Titanfall exclusivity proved to be (quite) pointless

[J_Allard]

exdeath said:

Goatseye said:
Whats the obsession with Titanfall hate?

Real gamers are tired of fad photorealistic military arcade epeen vs mode online only bro shooters in general on all platforms.  Microsoft and XBox pretty much cater to that casual audience exclusively so they are prime hate targets for gamers tired of seeing their beloved non shooter franchises being hijacked by mainstream shooter elements to try and skim that audience's wallets.

Most saw it for what it is, just another Call of Duty with jetpacks and robots, yet it was hyped and shoved in our faces everywhere we go online and real world as the next coming of Christ.

 

I for one am glad it did not deliver to their expectations.  I'm sure the "investors" who funded it felt they were entitled to 10 million launch sales or something absurd. 

 

The online versus competition epeen military shooter fad needs to hopefully die this generation and make way for coop and single player adventures again. A lot of us played arena shooters in the Quake 3 and UT days and well it's getting old. A lot of us moved from PC to console this last generation to go back to playing video games and not military simulators when that's all that infected PC, and now it's completely infected last console gen too.  Titanfall is just the latest posterchild for the tired cookie cutter over zealous record profit predicting shooter formula to be forced down our throats.

 

The Activision style "you should like this because we said so and all the cool kids will be playing it" marketing is also offensive.

The saddest part of this bitter rant is you said you came from PC to console to escape whatever fad you're upset about, yet the PC is loaded with awesome shooters you won't find on consoles. It's like moving to Arizona to escape the summer heat.