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Bleszinski: Gears of War deal 'too great' with Xbox 360 for PS3
Posted: 13.06.2011 13:25 by Simon Priest Comments: 6
While Epic Games' Mike Capps would love for the Gears of War franchise to go multiplatform and extend to PlayStation 3, Cliff Bleszinski casts huge doubt.

Frankly they've got "a great setup" with Microsoft, especially when you note all the "marketing benefits" and dedicated server support. It's sticking with Xbox 360.


"I would love to work on new IP, I'm a big believer in just creating new universes," said Epic's design lead Cliff Bleszinski. "We have a great deal with Microsoft. It's a great setup, I mean multiplatform games... Call of Duty's huge, right?"

"But the way that we have our setup with Microsoft, when you combine the marketing benefits, the usability benefits, them helping out with dedicated servers... it just makes more sense for Gears of War to remain an Xbox exclusive for the foreseeable future."

Gears of War 3 releases exclusively on Xbox 360 this September.

Source: CVG

Comments

By VHugoSama (SI Core) on Jun 13, 2011
VHugoSama
Well I for a change am a free market supporter all the games should be created for all platforms, but I understand the cost/profits not always enable that.
By JPerry06 (SI Core) on Jun 13, 2011
JPerry06
the game does look pretty sweet.

i guess its a simple business decision to remain on a single platform.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jun 13, 2011
herodotus
With M$ promoting XBox LIVE account-sharing for Windows 8, Cliff may just have to re-think the PC as a platform for the franchise once again.
By Eversor (SI Elite) on Jun 13, 2011
Eversor
And start with Gears 2, then Gears 3.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jun 13, 2011
herodotus
I'm afraid we've missed the boat on those two, and Bleszinski won't want to invest money in porting them. His loss.
By Eversor (SI Elite) on Jun 14, 2011
Eversor
They need to make them multiplatform the first time around, not port them later if they are even going to which is highly doubtful.