EA will sell Crysis Ready PCs

[-HP-]

Now this is a fantastic idea, at least in my opinion!

EA plans to market pre-built PCs in conjunction with the release of Crysis Warhead.

Here's a small text that copied from Kotaku:

"This is a brilliant idea. I've always felt that PC manufacturers were missing out by not marketing directly to gamers. I'm not talking high-end, higher-priced dedicated gaming systems here. Just a PC with a sticker on it that lists the games it will run out of the box - kind of like how console packaging shows popular titles available on that system. I wish EA the best of luck. Perhaps they'll start a trend!"

Source: http://chrisremo.com/bloggin/2008/07/27 ... -you-a-pc/

[Taylor]

Crysis Warhead should just come bundled with a fleshlight that fits inside an empty fan socket.

[Pericolos0]

and when the next game comes out you buy a new pc for that too? This isnt a great idea at all, just exactly whats wrong with the pc market. Make your games work on all shitty pc's if you want to sell well with the pc crowd.

[Minos]

This is really stupid imo... it will look really outdated as soon as the new "next gen" game comes out and is not listed there.

[General Vivi]

woot i've always wanted to pay $3000 bucks for a game

[Steppenwolf]

This idea is bollocks.

[Erratic]

I think this is more of an initiative to make people aware of the fact that it really doesn't cost you much more to build a decent rig than to buy either a 360 or PS3. You can throw numbers all over the place but they basically come to about the same, give or take, depending on how far you want to go with either approach.

I don't see the big issue, the price range they set was quite modest, nothing wrong with educating the average gamer on what their options are.

[m8nkey]

I guess it could appeal to someone overwhelmed by the choice in PC hardware. I doubt it'll deprive any sales from the console market though.

and when the next game comes out you buy a new pc for that too? This isnt a great idea at all, just exactly whats wrong with the pc market. Make your games work on all shitty pc's if you want to sell well with the pc crowd.

I think it makes sense to develop engines geared towards higher end systems. After throwing large wads of cash around I'd want to milk as much life out of it as I can through liscensing, expansions, episodes etc. A decent engine should last several years, beyond the typical hardware during the time it was first released.

[Jetsetlemming]

I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and wait until I hear their stats and pricing to judge the move. At the very least they can't do worse than Dell, since that's physically impossible.

[-HP-]

You know, not everybody knows what is a Graphical Board, processor, chipset, RAM, etc. PC's are still a bit complex in terms of hardware, drivers, compatibility, etc.

Some people might just want to get a PC that they know for sure it will run the game X or Y, because it has been tested on that rig already.

[Thrik]

It is probably a good idea, although I'm not keen on the idea of it being based around specific games.

One thing I have noticed increasingly is that people are for the most part thick when it comes to buying PCs. To a lot of people, the difference between two PCs is 'old' and 'new'. If someone can't run any games, they'll often just get the shiniest-looking new PC from PC World and pay hardly any attention to the specs at all (not that they'd understand them anyway). Often they're not getting a good deal at all, but because the shop says it's new they assume it's good for anything.

[DeZomB]

":fmr6g5ks]You know, not everybody knows what is a Graphical Board, processor, chipset, RAM, etc. PC's are still a bit complex in terms of hardware, drivers, compatibility, etc.

Some people might just want to get a PC that they know for sure it will run the game X or Y, because it has been tested on that rig already.

Yeah, thats right, but many of the maschines will get this "Warhead PreTested" sticker... but it was never tested on them.

[-HP-]

Yes of course, EA will just make a random PC, tell the client it WILL run crysis and sell it, without being sure if it will run it or not. C'mon...

[Psy]

They have good intentions but the idea is shit.

[FrieChamp]

The question whether it is a 'good' or 'bad' idea is straight down to the numbers. The real question to me is who they will team up with to get the hardware together, I mean EA is no hardware manufacturer or distributor, at least up till now. Have they signed a deal with DELL or do they plan to buy all hardware components, build the machines themselves and sell them under a very own EA Hardware label?