High-end games suffering on PC, says Gears main man. 360 now the focus.
Gears of War is Epic's primary franchise, Cliff Bleszinski has said.
The phenomenally successful third-person gore-fest has overtaken Epic's "bread and butter" series Unreal Tournament in terms of importance, the Gears design director told Develop.
AdvertisementWhen asked if Gears of War had become Epic's most important property, Bleszinski replied: "I think it is safe to say that. Unreal Tournament has been our bread and butter for years, but it is hard to argue with the success of gears. Unreal Tournament III is a game we really care about and it reviewed very well. But Gears is now our primary franchise."
Bleszinski added that the developer's focus was now fixed squarely on Microsoft's Xbox 360, and the reason was in part due to the belief that "high-end computer games are suffering on the PC".
He said: "The PC right now is very different to how it was back in the day. The person who is savvy enough to upgrade their PC and buy decent video cards, are the same people who know about bit torrent and all other means to pirate PC games. So the high-end computer games are suffering on the PC.
"Right now it makes sense for us to focus on 360. PC piracy is a factor, but there are other concerns such as multiple-configurations of different computers. There will not be a Gears 2 on PC."
Gears of War 2 will be out exclusively on Xbox 360 on November 7. You can check out our hands on preview of the entire first act right here.
Plonk wrote at 09:33 on 08 October 2008
"The person who is savvy enough to upgrade their PC and buy decent video cards, are the same people who know about bit torrent and all other means to pirate PC games. So the high-end computer games are suffering on the PC." Thats a very good point I havent heard made before
xboxlive wrote at 09:36 on 08 October 2008
i can see were he is coming from and its strong.
Bloodstorm wrote at 11:30 on 08 October 2008
He cant make they sort of comments can he?
dreamhunk wrote at 14:03 on 08 October 2008
epic games is has been in the pc gaming world. Their Ut3 game was flop on console. They made up the rest of their money on pc. It was major flop on pc too. Any way here is good link for them!!!
http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/10/05/m...-360-division/
oh I forgot another link
http://gametopius.com/index.php/vide...console-market
as for pircay it's on all gaming machnes enough said!
dreamhunk wrote at 16:18 on 20 October 2008
http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-216497.aspx
Xboxer360.com reports thats a Gears of War 2 Torrent has been uncovered in the murky underworld of file-sharing websites.