Crysis was mapped out as a trilogy, but a third installment depends on the second chapter's success.
Crytek CES Cevat Yerli has been rather busy with comments as of late, largely due to promoting the upcoming release of Crysis 2 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC. His latest quote arrived just one day after the exclusive multiplayer demo launched on the Xbox 360 console, revealing a tidbit of information about the third Crysis game.
"We definitely want to make Crysis 3," he admitted when asked about mapping out Crysis as a trilogy. "I'm not making a formal announcement. We'd like to make Crysis 3 but the second game needs to be successful first. I will mention that there is a plan for how the fiction of Crysis should roll out, but again, it depends on the success of Crysis 2."
He added that if Crysis 2 doesn't meet its goals "for whatever reason" and doesn't even break even, then there may not be a Crysis 3. "But if it sells anywhere near what [Call of Duty] Black Ops has, there may be more from Crysis," he added. Given that he previously said that 3D would be a native trait in the next four Crysis games in the franchise, the current wait-and-see approach seems a bit more reasonable.
Outside the Crysis franchise, Yerli said that the company is looking to expand beyond the FPS genre. "We have a bigger ability now to expand with more games," he said. "As a company we can't just make shooters, we need to breed genuinely new forms of entertainment and interactive experiences... The genre may not even exist yet for that matter, so what we're keen on is games that offer new experiences for every moment the gamer plays."
Yerli added that he expects the next generation of consoles to hit the market in 2013. In the meantime, Crysis 2 is still slated to arrive on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC on March 22.
Personally I can't want to try out Crysis 2 on my PC.
When Crysis Wars came out I told them to get and try something new, they refused so now I have only 1 online friend left and we Play BFBC2 which is light years ahead of Black Ops but you wouldn't know it by sell's numbers.
1) xbox 360
2) ps3
3) PC
pc sale will not be enough. that is why crytek choose to go multiple platform.
Crysis 3 should be made on PC only and should exploit the full capabilities of todays new hardware. I want to be able to be shooting back and have concrete debris spray by me when a bullet ricochets off the wall, jump from one building into the next one without hitting a load screen. Things of that nature. It is possible; however, the limitations are, like was said earlier, the 360/PS3 technology and the concept of multiplatform = more profit.
Multiplayer is fun, but gets repetitive after a while. I give Crysis 2 5-hours max until user gets bored either bored of it or finds out its just another FPS - toss back n forth grenades.
Not enough compared to what? It doesn't take that much extra work to make the game for PC. In fact if you're doing the game multi-platform is not all that bad to make a PC version as you get a decent bunch of sales for not so much work. In fact you get more sales that way than spending that time sandpapering the console versions to get a few more sales.
Anyways Crytek should have known better to not make an FPS game with a crappy multiplayer. What happens then? Everyone pirates and does single player only. I regret buying the first game and I ended up not buying Warhead. So: bad multiplayer gameplay and requirements being out of reach for many means the game dies v. early after its release. They really should learn from DICE and Valve.
Don't believe everything you hear esp. when its not from a 3rd party. We'll have to wait and see. It will be quite clear if it was held back or not considering consoles are generations behind on hardware and are lacking on DX11 features.