EA says no to Crysis 360 ... again

by Richard Mitchell { Jan 4th 2008 at 10:30AM }

In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Electronic Arts has again denied that an Xbox 360 version of Crysis is in development. Speaking to TheGameReviews.com, an EA spokesperson said that there were currently no plans for a 360 version of the game. Of course, the denial is more or less expected now. Recounting the yes and no roller coaster is getting strenuous at this point, but here we go. First, a Crytek designer said that it was impossible to port Crysis to the 360, then a Crytek artist claimed it was possible, then 1UP reported a special version featuring new graphics and gameplay was headed to 360, which EA later said was a "miscommunication." Oh, and then Crytek's CEO said that Crysis could be ported to consoles with optimization and that this was always Crytek's stance on the matter. All of this, of course, leads to the Austrian listing discovered yesterday where gamers could actually pre-order the 360 version of Crysis (€70? Ouch) supposedly hitting shelves in November of 2008. This in turn, has now been denied as well, hence the existence of this article.

Frankly, we think it's bunk that EA has no plans for a console port of Crysis. EA is in the business of making money, and the money is in console gaming. This is especially true in the case of Crysis, which hasn't exactly been lighting the world on fire with high sales (which might have something to do with its gargantuan hardware requirements). Maybe EA doesn't have any official "plans" but we bet there's a memo circulating somewhere.

Tags: crysis, crytek, ea, electronic-arts

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

maltinej @ Jan 4th 2008 10:41AM

enough with crysis.... it was an ok game, nothing more...

Jolard @ Jan 4th 2008 11:22AM

Some how I doubt it was an Australian site that had the crisis pre-order up for 79 Euros. Australia uses the Australian dollar.

I would not be surprised at all if they port it. This game sold really poorly on the PC (I am sure because people figured their PC's can't play it) and they need to recoup some of their costs.

That said, I don't expect it to be good on the consoles. The console Far Cry's were awful.

DjDATZ @ Jan 4th 2008 11:25AM

booooooooooooooo!

Bronson @ Jan 4th 2008 11:27AM

EA Sucks there games suck and they can take crysis and put it where the sun dont shine. :)

JHTM @ Jan 4th 2008 12:12PM

low sales in Crysis and UT III for PC shouldnt surprise anyone especially the DEVs and Publishers - lets be honest, whilst a moderately powered PC 'could' run Crysis, you need a very expensive Rig to run the game as you see on the back of its box. this game is undoubtedly one of the best looking and best playing FPS's around, however if the user base is as low as it is, only a select few can enjoy it.

The age old arguement is that why should i pay $3k or more on a PC that MAY run Crysis (you still have NO gaurantee it'll run flawlessly; too many variables, esp when PC is as slow as its slowest component e.g. GPU, RAM, CPU, RAM etc) when you could spend less than 500 on an xbox setup and be GAURANTEED to play EVERY 360 game as the box shows u?

dont get me wrong - games like World in conflict supreme commander, UT III and Crysis would make me drop $4k on a PC or AW laptop simply because i think they 'belong' on the PC :) even though all are eventually coming to X360

SteveMB @ Jan 5th 2008 5:11PM

My PC cost around $1k and it has a 79050GT, 3GB RAM, C2D, 22" widescreen.

nerrrrrrd @ Jan 4th 2008 12:46PM

Crysis will not come out for the 360 so please feel free to purchase the game for PC.

Then purchase it again when it comes out for 360 this holiday seas....errr I mean, there are no plans to port the game!

Dan @ Jan 4th 2008 1:28PM

I agree...this game will likely come out on both the 360 and PS3, but they need to deny, deny, deny so that they can sale as many copies for the PC.

Richard Mitchell @ Jan 4th 2008 12:57PM

Ooh, Austrian site. Not Australian. Fixed.

iFester @ Jan 4th 2008 1:02PM

When PC's in 5 years are the standard. This game will make money from the bargain bin. I hope EA is prepared for that.

TORO @ Jan 4th 2008 1:11PM

lol I agree wit that.

If EA has a brain (they should now that Peter Moore is there), then they'll port this to the Xbox 360. Shouldn't be too difficulty or costly to port the game, I'm sure they'd get some positive sales in return.

Van Faulk @ Jan 4th 2008 1:09PM

My 2 year old PC can play Crysis. With a good frame rate. This PC cannot run Lost planet or anything running UE3 as anything other than a slideshow...make no mistake. the 360 could absolutely run crysis...it's simply a matter of how much it downgrades. When i played crysis it looked like far cry with better models.

Whihc might be WHY Crytek doens't want it on consoles. I mean, once you take away the graphics...crysis is a very ordianry shooter.

As long as we get warhound, I'm happy.

xFenixKnightx @ Jan 4th 2008 1:14PM

This is so fucking stupid!!!!! They need to port this game damnit! Saaaaaad Face =[

Dan @ Jan 4th 2008 1:30PM

This game WILL come to the 360 and PS3. They are denying that fact because their number one priority right now is to SELL COPIES ON THE PC. Mark my words.

xFenixKnightx @ Jan 4th 2008 1:53PM

Dan, I just marked them. Thanks!

CarpeD1em500 @ Jan 4th 2008 2:12PM

If EA is smart they'll get this out the door sometime this summer. In the spring we're going to have GTA IV and UT3...and in the late fall / winter we're getting Gears of War 2...

Releasing Crysis alongside GoW2 is suicide....

Get it out in like July and you'll sell a lot of copies (Since I've heard of nothing due out this summer anyways...)

Nick @ Jan 4th 2008 4:23PM

No offense to xbox fanboys but i dont think it could play crysis and still look good.

Deez @ Jan 12th 2008 9:05PM

I think you're wrong.

The 360 is capable of running most of abilities of Directx10. I think they wont release it on 360 because they don't want to make it a total PC/360 exclusive.

We all should know that the PS3 can only run Directx9, and that EA doesn't want to take sides.

But then again. EA IS GARBAGE!