Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek and master of all things piracy and Xbox 720 told gamesindustry.biz that Crytek “wouldn’t exist” as a new company if they’d to start today.

Completely, nowadays I don’t think Crytek could have set up. It wouldn’t exist. The situation has changed drastically - the competition is more serious, companies have consolidated, costs have increased, the platforms are getting more difficult to enter. For example, to make a next-gen PC title entering the market now we’d need about EUR 10-12 million, even for a newcomer, to make an FPS as good as Far Cry was back then. To get the trust and commitment from a publisher for a beginner studio…I think it’s quite impossible.

Regardless of the issues that he brings up, I’ve always respected Yerli’s view on the industry. In this regard, I’ve to completely agree. Mega publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Take-Two and Activision have the capacity to throttle the development pipelines with their large bankrolls and schedules. It would be hard for a developer without one of these publishers to roll out a decent game because the polishing money just simply isn’t there.

Do you guys think that Yerli has a point? Can a studio like Crytek start and be successful in today’s climate? If you think so, why?

Via Destructoid

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