badgenome said:
So you don't think that EA is funding the development of Titanfall? They're just paying for the privilege of having their name on the box? Oookay... Well, maybe you'll listen to Respawn when they tell you otherwise: Q: Where has the finance come from to form and run Respawn Entertainment? Jason West: It's part of the EA Partners deal, they've provided us with capital and a publishing deal and money to start hiring and get our team together. So no EA deal = no Respawn = no Titanfall. Whatever other offers they might have gotten, EA was really the only viable alternative to Activision and so had all the leverage in this deal. So if Microsoft slapped down $50 million to kill the Playstation version, it didn't matter what Respawn thought about it. For what it's worth, I'm sure Respawn is genuinely as happy as they profess to be about being able to focus on just two three one platforms for their first game as a studio. But that has absolutely nothing to do with why they're not making Titanfall for PS4. And once again, we are not talking about the Titanfall IP. We are talking about one specific game called "Titanfall". It is entirely possible for EA to own that game but not the IP. Which is entirely beside the point. EA took Microsoft's money, and now Titanfall is a "Microsoft exclusive". That is a moneyhat. I think it's a bad practice for gamers. Period. End of discussion. |
The bolded part is pure opinion and speculation. The developer told you why they went with MS. They never had a PS4 version. As a partnership program with EA, Respawn still takes all the risk because they have to pay EA back the money funded. So yes, as a small independent developer they would be silly not to take money from any of the console makers to go exclusive to reduce the risk in a new IP. Also as they stated, they have a small team and can only spread their resources so far.
Do you know what a partnership is. Do you even know what the EA partners program is. Let me help you out with this one. Its a partnership for helping out independent developers with contract based publishing services. The partner program means that EA give the dev some cash for pub rights. The Dev make the game and is required to pay EA back the funded money (with some sauce on it like a loan). Here is a quote from Carmack when they used EA to publish their game
, Carmack stressed that EA Partners deal "isn't really a publishing arrangement. Instead, they really offer a menu of services—Valve takes one set of things, Crytek takes a different set, and we're probably taking a third set".[58]
Pretty much everything you have stated is from an opinion. You have no clue about the arrangement between Respawn and EA and you appear to have no clue about how the EA partner program works. Your Ideal of EA role goes along a more traditional pub but thats not how EA Partner works. Its one of the main reason why EA was going to drop it because they do not control the company, IP or anything. They just pub and distribute.
As to your last point, EA and Respawn took MS money. I know its convenient to leave Respawn out to support your opinion but never was it said that its only EA and MS so to assume this deal is only MS and EA is pure guessing with no evidence to back it up.
