Crysis 2 only DX9 - DX11 will be "later" with an update

[kgk]

How could Crytek/Nvidia miss something as obvious as this?

Because they wanted in on the console profit but were too lazy/stingy to develop separately for the PC. So they give the PC gamers a game that doesn't exceed the capability of the consoles (level size, AI complexity, texture resolution, etc), looks like crap but market the hell out of it, and hit three birds/platforms with one stone.

The options are:

Develop mediocre game for the PC, make $$.

Develop fantastic game for the PC, make $$$

Develop mediocre game for the Xbox/PS3, make $$$

Develop fantastic game for the Xbox/PS3, make $$$$

Develop fantastic game for the PC, port it to consoles, make $$$$$

Develop game for Xbox/PS3, port it to PC poorly and buy a few reviews, make $$$$$$$$$$$$$

They took the biggest payout. Simple. Problem is that last option winds up burning a good portion of your customer base every time. So it's questionable how many times you can repeat it. Although CODMW2->CODBLOPS managed to do it without much of an issue.