(Credit goes to Ogs for finding this tidbit on the GT forums. Thought it was interesting enough for its own topic)
http://www.zuse.hessen.de/mm/Konrad_Zuse_Kongress_Yerli_Final.pdf
For all the crap about the "sales crysis" the series encounter, for all the nonsense about how piracy alone sent Crytek to consoles, and for all the negative press about how the game required a "$3000 PC" to run, these are some pretty amazing numbers if you ask me.
It's also worth noting that 3+ million for Crysis puts it in competitive leage with Far Cry 2 - Ubisoft's multiplatform game that sold 2.9 million as of 1 year ago.
So we have a PC exclusive that made a profit on a $22 million budget as of 2+ years ago, and has continued to sell since then, but was apparently in "crysis" due to piracy, is right up there in sales with a multi-platform, probably bigger-budget game, that was hailed for being a tremendous success.
Really makes me think about hyperbole in games press - both positive and negative.
Other tidbits:
They've released "3 AAA games" (Far Cry, Crysis, Warhead), but claim that have 5 currently in development. We know 3, what could the others be?
---Crysis 2
---Warface
---Codename: Kingdoms (exclusive 360 game)
They're also an astoundingly large company:
http://www.zuse.hessen.de/mm/Konrad_Zuse_Kongress_Yerli_Final.pdf
For all the crap about the "sales crysis" the series encounter, for all the nonsense about how piracy alone sent Crytek to consoles, and for all the negative press about how the game required a "$3000 PC" to run, these are some pretty amazing numbers if you ask me.
It's also worth noting that 3+ million for Crysis puts it in competitive leage with Far Cry 2 - Ubisoft's multiplatform game that sold 2.9 million as of 1 year ago.
So we have a PC exclusive that made a profit on a $22 million budget as of 2+ years ago, and has continued to sell since then, but was apparently in "crysis" due to piracy, is right up there in sales with a multi-platform, probably bigger-budget game, that was hailed for being a tremendous success.
Really makes me think about hyperbole in games press - both positive and negative.
Other tidbits:
They've released "3 AAA games" (Far Cry, Crysis, Warhead), but claim that have 5 currently in development. We know 3, what could the others be?
---Crysis 2
---Warface
---Codename: Kingdoms (exclusive 360 game)
They're also an astoundingly large company: