Yea Destiny was pretty incredible. My only concern is I'm not so sure how well the casual crowd is going to embrace Destiny that will be the real test for this game.

Nah, you aren't getting it. If EA were to look at it as a test of the IP, it was something that was going to happen either way. In fact one could easily argue going MS only was the best way to guage it since that fanbase is seen as "the" CoD fanbase.

The funny part about this tin foil hat insider logic stuff, is you guys are wishing in one hand and shitting in the other. I mean, you're telling me throughout this reply and others are saying it in the thread, that EA had these huge, monstrous expectations for the title, and EA "gambled on the wrong blah blah", and it was supposed to sell "yadda yadda amounts" of copies.

1. If EA truly had that much faith in the title, that it would sell at launch instantly to over 50% of the userbase, that it would push an insane amount of consoles, that it would destroy CoD right off the bat in game one, then the game would not have been hanging on by a thread before the consoles ever launched, needing MS to swoop in and save it. If EA had that much faith and those ridiculous expectations, they'd have pumped their own money into saving the game. But they didn't. And they didn't at a time when everyone hated the Xbox One and you could see what was coming for Xbone vs PS4 on the market.

2. You're quick to point out that sequels are supposed to be coming to PS4, yet, if they had such ridiculous goals for the game and it crashed and burned so mightily on Xbone, why would there even be sequels?

Well gee golly do I believe random agenda wielding forum poster, or EA themselves, with logic thrown in on their side? Tough decision. I think I'll side with EA/logic.

They were pointing this out before the console gap even started to show up. They were pointing out it would eventually come to PS4 well before MS paid to finish making the game and it became a "lifetime exclusive". Wrong again.

It's the best selling last gen title on PS3 or 360 so far in 2014. That we have data for anyway. Last gen software sales haven't been all that spectacular, and you also have the fact that BP is doing the 360 version and they have apparently not given the game a single update or DLC yet. I doubt word of mouth is all that good there.

A potential gangbuster IP that they have just announced a new partnership with Respawn for, confirmed future releases, and announced sales exceeded expectations. But feel free to continue your poo poo on the Titanfall parade, I think posts in these threads are just hilarious. Toodles.

It did well... Just not well enough to share the numbers... Why does that not sound very sensible?

Quick question.. What was the last exclusive EA game?  That's right.. None.  They chose exclusivity over an assumed forecast.  Thanks for playing.

Like the many other EA games they don't run PR on to share numbers. Idk why people act as if Titanfall is the exception to the EA rule.

The largest among them being it's console exclusive nature.  That alone is enough to make it feel like an exception to the rules.  There also aren't cheaper than the normal console price bundles for most EA games either.  Most EA games don't get Titanfall's advertising on launch plus 3 months of free advertisements as it's been featured in X1 ads almost since launch.   

It seems stranger people think Titanfall a pedestrian EA title when by MS and EA it seems to have exception style treatment.  

Another example of people confusing MS's hype and marketing for EA expectations.

And TF being exclusive to MS platforms would be an exception to their multiplatform rule, not their "we rarely discuss sales" rule.

TF already being the exception to one of the rules is reason enough to lead people to infer that it might be an exception to other rules as well.  Console exclusive on either side would get that treatment so that isn't  confusing MS hype and Marketing for EA expecations.  

You may as well quote me if you are going to comment on what it is I have to say or try to correct me.  

No logical reason to just assume that because EA struck a deal for Titanfall, that they'd suddenly change the way they report sales.

And we know why they broke the rule of multiplatform releases. The game was on the verge of being scrapped and MS stepped in and paid to have it finish. That alone puts it in a unique situation. But EA is still going to report numbers for it the way they always do.

Yeah, and pigs might be able to fly, we just haven't seen it happen (those sneaky bastards). Or we could go on facts: EA say that Titanfall is the best selling game on X1 and that it beat their expectations, we also now EA usually don't release sales figures so why not go on their own information and stop making up theories of which we know nothing?