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Report – EA Cancels Titanfall Pre-Orders in South Africa Due To Poor Network Performance

MP1st - EA is cancelling pre-orders for Respawn Entertainment’s fast-approaching shooter, Titanfall, in South Africa, according to recent reports.

urwifeminder3696d ago

Yeah some Titanfall news , bad luck SA just lost the cricket too chin up I will play extra games for you guys.

Ashunderfire863696d ago

So much for 300,000 servers from the almighty cloud! It couldn't even save South Africa from getting Titanfall cancelled.

NewMonday3696d ago

online only will be a big problem for this game

theshonen88993696d ago

I see news like this and I think back to the old days when publishers weren't so terrified of the internet and people could just host dedicated servers for all their mates. If Respawn went with private servers instead of Microsoft's "cloud" people could just run their own linux servers with bots and all, like Valve lets them with TF2 and CS.

Volkama3695d ago (Edited 3695d ago )

It's a shame for SA (and I'm surprised they aren't postponing Oceania) but it wouldn't make much sense to design such major strategies around such small markets.

Respawn have said they will look into private hosting options after launch, so maybe that will be an option for SA later on for PC at least.

You can quite easily look up what parts of the world have good coverage, and the Northern hemisphere is pretty well catered for.

North America
North-central US - Chicago, IL
South-central US - San Antonio, TX
West US - California
East US - Virginia

Asia
East Asia - Hong Kong, China
South East Asia - Singapore

Europe
North Europe - Dublin, Ireland
West Europe - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Japan
Japan East, the Tokyo area
Japan West, the Kansai area

Oceania (announced, coming soon)[10]
Sydney, New South Wales (announced, coming soon)
Melbourne, Victoria (announced, coming soon)

Palitera3695d ago

The real problem here is the exclusive reliance on dedicated servers. Every country out of their beloved list is doomed to face constant and high lag, which wouldn't happen with lobby systems.

No system is perfect, but I'm always against dedicated servers because it means constant lag, sometimes higher, sometimes lower, but almost everyone will be playing quite away from the server, even I you're in Europe or North America.

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PONTIAC08G8GT3695d ago

I didn't know South Africa was a huge gaming population. I'm sure Titanfall preorders and sales will go way way down (sarcasm). I love how everyone is making a big deal about it not being available in South Africa. Yes it sucks for them, but I don't think MS or any game for that matter targets South Africa as the "go to" country for gaming.

VENOMACR12273695d ago

It's negative press/news for Titanfall so it's a big deal. Anything negative relating to either is always blown out of proportion. Now if the UK or US couldn't play the game, that's a problem because those are two of the biggest markets. Not sure South Africa is a blip on the radar for gaming.

Ra30303696d ago

And so it begins. This is the first of what will be a long list of bad news for EA and Microsoft concerning Titanfall. The game has hyped to a level it can never live up to. And that add to that EA and Microsoft both involved yeah there's that. Lol.....the Titan is really falling now.

Godmars2903696d ago

Its only rumor.

Still, you'd think that they'd have tested worldwide online support well before now.

xDHAV0K24x3695d ago

ur only saying the hype can't be lived up to because it's not on the ps3 or ps4

Criminal3696d ago

I feel bad for gamers in SA. Hopefully, there wont be a new trend.

Cussing3696d ago

Oh snap, well at least they are being upfront about it rather than selling the game and not being able to support it.

Ra30303696d ago

"Oh snap, well at least they are being upfront about it rather than selling the game and not being able to support it".
Not sure that's exactly true them being upfront and all. If you mean EA then I guess it could be true. But we also have Microsoft involved here. And as I recall a big part of their sales spiel for the X1 was dedicated Azure servers that would solve all MP lag issues and there would be no more hacks and cheaters because the Azure. So I agree it's great no one paid anything for a game they can't use but what about the X1 and other MP games in SA? That would be terrible if even one X1 MP game had issues down there. I hope that's not the case but I guess only one who lives there and has the X1 can can answer that.

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15 Underrated FPS Games You May Want to Try

Popularized by Doom in 1993 and still making video game haters gnash their teeth today, first-person shooter games are the best thing to happen to gamers since pizza rolls. So here are 15 underrated first-person shooter games you may have missed.

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Jiub587d ago

Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.

MadLad587d ago

Lol

All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.

Venoxn4g587d ago (Edited 587d ago )

XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games

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An ode to Titanfall: The last twitch shooter I'll probably ever enjoy

Windows Central: "Titanfall 1 is being sunset, taken off storefronts by EA. While the servers remain live for now, one has to wonder just how much time it has left. I look back and pay tribute to the last "twitch"-styled shooter I ever truly loved."

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Respawn Entertainment is Discontinuing Sales of Original Titanfall

Sales for the original Titanfall are being discontinued.
It will be pulled from subscription services on March 1, 2022.

Ethereal868d ago

Physical media. Unfortunately the way games are going these days game servers will eventually be shut down and you can stare at the menu and wish you could play the game again.

littletad867d ago

This is why reading is so important. Nothing to do with digital or physical media. The game, which is online only, is being delisted because of DDOS and other hacker attacks. The case got so bad that only six players in the world log on. For PC. Rather than fix it, they continued to sell the game, broken as it is, and only now just decided to call it quits. But please, go on thinking what you will.

Ethereal866d ago

I'm aware of the DDOS attacks and that this case is not typical. This game would eventually have it's servers shutdown regardless of the current situation so that is a moot point. My comment was in a general sense and that there are instances in which games can be preserved physically when official support ends.

Let's recap your first sentence. I said, "the way GAMES are going these days" indicating a broader stroke than just this game. I agree, reading IS important. I was simply stating the obvious downsides of the digital marketplaces and online only trends in games these days. I could even make the argument that the online only offering which has allowed hacker manipulation has impacted the preservation of this great game. My comment is valid in the general sense and thank you for your permission to continue to think what I will.