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[AHA-Lambda]

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Too much for an alleged timed exclusive?

 

[XenodudeX]

so 100M then?

 

[Troll]

I'm not sure if I trust anything that guy says anymore.

 

[kamakazi5]

I believe he said that they probably spent something like that. Nobody knows how much they paid.

 

[thuway]

Enough to cover 1 million sales for a PS4 multiplat? Well played Microsoft.

 

[Raide]

Is he not guessing at that amount?

 

[Duxxy3]

50 million seems on the low end.

 

[AngryMoth]

Come on, he was purely speculating. We have no idea how much it cost them.

 

[shola]

he is saying 50 million if it aint coming to ps, use full context bro

 

[Arksy]

For $50M I'd expect it to be a total exclusive. I'll still be getting it for PC.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Tales From Pachs Ass. (Id expect more honestly).

 

[EagleEyes]

Money well spent. That game is gonna be huge.

 

[marc^o^]

But it could also be $10 or $100 millions.

 

[fallagin]

He was just guessing.

 

[VE3TRO]

Oh it's a timed exclusive? Thought it was Xbox and PC exclusive.

 

[rouken]

so Titanfall is this gen's GTA DLC?

 

[Rad-]

Sounds kind of low actually.

Oh he was just guessing? Well that's that.

 

[Courage]

Pachter simply guessed that amount, it's not truthfact.

 

[Cosmozone]

What. That's totally not worth it.

 

[Kusagari]

That sounds low honestly.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Isn't it on PC too? So they paid for it to be a console exclusive?

 

[baekshi]

more like 200m

 

[Byronic Hero]

I used to not like Pachter, now I find myself genuinely entertained with whatever he says. I still don't pay attention to his actual predictions though lol.

 

[Duxxy3]

50 million for a time exclusive? Yeah, that would make more sense than an outright exclusive.

 

[W1SSY]

That is just a guess.

 

[Live Free or Die]

It's a time exclusive though, right?

 

[MikeE21286]

He's just guessing here.

He might not even be in the ballpark. I doubt he has actual legit/hard information on that number.

 

[Hypereides]

My guess its higher than 50 mill. + they probably got some royalties and extra incentives in the contract.

 

[Stoffinator]

Did the GTA4 DLC really pay off for Microsoft? Just wondering.

 

[Jomjom]

Sounds like a pretty good deal for MS. 50M is not even half a drop in the bucket for them with their warchest.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

I will pay $40 or less to play it on PC.

 

[syko de4d]

and is still coming to PC?
A new IP and not even real exclusive for 50mio$, nice Deal MS.

 

[Stumpokapow]

you know, even if they paid $50 million, it'd likely be a $50 million advance (or a break on $50 million in licensing fees) rather than a check

 

[Sentenza]

That sounds low honestly.

It sounds insanely high to me.

 

[Sakura]

Didn't Pachter also estimate the XBO would only be 400 dollars?

 

[jay]

So it cost them $50 million to get it on their $400 console?

 

[Vol5]

Enough to cover 1 million sales for a PS4 multiplat? Well played Microsoft.

Fucking nailed it. lol

 

[nbthedude]

He was just guessing.

Which is one of his worst traits. I like the guy but I wish he wouldn't just constantly pull specific numbers out of thin air. It's annoying and leaves a bad impression.

Actually it gives me a bad impression of financial analyst in general. If this is what they get paid to do, just pull numbers out of air based on their previous knowledge--then I will never have use for an analyst. I like my information to be more solid and less guesstimated nonsense.

 

[Chris_C]

Pachter just made a wild guess. It wasn't official.

 

[MikeE21286]

Did the GTA4 DLC really pay off for Microsoft? Just wondering.

There's no way to even calculate that ROI on that spend.

There's so many factors like;

- who bought a 360 and not a PS3 because of that (or any other competing console)
- how many incremental GTA copies they sold that would have not been sold on 360
- etc.

I'm surprised more of these deals don't go through because the post-analysis of these is impossible and nobody really ever gets held accountable.

 

[Coolwhip]

Pachter is not a good source.

 

[Mr Cola]

Im not buying either of the next gen consoles, I dont have any allegiances but Titanfall looked absolutely underwhelming, I was shocked frankly. Both from a visual and gameplay perspective it was uninspired.

 

[jay]

Pachter is not a good source.

Pachter's ass is a better source than your ass because it has better degrees.

 

[Hip Hop]

.Microsoft paid $50 million for just timed exclusive DLC from GTA IV. If true, Titanfall was not a bad deal at all and should help the console sell a few more units.


It's on PC as well though, so I'll be getting regardless...

 

[Liquidus]

Call of Duty in space. Who fucking cares.

 

[Phinal Phantasy]

50m? Sounds like an outright exclusive to me.

 

[Tallshortman]

So they paid enough to cover the entire development at the least while getting none of the profit sharing outside of licensing fees. Great use of money!

 

[jtb]

this isn't even a prediction, this is just "hey, let's wildly guess something and pull a number out of ass because we know the whole industry is incredibly opaque and will never release these kinds of figures." we never found out how much microsoft paid for the episodes of liberty city either

a prediction implies it'll either come true or not. 99% sure we'll never find out how much microsoft paid for this. what a ridiculous thing to say

 

[Moussuki]

have you seen titanfall?

Spoiler

we paud 50m for it

 

[Marleyman]

Call of Duty in space. Who fucking cares.

Wow, you nailed it.

Spoiler

not at all.