Microsoft saved Titanfall from being canned, Sony lacked cooperation/openness

fauxbuzz-It has been revealed in Geff's final hour of Titanfall, that Sony had multiple opportunities to get the game on their platform but failed to do so, and Microsoft funded the rest of the game's development.

[-Foxtrot]

No offence but why should someone else fund the rest of the game when Respawn are under EA...they have tons of money and were the ones to start Respawn in the first place.

[Naga]

False. Respawn wasn't started by EA, nor does Respawn fall under them in any other way than a developer typically works with a publisher.

[-Foxtrot]

Fair enough my mistake, but they still were published by EA and the publisher is the ones to give the studio the money to make their game.

EA has a lot of money, as a publisher it's their responsibility to give the people they are backing the money to fund their game.

[Gazondaily]

Yeah well this was Sony's loss and MS's gain (just like how some indies were ignored by MS and went to Sony).

So kudos to MS here for funding the project and having the foresight to have confidence in Respawn's skills. The 'money-hatting' isn't as bad as it seems now.

But that's hindsight for you. Its easier to say, 'oh well Sony shouldn't have ignored them' now. The same way MS let go of the developers of Heavy Rain (iirc?).

[christocolus]

Wow...this tells a whole different story, as septic says above the money ms paid for this doesnt seem so bad anymore. This basically means EA and MS co funded the project, this also explains why it was so easy for MS to get exclusivity...so much for the information from insiders..seems they were wrong again.

So glad Ms was able to save the game. Its weird seeing two giants fund one game though. Ms or EA could have easily funded this project without any help.

[uptownsoul]

@FoxTrot, I agree…Its not like ReSpawn self published (then i would expect help from the console manufacturers). Electronic Arts, one of the biggest publishers in gaming, wanted to spread the expenses around. But they get first dibs to publish a sequel?

@Septic, If Sony was asked to chip in a HUGE amount then i don't think turning it down ends up being a loss for them. The PS4 still sold good during the Titanfall release. I think it depends on whether the amount they were asked to fund was a lot or a little, as to whether it's Sony's "loss" or not. But i agree, either way, it was good for MS.

[darthv72]

That isnt always the case fox. Just because EA is the publisher, the terms of the contract to which the dev signs can have different stipulations as to the funds involved. which is why many devs look to outside sources of funding to assist in the development before the game even reaches the publishers desk for approval.

some pubs are wanting a game to be as finished as possible because it means less work for them to have to invest in other than taking it to press and promotion. If a pub fronts the $$ to finish a project then its effectively the same as them buying that project and being able to decide how that project comes along. Even to the extent of canceling platforms in favor of others.

There are lots of risks involved with taking on a new idea. what if the idea is a bust? Then all the time and $$ invested is gone. if the idea is a hit then it means the next project wont be funded from outside sources but more from the publisher as they would want even more control with development.

[ZeroX9876]

when there's doubt about the potential sales figures it can attain, dividing the investment cost between two companies can lower the risk for both parties.

[Hicken]

So what type of publisher grabs hold of a game and then doesn't help make sure it can be completed? Especially when you have the money of an EA, and the developer is Respawn?

[UnbiasedOpinions]

Good on Microsoft, they deserve the success of this game if they funded it

[Baka-akaB]

Sounds more like Sony saved themselves money on something good and selling well indeed , but not necessarily giving back more than their own exclusive .

Besides isnt it supposed to be a multi later on ? It's GTA4's dlc all over again , in spirit . Not worth to them investing so much on a franchise that will sell as much on their platform soon enough .

Both MS and Sony seems winning in the process imo , unless MS do manage to keep it exclusive again with the sequel

[XboxFun]

As usual for n4g.

sony saves a game from obscurity or cancelation and n4g stands up and applauses and declares sony the gaming god of the new land.

a story about nintendo or ms doing the same and nobody belives it. Theirs money hatting or some huge conspiracy going on behind the scenes.

We have already heard the story that MS was more interested and came to Respawn with tje resources they needed first.

But as usual this and other stories like it that have been on n4g before get overshadowed by every Blow comment or some other sony fanboy agenda to make it appear that MS doesn't go out and talk to devs or pursue games as a certain n4g mod claimed a while back.

