Microsoft Were Not Given An Advance Copy of Star Wars Battlefront Video, Gameplay At E3, & More Info

Possible new info on Star Wars Battlefront.

[MasterCornholio]

Now thats funny.

:)

[holysmokesbatman]

How so?

[MasterCornholio]

"As you can see from the image below (pointed out by bravoIntel), the trailer that was posted at Major Nelson a.k.a. Larry Hryb has the Sony branding. But if you look at post now, it has been replaced. It could have been a mistake, but who knows."

Thats what i meant by funny.

[holysmokesbatman]

I noticed that too on the xbox youtube channel, must have been a mistake, although I didn't really think it was funny, perhaps a little silly...

[Eonjay]

Honest mistake and nowhere near as bad as the photo shopped Watch Dogs trailer where the PlayStation buttons were blurred out.

[subtenko]

Microsoft the one guy that never gets the invite...

DICE: Hey Sony I want you do come to my party

Sony: Yea man, let's do this!

M$: Well DICE, heh it's the weekened, you doing anything?

DICE: Nah I'm just with relatives helping out..

M$: Hey Sony what's up pal? You doing anything over the weekened?

Sony: Uh I gotta uh take it easy, docs orders...see ya next week tho buddy!

M$: :(

[Transistor]

Sony has exclusive marketing for this title, don't expect to see much tied to Xbox One in terms of advertising. They will pushing Halo 5, very hard.

SWBF along with Black Ops 3 and an unannounced PS4 exclusive is going to be huge for PS4 this holiday season.

[KarmaV12]

Black Ops 3?? What are you talking about?

[Transistor]

PS4 has advertising rights for Black Ops 3. Commercials, bundles, etc.

[Sevir]

I'm not so sure about black ops 3... Sony has never particularly been able to land partnerships with Activision for COD. And I don't see that changing.

[quenomamen]

If I was Sony I'd let COD warm the bench this go round. Actually I'd let MS have it back. Game's more stale than a six month old fart.

[marlinfan10]

I think you're mistaken about the BO3

[Transistor]

Third parties in general aren't as eager to work with Microsoft as they once were. This goes for exclusives and marketing.

[Jalva]

All Microsoft has to say is "Play it first on Xbox One" since Sony idiotically refused to have EA Access on the PS4, now that they have nothing to release in the holiday season they're latching onto EA to carry them through it, and anything Sony announces at E3 won't be out for at least another year, it's always been that way, you can disagree all you want N4G but this is exactly what's happening, I wouldn't expect people to agree with what I said on a site as biased as this one anyway, doesn't make my comment any less valid though.

[donthate]

Technically, the marketing budget for Bloodborne and The Order was just pushed from the holidays to this Spring as the games were delayed into this year.

The next Uncharted also got pushed until next year, so that leaves MGS and Battlefront. Ironically, you can play Battlefront first on Xbox One.

I think MS strategically figured they can allocate that money other places, and Sony thought it was worth it. They are probably all right, and what does it matter anyways for readers here whom the vast majority already have the console of their preference.

This is just childish bickering.

[ocelot07]

@Jalva you have a point. But it is not like Sony cant change there mind about EA access. Or if it is anything like Battlefield Hardline at last E3. PS4 and PC players where able to try the Alpha while the XB1 could not. Similer thing could happen and PS4 players could get into the Battlefront Alpha while XB1 owners can't.

[Genuine-User]

@Jalva

Clutching at them mighty straws again are we.

a few things to note:

-Microsoft can't legally make a statement of service on behalf of EA
-Sony does not require EA advertising partnership to sell more Units than an Xbox one
-Sony has exclusive games planned for holiday 2015

You're wrong about everything. I don't know whether to take you seriously or laugh at you.

[MrBeatdown]

@Jalva

"anything Sony announces at E3 won't be out for at least another year, it's always been that way"

Is that so?

Bloodborne, released nine months after being announced at E3.

