I was responding to the part where you said the "cloud argument becomes useless because it's coming to PC/360". Those platforms are getting the same deal from MS as the Xbox One version is.

Have you listened to the people making the game talk about the cloud integration? It's more than dedicated servers. And while you're right, theoretically EA could go out and lease out cloud access from some company, will it be as cheap/impressive performance wise as what MS is offering? Not likely.

I already know that. The MoH team made a niche game with EA that didn't really penetrate pop culture. With Activision the team was able to make a franchise that breaks entertainment records year after year and is the most popular video game franchise of all time.

I think this speaks a lot of Activisions power to create huge blockbuster franchises.

You are misinformed. The way that Titanfall is using the cloud is basically just as they would use dedicated servers. They're confirmed that themselves.

EA doesn't need to. They can just use Microsfots Azure servers for all platforms. Like I said before, these servers are available to use on any platform.

Touché.

@J_Allard:
Cheaper probably not... is MS charging for this to 3rd parties at all? More impressive though, most likely if the servers weren't windows based machines.

If they were using the cloud exactly as a dedicated server then they would just use EA's dedicated servers. In this video alone right here in this thread it's confirmed you're wrong, per usual. Maybe watch it?

You keep missing the point regarding other platforms. Could MS lease out Azure to EA so that they could make the game on PS4 and other competing platforms? Maybe. Would they give EA the same deal for PS4 use that they gave them for Xbox use? Hell no. Would EA still go forward with it at a higher price? Probably not, it's EA. And according to you they can do all of this on their own dedicated servers.

lol.. there was nothing niche about Medal of Honor. Either way sales are irrelevant, you listed two franchises as EA's "answer to CoD" yet these franchises not only existed before CoD but in the case of MoH, was even made by the guys who went on to make CoD. Clearly you had no idea what you are talking about and there's no point in continuing the discussion on my end.

Actually it does make a lot of sense since the team has a lot of experience on 360 and PC and there is only one new element which is the X1.  Throwing in the PS3, PS4 and Nintendo stuff would be a big challenge for a small team like this.

Also who is saying the dev is BSing.  They shopped around and MS paid the cash.  They were looking to release their game on one system and they found that MS had the resources to help them make what they wanted to do happen.  This happens all the time.  Sony has jumpped on games that developers have shopped around and so has MS.  Some developers look to make exclusives because its easier to make those games and even better if the console maker is willing to pony up some money.

Medal of Honor and Battlefield never reached the success level that Call of Duty has. They never will. Just look at the latest Medal of Honor game. It's a complete joke. It doesn't matter which IP came first, Call of Duty, specifically COD4, completely innovated the genre and its the base for all FPS game made to this day. EA saw what Activision did with their "Medal of Honor clone" and tried to replicate that success. They failed becuase they're EA. That's the point here. If you can't see that, then you're delusional.

Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and soon Skylanders. There's a method to this "madness" or "milking" as you may call it. Activision knows how to handle their franchises. None of these can last forever so using Tony Hawk or Guitar Hero of how evil this company is for ruining these franchsies, just think for a little big. If it wasn't for Activision, these franchised would never have existed in the first place. If they didn't have yearly releases, they would never have been so popular and you might never have played these amazing games.

It may sound like I'm an Activision fanboy, but I'm not. I'm not buying this years Call of Duty. The franchise needs a shot in the arm and Ghosts isn't it.

kinect integration?