[andrewsqual]

@XboxFun We have??? Please give links to backup your claims. Lets ALL remember one thing from this, the Xbox One was going to be a VERY different console when Microsoft had their DRM, controlled sales and always online console agenda in place. They could fund 10 Titanfall games and I still couldn't give a toss.

[TitanUp]

maybe ea wanted extra funding for titanfall.

[ALLWRONG]

andrewsqual here is your link http://n4g.com/

Stop with the denial.

[nypifisel]

I still think it seems a bit dubious. Before the exclusivity deal it sounded on Respawn like that wasn't the plan at all, but rather a deal between EA and MS, judging from the surprised expressions from Respawn devs when it was announced. On the other hand it might as well have been Respawn who were being dishonest. Who knows.

[Moz]

Sure EA still loose as they've lost out on some million plus sales by not being on the playstation, surely that would have worth EA stumping up the cash in the first place. But instead they gambled on the XBox One outselling the PS4. While they ended up having a reduced financial risk they've lost in profits at the end of it all.

[FriedGoat]

@Moz

Very true.
Your going to be making more of a loss with exclusives on a console selling millions less.

[scott182]

hmm, interesting. Guess that's why it was Microsoft exclusive then. Sony should have stepped up and been more open.

[Bigpappy]

It was more the server support than the money. EA didn't have the type of server farm to support what Respawn was trying to do with Titan falls. MS was just there sitting on this huge server farm just focusing on Cloud storage.

[DragonKnight]

"Sony lacked cooperation/openness"

Now this seems highly suspicious to the point of being absolute bull.

Putting any fanboyism for any side aside, we all know how many developers have come forward and said the exact opposite of that statement about Sony.

That sounds highly suspect to me.

@XboxFun: You're so full of it and you know it. I am amazed you got a well said for that. Well, not really considering the bubble system lately has been about as accurate as a weather man.

@ALLWRONG: Your name is still the best descriptor of you.

[Prime157]

Is anyone confused by the lack of citations and the terrible writing? Bad grammar and wrong spellings, poor organization, ect.

I'm a skeptic of this author/site based off of those alone.

[MysticStrummer]

@Prime - "Fauxbuzz" was probably a bad name choice if they wanted their stuff to be taken at face value. I find the idea that Sony lacked cooperation and openness a little hard to believe myself, especially with what we already know about PS4's development history.

But, if it's true then MS deserves that small boost their new console got from Titanfall. It wasn't much of a boost and it didn't last long, but it wasn't nothing.

[k3rn3ll]

@DragonKnight

Actually this isn't the first time we have heard this about the respawn situation. Respawn said before the game came out that sony wasnt willing to work with them as much as MS. Especially in the dedicated servers department

[ShadowKingx]

maybe sony did not want a titan of duty game, which is what this is,

Sony Loss Ms gain, personally i dont see anything MS gained from this. oh great, they get to have titanfall as an exclusive for a year more or less, since the next one is coming out on both consoles, looks like MS's gain did not go to well IMO

and yes i am a sony fanboy now, used to xbox fanboy, but i think we all know why i jumped ship.

[bradleejones]

@xboxfun. you must be reading a different comment section than i am here. everything i have read up to your comment was all pretty positive. first post i see with any negative vibe is yours.

[FITgamer]

Are we really supposed to believe a story from a website named Fauxbuzz?

[NewMonday]

- PS4 specs were still secret at the time and Sony wanted to keep it that way, a big reason they are winning this new generation is because they surprised MS and didn't give them time to react and change things.

- this doesn't explain why Respawn ignored the PS3, an 8 year old console with an 80million install base, and the developers who worked on MW2 should know it well.

- without the MS media power Titanfall as it is would never get the same hype and would be exposed as the 7/10 game that it is.

[SilentNegotiator]

"Yeah well this was Sony's loss and MS's gain"

Spending likely dozens of millions of dollars on a game that could barely break a million copies sold? Riiiiight. So when Titanfall 2 lands on PS4 with absolutely no funding from Sony, Sony will REALLY be kicking themselves. /s

[UltraNova]

@ New monday

Finally someone who gets the picture.

