Chopin Trusty Balls
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Ubi Soft announced GC version is also in development now.
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Far Cry Instincts for GC too
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clipunderground
Member
hmm... cool I suppose.
ToyMachine228
Member
Yeah pretty much all of Ubisoft's games are coming to all three consoles...Far Cry Instincts...Brothers In Arms...You name it.
Littleberu
Banned
I can't wait for a dumbed down GC version 6 month after the others, without Online play!!
Chopin Trusty Balls
First casualty in the war on idioticy.
ToyMachine228 said:
I dont remember hearing about Brothers in Arms for GC,are you sure?
Deg said:Far cry will likely be dumbed down on all consolesIts a good game tho.
The Far Cry on console will be a different game. Now that it is being made for three platforms, it will likely suffer (as multiplatform games usually do). They should not be making a PS2 and GC version of this game.
Far Cry on PC really isn't a very good game, though. Overall, it's nothing more than a decent game (with a few high points here and a bunch of low points there).
Jonnyboy117
Member
ToyMachine228 said:
You are probably thinking of the Call of Duty game from Activision, which is coming to GameCube (much to everyone's surprise). Brothers in Arms from Ubisoft is currently not scheduled for GameCube.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
I wasn't interested in this game before because I thought it was just a port of the PC version. Then I read somewhere that Instincts is either a semi-sequel or an outright sequel to the original FarCry. If thats the case I hope they release it for the PC as well. If not, I'll buy the GC version. Ubisoft is one of the few third parties providing good support for the system. I don't mind if it isn't online. Its not like I take my consoles online anyway. Heck, the only PC game I play online is UT2004.
When is this game due to ship?
When is this game due to ship?
solarplexus
Member
Great news!
Ubisoft is pretty devoted to the Cube....which is weird since it seems like everything they do on it either bombs or is months late.
I kind of question whether they've thought out the desicion, or whether they are just blindly going in with a "let's make everything for every platform" mentality. Within the Cube userbase, is there really going to be a market for an ultra-realistic FPS?
I kind of question whether they've thought out the desicion, or whether they are just blindly going in with a "let's make everything for every platform" mentality. Within the Cube userbase, is there really going to be a market for an ultra-realistic FPS?
ToyMachine228
Member
Brothers In Arms is coming to the GameCube. In 2005.
otheranthony-ns
Banned
looking at their attempts at GC splinter cell: PT, i almost don't want it.
Chopin Trusty Balls
First casualty in the war on idioticy.
JC10001 said:
Xbox early 2005,GC&PS2 Spring 2005
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
border said:
This is true, but I guess the sales are good enough so that they can make a nice profit from porting the games to the system. A few hundred thousand sales (adding up all their GC sales) is a few hundred thousand sales after all.
Also keep in mind that if by some miracle Nintendo is in a better position marketshare wise next gen Ubisoft will have already established themselves among the hardcore N-gamers. There may be a long term strategy at work here.
Chopin Trusty Balls
First casualty in the war on idioticy.
jedimike said:
Last i heard Ubi completely scrapped Far Cry port despite it was working on XB quite good and FCI is using custom engine by Ubi Montreal.
Btw there are 2 PC/XB games using Cryengine slated for late 2005 release
Jonnyboy117
Member
When I buy Ubisoft's GC titles, I can't figure out whether I'm giving charity or receiving it.
JC10001 said:
This excuse could work for any company then...
Also keep in mind that if by some miracle Microsoft is in a better position marketshare wise next gen Sega will have already established themselves among the hardcore XB-gamers. There may be a long term strategy at work here.
Thanks for the info Fleming. That's the first I've heard of them scrapping the engine.
ToyMachine228
Member
cybamerc said:
Nope. An ultra-realistic FPS like this has no chance on the Cube.
Haha. So realistic!
Wow, I actually support a cybamerc post...
Not only is Far Cry NOT realistic...it isn't even very good. Heck, the fact that the game seems to live on in our memories as a benchmark is a good indication of the quality. Who actually talks about Far Cry from a game standpoint anymore?