LittleBigPlanet 3, released five months after being announced at E3.

Never mind other games like Gran Turismo 6 that were announced with well under a year to go before release.

Facts can be such a pain in the ass.

[pivotplease]

Personally expecting a proper Ratchet reveal and release this year so that will be great news. Definitely interested to see if something else comes up from Guerilla or Santa Monica though. Also, everyone should buy Persona 5. That series deserves success more than any of the shooters we've already played in a new skin.

[NuggetsOfGod]

The fact that a mutiplat game sells more on one console vs the other because of marketing shows how lame and unaware console gamers are lol

Even though we have internet.

Anything usually supported by the masses is usually lame anyway.

[vishmarx]

hardly, considering ms has the marketing deal for witcher 3 and a month from release , were yet to see a single ps4 screenshot
its all fair, shitty , but fair.

im still surprised ms let sony bag the marketing for fall's biggest multiplats twice in a row now. especially since its EA this time. sony didnt even take their ea access service
didnt ea give 3 free games on playstation as well for no apparent reason? also isnt tf2 multiplat now?
wonder what happened

[tinynuggins]

It's pretty simple really. Sony offered a better deal for the marketing rights or MS didn't throw their hat in the ring. Not much more than that. MS has a full plate this holiday and has a marketing budget each quarter. Buying the rights for battlefront would have meant less money for halo, tomb raider and forza.

[BattleAxe]

It probably also has to do with the fact that Microsoft's flagship game (Halo 5) is releasing this fall, and they're probably already planning to spend a tonne of money promoting that title. I'm sure that if they didn't have Halo 5 coming out in the fall, then they would have fought for marketing rights.

[chrismichaels04]

@tinynuggins - MS may have a "full plate" this holiday season with Halo, Tomb Raider and Forza...but lets be honest. The only other AAA retail game I think they have to market this entire year is Witcher 3. Marketing budget is not a factor.

As of right now, Sony will be marketing Bloodborne, The Order 1886, MLB15 The Show, Batman Arkham Knight, Metal Gear Solid V and now even Star Wars Battlefront. Sonys plate has been just as full as MS, but that didnt stop them from going out and getting another marketing deal.

[spacedelete]

PS4 sold 20 million consoles. thats what happened.

[Chevalier]

It's funny that even without advertising PS4 version will outsell Xbone version.

[SpaceRanger]

It was probably a mistake, but a small chuckle nonetheless lol

It's not that big of a deal really. My brother said he didn't even notice the Playstation logo sequence at the end since he left the video page before that. I'm sure that was probably the case for whoever updated the site with the video.

[Nirvana31591]

I just hope they chose PS4 as the leading platform so we don't have to deal with weird resolution and frame dips

[DDOS-DelDaemonicOSes]

Reminds me of PSN using a font designed by Insomniac for XO's Sunset Overdrive.

http://n4g.com/news/1608007...

[rainslacker]

Or MS using KZ:SF to promote the X1

http://www.sonyrumors.net/2...

Think that's a much more direct comparison to use...but I'm not a troll so what would I really know?

[Spotie]

It doesn't remind you of that at all. That's just you doing a really poor job at reaching.

[LexHazard79]

Hows that when they have a deal with Sony. Would makes sense the game would promote on PS4 at the show. As you usual some much needed sensationalism. Lol..

[KirbysDump]

Hilarious

[WESKER2015]

i wonder if Microsoft have had a bit of a falling out with EA/DICE? might explain all the schlong riding EA is doing with sony lately, oh well, maybe sony fanboys will suddenly like EA again now lol

[Brotard]

Its because of where sony is deciding to allocate their marketing money i believe. They are spending it better, like with destiny, and battlefront i believe they know which games are going to be the biggest and save to back those.

