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J_Allard on 30 January 2014
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Somini said:
J_Allard said:
Somini said:
J_Allard said:
More like MS surprised the world with their reveal and original plan. Had analysts known about that before hand I doubt many if any would have predicted MS to dominate.


There is no logic in that. If they had waited that long to decide you wouldn't have had the game releasing in march 2014.

What do analysts have to do with the release date of Titanfall?


Because it's clear they have wanted to release the game early on, for that to happen you need to round up your negotiations beforehand. EA may even be funding the whole project with the backing of Micorosft.

It's no secret Microsoft has been in talks with them and have clearly made them an offer. EA like anyone else, must have weighed if the offer was good in which case their analysts asses if the PS4 base is going to be smaller or at least not bigger than the Xbone's. Hence why people say Microsoft was smart to act beforehand. If the PS4 was tanking this would only help the Xbone more and in this situation where the PS4 is selling more, it helps the Xbone differentiate itself with a new exclusive title.

Seems we're just on different wavelengths, I am talking analysts like Pachter and other general market analysts like etho's post suggested, not EA and anyone formulating their plans. I am sure MS let EA in on what they had planned and EA decided some of those aspects would mean more money and thus they went that way. Or it could even be as simple as MS paid EA for the timed exclusive factor and EA themselves saw the PS4 selling more. None of us know that and to suggest anything else is nothing more than guesswork.

Pachter for example predicted the Xbone to "win" the generation in Feb or March of last year. Before launch, he was picking PS4. I am simply saying that was a common theme. Analysts who picked the Xbone to win sure didn't stay on that ship after the reveal. It has more to do with the momentum MS lost than anything PS4 did "shocking" anyone. Even those same analysts who originally picked Xbone to win, said Sony would do great.