No, people always wanted to try out CryEngine and Crytek never gave the developer community a proper set of tools. Unreal on the other hand was always famous because of their community support for modding tools. The companies are jumping into a huge gap created between platform games and AAA+ games. Low Budget and Mobile/Web Development is a billion dollar industry right now, and Crytek/Sony (NGP tools) / UDK / Unity 3D are trying to earn a part of that gold mine by giving out "part" of their engines for free.