Sony denying their chance at a new IP from the makers of Modern warfare is bullshit. They definitely wanted to keep the ps4's spec secret from MS.

Of course ignoring the ps3 and a couple million sales from it, is suspicious and one can only speculate as to why... Maybe MS did really used their 'charms' to secure the game after-all.

[badz149]

The relationship between EA & Respawn is the same as EA & Insomniac with FUSE. EA publishes the game, dev keeps the IP. EA is a huge publisher and the game was going to be a multiplat from day 1 of development. EA already have their own CoD substitute in BF and they might have been a bit reluctant to spend too much on a new IP which ironically lauded as "from the creator of Call of Duty" and there is where Respawn got themselves into trouble...money trouble.

But here we are talking how Sony lacks cooperation/openness? The game is destined to be under EA no matter what but they refuse to take risk and somehow some of you guys think Sony SHOULD put their hands in it? For what benefit? It's not like the game was still without a publisher and needed money in which I believe if they go to Sony for funding, like hell Sony would refuse a team such as them and unlike MS, Sony doesn't have any exclusivity deals with Respawn's former owner, Activision!

I get why they went to EA as publisher and I think it's because they don't want to stay exclusive to 1 console only as they have been a multiplat dev for so long plus the return for being a multiplat is so much bigger especially to a small team like them but EA has let them struggling for more. MS needed a boost for the Xbone and dig in and Itonically for Respawn, they are now doing exclusive.

[Ritsujun]

Desperate MS is desperate. :DD

[creatchee]

@The people saying that this was all because Sony wanted to keep their specs secret

Really? REALLY? Are you out of your minds?

If that was the case, then why were there ANY multiplatform games on the PS4 at or around launch? Are you insinuating that Respawn were the only untrustworthy developers out of all of the developers out there, so they couldn't make games on the the PS4 until specs were announced? Please tell me that your minds haven't been warped so much by fanboyism and half-news that this is what the thought process has been reduced to.

Bottom line - Respawn needed help (by help, I mean money). Sony didn't want to or couldn't play ball and Microsoft did. Hence, Titanfall only on Xboxes and PCs. Anything else added to that is somewhere between questionable speculation and flat-out lies.

[Joe913]

@Foxtrot I agree I find it wierd that EA or Respawn would be shopping a new IP around for another company to fund seems like if you have a franchise to go against a huge franchise like COD you want to fund it yourself which leads me to Septic not a Sony loss at all if anything it helped Sony because EA basically they made a mistake letting MS get the exclusive deal EA see they would have made more money funding the game themselves and putting it out on all the consoles and it may not make MS look so bad for trying to buy exclusive but IMO it makes EA look bad because they would not fund a project like that I am really surprised they are sticking with EA for the sequel they did not show any confidence if they was shopping the game around for another company to fund hell Respawn could have done better going to kickstarter lol.

[pixelsword]

If true, then Sony dropped the ball, plain and simple.

[MilkMan]

Excuse me? Publishers pay the bills. Thats what they do. Thats why they get the fat cuts from the game. UNLESS the deal was we only market your game you guys go out there and find your selves someone to share the load.
See we wont know the deal that took place unless someone opens their mouth. But as is, the way its been since the beginning. The publisher pays for the development and the marketing and the Q&A of the game. The devs simply make it.

[Ank666]

Exactly

EA has power housed games like dead space 3 & Crysis 3
& they didn't have funds for a genuinely fresh content like TitanFall?!?

Load of bull crap

It's simple, Respawn wanted to play safe by going with M$ as they knew they'll get free megaton marketing & Publicity
EA just turned it into a lifetime exclusive to get some more money & be safe incase it didn't work

Why would Sony say no to a new IP......it's just weird logic

[Angeljuice]

" EA ended up having to find the funding for the project".

I'm sure that desperate search for the cash took all of two seconds.

