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360 exclusivity has "helped" Gears of War, says dev boss

Both having Microsoft as a publisher and concentrating on 360 as a single format has aided the Gears of War IP, executive producer Rod Fergusson has told VG247.

MGOelite5515d ago

i just dont see how? if it was multi it would have had support from both sony and microsoft, they would have been able to have more testing and beta testing for both consoles. if it was multi they could have had 2 different development teams dedicated to each console like they did with cod4 and hence superior versions

ZuperAmazingCooKie5515d ago

By getting the hype train at full speed they sold a lot better and by getting additional funding, they made a relatively better game.

Microsoft saw ahead and realized that partnering with Epic would net them good results with 3rd party devs using the Unreal Engine. That's why Sony also made a deal of timed-exclusivity with UT3.

Sony could eventually get a port of Gears of War 1 to 3 if Epic wants because it's up to Epic and not Microsoft to decide as Epic owns the IP. But that time is probably very far away.

ceedubya95515d ago

The PS3 was barely breathing. It hadn't been out long at all. The PS3 probably wouldn't have helped the game out any more then the game just being 360 exclusive.

If it was a multiplatform game now, then that would be a different story.

Megaton5515d ago

At the time, the PS3 wasn't even out. Gears released 11/09/06. Ps3 released 11/11/06. On that half hour-long MTV special to hype up Gears earlier in the summer, they said they were releasing it right before the PS3 to try to slow down the "Sony juggernaut". 360 didn't have any worthwhile games in its first year either, Gears was the first. Well, unless you count Dead Rising, but that was a summer 06 release too. People always choose to ignore that when complaining about the PS3's first year.

Ghoul5515d ago

xiphos

your singing my song, exactly what i try to tell people ever since the ps3 came out.

DragonWarrior_45515d ago

I think that its their way of saying " We couldn't make a great game on the ps3 if we wanted to, we suck"

IdleLeeSiuLung5515d ago

"They’re a great partner for us. They help us in so many ways, both in terms of the obvious with marketing support, and also in terms of usability, tested, play-testing, design reviews, support on the art side and a whole bunch of different things."

-Rod Fergusson, Executive Producter

Isn't it obvious what benefits MS brings. I think both marketing, usability testing and play testing is MS strenght here relative to a publisher. I remember Tomonobu Itagaki saying the same thing, how MS opened the door to testing their game play as well as bug testing.

lsujester5515d ago

Yet both games were initially chock full of bugs. MS doesn't test so well, it seems. LOL

potenquatro5515d ago

Aparently you've being missing out on ALOT of gaming, cause within the first six months of the 360's debut I was playing TEST DRIVE, Call of Duty 2, Fight Night, Madden, Ghost Reacon Advanced Warfighter, Dead Rising and many many others. Fact is hype or not, when Gears(not sucky Gears2) came out it was one of the baddest games ever created. Exclusives almost always have more hype and advertisement then multiplats so exclusivity does help alot of games. But to say 360 didn't have any games is misinformed. Why do you think all the fanboys were ripping on the ps3???

off topic: I thought fanboyism would be dying about now, but I see it's alive and kicking.
Question to 360 fanboys: Where's your love for "games" if you don't even give other consoles a chance?
Question to ps3 fanboys: Where was the love for the superior Saturn,N64,xbox,gamecube? and when is all this "ps3 is superior" lie goin to die down?

stevenhiggster5510d ago (Edited 5510d ago )

All the games you mentioned there were available on other systems pc/ps2/psp so that argument sucks.

Also what was the N64 superior to? the SNES? And the Gamecube was superior to what?

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PotNoodle5515d ago

Because exclusive games get more hype than they deserve, hence more sales.

Not to mention the fact microsoft advertise their games really well.

Omega45515d ago

Which if why the franchise will remain exclusive

I wonder if Sony helps third party devs on the marketing side of things when they go exclusive to the PS3, because i look at games like LBP and dont remember it being advertised well. At least MS helps devs get their moneys worth on staying exclusive.

