Epic: Microsoft Doesn't Own Gears of War

[The Imp]

They would do PS3 but not PC?

Gears 1 on PC didn't sell as well as MS and Epic hoped so they decided to blame pirates(yarrr) and pretty much threw a tanty and said they'd never put another Gears title on PC. Personally, I'd have explained the poor sales on massive indifference towards Gears in the PC gaming community.

Yeah, sure. Blame the pirates, not their fucking waiting strategy. They took almost 2 years to release the pc version so everyone and their mom who was even remotely interested in that game already bought it for M$'s damn console. That's just another way of giving us the finger - i'm glad i didn't buy a single EPIC game since UT2003.

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[fulano]

I'm all for PS3 users getting their Gears fix, just like they got Mass Effect 2. The more the merrier.

 

[EvolutionKills]

If working with Microsoft has been working well for them, then cool. I can see why they would want to keep doing so. But Microsoft should really try getting more exclusives that are solidly exclusive. If only because I hate it when a previously exclusive title goes multiplatform and the fanboys on both sides go ballistic with flaming each other (see when Mass Effect 2 was announced for PS3; holy shit those were huge flame wars).

Didnt hear much flame wars over that. The irony of it all is that ME is from BioWare, and BioWare is first and foremost, a PC developer. Then they go and dumb down games for the console versions(see: Dragon Age 2)

There's a difference between 'dumbed down' and 'streamlined'. I've played the PC demo and was pleasantly surprised with the tactical level still required by the game, while speeding up the combat and steamlining the whole experience. I'm still reserving judgement until the game actual ships next week. But if they implement the same style of improvements with DAII that they did to Mass Effect 2, I'll be happy. Eliminating item micromanagement and implementing shorter global cool-down for powers was a step in the right direction for ME2 (it made biotic users actually fun to play). So if DA2 want to speed up and improve combat, adopt ME's dialogue system, and allow you to focus on what you want to do and let you go about doing it; I think DAII will be better for it.

Bioware has caught flack every time it appears that they're making things simpler in their next game. Remember Jade Empire? That game had all of 3 stats to monitor, and a maximum of 7 slots to equip gems. That was it. 7 slots and 3 stats, covering all of the character building and equipment; and Jade Empire was awesome. Mass Effect was great, Mass Effect 2 was better. Good money says that if Dragon Age: Origins was good (and it was), that Dragon Age II will be better. Given their history, and being a Bioware fan since their work on the original 'Baulder's Gate' in 1998, I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. It's a shame that so many others aren't.

 

[Ponce Master-General]

Yeah, I bet Microsoft has a couple million good and compelling reasons to keep Gears exclusive on the 360, amirite?

 

[Ninjat_126]

I wouldn't even be particularly bothered if Infamous 2 was released for XBOX if that helped inspire Sucker Punch to make more games.

Yuck. The last thing I want to see is Sucker Punch making more games. At least not until they learn to make something good.

That's just trolling. It was good, there were a couple of bugs.





I hope that PS3 and PC and Mac all get Halo 4, and GoW 3, and Infamous, and Resistance, and Killzone, and Metroid Prime, and Uncharted, and TF2, and Half-Life, and Doom 4, and... But it isn't happening. We need a couple of companies at least to avoid a monopoly, but we need unity to get the most out of a medium.

Possibly 2 or 3 rival consoles, with a bulk of shared titles and a few unique franchises? Wait a second...

 

[Truly-A-Lie]

I think it'd be cool to share the experience. well, okay so apparently fanboys online don't have (real life) friends

because when I'm with a good friend who has a PS3, it's not a war or competition. it's us sharing our best times with games (me talking about Halo, him really pushing Resistance)

I have the same situation (in reverse, I have the PS3 and friend has the 360), and we always talk about the best games that we have available to us and let each other try them out. It's why I didn't understand the fury when Insomniac announced their plans to go multiplatform, more people playing these games is a good thing.

OT: As a PS3 owner, I would love a big Gears of War Trilogy box set to come to PlayStation, but I can't see it happening. They'd lose Microsoft's marketing power and as the Kinect launch proved, that's a valuable thing to have.

 

[Smooth Operator]

MS may not own their IP but they clearly own their asses, so all they are saying is "we would love to make more games but our pimp daddy don't let it"

 

[Proarcher]

I first read the title as "Minecraft Doesn't Own Gears of War".

It's been an odd day.

As did i... Interesting I'm not the only one that read that.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

I first read the title as "Minecraft Doesn't Own Gears of War".

It's been an odd day.

That sentence would be wholly incorrect.

 

[pha kin su pah]

Epic Games president Mike Capps said: "Do we wish we could take all those PS3 [http://www.amazon.com/Killzone-3-Playstation/dp/B002I0K6DG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299287816&sr=8-1], and get them to say Gears is awesome'? Yeah, sure I'd love to ship the Gears trilogy on PlayStation ... I want to be there; I want to be everywhere."

TAKE ME NOW!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!! Gears was the one game that i always missed since i sold my xbox.

 

[FogHornG36]

OH God help you ps3 fans, i hope that you don't end up being subjected to the horror that is gears of war...