[marlinfan10]

I think it's just more to do with sony offering more for the exclusive rights. MS has 4 big exclusives coming during the holidays which all will require large amounts of money towards advertisements

[chrismichaels04]

@marlinfan -

Xbox is marketing:
- Halo 5
- Tomb Raider
- Forza
- Witcher 3

PS4 is marketing:
- Bloodborne
- The Order 1886
- MLB15 The Show
- Batman Arkham Knight
- Metal Gear Solid V
- Star Wars Battlefront

Advertisement budgeting is a part of the gaming industry so thats really no excuse.

[marlinfan10]

Not a single one of those aside from MGS are remotely close to the same time frame as star wars though. while 3 of those xbox games, and a unannounced rare game, will all be right around the same time of SW release. Plus bo3 which will inevitably be promoted by xbox. Sony had a lot more incentive to throw more money at ea/star wars than MS did.

You can also throw the division in there that's releasing late this year which xbox will be marketing.

So basically holidays from either console

Xbox-
Halo (exclusive)
Rare title (exclusive)
Forza (exclusive)
Tomb raider (exclusive)
Division (marketing exclusive)
Black ops (marketing exlcusive)

Ps-
MGS (marketing exclusive)
Star wars (marketing exclusive)

Which would you say had a much larger need to secure the marketing of star wars? I think the answer is pretty obvious.

[chrismichaels04]

Sony had to market Bloodborne, The Order 1886 and MLB15 The Show all in the same time frame. And they still went out and secured marketing rights for Batman Arkham Knight, Metal Gear Solid V and now Star Wars Battlefront. So that excuse is not valid.

The difference with MS is that although they have Halo, Tomb Raider and Forza to market...the point is they havent really needed to market too many games through the first 10 months of the year. So their marketing budgets for October and November arent as stretched thin for MS.

If it feels like MS is handcuffing themselves with how many games they can market over the holidays, its their own fault for focusing all of their games into the same 2 month time period rather than spreading out their lineup throughout the entire year.

[DDOS-DelDaemonicOSes]

@early year release schedule spin, being that The Order was a delayed 2014 title and MLB's release is due to season timing plus many people could care less about baseball, I really don't think Microsoft's early year lineup is bad AT ALL (Ori, free Forza standalone DLC, State Of Decay, Neverwinter, possibly SMITE soon, multiplat Dark Souls II at 91 on Metacritic in the same time frame as Bloodborne's release, etc.), especially since the holidays are definitely much more important.

Sony fans keep spinning, such as AA batteries are obsolete (rather than forcing a WIRED controller over 50% of the time from lacking replaceable batteries) and now Battlefront is a major win for Sony as if anyone that really cares about playing that game isn't going to know it is on XO. So Sony will get a few more sales from parents who have children that want "Star Wars game dada" while being too young to know how much better Microsoft's holiday lineup is for the third year running.

[chrismichaels04]

@DDOS - What does it matter if The Order 1886 was delayed a few months? Sony still had to market the game. And how is that any different then when MS delayed Ryse from being a 360 Kinect game and pushed it back to become an Xone launch game?

You say many people "dont care about baseball"? Speak for yourself on that one bud. Again, it doesnt change the fact Sony has to market the game. I love how anti-Sony fans pick and choose what games "counts".

Youre counting Ori but dismissing all of the quality indie games PS4 has scheduled for release this upcoming holiday season. Also, you do realize Dark Souls 2 is also available on PS4 right?

Xbox can keep "winning" November in the U.S. every year. Doesnt make a difference when PS4 is winning the other 11 months worldwide.

[rainslacker]

@Chris

MS has been marketing Halo, ROTTR, and Forza heavily since the beginning of the year. I can't go a day without seeing that same commercial on TV....the 2nd one made actually since last holiday.

Don't remember all the games they showed in it, but I remember several of them weren't releasing until the end of the year.

@DDOS

Sony and MS's marketing is practically identical to last years up until this point. MS is already marketing their big holiday games, yet it isn't doing much for sales.

Given that this holiday's marketing is probably going to mirror last years with only the games changed(except in MS case where they'll be marketing most of the same games again), why would you assume that the results of said marketing would be any different than last year?