ZuperAmazingCooKie5515d ago (Edited 5515d ago )

If you were updated or even interested on the news, Sony funds them, that alone eliminates all the risk any indie would get. That's why LBP is a Sony owned IP and that's why devs like "Media Molecule", "Insomniac", "Eat, sleep and play", and "Ready at dawn" and a few others stay with Sony in spite of whatever fanboy reasons you can think off.

I don't know why I bother with kids and teenagers. Just stay in school, you might learn a thing or 2.

Edit:

So Haze and Lair are the only 3rd PS3 exclusives? No, and have you heard of the "Pub Fund"? Do a little research on that.

Haze was published by Ubisoft, so ask Ubisoft. Factor 5 was still able to keep going after Lair, until the financial crisis of last year started. That says Sony was funding them until Lair came out. After that Factor 5 was probably on its own. So they were either on a Loan or on whatever money they had made before, or both. The Crisis came and they were bankrupt, so either they didn't have enough money to go on by themselves, or banks wouldn't lend them money or it would have been too expensive for Factor 5 (or too risky for another flop); or all of the cases presented apply.

Sony probably left with a sour taste after Factor 5 gave them Lair. It's sad for Factor 5 but they were the ones that approached Sony and Sony only asked them to do proper use of the Sixaxis. Sadly the patch came too late and the reviews too early, who knows what would have happened if the game wasn't sixaxis exclusive at the beginning.

I think the problem with Lair was that Factor 5 thought they just needed to make another Rogue Squadron game with Dragons. Hell, maybe they should have made it more like Warhawk rather than like Rogue Squadron.

Oh, and BTW, now that GEars has enough Hype, it would sell a lot on PS3 and 360 if it was multiplatform.

Omega45515d ago (Edited 5515d ago )

Sony funds 3rd party exclusives!? Really!?

Then what happened to Free Radical (Haze) and Factor 5 (Lair), does going bust ring a bell?

EDIT: So what your trying to say is that after the reviews came out and they werent great Sony decided to just leave the devs to rot and die in the gutter instead of funding their advertising? Sounds like something Sony would do.

Antan5515d ago

"Then what happened to Free Radical (Haze) and Factor 5 (Lair), does going bust ring a bell?"

Clearly the day to day operations of both companies were not run as efficiently as others. What and how both companies allocate their income (regardless of where the income is coming from) should in no way be deflected into Sony`s path. Both companies we`re happy to take Sony`s money, clearly they had problems spending it.

cmacdonald5515d ago (Edited 5515d ago )

I am shocked he said this, 100% shocked.

/sarcasm off

wtf you guys think he's going to say?

Why o why5515d ago

The exclusives have been the best games this gen. Yes there are some great multi plat games but the exclusives have been the games that push more and compromise less. Im glad the 360 kept gears exclusive.

@ omega Ive seen sony do a few 3rd party adverts but never as many as MS. Its one of MS's strong points. That 'mad world' gears 1 advert was a great advert. One of the best. I had to sky + that advert (tiVO for those outside the UK)

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Rumored Gears of War Collection is at the top of my 2024 Xbox wishlist

As the long-rumored Gears of War Collection looks like it may finally materialize on Xbox, the timing could not be better as Gears 6 and movie news swirls.

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1Victor125d ago (Edited 125d ago )

(Insert “It should be multi platform if Microsoft investors wants more money” JK here)
All jokes aside congratulations to all the gears fans it will be a blast I remember having fun on the first one on my 360 elite till got RROD and quit Xbox all together but that’s a story for another day.
Congratulations 🎊 🍾 🎉 🎈 🎉 🙏

Wyesvin125d ago

I'm excited for this just aslong is on the pc also cause I don't have the newest xbox console.

shinoff2183125d ago

I enjoyed the tactical one. I can't remember the actual name but it was fun.

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Gears of War Collection allegedly in testing phase for Xbox release

Marcus Fenix and the crew could be back on your screens once more, as the rumored Gears of War Collection is near completion on Xbox.

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VenomUK126d ago

sweeeeeeeeeeeet
Switch and PS5 owners are gonna love this.

