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Crytek Abandons PC Exclusivity Due To Piracy

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Anonymous

at 5:19 9/5/2008

CryWHAT?

Anonymous

at 9:22 8/5/2008

Haha @ Crytek CEO.

But yeah, Crysis was boring. All it had going for it was the graphics. What I hated about Farcry was the mutants, when Crysis brought out the aliens, I stopped playing. It was just boring! IF YOUR GAME IS GOOD, I WILL BUY IT!

Lets hope Ubisoft can make FarCry 2 fun. If it's a fun game, I will buy it. Period. Forget Crytek!


Crytek CEO

at 8:2 8/5/2008

Who told you Ash? It seems we have a security breach!

Anonymous

at 7:59 8/5/2008

Exclusive? Their previous yawn-fest was milked to death on the consoles, so this was unexpected?

Ash

at 7:57 8/5/2008

OH NO! ALIENS! THAT WAS SO ORIGINAL!

What? You guys at the Crytek story development were all out of mutants?

I heard the next Crytek game will feature a beautiful freely explorable island filled to the brim with beautifull blonde killer babes who are semi naked, but about 10% into the game you will end up running for your life in narrow corridors from beasts out of Greek Mythology.


Anonymous

at 20:0 7/5/2008

the game wasn't that bad... but when even the best video cards cant even run it at full... it looked amazing but theres no way most people could plat it on any nice quality settings

Anonymous

at 19:58 7/5/2008

this will be crytek's first lesion in boycotting

Anonymous

at 11:46 7/5/2008

all about piracy, yeah right ... not a word about all the extra money these whores will get from the megacorp suits for catering exclusively to their twisted monopoly fantasies ...

Anonymous

at 3:37 7/5/2008

The Story was not driven enough, it left you wanting more at the end. But since this is a trilogy, they thought they'd leave you stumped at the end. The game graphically is one of the most best looking games to date, sure you could say COD4 is great, but can COD4 do what this game does. simple answer is NO! The game gets a 9 out of 10. On metacritic it gets an average of 91. Thats really good.

Anonymous

at 22:55 6/5/2008

I agree with the Hankster. The game was just Boring. I was a dumb ass who purchased the game even though I read the steep requierments. I had to run the game on low and play at 1024/768. The game just looked Boring like that. And it's true, the game is as stale a a day old loaf of bread.

Hank

at 9:18 6/5/2008

Well the only thing crysis had was it looked pretty. The gameplay is boring, plagued with issues. Theres no reason to play the online. Why the f**k would I buy it, I honestly couldn't even be bothered to pirate it because its so stale.

Anonymous

at 6:29 6/5/2008

Oh really? I'd love to see how your future releases are going to run on consoles, if at all...

Fine let the consoles have your garbage...

Fkn idiots, next time take the time to develop a piece of software properly for the PC platform and maybe PC users will take more kindly to it instead of wondering what the fk kind of PC can run Crysis decently...


????

at 11:49 5/5/2008

yes piracy sucks infact sega lost over 1bil in the u.s with in the first 2 years do to it and is why they pulled it out of the u.s and what not and only made then from asia

Anonymous

at 9:16 5/5/2008

f**k u crytek. Keep your f**king game soff pc period. Assholes.

JP

at 7:21 5/5/2008

Especially after the years long wait for the game and them warning us that it would need mega system requirements and hence their forcing us to upgrade our PC's so that we could play the f**king lame-ass game. NOW they say bye bye!? F**k them!

JP

at 7:18 5/5/2008

I hope everyone is emailing those f**ks and ripping them a new one! Crytek is done for, f**k them!

Cheesed OFF

at 5:20 5/5/2008

And after paying full price for this game on the day of release, statements like this make me angry. So, the guys cant be bothered with exclusive games for us no more. Well then i cant be bothered to pay for em. Every one i know actually bought this game, and of course i dont know the whole world..... but its never enuff is it!

Anonymous

at 5:7 5/5/2008

This was the dumbest f**king article I've ever seen make it on megagames. You know none of it makes sense. The crytek people are a bunch of f**king idiots and will probably be bought out in the next few years, where there it will do the pc platform correctly. DUUUURRR PIRACY ON THE PC OMGGGG, it's everywhere you dumb f**ks. It was more on the PC platform since 80% of motherf**kers cant play it, so... why not give it an illegal shot? I can guarantee you that once the person got it illegally; installed it, tried it, and got rid of the steaming pile of s**t. Crysis had every bit of potential to run just fine and look great on a decent pc... you crytek homos just didn't take the time.