[rainslacker]

EA will go where the money leads them. Even outside of marketing deals, EA is going to sell more software on the PS4 this gen. They know it, Sony and MS know it, non fanboy gamers know it. EA is all about their interests, and at times, those interests happen to coincide with one console or another.

[Chrisgamerguy]

EA must feel like this game caters more to the ps4 audience

[wakeNbake]

Well Battlefield has always had a more vibrant community on Playstation anyways so it makes sense.

[hello12]

Wakenbake. Playstation has never had competitive tournaments worth a damn ever vibrant ok whatever. Explain why Mortal Kombat competitions take place on x box 1 and not PS4 then? The Playstation network is for casual gamers and always has been.

Whats so vibrant about it?
Battlefield 4 Twitch TV all x box 1 http://www.twitch.tv/direct...

In regards to this Sony paid for marketing rights and they got a trailer simple as that nothing special about it. Playstation gamers should be more worried about Sony else has for the holidays then this a game already coming to x box 1.

[Emrage]

@KNWS

I have no idea why the competition is on xbox 1 but here:

http://bf4stats.com/
http://bfhstats.com/

[supraking951]

lol KNWS competitive tournaments and Twitch is a small percentage of gamers. Twitch has more people streaming on ps4 though especially when it comes to exclusives. Twitch streamers practically ignored every Xbox One exclusive lol

[Ripsta7th]

@KNWS- what you gotta say now?
The PS community has twice as many people online

[InTheLab]

Wasn't there a game like this on the original Xbox? Sony probably swooped in and paid them off. That or why would you cater to the largest console base.

[Mkai28]

Well look at the install base, it's not surprising. Their prime target is going to be PS4 owners. If Xbox had more installs, then they would do the same for them.

[spicelicka]

No Lol wtf. Sony most likely made a deal with them to have some exclusive rights, considering uncharted 4 got delayed to next year, they need something for the holidays.

[Bigpappy]

you make it sound like its EA paying Sony to advertise the game as PS4.

Does it also mean that Capcom thinks Tomb Raider caters more to X1 gamers and The Witcher caters more to X1 games?

All it means is EA gets their game advertised, maybe even more than they would have done on their own, and have Sony pay the bill. As a result Gullible people like yourself thinks its because EA loves PS4 gamer above all else, LOL. Totally delusional.

[deadpoolio316]

Tomb Raider is Square not Capcom....Its also a TIMED Xbox One exclusive, that was already confirmed....And YES EA clearly loves the PS platform more considering there are TWICE the number on users on PS consoles, last I checked 20mil>10mil...

And NO its not going to be on Xbox first so I don't know why people keep saying play it first on Xbox through Access since there have literally been ZERO titles released early with Access...

[IVanSpinal]

Nope, the reason BF3 was more played on PS3 is because it was part of PS Plus free games & Free Online on PS3, plus, Playstation is not known to have great multiplayer games besides multiplataform MP games, they are always shutting down online servers for their first party games

[ocelot07]

@IVanSpinal if that is the case why is there more PS4 players playing BF4 on both PS3 and PS4. Considering BF4 is one of the games available via EA access on Xbox?

[Legion21]

Or Sony offered more money...

[ghostface9]

no its the only holiday shooter they can throw money at. x1 has halo 5 and the rights to call of duty so there is no other big shooter to throw marketing at.

[funkybudda]

@Chrisgamerguy,

excuse me, but what console game wouldn't / shouldn't cater to PS4 audience with its dominant market share?

[Dangiroud]

It came on ps2 first

[iamnsuperman]

"Apparently these vehicles are effectively on rails, and players simply man the weapons, most likely hinting towards a walker assault mode"

I hope not. I can see them being a type of levelution which would piss me off. They should be controllable

[Farmassy]

I completely agree with you. Everyone hear is arguing about marketing rights for some reason and no one is paying attention to the actual game.

