Just ran into this on another site I game on, apparently the beta gave EA the impression that Titanfall would be unplayable in SA (from the folks I know who were part of it, the latency was poor, but the game could still be played.  For example, they didn't speak of issues where people would disappear and reappear across the map etc...).

There are quite a few really disappointed people in SA who were seriously excited for TF.  Hopefully they can get their broadband infrastructure up to snuff and gain access to the experience.  Anyway, thought I'd share it with folks...no, this isn't a shit on TF thread.  I just felt bad for them.

I would say something about "EA, its a digital game you fucks, just let them play it digitally at least" until I realize that the latency will affect me when I buy the game and run into a person playing from SA so not the worst thing in the world loll

Ouch that isn't good news.....if a consoles top games are not going to be playable in certain regions then it doesn't look good for that console.

Damn... Thats heart wrenching... But can't they just download it digitally from XBL?

Except I'm told that all the servers for the PC and Xbox One games are Microsoft's Azure servers. The 360 is the one that apparently uses EA servers

But my point is if its cancelled for Xbone, then surely it must be cancelled for PC too?

I don't know, I'm assuming not since the businesses in that area are refunding all the pre-orders.  I'm not entirely sure how XBL is constructed, but I'd imagine they have the capacity to restrict games sales depending on country/continent etc...

It's been canceled for PC, some folks had it preordered via PC, not sure about 360, but I know many were waiting for the Xbox One launch (hasn't launched yet in SA), so they could get TF.

Most of the severs are in America or Europe. Does Microsoft have any severs in the whole African continant? This is a good move by EA. They are sparing South African gamers from a bad experience. I can't imagine playing with a high ping would any fun. They'd get massacred.

Many of them took part in the Beta, and as I stated above, they did have higher latency (between 100-200) they said it was most certainly playable and an absolute blast to boot.  From my experience, 200 is certainly pushing it, but between 100-150?  That should be fine, right?

Its funny that the guys name is Ahole.
I guess their internet is not fast enough.

100 to 150 seems bad, but I honestly could tell you. I don't play much Online. Why would EA cancel otherwise? I bet they would love to sell as many copies as possible, but any bad mouthing on the net could kill the Titanfall hype fast. I assure you there are people who would love to report Titanfall's lauch problems come March 11. 

Hopefully, Microsoft will install sever farms worldwide as I would't count on EA. The added bonus of having Microsoft's worldwide servers available only to Xbox console could draw players away from PC to Xbox One. I hope this gets sorted by TItanfall 2.