FlyingTeacup
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this smells like the rumour of always-on and no used game will happen, ms is using exclusive content/game/partnership from ea to leverage and vice versa.
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CVG Rumor: Microsoft to reveal EA partnership at Next Xbox event
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devonraynor
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people here really thinking about 3rd party exclusives from EA are quite dellusional. the amount of money missed by EA would be too much.
think of timed stuff or kinect integration
think of timed stuff or kinect integration
Baconsammy
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They should know the way into our pockets is with tech demos, Diablo 3 and puppet shows. Stupid Microsoft.
EA's shareholders wouldn't go for it. Time exclusives are most likely what it is, if it's anything. And Microsoft learned this gen that timing is everything.
intheinbetween
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more like most of the people are bashing EA and MS
We already know there are going to be 3rd party exclusives. Bungie and Activision's timed exclusive falls under this for the PS4. Any exclusive at this point should be up for consideration.
Most of these large publishers are taking the payment for exclusives to get a quick gain on the short term without realizing they are alienating a whole console worth of gamers. In the long run, publishers end up loosing money because of the limited pool of consumers they are selling to. So, they add in micro transactions to offset their costs but make the same mistake of catering to one console over the other.
Money hats of any sort should be done away with if these companies want to keep the consumer base they currently have, not trying to subdivide them at the chance of making a quick buck.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Yeah this is pretty much why the pie in the sky ideas going on in here are insane. MS would have to be writing the fattest check ever to even get timed exclusives for actual games.
And with the sports games there is no way this is even feasible on many levels.
The only EA games I own are Rockband titles, and that's a dead series. Before that the last EA game I bought was Tiger Wood 2004. This gen, almost all my games are published by Atlus or Namco.
This could obviously be good for Microsoft, but I don't see it being anything more than a CoD-type of timed DLC exclusive deal. Which is good for them, but personally I haven't payed for any DLC since map packs on CoD2, maybe one on MW.
If Microsoft can pull off deals for full games being exclusive or at least timed-exclusive then that would wow me. Part of what made me a big 360 fan for the first-half of this gen was the fact that they nabbed some third-party exclusives (some of this was because of launching a year before anyone else, but still).
If Microsoft can pull off deals for full games being exclusive or at least timed-exclusive then that would wow me. Part of what made me a big 360 fan for the first-half of this gen was the fact that they nabbed some third-party exclusives (some of this was because of launching a year before anyone else, but still).
It's exclusive DLC. That doesn't mean shit.
exclusive DLC/timed exclusive DLC has shown little to no impact on a game's sales. It is a quick way to amortize development and advertising costs for publishers, but it isn't that high dollar in the grand scheme of things.
They all but have been. Games cost too much for any of the first parties to front in their entirety, which is what it takes to land exclusives now. DLC doesn't mean shit, no one cares, the publisher just sees less ROI on that particular DLC pack in exchange for more up front money from the console manufacturer.
The notion that EA would tie any single franchise to the Xbox brand is ludicrous, unless they want to drive themselves out of business. No 3rd party is strong enough to dictate terms in this industry, breaking from one of the major console manufacturers at this stage just guarantees you have a greatly reduced audience and your competition will eat you alive as a result.
Nizz
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That's what I'm thinking. Most likely DLC timed exclusives. Although aren't Crytek working on a game for the next x-box?
LowEndTorque
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Cool. So we can probably expect to see BF4 and maybe Crytek will make an appearance with a new IP.
CrunchinJelly
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What money will they be missing out on with two consoles that are starting from zero?
It's not like they are missing out on 75m users like if they had a PS3 or 360 exclusive.
BruceLeeRoy
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Makes the most sense that it is exclusive DLC for BF4 or Respawn or both. Even timed exclusives are going to be really rare next gen.
What?
What?
What money missed? Hasn't EA been losing money every quarter? They really don't have anything to lose.
They are free to do so. They only publish through EA Partners program the Crysis games. They are not an EA owned studio.
They would lose even more money.
One more reason to publish on the maximum platforms available to sell as much SKUs as possible to recoup the investment made on development and hopefully have some profit. Grow an audience on as much platforms you can it's the sound strategy on long term.
Galacticos
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It will probably have zero impact on PS4 sales, but kudos to MS for trying. (if true).
MakeMeFeelAlive
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I wonder what their deal is. These tyope of things (if too extensive) may alienate a whole other consoe group. It didnt matter so much with cod because it got really popular, but that may not be the case with EA games. MS seems to following the same path as last gen, limited exclusive titles so trying to broker deals for exclusive content. Cheap way of getting unoriginal exclusive content.
