| UltimateUnknown said: I just don't get it. How does the game end up getting a lifetime exclusivity to MS platforms without their approval? Clearly if Respawn owns the IP, EA can't just make such an exclusivity deal without the permission of Respawn. In that case, Respawn clearly WANTED the game to be exclusive to MS platforms for whatever reason. So, why don't they just come out and admit that rather than dancing around the topic giving vaguely defensive answers such as "We didn't know" and "We didn't sell it", and following them up with "We own the IP". This is getting ridiculous. |
The reason Respawn developed TitanFall for Xbox 1 is because they want their first project to focus on only 1 console. Based on the 360, they predicted that the XB1 would be the market leader so they choose Xbox.
Ea sold Lifetime Exclusivity for Titanfall to Microsoft, because they thought the same thing, but Microsoft owns Titanfall the game, not the franchise ip. So MS would have to rebuy TitanFall 2 to keep it exclusive. Its a case similar to that of Mass Effect, where MS bought ME1 console exclusivity for the 360. I doubt that this extends to this gen though as that would mean that the XB1 couldn't get ME1 as well as the PS4, but that might be circumvented if it exists if the trilogy is sold as a single product.
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