I'm still surprised this stock is under 1 million. If you look at all the titles on the SE at or above a million and compare them to this game, it really says UT3 is undervalued. Epic ain't going head to head against Halo 3 without having a superb game to match. With games like Lost Planet, R6 Vegas, etc well above UT3; it becomes clear this game is undervalued.
"(UT3) is looking in its current state better than Gears of War.
The reason for that is Epic Games has improved the Unreal Engine 3 for Xbox 360 since they shipped Gears of War six months ago."
audioeric, I agree, this game will benefit greatly from the recent success of Gears of War. The game looks visually the same as Gears of War, in that it is dark and grim, but it is more multiplayer orientated with faster gameplay. I see this game selling around 1.5 million on the pessimistic side. Look at Rainbow Six Vegas, it is projected to sell around 1.48 million copies at the moment, Unreal Tournament is another FPS that has great multiplayer and a decent single player and on the Xbox that will generate sales.
I agree, I think this will pick up as the game's release date gets closer. It's Unreal Tournament, an essential staple to the FPS community. I think it's a bit undervalued, as there will be LOADS of cobranding 'From the Studio that brought you Gears of War'., etc.
They hyped Gears of War until they were blue in the face. Some was good, some wasn't. I think that was a good foray into heavy marketing for Epic, and I'm sure they'll be doing all of the good things for this game. I can't wait to buy it.
I bought this stock when at its IPO because I know the UT franchise does amazingly well, and this has been one of the most sought-after games in a long time. It will showcase the power of the Unreal 3.0 engine, very nicely, IMO. I don't understand why this stock has been in such a decline since the IPO, but I know it will come back up, and I will be holding on to this one for a long time.
I think this stock is undervalued. The PS3 ver is at 82.28 dkp & the PC ver is at 177.76. Epic has a lot of fans on 360 now that respect them due to GeoW. The PC ver won't have [too] much leg up because the 360 ver will also have user mods.
Classic Xbox360 fodder should do well as it is a strong franchise.
As for Mark Rein believing that user mods would become avaiable that is at odds with Doug Lombardi of Valve who would like it but does not believe it will happen.
Unreal Tournament and Half Life literally thrive on the mod community so this would be a master stroke if they ever pulled it off.
Mark Rein, president of Epic Games is confident that user-created mods will be distributed via XBox Live and the Playstation Network.
This means that successful PC mods will be able to be distributed thru both networks freely or thru download purchases (similar to what's happening with Half-Life 2 and Garry's Mods, CS, etc. in the Steam network).
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