The Sorry State of Microsoft's First Party

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AlfredoTurkey said:

LudicrousSpeed said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

LudicrousSpeed said:

AlfredoTurkey said:
While not a MS IP, I think Titanfall not doing well took MS by surprise. That game was suppose to be the new Halo for them, and it sort of flopped. I really don't think they intended to have to find another game like that.

Titanfall was supposed to be the next Halo for them, when it was not developed or published by them and was not exclusive to their platform? I think that's the best oversell on the importance of Titanfall I have ever seen on Chartz, which is saying something.

Also, the game sold millions and was a success according to EA. How much did it need to sell to not be a flop? Just curious. Did every Xbone owner need to buy it? lol.

That game was suppose to be the next big FPS. It was hyped as a game that was going to do for FPS what Mario did for platforming. It was suppose to redefine everything we know about the genre. 

 

In the end, it didn't do anything. 

It is a big FPS. It sold millions on limited platforms.

Please find me quotes from journalists predicting it to be the Mario of platforming. LOL, the revisionist history is real.

I used the Mario analogy. But here is what IGN said about the game before it came out.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/22/i-played-titanfall-and

"This is Microsoft’s killer app. You will buy an Xbox One for Titanfall, and you should. Sure, you’d have a good time with it on PC if you’ve got a capable rig, but your couch and the Xbox Live community will be the ecosystem it’s best enjoyed in. It likely won’t decimate Call of Duty’s market share anytime soon – particularly since it’s a platform exclusive – but once Titanfall releases this spring, I guarantee you that word will spread amongst the hardcore CoD community. “Have you seen Titanfall?” they’ll say. And little by little – or maybe in droves, who knows? – they will flock to Titanfall, and they will never go back. Not after this. Titanfall is the next great evolution of the twitch-action first-person shooter. Believe the hype."

No revisionist anything. You're wrong.

You do know Ryan McCaffrey wrote that, right? He is just one guy and doesn't represent all reviews worldwide(which makes me wonder what would Colin Moriarty say if he review Titanfall, LOL)

Also is there anymore reviewers who said anything similar to this? Cause this is the only person who said anything like that.