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thismeintiel on 08 February 2014
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Figgycal said:
daredevil.shark said:

  • EA's profit-maximizing strategy of releasing the game on the PC and Xbox 360 will inevitably dilute sales of the Xbox One version.

  • The cross-generation release of the game also makes Titanfall look like a mere half-step up from seventh generation consoles.

  • Titanfall doesn't have a single-player mode, meaning the player is required to play online at all times.

  • Considering EA's terrible track record with "always online" games like Simcity, server problems could crush the game's reputation the moment it launches.

Moreover, Titanfall doesn't look much different from Crysis, Halo, or most other modern shooters. The only thing that stands out about the game is its acrobatic freedom and seamless swap from ground-based combat to mech-based combat.

Every point made here is wrong.

It's such a bad article; it doesn't even mention the fact that this offer was also for the 360. And how is this trade in any way different from trading the console in to gamestop for a percent off on the Xbox or PS4.

How is every point wrong?  If anything, they are ALL right.  Having it on PC and (especially) 360 will definitely take away sales from the One version.  Not sure if it is because it is a cross gen title or not, but graphically speaking it isn't that far ahead of last gen.  Not sure how you can say the 3rd point is wrong, as its a fact, not an opinion.  And the last part may not happen for Titanfall's release, but that is why he stated it could happen. 

And true it was for both consoles, but if I remember correctly the big pic ad they put out only mentioned the PS3.  And he is correct that the other ads MS has been coming out with lately are just immature.  I always have a good laugh at the Scroogled ones.  As if MS has any room to talk, since they were the first ones implicated in the NSA scandal AND, more importantly, I would bet they use customer's info in the exact same way Google does.