Feel sorry for those who lost their jobs, but not sorry for the core company. You reap what you sow.

I do not know about you guys, but i think they should try a game in the consoles now that more powerful version some, something like a hack and slash type of game where it displays how good a game can look in the consoles /s

If you had $100m would you? Then you got (roughly) the same amount required for marketing...lest we not forget the ancillary costs and continued support costs for the maintenance of the game - only to have some oik on YouTube saying the game sucks and 'shazzam' you are out of pocket $250m. Do, or do not; there is no 'try'. ninja edit: I said this back in 2012: Mike Read is the one to blame for the current situation CryTek are in. As to how this complete and total muppet got a job in the industry when he came from the music industry is a complete and total mystery. His list of 'accomplishments' include: EVE Online - now F2P with a DX9 engine and rapidly depleting members World of Darkness - never saw release and studio shut down. This killed the franchise. DUST 514 - PS3 F3P game which never saw any profit, and was paid for by subscription fee from EVE Online, which has never seen dedication to content creation and making good on its promises. Walking in Stations being his worst hour, as this content has never been released in TEN YEARS. I should know, I was in Iceland in 2007 and spoke to him about it. Ryse: Son of Rome - Not the greatest reviews, and (apparently) didn't get anywhere near its profit zone. It wasn't a bad game, but just no one really asked for it or actually bought it. It also spent longer than expected in development, for unknown reasons, but some critics were citing game mechanics and animation revisions. It became a 'meh' and 'shrug' game for most. What was particularly surprising, was the live web streams of him showing absolutely no interest in the game and looking as if he could not care less about demoing the game to the poor hapless female interviewer. Evolve - Again, kinda 'meh' gameplay, with no lasting sustainability of gameplay. What Left 4 Dead did so effortlessly, this failed so hard. Crysis 3 - Nothing I need to say on this POS.

Yeah, I'm sure the Crytek devs are sitting there and actively deciding to make games that suck. That must be it - if only they decided the opposite.

Am I wrong to think you do not work for a big company ? Almost everyone that does know that decisions are not made by the people that do the actual work have talent and will but by managers and other morons who do not know what they are talking about and always take the worst decisions just to say "hey I'm here look I'm not paid to do nothing I can take hard decisions !" (which do not concern me anyway and who are probably bad for the company too but hey you hired me so it's your fault I'm gonna get a bonus anyway) p.s. I liked crysis 2 and 3 would def buy a 4.

Am I wrong to think you do not work for a big company ? Almost everyone that does know that decisions are not made by the people that do the actual work have talent and will but by managers and other morons who do not know what they are talking about and always take the worst decisions just to say "hey I'm here look I'm not paid to do nothing I can take hard decisions !" (which do not concern me anyway and who are probably bad for the company too but hey you hired me so it's your fault I'm gonna get a bonus anyway) p.s. I liked crysis 2 and 3 would def buy a 4.

My post was sarcastic.

so now they only have 2 offices? Just like kinect? I think 90% of gamers don't care about VR, it's uncomfortable. Stop reinventing gaming already.

Stop spewing uninformed bull****. Kinect was only motion tracking, and 3d tvs were only 3d. VR incorporates these and more to make your brain believe you're somewhere else/doing something else. You never got the reactions from 3d tvs or the kinect that you get from virtually every person that tries VR for the first time (awe, sometimes even tears). VR is also not uncomfortable at all with any well designed experiences/games. The first consumer grade headsets only came out in march, stop being a contrarian. The first iPhone was a pile of **** compared to current smartphones. The Vive and Rift are a lot more polished and feature complete in comparison, and the prices for VR will only drop from here. VR also isn't just for gaming. There are many uses (therapeutic, medical, training, virtual travel, design, etc). Believe what you want, but VR isn't going anywhere, not with how good it is and how much money is being put into it by pretty much every tech company.

I think they focused too much on consoles, and that is what did them in. Their consoles sales are not all too great.

I think they focused too much on consoles, and that is what did them in. Their consoles sales are not all too great.

Are their PC sales any better? I don't think getting into consoles was so much the problem, but rather the games looked so much worse compared to the PC version.

OK, for Crytek guys, the first thing on the agenda is fix your Steam Crysis games with a patch so they actually work with W7/8/10 without user made hacks. This will help to stop the rot a little and bring in a little money over time to help keep you afloat as well as improve your reputation with users and their confidence in you. Next, look at what you've got and narrow it down to just one project. Let's be honest here, you've really got 2 choices, make either another Crysis or make a Timesplitters. I would recommend a Crysis Trilogy pack for X1+ and PS4+ to start getting the money in to stay alive. Make the work on this benefit PC users where possible. Good luck.

I'm always surprised how much people hope that a company that didn't deliver comes back once more to... not deliver again. Sure, they have made a big hit with Far Cry and Crysis, but... those times are over. Maybe the company deserves to go down, and the talented people should get work elsewhere. It's a business after all, and keeping a company around that operates in the red numbers for years isn't helping much.

Next, look at what you've got and narrow it down to just one project. Let's be honest here, you've really got 2 choices, make either another Crysis or make a Timesplitters.

I would love a new Timesplitters game. Or maybe just re-make all 3 of the old ones as 1 big polished game. I don't know why nothing similar to it has been made; Unreal Tournament is the closest thing we have. I'm not sure I'd want Crytek to do the remake, though. The games were fun partially because of how cartoonish and unrealistic they were. Crytek would end up making the game too realistic and serious, beyond graphics.

EA is basically muscling them out by using the Frostbite engine in their latest games as opposed to using the cryengine. And since crytek haven't been releasing any games lately, they have no steady income for their studios. It's only a matter of time before they kick the bucket unless they do something drastic soon.