What is the point of these vehicles if you can't actually drive them? I am excited for this game but it seems like they may be making some choices that I don't agree with

[knickstr]

First off, its an insider that's giving the information. One that hasn't been the most reliable.

Second, Dice is usually really good at implementing vehicles. I bet they have something good planned. At least I'll wait and see from dice before taking any word from an insider. Hopefully we'll be able to see more of it soon.

[Farmassy]

@knickstr

you make some good points. I am excited enough for the game that I am definitely not going to judge it yet. Can't wait to see some gameplay and to play it myself of course

[deadpoolio316]

Because it keeps skill less dingleberries from trying to spend an entire match inside an At-At and forces them to either not play or get good...There is ZERO reason why any player needs to walk around in a giant tank

[ServerBOT]

EA knows what's best for business.

[ScorpiusX]

I say remove the brand name put the right one and air the trailers on Xbox live and smart glass.

Now as for Marketing u folk at MS better get the Mass Effect 4 marketing deal . Cause that a game that has my interest way more . Go get it Phil.

[Keltech]

U forgot to poke your butt out and shake your pom-poms

[Monkeycan8]

"I say remove the brand name put the right one and air the trailers on Xbox live and smart glass"

Thats...Thats not how that works.

[Ryan741]

Just comes down to marketing. Sony have a very thin AAA line up this fall (if any) so are having to push multi plats like Star Wars. Xbox has Halo,Forza and Tomb Raider and maybe more so are obviously putting their time and effort into them.

[chrismichaels04]

@ryan - Just like MS has a very thin lineup the entire first 10 months of the year. Sony already had to put their time and effort into promoting Bloodborne, The Order 1886 and MLB15 The Show and that didnt stop them from also marketing Batman Arkham Knight, Metal Gear Solid V and now Star Wars Battlefront. So thats really no excuse.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

*facepalm* seriously?

[ilikepizza]

This is just sony spending money to make multiplatforms look like exclusives to cover up the fact they have nothing this holiday season. There will be no big e3 reveal for this holiday like every one thinks here. Expect sony commercials to be for battlefront,nba 2k16, and batman. All games i can get on xbox one as well. It would be dumb for microsoft to throw any money at advertising these games when they actually have there own bigger heavy hitters. If this was the other way around everyone would complain microsoft is wasting money on third party advertising and not making first party games. If anything microsoft has the money to "waste" lol but when sony does it,its a great move...funny how it works,enjoy the multiplats,i will too and even a week early with ea access lol

[ocelot07]

How can you make a multiplatform game look like a exclusive lol? If that is the case why didn't MS do this for the first 9-10 months of 2015? They have noting until September or around that time. Then of course we have E3 in June. Sony could easily announce a few games for late 2015.

[ilikepizza]

you're obviously not familiar with how dumb people are,when i ran the electronic dept a year ago people had no clue watchdogs and destiny were on other platforms. How did that happen? because of sony marketing,nothing wrong with it,it's smart. People who are in the know know damn well but you'd be surprised. When you look at a ps4 box art and see them pushing games on it as if it's only on playstation. A consumer would think why is this on the ps4 box if its on xbox so they usually just think it's exclusive to that system. It didnt seem to matter though as watchdogs and destiny sold the most on xbox 360.

Microsoft has nothing till september ha ha ha....what does sony have after march? lol what does sony have till uncharted 4 that will most likely get pushed back again? let me guess tropico 5? persona 5? name games that arent on the vita. I will get my xbox exclusives during the hoilday and play them from jan-april when i have time too and then enjoy some multiplats,mortal komabt,madden,ea access games,gamefly games as i wait for this holiday. you guys on sony havent got one decent game since launch,bloodborne? what if u dont like souls games? you have nothing. Even if i liked souls games id just get dark souls 2. You only got bloodborne and the order this year cause they were delayed,stop acting like sony was actually looking out for you lol . Enjoy your e3 full of VR and cgi target graphics for games coming late 2017,sony is ridculous.

