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Cevat Yerli Talks About Crysis: Warhead and Piracy

And an unannounced project

By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor

2nd of July 2008, 23:16 GMT

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If there's one thing about Crytek Chief Executive Officer Cevat Yerli you have to admire is the fact that he is not afraid to tackle difficult issues head-on. After his company parted ways with Ubisoft
and decided to make Crysis, he said that they wouldn't settle for anything less than the best game in the world. And they came pretty close with last year's release, even though the game has some issues that both reviewers and gamers have noticed. Now, Cevat Yerli is talking frankly about what his company got wrong and how they plan on fixing it for the next Crysis-related release, called Warhead. He also points out that piracy was one of the causes for the less than perfect commercial performance of the game.

The main mistake he admits was in the mislabeling of the graphics options. He says that "very high should have been ultra high, and high should have been very high, because our high compared to other games' high was a generational difference". The CEO believes that this small difference in terms would have helped to limit the complaints from some gamers that the release would not run on their systems using the best ones.

Crysis: Warhead will solve this because the game code is being tweaked to offer better performance using less system resources. The environments of the release will be expanded while the number of enemies on screen at once will increase.

While talking about Crysis and sales, he also tackled piracy by pointing out that "the ratio between sales to piracy is probably 1 to 15 to 1 to 20 right now" which represents "a big shame for the PC industry". The direct result will be that Warhead is set to feature enhanced anti-piracy measures.

The Crytek big man also confirmed that the company is now working on a non Crysis related title for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Crytek | Crysis | Warhead | PC piracy | Ubisoft


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Comment #1 by: praveen on 03 Jul 2008, 08:03 GMT reply to this comment

HI ,
I see that problem is because in countries like india , u need to release a low price edition of ur game .That will ensure u will get more money from lot of consumers. If game is 1500 - 3000 , average person earning 20 k its almost 10-15 % of salary. Its like in US one person earning 5000$ paying 500$ for a game..Will any one buy ???
How can u expect a market in india at this rate.I don support piracy but this is main reason for piracy in india i think.
@ WebSite ppl - please pass this to crytec company officals.
Thanks


Comment #2 by: Neeraj on 17 Sep 2008, 17:48 GMT reply to this comment

Mr.Praveen, first u need to go n find out the price of Crysis... it was only 999. Its affordable. Im sure crysis warhead is going to be the same price. Im trying my best to get originals, not all but eventually... :)


Comment #3 by: r3dh@wk on 03 Oct 2008, 12:32 GMT reply to this comment

Its not actually the price thats the concern for gamers in India. though, neeraj, for those earning 20K and around tat sum, its quite difficult to afford a game costing a buck less than a grand..
but wat i think is, people who want to buy originals, the copies seem to be always out of reach!!
i mean, in bangalore, for example, there are only 3 shops i know of, selling video games. While 2 of the shops doesn hav a clue abt games, one of them at least has an idea abt the new releases.
BUT, none of them have any idea about when they'l get their copies. Gamers cant wait, u know. Crysis Warhead is an eagerly awaited title. and i jus cant seem to find anyone who currently is sellin it. how long can any avid gamer wait???

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