You people are the ****ing worst. Every single one of you is so negative and cynical that you've forgotten you ever even liked games. Now you sit down to play a new one and realize you can't even remember how to enjoy them; you have to go to a forum and circlejerk with other people in the same position just to feel anything about them again.

They really do need to go back to what made them great. Make a new game engine and make a true sequel to FarCry.. Not the fake FarCry crap that's out now. Design it for the PC.. Then port it to consoles. That's what every company should do..

Ok, so no one actually went to their website to check out what they had to say on the situation. Here, straight from the horses mouth, is what they had to say: http://crytek.com/news/crytek-outlines-future-plans-and-focuses-on-return-to-core-competencies

You people are the ****ing worst. Every single one of you is so negative and cynical that you've forgotten you ever even liked games. Now you sit down to play a new one and realize you can't even remember how to enjoy them; you have to go to a forum and circlejerk with other people in the same position just to feel anything about them again.

That's because the last thing Crytek released that was of interest was the first Crysis, which was a game that was so demanding (some could argue poorly optimized) that it became a meme and took years until it managed to be playable on mid-range hardware. But tell me - why do you play games? For those of us who have been playing games from the 80s, it was to have fun. If a game isn't enjoyable, it deserves complaints. Though Crytek doesn't seem to make games for the sake easy money (unlike Activision or EA...), they do have a tendency to spend waaay too much time and money on the little details and not enough time on just making something fun. The novelty of a life-like environment wears off, especially considering humans are very good at noticing unrealistic flaws that are just too difficult to account for sometimes. Those flaws detract from the immersion. There are parts in my computer that are nearing 7 years old, and I haven't had a need to upgrade. This because I don't get AAA titles these days, because most of them are so boring and/or cookie-cutter to me. I end up playing indie games because they have to actually try to be fun in order for people to recognize them; they don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars to put toward marketing.

My only concern would be for the staff, Crytek have not made a single game i have enjoyed, it's clear their priority was the engine and even that was/is up there for the worst optimised of all time in the early incarnations. The heads of the company had little love for PC gamers after Crysis was released, so the hardcore PC elitist should not care much either.

I am rather suprised they went under, There is other company's that kinda suprised me like Ubisoft has had some really good titles last couple of years, 4A-games I think is on the verge of going bankrupt someone told me...Batisda is also another Giant but those guys make some Kick-ass games,I give em that. Crytek- My only experience is Crysis 1,2 and 3 and part 3 I was not very found of to be honest.

You people are the ****ing worst. Every single one of you is so negative and cynical that you've forgotten you ever even liked games. Now you sit down to play a new one and realize you can't even remember how to enjoy them; you have to go to a forum and circlejerk with other people in the same position just to feel anything about them again.

I've completed Farcry, Crysis 1+Warhead+2+3. How many Crytek games have you completed?

Stop spewing uninformed bull****.

I'm pretty sure 90% of gamers never cared about 3d screens or ever played any kinect games. Why? Because it's UNCOMFORTABLE. You sit down, relax and play, not jump around the room like monkey. No one ever asked for that. Sure, it will have its niche but like I said, 90% of gamers don't care and will never care. "VR incorporates these and more to make your brain believe you're somewhere else/doing something else." Yeah, just like mouse and keyboard already do. If that's not good enough for you, get VR. It simply offers a bit more immersive feeling. "You never got the reactions from 3d tvs or the kinect that you get from virtually every person that tries VR for the first time (awe, sometimes even tears)." So? I never compared them. "VR is also not uncomfortable at all with any well designed experiences/games. " I'd rather sit down and move as little as possible. I'd like see something like Doom played on VR. Sure seems like a big handicap. And I don't like to wear those goggles. "The first consumer grade headsets only came out in march, stop being a contrarian." Dafuq mate? "The first iPhone was a pile of **** compared to current smartphones." The first Iphone was the **** when it came out in 2007. Everyone wanted one and it delivered. It had close to 0 competition. Comparing 9 year old tech to todays tech, why? Why would you even do that? Are you trying to say that everyone wanted VR so badly back then, but only the hard/software was just lacking? I surely wasn't one of them and I don't recall ever reading about those mass cravings for VR. I don't get your point here. "The Vive and Rift are a lot more polished and feature complete in comparison, and the prices for VR will only drop from here." So you are basically saying there won't be any big improvements or updates to the systems in the coming years? That's some bs. But hey, do tell me how much the Iphone 1 wasn't "feature complete". A touchscreen, internet connection, camera, storage, being a phone, having an operating system, apps? It was a handheld computer. You don't call that feature complete? Old hw will always drop in price. Or are you referring to next gen VR headsets? Do you know how fast the prices will drop? I surely don't. Considering it goes for ~800$... most gamers build their system with a budget like that or less. I would maybe consider buying into VR if it goes for less than 200. That's a 75% reduction in cost. SSD prices did fall a lot and fast in the beginning, but I don't think it's same with VR. There simply isn't such widespread demand. "Believe what you want, but VR isn't going anywhere, not with how good it is and how much money is being put into it by pretty much every tech company." Are you delusional or something? Since when is "90% of gamers don't care" suddenly "VR is going away"? You even said it yourself: "VR also isn't just for gaming. There are many uses (therapeutic, medical, training, virtual travel, design, etc)." Do I need to comment?

I wish DICE and the Battlefield Franchise would "clean house" and fire everyone and bring in new design team, new QA testing team, new developers, new managers and everyone. Battlefield 1 was a fail they need to take advice from Crytek, game and present company status is dull so are the games be smart clean house bring in a new set of people and skills.