[Omeganex9999]

God, ilikepizza, what a delusional fanboy you are. I'm happy to know that you're the smart guy even being the minority in the choice between PS4 and X1. So, the fact that I own both but spend most of my free time with the PS4 makes me dumb? Are you trying to say that all the games I'm playing are shit but since I'm a fanboy I pretend to enjoy them?
Have fun till Halo 5 comes out. Hope it's not going to be like the Master Chief Collection. And good luck with accusing Sony of doing only VR, it will get back to you when Microsoft joins the race with whatever they have this time, hoping it's not going to be more Kinect cause, man, we still remember E3 2010 - 2012 here.
Cheers.

[ocelot07]

@ilikepizza

"what if u dont like souls games? you have nothing. Even if i liked souls games id just get dark souls 2"

What if I don't like racing or FPS games. Even if I did I would just buy COD or StarWars instead of Halo. If I liked Racing I would just get Project Cars.

You realise how stupid that sounds. Answer to your question about what Sony has after March. Well presides the multi platform games. They have Ratche & Clank, Until Dawn, No Mans Sky (possibly), Everybody's Gone to Rapture, Let it Die, Tearaway, Hellblade, Street Fighter V, Tomorrow Children, Rime, Wild then other titles they announce at E3.

I look forward to your reply explaining to me how these games for some reason don't count and that how Xbox is amazing and how they have amazing games or something along them lines.

P.S: You don't have to tell me how good Xbox is. I know what to expect as am buying another one next week :).

[TheNemesis501]

the hate is strong here, so much hate, so much fear. backing a product thats becoming irrelevant is a scary thing.

[Rookie_Monster]

It is a dealing marketing deal and the game is still available on XB1. Why are we getting so hyped up all of a sudden with multiple articles describing marketing deals? I've noticed this with Destiny also and that didn't stop it from selling on XB1. MS had a marketing deal for Dragon Age last year and will most certainly have marketing deal for Mass Effect 4..maybe even announcing it on E3 this year.

If PS fans keep clinging on to marketing deal while MS have not only a marketing deal for a fall release like Rise of the Tomb Raider but also a real timed exclusive, that is more relevant, wouldn't you say?

[Chevalier]

Destiny helped sell 1 million PS4's in September though, Dragon Age also sold better on PS4. PS fans as you put it are also playing games right now like Bloodborne which sold over 1 million units whereas you are only talking about games for the fall we're playing games well before then. So which is better to you playing games currently or talking about what you get to play 6 months from now?

[ghostface9]

Who cares I am going to be playing it before any ps4 owner thank you Ea for EA Access. I find it funny sony is paying ea all that money and I am not seeing exactly what they are getting it return. I guess they have to throw money at this shooter seeing is how they have no good fps exclusives coming to match halo this fall.

[ocelot07]

Simple remember Destiny, Far Cry 4, GTA 5, The advertisement meant they got to sell exclusive bundles with them games. Meaning they got more sales. Like I said earlier Sony can always reverse there decision on EA Early Access.

It is also a little funny you said you will be playing Battlefront before any PS4 owner. You sure about that? Remember Sony had the same deal with Battlefield Hardline. I was playing BF Hardline Alpha as well as Destiny Alpha back in June 2014. I got a taste of both them games before any Xbox One owner. Same thing could happen this year.

[Embolado]

Meh, add it to the list of bloated overhyped star wars games. Has nothing to do with consoles, I mainly play PC.I will just wait and see if the content matches the hype.

[knickstr]

So is EA now turning their back on microsoft now that Sony has the better selling console.

[Stiffler]

If that's what you pull from a marketing arrangement of a Star Wars game then all the best to you in the future...

It's business. Simple as that. Not preferential treatment.

[knickstr]

Almost all of their marketing agreements and exclusive deals are with microsoft. I can't even think of the last time they gave sony the marketing rights.

