Broder Salsa
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Both PS4 and Xbone got fairly small install bases still. If they could get the sequel out for PS4 then that would most likely be fine.
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Titanfall PS3 and PS4 mention in PC texture files
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Both PS4 and Xbone got fairly small install bases still. If they could get the sequel out for PS4 then that would most likely be fine.
Maybe that's because it isn't? I'll be playing on PC and others will do so on their 360s...
yeah right
respawn is a small dev they wont churn out a sequel in just 2 years. they have been working on this for ages now.
DerZuhälter
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Where is a PS4 mentioned?
I don't see PS4 nor Orbis mentioned.
I don't see PS4 nor Orbis mentioned.
DrGonzo615
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Ah missed that.
Oh well. Its a bummer but like I said, its not a HUGE loss for me. They must've drove a dump truck filled with cash up to EA for the exclusive on this one.
Since its EA, Im waiting 6 months for the reveal of the sequel!
Cornbread78
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Here's a random tinfoil hat idea. Could they change around those assets and Sony fund them to make a new game out of them, obviously not named Titanfall, but similiar concets and all? Surely that would not breach the IP contract that EA made with MS...
They will if it makes them enough money.
0ptimusPayne
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I thought it was already known that (TF1) is completely exclusive to the Xbox/PC platform, and all potential sequels are free game at this point( unless MS changes that).
Dragonborn
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Absolutely. Stuff like Bayo 2 and DR3 is fine but this exactly the kind of BS MS id hated for. And then they say "the hate should stop". Yea, you don't do yourselves any favors MS
Iunno, from what I've read, Titanfall seems pretty set in stone as a Microsoft exclusive. Titanfall 2, on the other hand, will definitely be going to PS4. No way Respawn's taking an exclusivity deal after being with Activision.
I think what they appreciated more was the upfront money from Microsoft to be exclusive, though that probably went to EA, who knows.
th4tguy
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Respawn stated the reason for going with Source engine was because it would allow for easier ps3 development as they planned to originally launch the game on 360, ps3, pc. It wasn't until they started looking at next gen that deals started happening with MS.
DrGonzo615
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It would be hilarious if Sony bought the exclusive rights to the sequel
Nightengale
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I don't think Mass Effect games sold particularly well for PS3. Decent, but nowhere near its full potential.
Same with Splinter Cell. I recall the PS3 sales of Blacklist being horrendous compared to the 360 SKU, because Convictions was exclusive to 360.
Exclusivity of previous games in a franchise does affect sales of sequels that become multiplat. Thus FF selling better on Playstation, etc.
puffyshirt
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I know deals like these are incredibly specific. What are the chances of something like Titanfall: Game of the Year Edition overriding exclusivity?
read the thread. If you look at the image those are shader files, meaning ps40= Pixel Shader 4.0
I would not doubt that in the slightest.
ab.aeterno
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Supposing it's true that Respawn planned for it to be on PS3/PS4, and EA made an exclusivity deal with Microsoft, I have a question I haven't seen asked by press: wasn't the whole point of Respawn existing to give themselves complete creative control to their studio, and if so, how does the EA Partners program empower EA to unilaterally decide platforms?
They're certainly capable of it, point is if they'll see the need to do so.
Neuromancer
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They own the IP but EA has publishing rights.
That would be funny but would also be shit, no need to ask people to buy XB1 and PS4 just to play different Titanfalls seems unfair.
Nightengale
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Nope. Zampella's tweet stated that they were always MS exclusive at launch. And they never denied the possibility of coming to other platforms either, back then.
Netherscourge
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Microsoft must have paid Electronic Arts some SERIOUS money to keep this exclusive.
The PS4 has sold well over 5 million units and the Japan launch isn't until Saturday.
Not to mention the 80 million PS3 units already out there... Microsoft would basically have had to cover the projected profits from the PS3/4 versions to get EA's approval on the deal.
EA is losing soooooo many PS3/PS4 sales (and future DLC sales too) over this deal with MS. I seriously hope they got a TON of money from MS on this deal...
The PS4 has sold well over 5 million units and the Japan launch isn't until Saturday.
Not to mention the 80 million PS3 units already out there... Microsoft would basically have had to cover the projected profits from the PS3/4 versions to get EA's approval on the deal.
EA is losing soooooo many PS3/PS4 sales (and future DLC sales too) over this deal with MS. I seriously hope they got a TON of money from MS on this deal...
I remember hearing Respawn say at E3 that if Titanfall sold well then Titanfall 2 would come to the PS4.
I'd reckon there'd be NDA about what the Partners contract entails. They probably have total creative freedom for the software content, but not what platform they would develop it for.
They'd have to sell another headquarters to scrounge that kind of cash together.
Ludicrous Speed
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Yeah, but those wanting it on a PS3 or PS4 will be waiting years, literally.
nelsonroyale
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Standby for Titanfall 1.5
Ahh, yup, looks like that. Guess EA gave Respawn the money and then Microsoft gave EA the money. Kinda weird then to see people saying that Titanfall's future exclusivity is up to Respawn and not EA.
FeiRR
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I know children talk to their toys but this supposedly adult person is talking to a piece of electronics... over Twitter."Sorry, Playstation 4"
(Image credit: Goodacre0081)
"Sorry, Playstation 4"
(Image credit: Goodacre0081)
Wow. So militant. And a tiny bit desperate.
This is kinda similar to the Mass Effect exclusivity situation, isn't it?
FinalStageBoss
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No need for Sony to buy it if PS4 keeps selling the way it is.
BrokenIcarus
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It doesn't actually say ps4 though.
I checked the file and it's definitely legit.
My guess is, that EA hired bluepoint to port the game to both 360 and PS3, but cancelled the PS3 version late when MS wrote them a big fat check
Never change MS...
I checked the file and it's definitely legit.
My guess is, that EA hired bluepoint to port the game to both 360 and PS3, but cancelled the PS3 version late when MS wrote them a big fat check
Never change MS...
i never said that ps40 meant ps4
jiminycracken
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That's a pretty sketch thing to do.
Well the deal was probably done long before anyone had 'seen Titanfall'. As far as EA was concerned, it was a new IP, therefore risky, so I'm sure they were cool with it. Although in hindsight, perhaps they misjudged the weight of Respawn's heritage.
I think EA took a calculated risk that the xbox one Would sale better and that the FPS crowd wouldn't migrate to PS4.
Money talks. Either Respawn don't have as much control as you think, or EA gave them a piece from dat huge money hat MS gave them to make it exclusive.
Dragonborn
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Which makes their current situation all the more satisfying. Hopefully it puts an end to their bs
Don't go making any bets on that.
I wouldn't be surprised if EA has already started plans to use the escape clause in their contract to break the exclusivity. They're already missing out on 5.3 or more, million sales by not having a PS4 version, and countless more from the PS3 users.
I still expect a Dead Rising 3 Frank West version to make it's way to the PS4 at some point. Capcpom likes money too much.
I still expect a Dead Rising 3 Frank West version to make it's way to the PS4 at some point. Capcpom likes money too much.
Triggerhappytel
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Yeah, paying to keep a game off of rival platforms is a shitty thing to do. The worst kind of business in this industry.
I bet the tens of millions Microsoft had to give up will make it a far less bitter pill to swallow.
TheRealTalker
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Standby for TitanFall Sigma
but in all honesty MS blatantly confirmed it back in November that they outright bought exclusivity for the first title... barring it from coming out on their other console competitors
but in all honesty MS blatantly confirmed it back in November that they outright bought exclusivity for the first title... barring it from coming out on their other console competitors
Ninja gaiden.
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