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Mr Puggsly on 22 April 2014
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Finally, another Titanfall thread!

Who cares? MS has a lot of money to throw around. It it wasn't worth while, oh well.

That is debatable;

TitanFall's attach rate is close to that of Wii Sports (GOAG aka Game of All Generations)


Right. we don't know how much money MS threw at Titanfall or how many units it has to sell to be worthwhile.

In the end, oh well. MS has money to take risks. The X1 in general has been a risk since announced.



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vivster on 22 April 2014
ethomaz said:
vivster said:
How many copies did it sell on X1? Now substract the number from the console sales. Oh yes it did a lot for the X1. Just because it didn't sell many consoles at launch doesn't mean it didn sell many consoles. A lot of people bought the box in anticipation of the game as you can see at the console sales vs software sales that week. It also did sell consoles to people who don't care very much for it because it's a big exclusive and practically a promise that the X1 is able to get high profile exclusives in the future.

My guess is that without Titanfall the X1 would currently be on a doom level equal to Wii U.

NPD only.

~865K single units
~1m with bundled

Xbone only... so ~140k units came from the bundles in US.

Which means that a lot of people already bought the console beforehand. It would be painful to imagine the X1 sales without Titanfall.



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*Sound Of Rain on 22 April 2014

Without Titanfall, the XBO would be doing pretty bad right now. It has helped the system for sure just not enough to overtake PS4. So? It doesn't always have to be about the competition.



Subie_Greg on 22 April 2014
Seece said:
It was that or let the game die, what would you prefer?


Oh I didn't know we believed that rumor...

Pro life right here



ethomaz on 22 April 2014
Subie_Greg said:
Seece said:
It was that or let the game die, what would you prefer?


Oh I didn't know we believed that rumor...

Pro life right here

It is not a rumor... it is inside the The Final Hours of Titanfall that can be purchased for iPhone, iPad, Steam and Surface... it is interviews with the Respawn.

Edit - I found the website: http://finalhoursoftitanfall.com/



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Subie_Greg on 22 April 2014
ethomaz said:
Subie_Greg said:
Seece said:
It was that or let the game die, what would you prefer?


Oh I didn't know we believed that rumor...

Pro life right here

It is not a rumor... it is inside the The Final Hours of Titanfall that can be purchased for iPhone, iPad, Steam and Surface... it is interviews with the Respawn.

Edit - I found the website: http://finalhoursoftitanfall.com/


Wait so EA wouldn't funded Titanfall and Sony would only pony up for Vita???

edit - someone would pay 2 bucks for that lol



Captain_Tom on 22 April 2014
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
Seece said:
It was that or let the game die, what would you prefer?

Or EA could've actually used their money. 

LOL, Nintendo could've bought it like they did Bayonetta 2.

In all honesty this is exactly the type of big eexclusive Nintendo needs...



d21lewis on 22 April 2014

What would have made it "worth it" in your opinion, Squeezy? What should Titanfall have done?



ethomaz on 22 April 2014

Subie_Greg said:

Wait so EA wouldn't funded Titanfall and Sony would only pony up for Vita???

edit - someone would pay 2 bucks for that lol

It is what says the app... a lot of guys paid ;) the final hours is a popular app with videos, interviews, concep arts, etc... all new and official content.

I tried to buy it on my iPhone but it is only for English App Store... the Brasilian didn't have it but the Steam sells at R$ 4,62... it is the price of a cheaper comics here or a beer (so not that expensive).

Edit - I'm surprise you guys take that like a rumor... the resume on GAF come from this app... unless Respawn created this history it is true.



sales2099 on 22 April 2014
Squeezol said:

I must say that I think making Titanfall an Xbox One exclusive didn't do much good. It didn't boost the XOne sales that much and this should've had the freedom to be on PS4 as well. Microsoft probably had to pay a lot to keep it exclusive but in the end it proved to be not worth the effort. I personally also hate the way Microsoft seems to think that by just making something exclusive everyone will buy an XOne (that's at least what I seem to get out of their behaviour towards Titanfall), but that's a different discussion.

I could list the sheer amount of PS3 exclusives that outright bombed and caused studio closures. That said......you shouldn't blame the company for trying.

Its a multiplat not on PS4. It boosted X1 sales, and is selling millions. Nuff said. Yet another bitter not-on-PS4 rant.....until Titanfall 2 coems along. Then you guys will magically love it, just like you guys now magically love Bungie ;)



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