[pivotplease]

Perhaps preferential in that they were willing to cut Sony a better deal though. You know... for having the much larger install base. If this game is a success it will be good for them, especially if Star Wars VII (also this year) turns out awesome as well.

[neomahi]

Larry Hyrb would be better off working at PlayStation. He could get the same pay, same benefits, and less stress. He won't go however, because he feels he's important, wanted, and has a place at Microsoft. But, Sony and PlayStation have a MUCH better social network with names that are bigger in the games industry. Larry Hyrbs feelings of inadequacy will lead to his eventual demise. Those that are smart have left Microsoft with their dignity. He's the only one left.

[Father__Merrin]

this is just getting better

[PudgeyBurrito]

Looking at releases for the last 4 to 5 years, Sony has only had mostly only 1 big game for the holiday season as they seem to carry their exclusives over to February and March. I think they do this more and especially with new ip to give the games more focus instead of competing with all the big third party games during the xmas rush. It's actually a smart strategy imo.

[pivotplease]

It does make the gaming year more digestible instead of having nothing all year and then maybe 3 games at the end of the year. That and they still tend to offer at least half of what the competition offers in the fall. Like 2014 was:
PS4: LBP3 and Driveclub
X1: Forza, SSO, and MCC
So a disparity of one game. Not bad. Then you factor in this year there has been The Order, MLB, and Bloodborne with no competing game like Titanfall around.
We could also factor in how timed exclusives are hardly an incentive to pick up a console, but that would severely damage the X1's lineup.

[Automatic79]

ScreamRide, Ori and the Blind Forest, State of Decay, Dungeons and Dragon Neverwinter and Happy Wars. Overall, beautiful lineup for first half of the year.

[Kingoftherodeo]

i think the question is if microsoft isn't spending all their money on 3rd party exclusives or exclusive marketing. where is the money? are they getting ready to drop bombs at E3? Whats bigger than battlefront that Microsoft would let ps4 have it?

[pivotplease]

They'll definitely drop a bomb of some sort. I can't see it being anything more than a Gears reveal though. What else could it be? Banjo or Crackdown? I feel like they've tapped their third-party options. Unless they go on to purchase the entire Titanfall franchise. That could be big, but I don't see EA being down. Hmmm I'm at a loss, but I know their style and at least one bomb will be dropped. I wonder if Sony will do the same because imo marketing rights is hardly a big deal.

[chuckyj1]

LOL... The jokes on Sony... Here is why... Will there be a demo available through "EA Access" only available on Xbox One? And unless they get the game as a Timed Exclusive they just paid a significant amount of money on advertising a 3rd party multi-platform game that releases same day across Xbox and PlayStation...

Sounds like EA made out big time.

[Chevalier]

EA will get more sales on PS4 so yeah they will do great. It's not like early access has ever helped EA sell more on Xbone. EA knows their primary sales will still come from their biggest audience which is the PS4. Also PS4 owners also buy more games then their Xbone counterparts.

[chuckyj1]

Okay... So why did Sony spend a boat load of cash for marketing rights then?

Sounds like according to you... It was a complete waste of money on Sony's part to spend X amount of cash for nothing more than exclusive advertising... When according to you the PS4 version will outsell X1 anyway...

Yup... EA made out like a bandit and unless some Exclusive or Timed DLC is announced at E3 seems like a complete waste of funds on Sony's part and the Money could have better allocated elsewhere... Like maybe pay down some of Sony's debt...

[Chevalier]

They're not wasting their money. Right now they are dominating the perception and mindshare of customers. Just look at Destiny for example. They moved 1 million units in a September, 2 months before Christmas and they were getting insane numbers. There has yet to be an Xbone campaign that has moved those kind of numbers. Not only that Destiny broke new IP sales records and so did Watchdogs.

Sony has already had 3 major campaigns where their sales went through the roof and their 3rd party partners saw incredible sales that destroyed their Xbone counterparts.

