After the link. It’s Cliff and the other Epic kids talking about the plot and backstory of what will be without doubt one of the phenomenal action games of this generation. We’re prepared to say it. Call it a hunch
@Eclectus, GTAIV for PC has already been shown numerous times and has boosted graphics as well as extra features that were not included on the console versions - and will becoming out in November 2008 (in NA and EUR).
However, back to this title, I don't believe sales will be boosted much because the sales of the PC version of Gears of War weren't the greatest because of the fact that it was "Games for Window", came so late, and many gamers had already picked it up on the 360. I would say that the price of the stock doesn't need to go up because of the information because it is already inflated enough.
I agree - I also think that the PC gaming community should think about why this is happening, and embrace services like Steam, and digital distribution in general. If you don't understand this, or realize that its a growing trend, ask yourself this, where is GTA4 on the PC? Do you think its going to be released in 2008? 2009?
Cliff Blezinski: Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around. For achievement list, please see the article.
@apujanata, It's not 5m, It's 4.5m and it was clearly the shipments figure (like every other numbers included in any company's PR.) And I don't think that Gears of War is still an active title so imo retailers haven't ordered additional copies or else we should have seen a PR about it breaking 5m mark in E3. Microsoft in the past included sales of original Halo (PC SKU) in their PR so I don't know why it's so surprising to do it now with Gears of War. Anyway, people can invest on this stock as far as they can. I will short it as far as I can, hell I already invested 10m DKP on it in short position.
Btw, this is my guess about Gears of War (360) sales: NA - 2.8m UK - 650k Germany - not released France << 100K Spain << 100K Japan < 100k
@Just_Ben, "I find it hard to believe that it didn't get an additional 1 million units afterwards"
IMO, since the 3 Million is for launch until 15 January 2007 (holiday period), and the fact that X360 games are known to have a shorter legs (compared to Nintendo games), there is a possibility (50%, IMO) that GoW sales didn't manage to reach 4 Million YET.
Additional reason is because during 2007 holiday season, X360 have the best lineup ever (COD4, Halo 3 etc), and I don't think GoW, an one year old game by holiday 2007, are getting any significant sales since the competition are so tough.
Is there any # for the PC version ? Is it OK for me to expect that out of those 5 million GLS, instead of it being X360 version only, it is 3.9 Million X360, and 1.1 Million PC ?
"Because it was an MS Pr guy (from the Xbox part of ms), why should he include it?" He SHOULDn't include it, but it does not mean he DIDn't include it. Including the PC version # means increased total #, which made it more impressive, and give "impression" that X360 is a "better" platform to develop on, which will make developer more interested to develop games on X360, compared to PS3 or Wii.
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