[k3rn3ll]

Well it may have had something to do with the "ea partners" contract that respawn signed.
for all we know ea could have been trying to get ownership when respawn came looking for more staff and money. Respawn could have said no so ea went to a third party so the entire project didnt get scrapped. Just a thought not saying its true

[beerzombie]

They had their own first person shooter and did not want competition. Especially in the launch window and Respawn probably did not want to delay.

[Mr Pumblechook]

This proves that single player was cut for budgetary reasons, when all the spin said it was never meant to have one!

[iceman06]

Good catch! I didn't even pay attention to that. Not that it's a bad thing, but it does shed more light on the reasons.

[beerzombie]

I don't have a problem with that but it would be nice if single player or multiplayer only games would come out 40$.

[xtremeimport]

Its extra funny because future games (and possibly the original) will end up on the Ps4. So why should Sony worry?

They were happy with the games they were funding and obviously didnt see the need to expand on that. It was a success and it's been said that future games with be Multi-plat. Sony ends up not having to invest any and will reap the benefits of MS desire to see the game come to fruition.

[DoubleM70]

Knowing what you know now about the original game do you actually think TitanFall 2 will come out across the board on day one? Titanfall 2 will most likely be a timed exclusive.

[imt558]

OLD STORY! I'm not senile!

http://gamingbolt.com/insid...

Sony was pretty secretive about PS4 a years ago. FOR OBVIOUS REASON!

[DOMination-]

How the hell did foxtrot get a bubble and 100+ agrees when everything in the very first post is WRONG.

This is the clearest example yet of how n4G and its bubble system is corrupted.

On topic, as others have stated this paints a different picture of what we had previously imagined

[Blaze929]

Lol, N4G for ya

[rdgneoz3]

"This is the clearest example yet of how n4G and its bubble system is corrupted."

When Sony has "saved games" / help fund games, they've been either indie or they did not have big name publishers that make billions of dollars each year...

EA signed a deal with Respawn in 2010 because they wanted a a game/series that could "compete with things like Gears and Halo". How could a billion dollar corporation that wants a big name shooter not afford it, when they're willing to spend on millions on yearly iterations and shovelware?

"It also mentions that at a point later in development, Zampella and West sat down with Riccitiello to tell him that they didn’t have enough manpower to develop for any consoles other than Xbone and, maybe, PC, and that Respawn was essentially out of money and the game would need to be delayed and that they’d cut single player."

So they made a deal with EA, spent all the money developing for one system (or two), the game wasn't even finished, and they'd have to cut single player as a result?

[scotmacb]

Happens all the time with games. They asked sony to get the cloud ready for this game sony have no such plans

[Syntax-Error]

MS paid to finish the project, so now SONY fanboys can go to bed and STFU! They had every opportunity to have this game but they had no faith in it. I guess because they had KillZone. Even though this does not extend to a sequel I wouldnt be surprised if MS buys Respawn after this colossal hit just as Sony bought ND and Sucker Punch

[DoubleM70]

I very much agree with you. I don't see Titanfall 2 in PS4 future unless it's going to end up a timed exclusive game.

[Silly gameAr]

And yet, as a Playstation owner, I don't feel like I've missed out on much. It's a pretty good feeling to not get swept up in hype and have a mind of your own.

[Syntax-Error]

Coming from someone who never played it I would expect a response like that. I played that game for hours yesterday and didn't want to take a break. I almost got a headache because of how intense it is. It has the gunplay of COD, the traverse ability of Halo, and the explosiveness of Battlefield. Titans on the same battlefield with soldiers running around is crazy. Hoping on their back to expose their control panel is a rush. No exaggeration. You can say or think whatever you want but the biggest LOSER is you since you are dumb enough not own both consoles. I dont pledge allegiance to anyone

[Aceman18]

gotta call BS on this so called "article" EA was the publisher is this guy trying to tell us they didnt have the money to fund this game? riiiiiiggggghhhhhhtttt.

gotta love how these sites try to make one company look like saviors, and the other look like bad guys.

[Blaze929]

EA doesn't own Respawn or the IP. So as a publisher, why would they find majority of your development and have the whole company possible not return to EA for sequels? That's like asking a music label to help put out your album - on their dime - and not own it. But thanks. No

[Papafynn]

Everyone who saw this game raved about it. EVERYONE. All this was before the MS exclusivity was announced. Wasn't the positive reception enough for EA to fund the game?

