In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Electronic Arts has again denied that an Xbox 360 version of Crysis is in development. Speaking to TheGameReviews.com, an EA spokesperson said that there were currently no plans for a 360 version of the game. Of course, the denial is more or less expected now. Recounting the yes and no roller coaster is getting strenuous at this point, but here we go. First, a Crytek designer said that it was impossible to port Crysis to the 360, then a Crytek artist claimed it was possible, then 1UP reported a special version featuring new graphics and gameplay was headed to 360, which EA later said was a "miscommunication." Oh, and then Crytek's CEO said that Crysis could be ported to consoles with optimization and that this was always Crytek's stance on the matter. All of this, of course, leads to the Austrian listing discovered yesterday where gamers could actually pre-order the 360 version of Crysis (€70? Ouch) supposedly hitting shelves in November of 2008. This in turn, has now been denied as well, hence the existence of this article.
Frankly, we think it's bunk that EA has no plans for a console port of Crysis. EA is in the business of making money, and the money is in console gaming. This is especially true in the case of Crysis, which hasn't exactly been lighting the world on fire with high sales (which might have something to do with its gargantuan hardware requirements). Maybe EA doesn't have any official "plans" but we bet there's a memo circulating somewhere.
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1-04-2008 @ 10:41AM
maltinej said...
enough with crysis.... it was an ok game, nothing more...
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1-04-2008 @ 11:22AM
Jolard said...
Some how I doubt it was an Australian site that had the crisis pre-order up for 79 Euros. Australia uses the Australian dollar.
I would not be surprised at all if they port it. This game sold really poorly on the PC (I am sure because people figured their PC's can't play it) and they need to recoup some of their costs.
That said, I don't expect it to be good on the consoles. The console Far Cry's were awful.
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1-04-2008 @ 11:25AM
DjDATZ said...
booooooooooooooo!
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1-04-2008 @ 11:27AM
Bronson said...
EA Sucks there games suck and they can take crysis and put it where the sun dont shine. :)
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1-04-2008 @ 12:12PM
JHTM said...
low sales in Crysis and UT III for PC shouldnt surprise anyone especially the DEVs and Publishers - lets be honest, whilst a moderately powered PC 'could' run Crysis, you need a very expensive Rig to run the game as you see on the back of its box. this game is undoubtedly one of the best looking and best playing FPS's around, however if the user base is as low as it is, only a select few can enjoy it.
The age old arguement is that why should i pay $3k or more on a PC that MAY run Crysis (you still have NO gaurantee it'll run flawlessly; too many variables, esp when PC is as slow as its slowest component e.g. GPU, RAM, CPU, RAM etc) when you could spend less than 500 on an xbox setup and be GAURANTEED to play EVERY 360 game as the box shows u?
dont get me wrong - games like World in conflict supreme commander, UT III and Crysis would make me drop $4k on a PC or AW laptop simply because i think they 'belong' on the PC :) even though all are eventually coming to X360
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1-05-2008 @ 5:11PM
SteveMB said...
My PC cost around $1k and it has a 79050GT, 3GB RAM, C2D, 22" widescreen.
1-04-2008 @ 12:46PM
nerrrrrrd said...
Crysis will not come out for the 360 so please feel free to purchase the game for PC.
Then purchase it again when it comes out for 360 this holiday seas....errr I mean, there are no plans to port the game!
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1-04-2008 @ 1:28PM
Dan said...
I agree...this game will likely come out on both the 360 and PS3, but they need to deny, deny, deny so that they can sale as many copies for the PC.
1-04-2008 @ 12:57PM
Richard Mitchell said...
Ooh, Austrian site. Not Australian. Fixed.
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1-04-2008 @ 1:02PM
iFester said...
When PC's in 5 years are the standard. This game will make money from the bargain bin. I hope EA is prepared for that.
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1-04-2008 @ 1:11PM
TORO said...
lol I agree wit that.
If EA has a brain (they should now that Peter Moore is there), then they'll port this to the Xbox 360. Shouldn't be too difficulty or costly to port the game, I'm sure they'd get some positive sales in return.
1-04-2008 @ 1:09PM
Van Faulk said...
My 2 year old PC can play Crysis. With a good frame rate. This PC cannot run Lost planet or anything running UE3 as anything other than a slideshow...make no mistake. the 360 could absolutely run crysis...it's simply a matter of how much it downgrades. When i played crysis it looked like far cry with better models.
Whihc might be WHY Crytek doens't want it on consoles. I mean, once you take away the graphics...crysis is a very ordianry shooter.
As long as we get warhound, I'm happy.
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1-04-2008 @ 1:14PM
xFenixKnightx said...
This is so fucking stupid!!!!! They need to port this game damnit! Saaaaaad Face =[
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1-04-2008 @ 1:30PM
Dan said...
This game WILL come to the 360 and PS3. They are denying that fact because their number one priority right now is to SELL COPIES ON THE PC. Mark my words.
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1-04-2008 @ 1:53PM
xFenixKnightx said...
Dan, I just marked them. Thanks!
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1-04-2008 @ 2:12PM
CarpeD1em500 said...
If EA is smart they'll get this out the door sometime this summer. In the spring we're going to have GTA IV and UT3...and in the late fall / winter we're getting Gears of War 2...
Releasing Crysis alongside GoW2 is suicide....
Get it out in like July and you'll sell a lot of copies (Since I've heard of nothing due out this summer anyways...)
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1-04-2008 @ 4:23PM
Nick said...
No offense to xbox fanboys but i dont think it could play crysis and still look good.
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1-12-2008 @ 9:05PM
Deez said...
I think you're wrong.
The 360 is capable of running most of abilities of Directx10. I think they wont release it on 360 because they don't want to make it a total PC/360 exclusive.
We all should know that the PS3 can only run Directx9, and that EA doesn't want to take sides.
But then again. EA IS GARBAGE!
1-04-2008 @ 4:54PM
Evan said...
I really wanted to check this game out too, but there is no way my computer could even pretend to try to play it.
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1-06-2008 @ 9:45AM
AK3515 said...
hey people...
have a look at the crytek site in "jobs" they are looking for a ps3 programmer...
OH SHI-
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