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VGKing said:

http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/

You can buy these Azure servers right now for any platform you want. We don't know if Microsoft gave EA a discount due to exclusivity, its unlikely I say since its coming to PC. What we do know is that the game is exclusive to MS platforms so that implies moneyhatting. Any other speculations is just that.....speculation.

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They're using Azure severs because its cheaper. They offer a "Pay as you go" plan which means they don't have to worry about how many servers to have at launch or how many to cut in a few years once the game dies down. You pay for what you use, no more, no less. 

How does it feel to always be wrong? Maybe you should admit you have no idea what you're talking about.

Respawn said MS made it cheaper than the alternatives. Again, maybe watch some of these videos? If Azure is that cheap by default, why didn't EA click on that link you gave years ago and just run their servers through there? All cloud/dedicated server providers I have ever seen provide you a pay as you go option and offer scalability. Respawn has also been on record as saying MS is handling all of this for them and how it's much different than what anyone else does. They also said they went to Sony and MS and MS was the only one with a solution for them. Maybe you should shoot Kaz a message and include the link? Then he can just give that to developers who come by LOL.

Somehow this is even funnier than earlier in this thread where you tried to tell us EA attempted to answer CoD with franchises that were around years longer than CoD and made by the CoD creators. In that case you were just misinformed and ignorant. In this case you have multiple videos posted on this forum letting you know these things I am telling you yet you're still denying them.

Thanks, but rather than a biased forum member, I think I will take the word of the people actually making the game.