[lilbroRx]

Funny that people would and still do say the exact opposite when someone makes these types of comments about Nintendo on here(NFS Most Wanted, Darth Mal game, Skylanders etc).

Apparently Nintendo is expected to fund third party games under different publishers but Sony isn't.

[assdan]

faux buzz is a new MS biased website (every article is pro MS/anti-sony). Not saying it's false, but I would like to see another source. Because from what I've heard from respawn I'm pretty sure, is that MS paid for exclusive rights and EA published the game.

[Kayant]

Not the complete story here but yes MS did save TF from completion in the beginning hence the 13 month exclusivity. Sony were overly protective/secretive of the PS4 and lost out on getting a game that could have widen the gap quite a bit. In the end MS seeing the buzz around TF around E3 came in and locked TF to MS platforms. Which is why we got this tweet from Vince Zampella when the deal was made because he and his team where indeed not aware of the full exclusivity.
https://twitter.com/VinceZa...

"The way Respawn saw it, the developer had never agreed to full exclusivity for Titanfall on Xbox platforms, only an exclusive window of up to 13 months. Zampella maintains that the team only found out that EA had turned an exclusive window deal into permanent exclusivity in the summer of 2013, weeks after the game's spectacular showing at E3. The deal was a complicated one as Respawn wasn't dealing directly with Xbox. Instead, terms were negotiated through EA, which signed a larger, overarching partnership deal with Microsoft for the Xbox One. In order to make the economics work and keep Titanfall alive, EA needed a first-party publisher to invest. Xbox was willing to step up and save the project, which turned out to be a wise bet. Xbox now has one of the biggest games of the year as an exclusive to it's platforms, although it lays no claim to any sequels."

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

"A couple different reasons. Essentially, Microsoft was talking with them about Durango very early on and courting them to move Titanfall over to that. They asked Sony if they could talk to them about the next Playstation, but Sony constantly said they weren't ready to discuss. It even mentions Sony were willing to help Respawn to get a Vita version of the game. It mentions that they essentially pleaded with Sony, saying "Listen, things are about to be locked in behind the scenes. If you want this, please talk to us", which Sony again declined.

It also mentions that at a point later in development, Zampella and West sat down with Riccitiello to tell him that they didn't have enough manpower to develop for any consoles other than Xbone and, maybe, PC, and that Respawn was essentially out of money and the game would need to be delayed and that they'd cut single player. EA ended up having to find the funding for the project with a first party, and Microsoft were willing to put up the money to actually finish the game."

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

[iamnsuperman]

What I find crazy is EA needed help with funding for the game (I know Respawn are not a part of EA but they are the game's publisher). It sounds like EA really didn't want to risk it with the new ip or the deal between Respwan and EA wasn't exactly great for Respawn (hence the point before)

[Lawboy2]

did you repost the whole story

[Kayant]

No just parts that has been posted on Gaf that explains the exclusivity/saving of TF.

Going to buy the doc because it's cheap and should be interesting to watch/read.

Edit -

@Lawboy2

Yh why not?

[Lawboy2]

oh u r going to buy the document to read it

[Prime157]

He did a better job than the author of this site. It clarified a lot of my questions.

[Gamer1982]

End of the day Titanfall hasn't been the mega smash hit everybody thought it was gonna be so it doesn't really matter as Sony are still outselling Xbox worldwide more than 2-1 and will continue to do so for a while. Its sold as many copies as you expect a highly advertised exclusive FPS to sell but will it sell anywhere near COD or BF numbers?? Probably not.. Will it shift more consoles now its been out for several weeks and its even out on 360? I doubt it.. So Sony I don't think are gonna be too bothered about this.
At the end of the day Sony stayed secretive about the console until the last possible minute and that worked out best as it meant they got a more powerful console out by launch date. Not to mention I doubt Sony would have funded the game with their own shooters like the order etc.. on the way.

