剛才看到兩則有關crysis的消息,
其一
http://www.computerbase.de/news/sof...patches_crysis/
crytek沮喪的表示,很可能不會再推出crysis 1.3的patch,
“我們對大家的失望表達歉意,並會稍後發表這個決定的原因,
相信大家也能理解我們的這個決定”
其二
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...xclusive-titles
http://www.strategyinformer.com/new...e-pc-exclusives
Yerli was asked about the risk of going PC exclusive with a high-profile title, and replied with: â��śIt is certainly. We are suffering currently from the huge piracy that is encompassing Crysis. We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin, a chart leading that is not desirable. I believe thatâ��™s the core problem of PC Gaming, piracy. To the degree PC Gamers that pirate games inherently destroy the platform. Similar games on consoles sell factors of 4-5 more. It was a big lesson for us and I believe we wont have PC exclusives as we did with Crysis in future. We are going to support PC, but not exclusive anymore.â��ť
So, future releases from Crytek are likely to see Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions as well. Good news for console gamers, but not good news for the PC industry.
Crytek低估盜版所造成的傷害,他們獲得一個很大的教訓,
他們得重新評估只在pc發行遊戲的風險,
並直述盜版情況將自然地毀掉整個pc娛樂平台…
因此,xbox360、ps3的玩家將有機會玩到crytek新的遊戲,
但對整個pc產業來講,卻不是一件好消息…(一個轉捩點??)
個人觀點:
在盜版與防盜機制的惡性循環中,
pc單機遊戲產業每況愈下,
和我當初預言的走向大致是吻合的,
也說明nv的憂心非空穴來風,
今後的pc單機遊戲,
非大不出、非名不發,
這可能是pc平台上僅存的利用價值,
但如果可以保留這塊美麗的園地,
其實也是很不錯的~~