Titanfall Will Not Be Released On PlayStation 4
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Heh. Just buy the console you want I say.Vivi22 said:
EA being greedy bastards I'm sure will find some way to wiggle out of the deal if the Xbone bombs. Heck they will probably loophole out of it even if the Xbone does OK. It's more money for them.
They did it with Mass Effect, they can do it again.
The easiest way is to slightly change the name like Capcom did with "Demon Soul" to "Dark Souls". I swear most exclusivity announcements these days are just for PR sake - the only time we will ever get true exclusivity is when the console maker owns the game's studio and the game IP.
I didn't realize it was on PC too o.o Was this a later choice? Either way, I'll be looking into it now!
Beg pardon? My statement made no mention of Sony. I'm just voting with my wallet, as consumers should.EffectiveKill said:
I would suggest you are the blind one. I, for one, do not respond well to attempted extortion.
OT: To be fair, EA will also be added to my abstention list.
Nononono, you see, it's MICROSOFT exclusive.SirBryghtside said:
...this is why I'm excited for SteamOS. -__-
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Dragonbums said:
When they say "exclusive", they are referring to it's exclusivity to Microsoft/EA platforms. I.E. Microsoft consoles and Origin. All other platforms and distributions are being, theoretically, ignored.Battenberg said:
So, in this case, their use of the word is correct. One just needs to understand the context in which they're using it.
It's the equivalent of a game licensed by Sony, but developed and published by, let's say...Valve, being released solely on Playstation 3, Playstation 4, the PSP, and Steam. In this case the game is exclusive to the platforms associated with the parties involved.
Depending on how successful the game is, quite possibly. If it does well enough, and Respawn decides to go forward with ports, then they may be able to license a GOTY (or some other "special" edition) for other platforms. Assuming the deal EA, Respawn, and Microsoft have worked out doesn't prohibit all variants of the first game from being ported to non-Microsoft and EA platforms.Covarr said:
Yeah? this is a big deal.
To be honest, Microsoft may have won big time here. If Titanfall turns out to be what Halo and Gears of War were for the original Xbox and Xbox 360? that could result in some serious oomph on their part. The fact that its coming on the PC and 360 here is kind of not relevant; a lot of people who want a PS4 are likely in very similar circumstances to me, with a PC not powerful enough to play Titanfall and a PS3 instead of a 360. It was easily one of the biggest games coming to next-gen, and considering its not coming to the biggest competitor of Microsoft is definitely something to take note.
Despite Sony's mauling Microsoft in the PR department, what concerns me greatly right now is that the PS4 doesn't really appear to have much of an answer to Titanfall? perhaps they should have pushed to have Destiny be made a PS4 exclusive? That certainly would have got peoples attention.
To be honest, Microsoft may have won big time here. If Titanfall turns out to be what Halo and Gears of War were for the original Xbox and Xbox 360? that could result in some serious oomph on their part. The fact that its coming on the PC and 360 here is kind of not relevant; a lot of people who want a PS4 are likely in very similar circumstances to me, with a PC not powerful enough to play Titanfall and a PS3 instead of a 360. It was easily one of the biggest games coming to next-gen, and considering its not coming to the biggest competitor of Microsoft is definitely something to take note.
Despite Sony's mauling Microsoft in the PR department, what concerns me greatly right now is that the PS4 doesn't really appear to have much of an answer to Titanfall? perhaps they should have pushed to have Destiny be made a PS4 exclusive? That certainly would have got peoples attention.
Uhhhhh... Paying/accepting money for exclusivity is extortion now?s_h_a_d_o said:
Better cross literally every developer that's ever made an exclusive off your buying list (Rockstar, EA, Activision, Mojang, Playdead, Jonathan Blow...), as well as Microsoft and Sony.
...And Nintendo, what with the whole Bayonetta 2 thing.
Man, you'd better hope that Valve's Linux venture turns out well. D:
Wait... I thought we already knew this. Wasn't it announced as a Xbone/PC exclusive back at EA? Oh well. I wasn't interested anyway.
Sony are no angels but as it stands they're looking a lot better than Microsoft at this juncture and that's bound to make people more inclined to highlight Microsoft's less popular choices. Plus the majority of Sony's top selling exclusives (i.e. the games that actually make a difference to which console people choose) are developed by companies owned by Sony.EffectiveKill said:
Realistically though I don't think Microsoft deserve all the blame here, no one seems to be questioning the ethics of EA accepting their offer, possibly against the will of the developers (hinted at in Vince Zampella's tweet). Frankly at this point the whole concept of exclusives seems somewhat archaic to me and harmful to the consumer. A game will never reach its full potential if it is tethered to one or two platforms and if every game is available everywhere then the platform wars will actually become about the hardware and user interface rather than which company has the most cash to throw at top developers.
I'm not particularly worried. This game isn't going to have a single player mode, correct? In which case I probably won't even get it for PC. But that's me, and what's my opinion worth?
I can see this pushing quite a few Xbones if the game turns out to be on the same sort of level as Halo or Gears of War. It does look like a seriously good game, and one that's going to appeal to American/British audiences in a big way. Just totally not my taste.
I can see this pushing quite a few Xbones if the game turns out to be on the same sort of level as Halo or Gears of War. It does look like a seriously good game, and one that's going to appeal to American/British audiences in a big way. Just totally not my taste.
Considering I wasn't going to get it in the first place (a multiplayer only game published by 'roulette microtsransaction packs in ME3' EA? Screw that noise!) I don't care about it not appearing on the PS4, but I imagine this news would bum out some.
Your kidding me right? How is this news? Its was announced at E3 that it would be only on the Xbone, 360 and PC. Come on Escapist try a bit harder.
worthy to point out that bioware was completely bought out.while titanfall's company was apart of ea's now dead indie/partner program.if the game does well in review's and decent on sales i wager that ms will pull a gears of war type of deal.deadish said:
So they want it to be the "next big thing", but are not releasing it on one of the major platforms that from a technical standpoint is almost identical to it's competitor.
Seems logical.
Considering that huge games often have more money spent on advertising than actual development, I suspect that Microsoft probably paid for most of that to get the exclusivity deal. After all, they keep using it in their XBone announcements.
Seems logical.
Considering that huge games often have more money spent on advertising than actual development, I suspect that Microsoft probably paid for most of that to get the exclusivity deal. After all, they keep using it in their XBone announcements.