[scotmacb]

The real reason is sony have crap servers worldwide they didn't make the grade.Microsoft has the best cloud service on the planet that respawn can use all sony is doing with their cloud is getting you to buy old games again with the new streaming service

[ThatOneGuyThere]

it sounds like sony wanted to keep their hardware a secret and didnt want respawn leaking anything to MS. probably a super smart move.

[Magnes]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Former MS exec. Peter Moore would have told MS everything about PS4 and Sony knew it. Just my opinion..

[scotmacb]

According to devolopers xbox one was alot more powerful in the early days in everyway until mark cerny said its shipping with 8gb ddr5 before that it had 4gb ddr3

[Kayant]

@scotmacb

"mark cerny said its shipping with 8gb ddr5 before that it had 4gb ddr3" - No it never had DDR3. In the early days it had a newer cpu (kaveri) but 4 cores, more bandwidth and 4GB GDDR5.

http://www.vgleaks.com/ps4-...

[Magnes]

@Kayant funny all that ram and when I play Titanfall on my pc I pull up task manager it's only using just shy of 2 gigs that's it..

[ThatOneGuyThere]

Magnes,

task manager is only showing you how much system RAM a given process is using. It isnt telling you anything about the amount of video RAM (VRAM) the game is using on your GPU. Since the ps4 is working with a pool of GDDR5, they're one and the same. A newer game @ 1080p might be taking up about 2gigs of vram alone. 8gb is sufficient for a console these days.

[Budobear]

Thanks for that Kayant,
It didn't make much sense to me (the whole dev's acting surprised when the game went xbox exclusive) but now its a lot clearer.

[DanielGearSolid]

Well good job MS

I'm not mad at Sony for using that money on other things tho.

[ger2396]

I agree. the sales of titanfall are good, But not astronomical. That's why I think Sony did the right thing. They let microsoft do all the leg work.Now there's a good chance titanfall 2 will be on PlayStation platforms. Win win for everyone.

[Gamer1982]

1.3 million games sold worldwide for Xbox One.. Just over a quarter of Xbox One owners own the game.. Most of them had already bought console before game was launched.

[Fireseed]

I disagree with you simply for the fact that you imply companies should only help fund games that have the potential to sell multi millions.

[k3rn3ll]

Or respawn could say screw em for not working with them. If I was starting a company and phil spencer looked out for me the way he did I would definitely hold some loyalty to them. But im a nice person

[Syntax-Error]

Are you that ignorant? It sold 1.3 copies in 2 weeks for XBOX ONE while Infamous sold 1 million. The 360 sales demolished that last week but the numbers aren't out yet. The report had the XB1 sales at 27% and 360 sales at 71%, while PC was a mere 1%. Do some research before you post ridiculous comments

[YodaCracker]

@Syntax-Error

I did a search on your claims and I found an article stating that 71% of Titanfall's sales LAST WEEK in the UK were on the 360. That was launch week for the 360 version and week 5 for the XB1 version. I highly doubt the 360 version's week 1 sales were even close to the XB1 version's considering the XB1 version had nearly 5 TIMES as many pre-orders as the 360 version at launch.

Titanfall has been presented first and foremost as an Xbox One game, and that version is going to sell the most despite the 360's huge install base.

[Software_Lover]

Same thing they did with GTA IV. They funded some of the development

[pompombrum]

O come on, Microsoft the saviours? This is the game from the people who made call of duty what it is today. While I'm happy Microsoft stepped it up and helped them, if it wasn't them, someone else would have done so especially after E3.

[HugoDrax]

"if it wasn't them, someone else would have done so especially after E3."

Is that so? Hahahaha......For starters who has as much money as Microsoft? Second, which gaming company you know has the network capabilities besides Microsoft who could handle the multiplayer function?

It's hilarious reading comments on n4g. Any positive Microsoft news is met with skepticism, and critics. All Sony news is turned into positive news on N4G.

N4G members, PLEASE PLAY GAMES AND NOT CONSOLES. SONY, NINTENDO, MICROSOFT only care about 1 thing....OUR MONEY, stop the console wars for god sakes.

[HugoDrax]

@Tiqila

"that fanboys like you really believe that no other company than MS has the ressources to realize such a project is hilarious."