So, kudos for blaming your s**tTY PC SALES ON PIRACY, when in reality IT WAS BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY f**kED UP FOR THE PC PLATFORM - Sadly, piracy is the easy way for people to explain why something didn't sell well. Same thing with s**tty musicians and terrible applications. You knew piracy was bad before you released the game, why not be smart and counter it well enough?

But what the f**k do we know, we're the consumers... we're retarded to people like crytek and EA.. and who ever else fits the bill.


Anonymous

at 3:35 5/5/2008

guys its obvious they say it's all due to piracy becuase 99% cant fking play the game so people dont buy it

Anonymous

at 13:50 4/5/2008

Incredibly cliche story, terribly dumb AI (that often goes into X-Ray cyborg sniper mode), and just plain boring gameplay... all running on a horribly unoptimized engine.

Not to mention the weapons feel like airsoft toys (I suppose I've been spoiled by how CoD4's weapons handle though).

Surely the lack of sales couldn't have anything to do with the fact that it is an absolutely mediocre game at best, and all of the hype surrounding it was for the magical engine that still can't run worth a damn on modern hardware.

Surely it couldn't have been that.


olmio

at 12:54 4/5/2008

So they make a game which runs poorly on avarage machine, a game which ends before it starts properly? Then it is piratism which is the reason why PC-players will not buy. Sure, right.

Let the console gamers buy it then.


Anonymous

at 11:53 4/5/2008

I don't care about Crytek. They can kiss my @ss.

Anonymous

at 5:37 4/5/2008

cryME a river. Game cant even be run on most systems, who'd be stupid enough to buy it. I wanna see it sell 4-5 times more on PS3 or Xbox360 if u make it run 5fps on both of em. Xbox360? Most of its games are on torrents as well and a lot easier to play than PC, just burn on DVD and enjoy. DUH MAN! do some market analyzing

Anonymous

at 4:47 4/5/2008

doesnt this mean crysis 2 will look worst then the 1st crysis. since they HAVE to keep all the versons (console and pc)the same or they will lose rateings and iv got a nvidia 9600gt sli and i love the graphics in dx10 mode.This meanS they will have to degrade the games graphics on pc just to make it same as the console verson to keep the rateing high and i only bought crysis since it looks sooo good

lol

at 3:43 4/5/2008

the funny thing is you can still DOWNLOAD games illegaly even for consoles... just need a modified xbox 360 tis all!

Drumbstick

at 23:53 3/5/2008

Yeah, it's piracy... Sure it's NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with the retarded system requirements of their stupid game.

Tanker737

at 23:44 3/5/2008

i think if you can afford spending 4 grand for your rig to play that game
i think you can afford 50 bucks
crytek just O.D. on the everything
but nothing really innovented
with gameplay

Anonymous

at 9:49 3/5/2008

Dude: shove it up your ass... you forget the fact Crytek are a bumnch of wankers, a bumbch of liars. The fact is, barely anyone even bothered to download the game. Everyone knew they couldn't run it. Now stfu u wanker and get your ass outta Cryteks piehole.

Dude

at 6:21 3/5/2008

It's funny how most people are forgetting the fact that the DEMONSTRATION, aka DEMO of the game was released before the game itself, allowing possible buyers to test if the game would run and at what fps (0.2). All this "dl'ing the full game to see if it runs" is a big LAME excuse.

hairdie

at 3:14 3/5/2008

wow wow hold hold everybody and hold on crytek i cant beleive it no one gets it do they!!!. its a simple matter .. a game like this will still be selling in 2-4 years time because it looks soo good (there are even better detail options hidden apparratly) so when most other games have stopped selling cos they look crap all us pc owners will start to buy it in say 2 years time :))
oh and just for the record i have a quad core 2 running at 3.4 ghz and a 8800gtx and yes there are sections that crawl in high detail but not many ... but the 8800 anf quad cores are both under 200 pound now
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just for the record im not sticking up fro crytek ,crysis has lots of bugs to work out

Vanni

at 17:21 2/5/2008

I can imagine that if it can barely run on PC's. I doubt it can run on 360 or PS3. Wait till nxt gen of consoles n then perhaps it might run. Other then that if they tried to port it now to consoles its like trying to get to mars within a few days. If anything they'll port it with less intense graphics, be like playing COD4. COD4 looks much better on PC by the way.

Fud Sang

at 12:2 2/5/2008

Good why didn't this happen before? Oh lets make it for PCs that require a rediculous amount of upgrades to run the damn game. What a stupid bunch of people to do that. I've wanted that game on a console since I heard about it. Oh no lets make it for PCs that cost a lot so only those with fat wallets can buy it in their right mind. No wonder the game got pirated. They'd make more money this way anyway and thusly breed success and increase hype. Crytek is run by monkeys...good heavens!!

