So, shall we jump on the "XBONE IS DOOMED" bandwagon ?

[vivster]

FrancisNobleman said:

vivster said:

Good point but I think you underestimate Titanfall a bit.
It might be dudebro material but what sets it apart is the critical acclaim by professionals. Pretty much every journalist who reviewed or previed this game had nothing but good stuff to say about it. It's pretty much lauded as the next generation of FPS. So there will be a lot of good press for it before and maybe even after realeae(if the servers hold, which I won't bet on). That can be a powerful tool to get all the non-dudebros and people who would less likely buy an online game or a shooter tot ry it. Even if you're not considering to ever play it it will be another point for X1 when you are considering which console you should get. It shows that X1 is capable of powerful exclusives, even if they are just bought.

So I think Titanfall will be one of the games every X1 defender will be using to promote their system regardless if they played it or not. Kind of like what Heavy Rain and Uncharted are for PS3. And that is a positive thing for a console, no matter who is going to play the actual game.

The critical acclaim always matters, right shadow of colossus and okami ?

"journalist" lol

Also, Titanfall is only exclusive for the 1st iteration as far as I know. And it will also release on x360 and PC, so it is not a Xbone exclusive in the sense that there is no other platform to play the game.

And yes, I could be underestimating it, but I think that Crysis 3 and Homefront are examples that not always a good game is gonna set the charts on fire.

Since when were Crysis 3 and Homefront considered good games? Your examples with Okami and SotC stink as well.

Titanfall has acclaim + hype + a giant audience(fps fans) + exclusivity. None of those you mentioned have all that.

That the second Titanfall game will not be an exclusive also doesn't really matter. When will that thing be released? 2 Years, 3 years? Early sales in a console cycle are more important.

Please see the other arguments I brought. Titanfall will sell consoles regardless who plays it or not. The only chance I see this not happening is if EA screws up the launch even more than BF4.

Just for good measure a disclaimer: I don't have an X1 or 360. I will probably never own any of them. I'm not interested in Titanfall as a game. I wouldn't even play it if someone gave me an X1 with the game on it. Everything I said about the game is from the massive coverage about it from the last months since its announcement.