EA is back on my shit list (well, im not sure they ever left). This, plus yheir microtransactiin model next gen. Sounds like i wont be buying games from EA next gen. And even if i do, ill probably het them used and avoid buying crap mot on disc. Online included.
EA is back on my shit list (well, im not sure they ever left). This, plus yheir microtransactiin model next gen. Sounds like i wont be buying games from EA next gen. And even if i do, ill probably het them used and avoid buying crap mot on disc. Online included.
BruceLeeRoy
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I love how just the idea of EA going to do any deal with MS is viewed as "Devils Work" and people are ready to completely write the publisher off. I think it would be just a tad different if this rumor was going the other way around.
How wouldn't it?
Voice of Reason
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Are you underestimating how many people are getting the PS4?
Opus Angelorum
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Indeed.
weekend_warrior
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No used games games, online required, timed exclusives, $70 games. Good luck with all that MS.
Of course; if Sony grabbed exclusive BF4 content there would be posts shitting all over the Next Xbox.
zomgbbqftw
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I think either MS or Sony would bar EA from releasing PS3/360 versions of their games if they didn't make next gen versions. That is a very easy way to hit back at EA as it will cost them literally hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and anger shareholders, while the platform holder will take minor royalty losses, and being so late in the game it doesn't make much difference to the overall market.
There just isn't any room for exclusives or timed exclusive next generation. The only avenue is DLC and other content like demos and beta releases. If Sony went all out and barred EA from releasing PS3 games, EA would probably be looking at bankruptcy, the same is true for EA on 360. Neither MS or Sony would blink twice about losing EA games so late in the generation.
Both platform holders have a lot more power than people think.
Rumor, Rumor, Rumor, and Rumor.
AgentP
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They would be missing roughly half of the next gen units to sell to. It would be idiotic.
Why would timed exclusives be bad for MS?
Do you say that about Quantic Dream as well?
Galacticos
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Well what did you expect? up until now Microsoft was in bed with Activision and Sony was in bed with EA. Now Microsoft is having a fucking threesome.
I dont know, but your avatar is God Tier.
zomgbbqftw
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Next gen Xbox with EA games only. We will call it Orbox.
SquiddyCracker
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Why wouldn't this be true?
Nintendo also announced an unprecedented partnership with EA.
Nintendo also announced an unprecedented partnership with EA.
la flama blanca
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No it wouldn't. Nobody really likes EA either way.
BruceLeeRoy
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A friend of mine brought up a interesting point about the rumors use of "Partnership" - Maybe more than just games related? Origin featured heavily in Marketplace(Kind of a given anyway)
Baconsammy
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I have a feeling it's a foursome. 2K games.
Of course it would be different. And lots of people like EA. Their games anyway.
Not sure if serious. Quantic Dream games are being published by Sony. MS is going to publish games developed by EA studios? Lol.
whatevermort
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Tell you what, if the thing is locked to single-use and always-on, EA (and every other publisher) are going to decide it's their platform of choice very very quickly indeed. It'll be the ultimate argument for exclusivity deals.
SuperSonic1305
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Exclusive microtransactions
smallios74
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Maybe the next xbox gets exclusive EA adverts on its new dash?
LowEndTorque
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MS and EA leading the charge to make no used games the new industry-wide standard?
Wouldn't surprise me at all, I thought this might happen when EA was absent at the PS4 unveil.
If Durango blocks used games and PS4 doesn't then EA has to figure out how to make money off of PS4 without making used game blocking meaningless. The answer is timed exclusives and exclusive DLC.
Hope I'm wrong and that the games will release in parity (or that Durango won't block used games) but being that this is EA...
If Durango blocks used games and PS4 doesn't then EA has to figure out how to make money off of PS4 without making used game blocking meaningless. The answer is timed exclusives and exclusive DLC.
Hope I'm wrong and that the games will release in parity (or that Durango won't block used games) but being that this is EA...
NemesisPrime
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Big US companies banding together? Seems logical... but maybe not so good for consumers. I expect most of the US publishers to be in bed with the new Xbox.
Interfectum
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EA already talked about potential cross-platform play using their Origin service. Perhaps the bigger announcement is MS opening up Live more to 3rd party services with deeper integration (Origin, UPlay, Steam, etc)? Maybe even cross platform purchases?
"Buy Dead Space 4 on Xbox and unlock it on Origin PC."
Something like that.
"Buy Dead Space 4 on Xbox and unlock it on Origin PC."
Something like that.
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