Anonymous

at 11:7 2/5/2008

the problem is that they thought their game was deserving of good sales on the pc but the thing is it doesnt run decently on most pcs. so how could they of expected good sales based on that fact? no surprise crysis didnt sell well and no surprise they are not making pc exclusives anymore. fps games sell for their multiplayer support most of their time not just a single player experience.

oh btw its kinda funny how childish people are acting childish here cursing like crazy morons.


Anonymous

at 10:38 2/5/2008

Crysis is kind of a s**tty game, no? It's just a more generic version of Farcry that looks better.

Anonymous

at 9:47 2/5/2008

f**k you Crytek... I got a bad ass pc that plays everything on high with good speed..Your product doesn't look the best either and i get barely 30 frames a second you c**k bags.

Make a better product you pieces of dog s**t.


Anonymous

at 7:49 2/5/2008

try selling the stupid game for $20, see where piracy is then. I know for me at least, if it's a game that looked cool I'd risk the $20, not friggen $50 or $60 these games are costing now. LRN2CHARGELESS

ali

at 23:5 1/5/2008

My PC costs more than 4 x360 consoles and plays EVERY Game in the market with MAX settings and resolutions and provides me with 60+ fps! IT STILL CANT PLAY CRYSIS WITH DECENCY! PIRACY is not the problem, its your product dammit!

Anym

at 21:11 1/5/2008

Bah stop with the "PC is dead" crying, it got old about 10 years ago.

Anonymous

at 15:58 1/5/2008

mr hoenst.... your looking at 2 games, in a single category. all FPS games have a short single player. and phantom. your the the reason why everything is wrong in this world...

Anonymous

at 13:55 1/5/2008

Bulls**t Crytek. you just figured out that most of the people can't even f**king afford a pc to run this crap game of yours.

Anonymous

at 12:1 1/5/2008

Year right, surely is a problem but is not like consoles suffer it too, as ive seen people selling copies of the games for consoles. When i know is a good game i buy it fast, if is a so so i try it first, is bad i wont even bother to even pirate it. TRully some games i had copies before if they where good i bought them even if i have it as an decorative object.

Anonymous

at 11:45 1/5/2008

"multiplayer sucks -> no need for valid cd-key -> no one buys game -> piracy ensues-> people play single player then uninstall"

hear hear!!


Anonymous

at 10:7 1/5/2008

Phantom: You c**k bag. Read, you piece of trash. Selling That laggy piece of s**t on Steam doesn't change teh fact, no one can play the game the way its meant to be played..... People don't pirate this piece of s**t, it simply doesnt sell and those that pirate it, turn it off after the first 20 minutes of lag.

Anonymous

at 8:31 1/5/2008

Far cry was a piece of crap too

Randygod

at 8:28 1/5/2008

After getting burrned by crap games of course I will try them before I buy them.Thats being a smart consumer

Anonymous

at 7:9 1/5/2008

No 8800GTS+ = no Crysis. Simple. and who would pay 200 - 300 bucks to play a game? Take ur piracy and shove it!
Next time make a game which wouldnt run on dual 9800...

PHANTOM

at 3:24 1/5/2008

look at all the flaming crysis posts wow aint u sad. anyways word to crytek if you wana sell more of your game. then sell it using steam. sure u can still buy the dvd but you need to register the key on steam. this will stop most if not all pirates:)

mr honest

at 3:0 1/5/2008

to be honest cod 4 and crysis werent much of a single player experience.
the PC is pretty much a waste of time gaming these days(dying platform).
no wonder console are selling like hotcakes. It amazes me enthusiats pimp out there rigs, because in all honestly what is the point???
so there spec can look good on forums, if that the case its sad.

Anonymous

at 1:45 1/5/2008

Crysis was crap no wonder it was pirated so much cause no body wanted to pay for something that was hyped up so much then turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments of last year

Anonymous

at 23:23 30/4/2008

f**k you Crytek. Take your f**king Game and shove it up your ass. No one can play your f**king game properly you f**king c**k suckers. Word of mouth killed your game sales, not piracy you pieces of s**t. Get your ass out of Nvidias BUTT PASSAGE and start creating games that run properly on current hardware and stop making your games run like s**t on purpose you f**king c**k bags.

Anonymous

at 21:41 30/4/2008

Call of Duty 4 was highly optimized.
No-wonder it actually sold well. However it actually has a huge fan-base already....But because it was optimized well deserved.

Anonymous

at 20:27 30/4/2008

yyyaaaaaaaarrrrrrr

Anonymous

at 19:9 30/4/2008

They lost my attention with the word piracy. Since that means you take something away so that the owner doesn't have it anymore, it doesn't apply to copying. After they disqualified themselves as being intelligent, I stopped reading. Its copyright violation.

