
And the game is just amazing I own this core 2 duo with an 8800 ultra looks amazing but i have a friend running it under a quad with a gx2, wow i mean wow how dare would u call crysis a Sh!t that's a 100% envy
I built a PC for a friend a P4 2 core 95X something it was 2.XGhs,2 GB of ramm and a 7600 512 PCI EVGa card, I ran both Cryisis and ut3 on it on low and medium both ran fine.
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2. May 2008 @ 10:26 |
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I heard that it did sell over a million world wide. I say that is a good feat considering what it takes to run it. I must agree with some of ya that Far Cry was better than Crysis. I dont think pirating is the issue here, it's the SPECS for the game. To much work went into this for PC and the sales didn't make up for it. They refuse to see the obvious.
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2. May 2008 @ 10:26 |
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pleaaaassseeee make it ps3 exclusive to annoy Nobrainer!!!
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2. May 2008 @ 10:46 |
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I personally think it just wasn't a very good game.
I tried the demo, I was bored of it in about 20 min's.
All the hype in the world is not going to make a bad game good.
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2. May 2008 @ 12:16 |
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I wouldn't have purchased it even if I could play it. I had a slightly noticeable framerate lag on medium after upgrading my card to a 7800GT (and no, I didn't upgrade my card just for this game, it just so happened to coincide with the release). Plus it wasn't even fun on low settings. I had a better time playing Timeshift on high settings.
Once again, the boy who cried "piracy." Can they prove that piracy was the cause? Because then they would need to do a study of all of the studios that released titles at around the same time that were peddling for customers.
1. Do they think people have the $$$ to buy every game that comes out?
2. They would have to find out a way to determine how many in the demographic they are targetting own both a PC and a console. Because then their game is competing with a whole other platform. Make that a really expensive PC and a really expensive console.
3.And then combine that with the fact that a large % of people just can't play it due to insufficient funds to upgrade their PC specs - cost of game - $60; cost for a new build to play game - $1,000.
I'm going to make a bold statement, and it's just my opinion. Most "pirates" who download these games would not have paid for them anyway. The real pirates are the bootleggers who are profitting. Because they are the ones selling it to people who would apparently actually pay $$$ for a specific game.
Likely scenario:
Cevat Yerli stops by likely Pirate home:
Cevat Yerli - "Hey man, I see you're playing my game. Did you pay for it??
Pirate - "No, I'm a Pirate."
Cevat Yerli - "Not cool man. Please pay me."
Pirate - "No thanks, I can't afford it. I'll just delete it."
Cevat Yerli - "But you have to pay me! You have my game!!!"
Pirate - *deletes game* - "No I don't."
"Pirate" goes on his way and eventually forgets about the game because he couldn't afford it in the first place. Either way, Cevat Yerli would have never seen Pirates $$$.
Let's throw people in a large pot and give them all a fixed amount of money. Now let's throw at them bluray, consoles, LCD TV's, LCD monitors, PC's, PC and console games, music players, media players, etc. Now, let's increase gas prices, food prices and the overall cost of living - taxes go up, health insurance goes up. Aside from those who will buy everything else with their credit card, middle class people generally are only going to buy what they can afford. It's the people who rely on plastic and try to live above their means who got the US in the mess it's in now.
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2. May 2008 @ 14:00 |
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Crysis is an excellent game, problem is it's a little too ahead of it's time... this is one game for the rich boys
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Originally posted by navi1199:
Crysis is an excellent game, problem is it's a little too ahead of it's time... this is one game for the rich boys
Ya they say the same about Bioshock but I still discount it as a watered down bland minmilized shooter.
Crysis's main flaws is its bland sandbox nature with no real mod/suit upgrades as the game progresses, it gives you a so so amount of gameplay mechanics to finish the WHOLE game with, because there is no depth in the design past the sandbox nature the game grows boring and bland.
its a 6 above average but nothing great and I would not call it good ..and I run it on high at 30FPS....
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Ya they say the same about Bioshock but I still discount it as a watered down bland minmilized shooter.
Crysis's main flaws is its bland sandbox nature with no real mod/suit upgrades as the game progresses, it gives you a so so amount of gameplay mechanics to finish the WHOLE game with, because there is no depth in the design past the sandbox nature the game grows boring and bland.
its a 6 above average but nothing great and I would not call it good ..and I run it on high at 30FPS....
well if you really think about it, a fps really can't get all that good... all fps games has it going for them are the fast paced, fast action with dust flying in your face feel... So I was just rating it as a fps game... Even after the suit upgrades the game mechanic won't change much, only the strategies you use to complete the game... Crysis is nothing more than your average fps just with more better graphics, I expected nothing more or nothing less than that, so in opinion it did it's job well. Well except for the fact that it needs a killer machine just so you can have the joy of cloaking and messing around with the AI...
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