Epic Pres: PC A Primary Platform Again

Capt.Toilet · Aug 16, 2011

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Ga...ing-Gears-of-War-Unreal-Tournament,13235.html

So because Bulletstorm bombed hard and Capps is afraid of the mobile market, he thinks going back to PC will rake in the money? This fool be stupid yo. Also this comment

Everyone knows the middle class is disappearing from the console business," he admitted to the audience. "Gears of War I hope will do really well, but a pretty good game doesn't make its money back any more. A game like Homefront sells a couple of million copies and they close the studio, right?"

Is it just me or does that comment about the middle class really say "Hey rich people only buy PC's so therefore rich people will buy our shitty games"?

Sjosz · Aug 16, 2011

I think you're reading into this a bit much.

Darkdrium · Aug 16, 2011

I need to see it happen to believe it.

shoptroll · Aug 16, 2011

Darkdrium said:
I need to see it happen to believe it.

My thoughts exactly.

More "Studio that brought you Infinity Blade" (regular patches/free content updates) and less "Studio that brought you Gears of War" (minimal patches/paid DLC) please.

toniglandyl · Aug 16, 2011

There's indication that Epic may be setting its sights on smaller titles that would appear on Steam, the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

I'm a bit worried about this.

however, I'm hoping to see it like this : if each game doesn't NEED to be a blockbuster, hopefully they will have some *GASP* INNOVATION going on ! that's how portal started.

I'm waiting for it, EPIC ! Best of luck !

shoptroll · Aug 16, 2011

toniglandyl said:
I'm a bit worried about this.

Why?

Focusing on downloadable titles is exactly where Epic should be heading right now. At least in terms of the next UT.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that you can't produce a profitable $60 AAA shooter game these days unless you have "Call" and "Duty" in the title.

Meanwhile, smaller $15 downloadable titles are eating the lunch of $60 games which sit on store shelves for weeks until their developers close up shop.

Kyllian · Aug 16, 2011

shoptroll said:
My thoughts exactly.

More "Studio that brought you Infinity Blade" (regular patches/free content updates) and less "Studio that brought you Gears of War" (minimal patches/paid DLC) please.

Actually I'd rather see "Studio that brought you UT/UT2004" (regular patches, huge-ass free content update, map editor)

The last game released recently that I can even remember touting an editor was Crysis 2

JohnDoe641 · Aug 16, 2011

I want a fix to UT3 dammit.

UBerserker · Aug 16, 2011

Crysis 2 didn't have an editor on-release. I think it only got it later.
I want a UT3 fix and an updated version of Bulletstorm (sequel please) on PC with editor and such but EA won't allow any additional shit with the latter

Sir_Brizz · Aug 16, 2011

I'm not surprised by this. Think about how much money a Steam version of Shadow Complex would make (read: millions) and you have your answer. That game isn't massive budget like Gears or Bulletstorm and it made a killing on one platform as a download only title.

d3tox · Aug 16, 2011

Ahhh, so it sucks to not be the in thing with all the console kiddies? GG, and thanks for making a new ut3, only finishing it this time.

Bort · Aug 16, 2011

inb4 Unreal Tournament F2P

NOW WITH HATS

SlayerDragon · Aug 16, 2011

Capt.Toilet said:
Is it just me or does that comment about the middle class really say "Hey rich people only buy PC's so therefore rich people will buy our shitty games"?

Middle class of developers. He said "disappearing from the console business." Seems like he is saying that you either make ridiculously expensive games that make a shit load of money to be successful or you make cheap games that sell a lot to be successful. There's very little middle of the road success stories. "AAA" titles cost a lot of money to make.

Kyllian · Aug 16, 2011

UBerserker said:
Crysis 2 didn't have an editor on-release. I think it only got it later.

I know but I'm still lumping it in with "has editor"

hal · Aug 16, 2011

An article on Tom's Hardware (thanks StaFForD) details a presentation today at Gamescom by Epic Games President, Mike Capps. During the talk he reveals that the company is currently working on five non-Gears titles and that the PC is once again the target of their affection.

"Everyone knows the middle class is disappearing from the console business," he admitted to the audience. "Gears of War I hope will do really well, but a pretty good game doesn't make its money back any more. A game like Homefront sells a couple of million copies and they close the studio, right?"

That's just not enough anymore, he admits, and it's pretty depressing. "You don't want to see what happens to an industry where it's Call of Duty, Halo and Gears and no-one else has enough money to make any games any more," he added. "That's not a fun industry. I can't bet my entire company every time I make a game. That's a really dangerous business."

With the console era seemingly coming to a close, where does that leave Epic? Returning to its PC-based roots. "It's nice to target the PC as a primary platform again," teased Capps, "not just for ports."

Vaginal Epiphany · Aug 16, 2011

Well, I've lost most of the trust I had for Epic with UT3. I'll probably not buy into any hype before I actually see a released, PC-oriented title from them.

Though I'll probably buy any game that has 'Unreal' in it's title. I'm kind of a sucker that way.

Capt.Toilet · Aug 16, 2011

hal said:
An article on Tom's Hardware (thanks StaFForD) details a presentation today at Gamescom by Epic Games President, Mike Capps. During the talk he reveals that the company is currently working on five non-Gears titles and that the PC is once again the target of their affection.

*Ahem* Is Stafford my pet name?

DeathBooger · Aug 16, 2011

The entire game market needs to crash and burn again like it did in the 70's. We need another game Renaissance. I'm sick of studios crapping out sequels to play it safe. There's also a reason phone games are growing in popularity fast. You don't need 8 buttons to have fun. Simple and engaging games always win.

RoadKillGrill · Aug 16, 2011

Darkdrium said:
I need to see it happen to believe it.

I also want two potatoes, a chicken and three pigs.

Capt.Toilet · Aug 16, 2011

DeathBooger said:
The entire game market needs to crash and burn again like it did in the 70's. We need another game Renaissance. I'm sick of studios crapping out sequels to play it safe. There's also a reason phone games are growing in popularity fast. You don't need 8 buttons to have fun. Simple and engaging games always win.

Actually I said this about a week or so ago. Let the industry crash and perhaps it will give the studios time to re-think some of the stupid decisions that have been made. Examples are the DLC fad, yearly franchises that are done to death, and just general overpricing of games that are shorter than a full length feature film.

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