Not only is Far Cry NOT realistic...it isn't even very good. Heck, the fact that the game seems to live on in our memories as a benchmark is a good indication of the quality. Who actually talks about Far Cry from a game standpoint anymore?
Well, maybe not ultra-realistic, though realistic in the sense that it's not a totally otherworldly fantasy/sci-fi setting....
FPSes have not done particularly well on Nintendo platform, whether it's combat sim (Clancy) or more action-oriented (Timesplitters). Even when Ubisoft went for a more quirky style that might appeal to the Cube audience (XIII), the reception was lukewarm...
FPSes have not done particularly well on Nintendo platform, whether it's combat sim (Clancy) or more action-oriented (Timesplitters). Even when Ubisoft went for a more quirky style that might appeal to the Cube audience (XIII), the reception was lukewarm...
ToyMachine228
Member
You guys don't mean realistic. You mean difficult.
I just came across this as well...Check it out. It breaks down Ubi's sales on each platform.
http://www.companynewsgroup.com/communique.asp?co_id=90612
I just came across this as well...Check it out. It breaks down Ubi's sales on each platform.
http://www.companynewsgroup.com/communique.asp?co_id=90612
I guess this chart more or less explains the continued GC development... European GC Ubi sales must be making up for the North American sales.
Geographic split of sales in %
% sales % sales
Q1 2004/2005 Q1 2003/2004
Europe 55% 31%
North America 38% 65%
ROW 7% 4%
TOTAL 100% 100%
Split of sales per platforms in %
Q1 2004/2005 Q1 2003/2004
PC 22% 20%
PS2 58% 50%
XBOX 7% 6%
G-CUBE 7% 10%
Geographic split of sales in %
% sales % sales
Q1 2004/2005 Q1 2003/2004
Europe 55% 31%
North America 38% 65%
ROW 7% 4%
TOTAL 100% 100%
Split of sales per platforms in %
Q1 2004/2005 Q1 2003/2004
PC 22% 20%
PS2 58% 50%
XBOX 7% 6%
G-CUBE 7% 10%
Doom_Bringer
Banned
border said:
The game starts out really good and then falls apart in the end. The AI in this game was really awesome though!
What?! That's crazy! I can't believe that even with the superior sales of seemingly all of the multiplatform games on the Xbox (versus GC), the GC still ends up on top (edit - for the 1st quarter, that is).jedimike said:
If this came from anywhere besides Ubisoft, I wouldn't believe it.
Littleberu
Banned
Doom_Bringer said:
A little TOO awesome IMO.
Buffy4ever
Banned
border said:
I guess Ubi Soft finds it profitable. This is like Sega making games for MS, even tough some people on this board think they shouldn't. The sane argumanet could be made for Ubitsoft, thier sales are better on X-box and PS2, why bother on Gamecube. But iam glad Ubi Soft does makes games On the Gamecube ,like iam glad Sega makes games on the X-box.
jedimike said:
Indeed jarrod & although these are 1st qtr. numbers, I don't foresee any largescale % deviations to follow in the remaining 3 qtrs. And judging by these regional percentage numbers breakdown, Ubi Soft is reaping a much larger profit than Sega ever was for their X-Box support. (*cough*moneyhats*cough*)
You guess? Re-read the charts again, & then rephrase your sentence.
OG_Original Gamer
Member
dark10x said:
Actually, how many great FPS games are on the GC. TS2 and RB6:3 are not the most popular on any console when it comes to the single player aspect. There hasn't been a high quality FPS on the GC since launch, so right now its untapped market on the Cube.
Crazymoogle
Member
JC10001 said:
It's a full sequel in spirit, at least. The storyline continues from the last game and the main character has several gameplay "superpowers" of origin that can be easily guessed by anybody who managed to achieve a miracle / cheat their way through the end of Far Cry.
I've already mentioned this before, but the first half of Far Cry isn't decent - it's great. Once the monsters start rolling in the game falls apart faster than you can say "Xen". Altogether that doesn't make the game a classic, but the high points were certainly higher than anything else on the PC this year.