Stuart5756126d ago

Every article, console fanboy trite, all these years later. Let me explain it AGAIN, in simple terms for the fanboys. Sentient human gamers do have their preferred platform, however they will buy and own multiple platforms so they can enjoy the games they want to enjoy. I own and have owned multiple platforms, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and now Valve, simply to enjoy a wide range of games across a broad spectrum of platforms. It's great. You don't have to pick a 'team' and cheer them on through thick and thin, dissing the other 'team'. And for you 'VenomUK' to state 'Switch and PS5 owners are gonna love this', proves that you're a bit behind. Learn, enjoy, live, develop, trust and coexist if you can, life is better that way.

Blad3runner00126d ago

@Stuart5756
Well said.
This is why i never understand fanboying over hardware. This is not like a sports team, its just hardware. Why some people have this mentality to pick a side and stick with it and refuse to look at other platforms, therefore depriving themselves of games that are only available on those platforms. They are suppose to be gamers after all?

FinalFantasyFanatic126d ago

It's practically guaranteed to come to PC as well, if that's the case, I might pick it up after it gets a discount or two.

TheEroica126d ago (Edited 126d ago )

Thank goodness for pro gamer companies like Microsoft.... It's about time we unified platforms where now only corporate suits benefit! Pro gamers all the way. Thanks Microsoft!

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RaidenBlack126d ago

Yup ... bring Gears 2, 3 Judgement as well as Fable II and Halo 5 to PC

phoenixwing126d ago

Online portions would be a bonus.

FinalFantasyFanatic126d ago

I'm really shocked that Halo 5 still isn't on PC yet, almost everything is ported over and that's the only Halo game that hasn't been ported.

Profchaos126d ago

Take it with a grain of salt this leaker has been wrong many Times

The connection has been rumoured in the past so there's some credibility but it's more if it's actually in testing or not

Father__Merrin126d ago

tell u what gears 3 on series x same 360 game but in 4k and 60fps is a dream it looks crystal clear

Sciurus_vulgaris126d ago

The Series X enhanced versions of Gears 3 and Judgement can at times look like Xbox One titles.

Concertoine126d ago

Yeah i got into Gears 3 multiplayer last year. People still play it a lot. Tons of maps and looks great with the 60 FPS.

Brazz126d ago

It would be funny to see Gears of War collection on Nintendo Switch.

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I'll Be Happy With Anything Gears of War, But Nothing Beats A 1-3 Remaster

Huzaifah from eXputer "With a new Gears of War game possible, I'll go ahead and say that the original trilogy was the peak of the series and should get remastered."

Wyesvin131d ago

I wish they would put 2 and 3 on pc

RaidenBlack130d ago

^ this
and judgement as well
Why not Remaster them and release them as Marcus Fenix Collection for PC and Series

phoenixwing130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

I would buy it. I sh1t on microsoft alot but their gears of War series I loved. Some great gameplay and if they would keep up the multiplayer I'd play that too.

CrimsonWing69131d ago

1-3 are incredible with each one being bigger and better than the last. I don’t know what it is, but 4 was super underwhelming to me and 5 was slightly better than 4, but I didn’t feel the same epic feeling I had when going through 1-3. I hope 6 brings that epicness back, but yea like a full remake of 1-3 with current-gen visuals would be *chef’s kiss*.

ocelot07131d ago

I was actually devastated with Gears 1 Remaster on Xbox and PC. From when the OG released in 2006 right up until Gears 2 released a few years later. Me and a small group of friends would play it almost daily.

When the remaster arrived. It was annoying that they changed the way you could find a create games. The PC version was dead on arrival as it didn't release on steam just the crappy windows store so about 7 people (including me) bought it. I think I managed to find about 5 games in the first week of release. After that it was just a ghost town.

Not sure about Xbox version. Didn't actually try it until I got a series s in late 2022. It was completely dead online.

chicken_in_the_corn131d ago

A new game would be best. I don't understand why gamers want to rebuy old games over something new.

Juiceid131d ago

It an excuse to revisit something you loved a long time, and it’s prettier and shinier!

raWfodog130d ago

Yeah, new game is always better in my book but remake/remaster is definitely a good runner-up.

franwex130d ago (Edited 130d ago )

Agreed. The old games are there anyway.

I went back and played them all again in anticipation of Gears 5 with a friend and they hold up really well. In fact, they were more fun than the recent ones in some ways.

neutralgamer1992131d ago

we need all gears of war games on steam please

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