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J_Allard on 30 August 2013
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bananaking21 said:
J_Allard said:
Nsanity said:

“I could spill more words about the game’s visuals, but I want to talk about the real reason the game is going to blow you away. In short, it plays even better than it looks.”– Ben Kuchera, Penny Arcade Report

 

btw there's no telling whether or not EA has any big say in what happens with this franchise. They don't own Respawn, they don't own the IP. The game is part of the EA Partners Program.

EA just funded the project and brought it to live. of course they the BIGGEST say in what happens with the project. whoever thinks Microsoft is ever publishing this game is just dreaming

EA does not control the IP's of most of the games in the Partners Program. Actually I can't think of a single one they do control, but there probably are some. They publish and/or distribute. The way this program works is EA funds a project in exchange for a return on their investment. Obviously, they are going to get more in return than they invested. Just like if you go get a loan for $10,000 you'll be paying more back than $10,000.

I posted what I did because the people saying "LOL ITS EA EA LOVES MONIES" don't understand apparently that the game is part of the Partners Program and EA has no real say in that. Now, it might have been Respawns intentions all along to bring it to all consoles. And MS could have simply gave them the sweetheart cloud deal in exchange for some exclusive time. But that has nothing to do with EA. If EA had an ounce of actual control over this franchise, it would require EA Origin logins on all consoles, and connect to EA's own servers. Not to mention Respawn themselves have said multiple times they control the IP.

Look at Kingdom's of Alumar. If a sequel came out to that game, EA has no rights to it or control over it. They have been on record last year as saying they'd "love to be a partner on it". But it's not guaranteed. Or look at Left 4 Dead. The first one was published by EA at retail. It never came to other consoles, stayed a 360 exclusive. The sequel was not even published by EA, only distributed, and it also remained only on MS's console.

In the end we have no idea what contractual rights and guarantees are going on with this game but we do have history to go on. The fact of the matter is it's just as likely that Respawn finds a new publisher or even self-publishes the sequel as it is that EA does it and the game goes multiplatform. There are strong rumors now that the PC release of Titanfall will be Origin exclusive. Do you know for a fact that EA did not dangle this out to Respawn in exchange for a portion or bulk or entirety of the cost of funding the game? No. But that is a strong possibility. It could very well be that the only way this first game in the series could even exist is for it to be Origin exclusive on PC and MS exclusive on consoles. Once the game is out and making money, then it can be an entirely different story for Respawn. But as for people thinking MS could ever publish it "just dreaming", no, it's actually not that bad a bet based on history.