| Imaginedvl said: I do not think anyone can argue about that :) Titanfall is a very bad example tho. It went exclusive because Microsoft basicaly founded the game... Without Microsoft, Titanfall would simply not be here. It is not a matter of how much they give vs how much they get in return (or the potential) but more go or no-go for the whole project. |
I really don't get this. It practically goes agianst everything I know about the industry. Respawn is a studio "OWNED" by EA. The TitanFall IP is "OWNED" by respawn. I don't believe for a second that MS "funded" the game. Waht they did is buy exclusive rights for that game from EA and EA were dum enough to do it. Then again, it could be that the exclusive deal required MS to pay a certain amount to EA (who in turn would use that money to fund the games development) and then EA would also pay less to MS as royalties for the game and MS would also pay for the games marketing. Either way, the exclusivity was bought not that the game was funded into existance by MS.
So this without MS titanfall wouldn't be there is just bad spin. So what happened? EA being a publisher didnt have faith in the game that its newly aquired development team was making and refused to fund it so MS came in and saved the day? Yh, I don't think so.
Its a completely different matter if the IP is owned by MS and then MS subcontracts a development team from another publisher to make the game. Like Ryse and Gears of War.