2K Games - GTA V
Ubisoft - Watchdogs (Which broke records)
Activision - Destiny (which also broke records)
And now EA - Star Wars Battlefront

Their aggressively pushing for more mindshare and they're smart because they're starting extremely early. Just watch by fall there will be cross promoting ads on the big Screen with Disney as well during Marvel and the Star Wars movie ads.

Let's see if you think Sony's 4th successful campaign that increases their console sales and makes their 3rd party partners happy is a waste. Since each one has successfully sold millions of PS4's I doubt MS will be laughing too much falling further behind.

Also the point still stands, name me one EA game that EA Access pushed sales beyond PS4 global sales? Dragon Age, FIFA, BF, Madden all sell more on PS4 and by large margins at that.

[chuckyj1]

A) Exclusive marketing campaigns don't contribute to "Millions" of consoles being sold. The games themselves would be bought whether or not their is a X1 or PS4 logo on the commercials.

B) All of those games sold very well across each platform. And so will Battlefront.

C) EA Access Push Sales? It's about possibly getting an exclusive demo or extra play time before official release... You think a Youtube add will help sell "Millions" but a playable demo wouldn't?

D) PS4 install base is more of a factor b/c the X1 had such a laughable reveal/launch it's amazing it is starting to recover from it. Not because of the games or "Exclusive Marketing" campaigns Sony did. X1 won last NA holiday sales and will win the NA holiday sales again this year.

E) Will MS win Global? No... Never they get doubled in Europe and laughably outsold in Japan. NA is the market MS cares about and rates it success by especially this generation.

[Chevalier]

A) Exclusive marketing campaigns don't contribute to "Millions" of consoles being sold. The games themselves would be bought whether or not their is a X1 or PS4 logo on the commercials.

Really?! Then PS4 sales tripled from August to September. They sold 500,000 units in the U.S. alone, if your so certain that this is the case then why didn't U.S. numbers for Xbone not increase as well?! Because if both increase sales then why did only the PS4 move massive numbers?! Also I work at EB Games, our preordered bundles were 3 times as much as Xbone launch numbers alone. Also we were giving away FREE copies of Destiny with Xbox One purchases. You think MS just randomly wanted to buy customers free games?!

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B) All of those games sold very well across each platform. And so will Battlefront.

They still sold more on PS4. They don't count bundled Destiny copies which moved 500,000 units. Also Xbone gave away free copies on top of the Madden bundle that came for free as well. So they offered 2 free games during Destiny launch.

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C) EA Access Push Sales? It's about possibly getting an exclusive demo or extra play time before official release... You think a Youtube add will help sell "Millions" but a playable demo wouldn't?

How many people are paying for EA Access then?! Do you know the numbers and want to share? For all you know 10% of people have EA Access and not everyone will play betas or demos.

D) PS4 install base is more of a factor b/c the X1 had such a laughable reveal/launch it's amazing it is starting to recover from it. Not because of the games or "Exclusive Marketing" campaigns Sony did. X1 won last NA holiday sales and will win the NA holiday sales again this year.

So what you think the U.S. is the only place that matters? Winning 2 months and losing the other 10 is still a loss. They only won 2 months in the U.S. and lost world wide. They fell behind by 9 million units in just over 1 year and they are falling further behind every month. Again how come Xbone numbers were so weak in the U.S. during the September it launched when was giving FREE copies with their bundles?! By your own logic sales would increase for both, yet they got destroyed in U.S. sales. You think selling 500,000 PS4's in the U.S. and 1 million worldwide for Destiny launch was a failure and had nothing to do with a successful PS4 campaign?! Honestly that's absolutely idiotic.

E) Will MS win Global? No... Never they get doubled in Europe and laughably outsold in Japan. NA is the market MS cares about and rates it success by especially this generation.

Unfortunately the U.S. does not represent the world. They are still losing in the U.S. even with strong sales during the Christmas doesn't make up for 10 months of losses. Also if they're measuring success based on the U.S. alone then we can see why they're already 9 million units behind and falling further behind.