Oh, and the system requirements were nutzo anyway, and no story.


JP

at 18:18 30/4/2008

felching mofo's I HATE them so much it burns in my blood! I feel the anger and hatred building inside me and rage coursing though my brain stem and frontal lobes! i HATE them so MUCH...I'm so angry I want to smash my MOUSE against the keyboard over and over and over again pksgdj09t49. r\/yoktrggoqt there just did it....and now my shift key is broken out.
I'm gonna smash my keyboard over my knee and then ram it through my LCD I am SO F*NG disgusted I want to RIP MY EYES out of their socket!!!!
I can't believe they would SAY THAT after all their S**T!!! God I want to KILL something!

psycrow

at 17:20 30/4/2008

lol they surrendered.

Anonymous

at 16:37 30/4/2008

multiplayer sucks -> no need for valid cd-key -> no one buys game -> piracy ensues-> people play single player then uninstall

Anonymous

at 16:2 30/4/2008

WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP

FCK THEM


Anonymous

at 15:2 30/4/2008

then of course cost to produce, as well as time is often increased

Anonymous

at 15:2 30/4/2008

whats funny is that more money is made by selling PC games... console games cost $10 more but that doesn't cover the cost. you pay HUGE amounts to the console maker (Microsoft/Nintendo/Sony) which is why consoles are cheep to buy

Anonymous

at 13:53 30/4/2008

PC games don't sell well due to piracy?? Wow. I'll give 100 to 1 odds that Starcraft 2 will sell HUGE. Guess why. It will be a GOOD GAME. Take a look at WoW, Half-Life 2, The Sims, Doom 3 and Battlefield 1942 & 2. Those all sold really well. Know why? People like them!

Anonymous

at 13:6 30/4/2008

networking. But f**k them, i won't be praising this game anymore. They can go f**k off to there multi-platform game. To think i was actually going to buy this when i had a PC that could run it, what a shame. f**k you crytek. I hope they go bankrupt and die out quick. Get a game that looks great and plays great with current hardware f**ken dumbasses.

Anonymous

at 13:5 30/4/2008

None. I personally would have bought the game if my PC did not choke on the demo and all LOW settings. I guess i won't be supporting there game anymore. I think a game sales more if its told by word of mouth by encouraging many of my friends and there friends.

Anonymous

at 13:4 30/4/2008

This game had great visuals but no real good story. The game deserves a 10 out of 10. If this game doesn't stay exclusive for the PC, i hope they go to hell and just jump out right now. They'll lose a fan base of PC gamers if they do go multi-platform. I hate when PC games go to consoles. Pisses me off where is the challenge.

Anonymous

at 12:39 30/4/2008

wow... they say they dont approve of piracy, but that sure seemed like the point they were making. you dont have to pirate a game in order to see if your system will play it. that's why they make demos. and 95% of the time, a demo will perform the same as the actual game.

Anonymous

at 12:17 30/4/2008

I would think it leads the piracy charts due to it being pretty popular among those who are apt to steal it. Probably those who want to benchmark their PC but don't want to go out and buy the game.

Anonymous

at 12:5 30/4/2008

also piracy is all BS, they blow it out of proportion and use it like terrorism as fear tactics, it exists, but not as readily as is claimed. most people who pirate anything, wouldn't have paid for it either way, so it rarely effects sales

Anonymous

at 12:3 30/4/2008

its because the game wasn't meant to play well. its been Nvida's poster child from the start. nvidia sells video cards... it doesnt take a genius to realize what happened. a

Anonymous

at 11:13 30/4/2008

If you got a PC, which can run far cry @ max settings but only barely crysis @ minimum settings (barely...). Far cry looks WAAAAAY prettier.

This is sort of f**king retarded. Imho, but then again i have no clue how graphics "advance".

But well, this is indeed where the consoles are nice, piracy rate there is waaaay lower and thats good imho. More money for the game developers. More money = better games usually. Well better quality / quantity :)


Anonymous

at 9:21 30/4/2008

lol no one buys it because most don't know if they can play it, or can only play at such a frame rate that its not worth paying for. piracy accounts for like 1-5% of all the games out there on the PC... and dispite what people think there piracy on consoles too!!!

its just not as easy to do


Anonymous

at 8:29 30/4/2008

Crytek, you f**king knobs. Your f**king game can't be played properly by the average PC user u c**k suckers. You make like one f**kign game every f**king 3 years. Get over it assholes. Piracy isn't effecting your game. It's your f**king steep requirment to play you boring piece of s**t fps.

Take your games too consoles and stay there assholes. We don't need you and your f**king rediculous high requirment games. Maybe nvidia and ati will finally start selling cards cheaper now that s**t developers like you who don't optomise games are finally gone from pc..


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