Crysis sales poor in the US

[trooper1947]

I think its a mental thing, every time I read a post someone says that the game looks great on medium or even low settings. I just got a 3870 so I'm looking to pick the game up soon.

It's alright with a 3870 ... that's what I'm running .... but COD4 takes numeru uno to me over it . Try the COD4 before you plunk down for the crysis disks .

 

[johnstac]

My personal thoughts are that Crysis was really hyped up and for good reason. It has raised the bar for games. It just so happens that despite the games excellent graphics, there isn't much of a story line.

Crytek continues to license it's engine to other companies and we have only just begun to see this new generation of gaming. As more games come out using the crytek engine, people will be more motivated to upgrade their rigs. My personal belief is that we are seeing just the beginnings of a new generation of cutting edge games that will continue to push the limits of current technology. Exciting in my opinon.

 

[MrIcky]

They think that they have to spend $5000 on a gaming rig to play the game decently, which is not true at all. If you're living in the US, $800 will get you a pretty nice gaming rig! If you're living outside the US, it'll definitely cost you more, but then so will the alternative (consoles).

This isn't really accurate. It costs $800 for a person who spends time looking at Tom's Hardware forums to put together a reasonable PC. The people reading this forum are a subset of a subset (serious knowledgable computer gamers vs your average computer owner). The VAST majority of computer users think solitaire = computer gaming. Most computer owners are actually somewhat afraid of their computers. They don't open them up. They couldn't point to the video card. They want a laptop because it's neat to watch movies in planes.

So then the average person who wants to buy a pc and maybe try a game or two calls Dell (not to pick on them, they offer a fine product) and says "I want a PC that I mostly do blah blah blah and occasionally will play a few games". I guarantee you that person won't have an optimum Crysis experience. The helpful kid at the game store in the mall will ask what he's going to run that game on. The proud new pc owner says "its a brand new Dell". The kid asks the guy to read the minimum requirements on the box fearing a return. The pc owner looks at the box...blinks a few times in confusion...then buys an Xbox360 and Halo3.

This REALLY is what happens. This is why there is a diminishing market for pc games.

 

[witty]

well its 2008 and even cheap pc's finally come with pci-e slots so i dont see what the big deal is. in the past it was cheaper for the manufacturers to sell garbage mobos, that forced people to upgrade the whole thing or purchase a new pc. now they can just pop in a videocard. pretty trivial even for a noob.