| JerCotter7 said: I don't get why EA needed to get funding from a console maker. They should have had enough to make it. Sounds like bullshit even though I know it is real it just doesn't make sense. Why didn't EA just fund it after Respawn ran out of money unless they were really short in which case they should probably budget better in future or hire someone who can.Also if Respawn were paying to develop it why did they give EA so much power that they could sell the full exclusive rights to MS. Also why would Sony go a Vita version rather than a PS3 version if they didn't want to reveal anything about the PS4. They were clearly still supporting the PS3 last year. Also confirms that the game was meant to have a single player. Guess TF2 should/will have it then. |
First you have to understand that Titanfall is not an EA game. EA is only the publisher of the game. They get to decide what systems the game come out on. Also you have to understand how EA Partners work compared to this being a EA game. The Partner experience and contract can be very specific for the type of services Respawn want from EA.
The reason EA has the power to work with MS for exclusive because Respawn signed a contract that EA is their exclusive publisher. Respawn can keep their IP but to have their stuff publisher (probably more console than PC) EA is their sole resource.
My opinion is that EA Paided Respawn a decent amount of money to be their exclusive publisher but they did not fund anything thing for Respawn game. At the time Respawn did not even have a game. Making the game, Respawn ran out of money and it was decision time. There is no way for EA to know if the game would be popular or sell and thus they looked for someone to defer the risk to complete the project. Its evident that MS was always there and probably took a 5 min call to slot the the as a exclusive.
