At E3 2010 in June, Crytek revealed that Crysis 2 would be 3D-ready for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 upon release in the first quarter of 2011. In a conversation with CVG, Crytek CEO Cervat Yerli said that Crysis 2 isn’t just an experiment and he expects to use the technology for subsequent Crysis games.
"Crysis on consoles for us is pretty much taking the ground that Crysis games will be 3D now and in the future," he said. "Console gamers haven't seen [the original] Crysis yet and when we launch Crysis 2 it's kind of like a re-launch of the franchise. We want to make sure people associate the Crysis brand with 3D gaming in the future.”
"But we also want to make sure that it's for a reason - we want to turn the TV as well as the monitor in to a window into a new world. Once people play in 3D the way we've demonstrated, I don't think you'll want to not play in 3D ever again,” he continued.
When asked if he was afraid that 3D gaming could turn out to be a fad, Yerli said, “I think that it will stay around. As soon as the first affordable 3DTVs arrive I think it's a no-brainer at that point, everyone will adapt. Initially there will be a more hardcore audience. I don't think every game will be 3D right away, but there will be some high-end production value games that will be 3D and will benefit from it.”
The E3 demo of 3D Crysis 2 that IndustryGamers saw was rather impressive, so maybe Crytek is onto something with this one.
