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Titanfall reach 7 million unique players. [Updated]
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BibiMaghoo
Member
Yes?
Dreams-Visions
Member
bet. now that I'm semi back into the game, I'll be on the lookout for it. $10 is my max.
yes, obviously.
Give it a rest man.
To answer your question... Yes, Assassin's Creed certainly does.
Miles Quaritch
Member
3k players after 6 months seems pretty reasonable, especially when you factor in the obscene amount of competition with Garden Warfare, CoD, FIFA, MCC (when it works), Sunset, etc.
Not amazing, but it's not particularly bad either.
Not amazing, but it's not particularly bad either.
Yes.
You learn to avoid and ignore the AI after a couple of matches / learning to play the game properly. Guess you didn't give it enough of a go and were still at scrub level when you quit.
Prototype Viktor
Member
He couldn't have said anything otherwise
Navidson REC
Member
Such a great game. I'm glad that I can rely on it until Halo is finally fixed, but even then I will happily return. The core gameplay (especially the parkour but also dashing around in a Titan) is fantastic, and that's the most important thing. It's a great foundation for a Titanfall 2, but for now the original is keeping me very happy.
Miles Quaritch
Member
alexandros
Banned
Some of you guys are really determined to brand Titanfall as a flop. I wonder why that is.
Frankiebass
Neo Member
Bought it a few weeks ago on PC when it was on sale. Not a lot of players playing :/
Vigilant Walrus
Member
Its really a great game. Who can dispute that?
The game is far from dead. There's plenty of people that still play the game. Sure the population is not doing COD numbers but there's still dedicated players.
The most I've waited on a mp session is 20 seconds and this is on pc.
I'm sure it sold well but it probably sold below expectations and there's the lack of active players. Not a flop but not hugely successful either.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Is it a moneyhat if MS stepped in and funded the games development?
You'd think they would've came out and said that was the reason why its exclusive and not because they're a small team while hinting a possible PS4 release in the future.
Simply put.
They did
http://finalhoursoftitanfall.com/
Watch and learn
At a certain point, Respawn (Zampella and West at this point) explained to EAs John Riccitiello that they had run out of funding. They had just enough staff to bring the game to Xbox One and PC, and even then they had to delay the game and cut single player. EA did the work of shuffling around for funding, and finally found it in Microsoft. As a result, Titanfall became a Microsoft exclusive.
Miles Quaritch
Member
The Final Hours of TF makes it pretty clear that MS paid for development due to EA getting cold feet over the project.
Or do you believe that was a fabrication to cover up them being money hatted?
Jackbooted
Member
The mental gymnastics some people will go through to stamp FAILURE on Titanfall is a testament to the human will!
Miles Quaritch
Member
So you're saying it was money hatted?
The lack of numbers from EA probably isn't helping matters.
And yet, they never ruled out a PS4 version
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...r-come-to-playstation-respawn-and-ea-weigh-in
Until EA conveniently said no one month before the console launch, a whole 4 months after the fact.
I'm not saying MS didn't fund the game. I'm saying that obviously isn't the reason why it was fully exclusive.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I love titanfall and I've been meaning to reinstall. Please add me on origin - protekt1
Miles Quaritch
Member
They didn't rule out a PS4 version in June of 2013. I imagine things changed considerably behind the scenes between them making those comments and shortly after when they ran out of funds to even finish the game.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Well, that could be true....But it is playable on the 360 and PC, so........That's can't completely be the reason.
Some people just hate a lot of things, and...well...people.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I'm not sure I follow you. You're agreeing that MS funded the game, but you're also saying that's obviously not the reason it's exclusive?
What is the reason then?
I'd also ask, if you agree that MS funded the game, wouldn't you also agree that means it's essentially no different than Nintendo funding Bayonetta 2?
Why give it a rest?
If something is sold at a loss in order to push units for the majority of the year how is that good? It obviously didn't help the install base because all we hear is people complaining about how they can't find games.
When every other high profile game doesn't have to these tremendous price cuts just to get people to purchase the game?
The developers wouldn't be in charge of that or have relations with MS regarding the deal. It says in the Video that EA handled MS so EA could have been sparse in details to Respawn. So to them it was a possibility that it could come to PS4.
This is a possibility of course but I feel it's reasonable enough to dismiss the obviously part of your post.
Also what are you suggesting that MS funded and marketed the game yet that wasn't enough and they had to moneyhat it for it to be a full exclusive. I would love to hear what you think the reasons for exclusivity for it rather than a vague statement.
Miles Quaritch
Member
You obviously don't pay attention if you think that's true.
Got nothing to do with it for me.
Sparse content on launch. Dead playerbase on PC. Matchmaking.
Origin only but that isn't an issue for me
Flopped hard on PC. Not hard to see why.
I always buy AC games 2 months after they come out for 30 dollars in January. AC games always drop in price pretty quickly and I imagine I can find a few other examples of high profile games that drop quickly.
cartoon_soldier
Member
I sure, COD Ghosts was similarly priced super low last year, but that game was horrendous, every other COD before that didn't slashed in half prices
No, I'm not happy, because the 'legendary' edition they're coming out with now is the game they should have released originally, content wise (excluding map packs) I'm talking features and game modes.
I'm not blaming respawn, I blame Microsoft
I think MS should never have pushed the game out when they did, it was not ready.
gamechanger87
Member
How is $20 sold at a loss? As long as the initial fixed costs from development are covered from the initial purchases at $60 which were much more than a million then everything else is great.
Its not like every digital download costs them $20 in production costs. AC:BF is being given away for free right now.
Great job Respawn!
Miles Quaritch
Member
Ah, so you were only comparing it to CoD price cuts? Your post made it sound like you were claiming no other high profile games slash their price within a few weeks of launch, which is pretty much false.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
The sodium levels being still this high 8 months later simply speak to how good this game is.
3000 players at peak on Xbox One alone 8 months later with all the online competition is pretty good. Especially when you consider how they were fragmenting the player base for so long.
DLC should really just be free at this point. For those who bought? Eh, unlock all our achievements
3000 players at peak on Xbox One alone 8 months later with all the online competition is pretty good. Especially when you consider how they were fragmenting the player base for so long.
DLC should really just be free at this point. For those who bought? Eh, unlock all our achievements
Spottiettiedop
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qa_engineer
Member
I wouldn't call it a flop but the lack of conversation about the game is a pretty good indicator of how much of an impact it made.
How was it sold at loss? You don't know that. If you believe the game is a failure, that's fine, but that's your opinion not a fact.
People like to complain all the time about all sorts of things. There is no denying it that the game did not have the same impact as its main competitors (Destiny, COD, BF or Halo). I haven't touched the game since Destiny came out but prior to that I played it fairly often. Someone in the thread already posted that they played it on PC and it takes less than 20 seconds to find a match.
When I get home from the office I'll let you know how long it takes to find a game on X1.
I just pointed out Assassin's Creed which is a pretty massive franchise that sells at heavy discount after the first month of release. As a matter a fact, most Ubi games see significant discount after the first month of release. I highly recommend you visit CAG if you are interested in such deals.