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BenVTrigger on 30 April 2013
VGKing said:
BenVTrigger said:
binary solo said:
BenVTrigger said:
Megaton if true

Overstating things a bit no?

Megaton is an existing popular multiplat franchise going exclusive, or an existing popular exclusive franchise going multiplat, at the begoinning of a new generation.

This is a new IP from a new developer, with some guys who have a good reputation for multiplayer FPS.

It is for sure a very good grab by MS. What surprises me though is not that they got PS4 shut out, but that they've shut out the PC too (right?).

For me, one less FPS franchise on Playstation is good news.

I actually hope the next generation is the generation of something other than FPS.

Um no it doesnt have to be a well established franchise to be a Megaton

You dont think MS locking down the original Gears of War wasnt a Megaton? Because trust me it was.  This looks to be another one.  With the combination of both MS and EA promoting it and comng from huge scale developers its a big deal.  It would be like if Cliffy Bs bew game were exclusive to a console.  It would be a Megaton

We'd probably need to play the game first to find out. Worst case scenario, this ends up being the next Haze.
The FPS genre is very stale and the odds of a new IP reaching megaton levels of popularity/sales are low. Maybe Microsoft can make it happen though. Why they would want to push Halo competitor so much I dont' know though.


Lol

People have been saying FPS is oversaturated since the 90s.  The genre is going no where.



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VGKing on 30 April 2013
BenVTrigger said:
VGKing said:
BenVTrigger said:
binary solo said:
BenVTrigger said:
Megaton if true

Overstating things a bit no?

Megaton is an existing popular multiplat franchise going exclusive, or an existing popular exclusive franchise going multiplat, at the begoinning of a new generation.

This is a new IP from a new developer, with some guys who have a good reputation for multiplayer FPS.

It is for sure a very good grab by MS. What surprises me though is not that they got PS4 shut out, but that they've shut out the PC too (right?).

For me, one less FPS franchise on Playstation is good news.

I actually hope the next generation is the generation of something other than FPS.

Um no it doesnt have to be a well established franchise to be a Megaton

You dont think MS locking down the original Gears of War wasnt a Megaton? Because trust me it was.  This looks to be another one.  With the combination of both MS and EA promoting it and comng from huge scale developers its a big deal.  It would be like if Cliffy Bs bew game were exclusive to a console.  It would be a Megaton

We'd probably need to play the game first to find out. Worst case scenario, this ends up being the next Haze.
The FPS genre is very stale and the odds of a new IP reaching megaton levels of popularity/sales are low. Maybe Microsoft can make it happen though. Why they would want to push Halo competitor so much I dont' know though.


Lol

People have been saying FPS is oversaturated since the 90s.  The genre is going no where.

Call of Duty is going nowhere.Other FPS gams not so much.
New IP don't automatically become successful. They need to be diferent, innovative and fun. You're saying that new Respawn game is going to be all those things, without even seeing a single second of gameplay? Or Microsoft getting timed-exclusivity a seal of quality?



J_Allard on 30 April 2013

Getting passed the part about MS securing this megaton exclusive, the premise of the game sounds pretty interesting all by itself. So it's your usual team vs team multiplayer, only one team gets a certain number of "Titans" to use against the other team. Sounds like it could have some amazing class based gameplay. I hope it strives for twitch gunplay and 60 frames per second like CoD.



Nsanity on 30 April 2013
VGKing said:
Darth Tigris said:
VGKing said:
Nsanity said:


"I really hope the exclusive rumors are false"

"Please come to PS4"

"please no xbox exclusive"

"I really hope its a myth your title will be exclusive to Microsoft"

"Really hope it is not Xbox exclusive. I was looking forward to supporting a great team"

"better now be exclusive -_- been waiting for your game and ill be upset if its just for Microsoft consoles"

"hope it comes to ps4. Bigger potential market and satisfy all your fans"

I don't see anything wrong here. Those people have every right to wan this game on their platform. It doen't make business sense to make it exclusive either. If EA/Respawn want this game to at least put up a fight against the likes of Call of Duty or Battlefield, it MUST be multi-platform. We've seen what timed-exclusivity does with games like Bioshock and Mass Effect. Considering the quality of these franchises, they don't sell very well. It's all because of poor business decisions made earlier in the generation. Bioshock Infinite should have sold double what it did at launch.

So do you feel the same about the timed exclusives announced for the PS4?

There are no timed-exclusives announced for PS4. Hell, there's no timed-exclusves announced for XBox 720. 
There was a similar rumor about the Destiny games and we saw how that turned out.

Although I would like to have timed-exclusive PS4 games, I know its unfair for the gamer community. The only way it is fair is in a Bayonetta 2 type of situation where the game would never have been made without partnerships. From what I understand from this rumor, the game was already a good amount of time in development only to be snatched up by Microsoft because they don't have enough 1st party content for launch.

Again, these are rumors so let's not get away from outselves. Kotaku isn't the most reliable of sources anyway. 

The Witness is a timed exclusive for PS4.



BenVTrigger on 30 April 2013
VGKing said:
BenVTrigger said:
VGKing said:
BenVTrigger said:
binary solo said:
BenVTrigger said:
Megaton if true

Overstating things a bit no?

Megaton is an existing popular multiplat franchise going exclusive, or an existing popular exclusive franchise going multiplat, at the begoinning of a new generation.

This is a new IP from a new developer, with some guys who have a good reputation for multiplayer FPS.

It is for sure a very good grab by MS. What surprises me though is not that they got PS4 shut out, but that they've shut out the PC too (right?).

For me, one less FPS franchise on Playstation is good news.

I actually hope the next generation is the generation of something other than FPS.

Um no it doesnt have to be a well established franchise to be a Megaton

You dont think MS locking down the original Gears of War wasnt a Megaton? Because trust me it was.  This looks to be another one.  With the combination of both MS and EA promoting it and comng from huge scale developers its a big deal.  It would be like if Cliffy Bs bew game were exclusive to a console.  It would be a Megaton

We'd probably need to play the game first to find out. Worst case scenario, this ends up being the next Haze.
The FPS genre is very stale and the odds of a new IP reaching megaton levels of popularity/sales are low. Maybe Microsoft can make it happen though. Why they would want to push Halo competitor so much I dont' know though.


Lol

People have been saying FPS is oversaturated since the 90s.  The genre is going no where.

Call of Duty is going nowhere.Other FPS gams not so much.
New IP don't automatically become successful. They need to be diferent, innovative and fun. You're saying that new Respawn game is going to be all those things, without even seeing a single second of gameplay? Or Microsoft getting timed-exclusivity a seal of quality?

Please provide some evidence the FPS genre is shrinking.  There is none.

There is evidence however that it is growing 



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dsgrue3 on 30 April 2013

Sounds very promising. There is something awesome about fighting larger than life things.
Hopefully the exclusivity is not true.



maxspeeds on 30 April 2013

so another brand new shooter game...



richardhutnik on 30 April 2013

Doesn't Microsoft still have the Battletech license?  If so, could this be the return of Battletech?  Am I wrong here?



zumnupy10 on 30 April 2013

An always online shooter ?

Not interested.



Tachikoma on 30 April 2013

sounds generic, futuristic shooter #3635 nobody will care about because they'llbe playing call of duty, forza or halo? yup.