Crytek president says no to PC exclusives

It’s still a hot topic whether Crytek will actually bring Crysis to consoles or not. However, developer Crytek’s president Cevat Yerli may have placed the final nail in the coffin by revealing the stance his company has taken after its most recent title suffered from piracy. Find all the details at the full article.

While critically acclaimed and widely popular among PC gaming enthusiasts with rigs powerful enough to run it, Crysis seems lackluster commercially since it’s not known to be a big multi-million seller unlike other high profile first-person shooters last year. Consequently, Crytek president Cevat Yerli has revealed that piracy did its work and led his company to steer clear of exclusives.

In a recent interview, Yerli talked about market reception of the visually state-of-the-art FPS. He was quoted saying:

We are suffering currently from the huge piracy that is encompassing Crysis. We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin, a chart leading that is not desirable.

After blaming piracy as the major cause of PC gaming’s decline, he stated Crytek won’t go PC exclusive anymore. Even Crysis, which is expected to last a trilogy, may be seen on consoles in its next installment. “We are going to support PC, but not exclusive anymore,” said Yerli.

Meanwhile, Crytek’s head honcho firmly stressed Crysis as we know it can’t run on consoles. According to Yerli, “Crysis would have to be largely changed to bring it to Xbox 360 or Playstation 3.”