Clifford Bleszinski, the game industry better known as Cliffy B, could once again not let. Recently, he took on the state of affairs in the field of pc gaming. According to Cliffy B, this market is now ‘in disarray’.
“I think people would rather have their game 4.5 million times sells over a million and Gears of War is currently 4.5 million times over the counter have gone for the Xbox 360,” says the always arrogant Cliffy B.
Should Bleszinski arrogant? Yes, with Gears of War he has as a lead designer, not only a spectacular new shooterfranchise developed, this actietitel has especially awesome means so much for the Xbox 360. Gears of War was the must-have title for Microsoft’s console and with the announcement of Gears of War 2 at the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft is a very important asset richer. Of course, Halo is the flagship for the console, but Gears of War has the way for the 360 paved.
It might be a little ungrateful to now so on the pc as gaming platform? Again, the answer is yes. Epic Games has ever been created with the focus on pc gaming. Pc games have Epic large. In addition, Unreal Tournament, the other big franchise of Epic, always a great driving force for pc hardware and Esports. The third part is although now out for the PlayStation 3 – and speaking from my own experience, does the PS3 version hardly for the pc version – but that does not mean that it is quite easy for the platform that you’ve created now so to fall off.
Yet not a half year ago I was in London for a press event for Gears of War; the pc-version, that is. In an interview with Cliffy B, that the length of a dwarf and apparently as compensation is often a large mouth must be set up, the pc version famous. Gears of War on pc would be ‘the complete story’. According to Cliffy were the graphics sharper, the controls with keyboard and Xbox 360 controller worked fine and the exclusive single-player missions and the new multiplayercontent were extras for the patient pc-gamer.
In everything had Cliffy equal. The game is indeed great, you get as a pc gamer more content and the resolution and the textures are higher quality on pc than on the Xbox 360. Apparently the pc version of Gears of War disappointing sales dropped. Another explanation for this sneer to pc gaming, I can’t think of. Praise for Bleszinski, however, is not. It was tidier been all his concern had been voiced about the growing piracy around pc gaming, something that is also a blast as a Call of Duty 4 last of.
It is even more striking given that Microsoft, the publisher of the Gears of War franchise, along with great hardwarenamen as AMD, Nvidia, Intel, Dell, Acer, Alienware and Gateway, a PC Gaming Alliance has formed. In addition to these partners are also publisher Activision and – drum roll – Epic connected with this newly formed alliance which, amongst others, aim to be ” one voice on PC gaming market.
There’s no one source that says ‘hey this is where the PC market is going’. Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are always calling their market share – we’re going to call our market through this group”.
Even before the PC Alliance boots up, Cliffy there is already a bomblet under laid. Can someone this Rita Verdonk of the game industry terugfluiten please?