Fanboy like me you say? I guess you can call me that if you like, but let's see how much of a fanboy I am. Let's list off my current gaming consoles/handhelds shall we?

1. XB360 (2 consoles)
2. XB1 (2 consoles since launch)
3: Wii U
4. PS4 (since launch)
5. PS Vita Crystal White (literally just purchased off amazon), I even still have my white PSP Go
6. 3DS
7. PC that can run anything, I've posted pictures in the past of my rig on this site

In conclusion, I PLAY GAMES NOT CONSOLES. If you question my post, I can easily post gamertags/PSN ID as I've done before

[cfc78]

Great article answered a lot of unanswered questions with the game.

[jessupj]

It's a bit weird considering it goes against virtually very other comments we've heard from other devs.

If this is true it's a little annoying as a PS4 owner, but maybe due to their financial circumstances they were unable to fund anything.

[maniacmayhem]

Sony can't have it all. With every company they have to pick and choose what they want, as I am sure they have a hundred (maybe thousands) of devs telling them that their game is the next big thing.

Respawn was a new company making a new IP that was a FPS that I'm sure Sony thought was a dime a dozen.

Happens to the best of them.

[iceman06]

I wouldn't say that Respawn was a dime a dozen. Sony knew who was heading that studio. But, it was definitely are risk vs. reward scenario. I guess for Sony, the risk didn't outweigh the reward. It's not the end of the world. But, it's definitely an interesting story for sure. Especially, the EA "needing money" part. Really!?! Sounds like they were weighing the risk vs. reward scenario too. They were willing to invest...but only so much.

[rainslacker]

Be annoyed at EA, not Sony. IMO EA didn't have a lot of faith in the viability of this game if they'd ransom out exclusivity to finish it's production. EA funds games that are much worse than TF for more than a just a few systems. It sounds like it wasn't worth the risk to EA for an untested IP.

The things said in the article just don't add up.

Respawn didn't have enough money to make it on all the platforms? The game was close to release at E3, how much more money did they need realistically? Porting from PC to PS4 shouldn't have been that financially restrictive.

Respawn said that MS helped them with support pertaining to the cloud. Perhaps that support came from free use of the servers. Maybe Sony wasn't willing to give that, hence they say Sony didn't support them.

Sony didn't give them early access to the PS4? That doesn't make sense, since they would have had that through EA. EA certainly had access to it, as their engine was being developed for it long before the reveal. Respawn didn't need early access to the PS4 to make the game. It's lead platform was the PC, on the source engine, and the consoles were all ports.

Some are assuming that Sony screwed the pooch here. But no one seems to want to think that perhaps Respawn wanted more than they had earned. Think about it. A new developer. A untested IP. And despite being far into production, were unable to manage their finances to be able to release on all the platforms they wanted to release on. I know the founders of Respawn are well respected, but how many well respected devs make a new studio but fail to make anything of worth. If I were Sony, and a dev came to me in such a situation, it'd be hard to put faith in a project that even the publisher with the most to gain wasn't willing to support it.

Sony is no stranger to taking new devs under it's wing and giving them the resources necessary to make a great game, but in this case, Respawn was an indie being published by EA. Sony had nothing to gain from financially supporting Respawn outside of getting a game that wasn't exclusive to begin with.

I'm not saying any or all of the above is true, I'm just saying that the whole story isn't here.

[Batnut00]

This isn't really all that surprising, heard they had been keeping very quiet awhile back which was one of the reasons that we weren't going to see Titanfall on PS. As good as Playstation is doing now, one of the things I didn't agree with was them keeping so quiet about everything and it appears to have costed them a good game. Hindsight 20/20. Hopefully, Sony can learn from this next time we see a new console coming.

[SliceOfTruth888]

I love how this has been obvious since it was announced xbox exclusive yet every sony fan just couldnt accept it....and iam sure they wont accept this article either...on the other hand owning all 3 current gen systems and being able to accept the faults of each is system is fantastic!

PS4: No games (Killzone, Knack were just bad and Second Son is meh

Xbone: Underpowered

WiiU: Pulls out 1,000 page novel

[OneShotThrill]

You're a clown

[Cueil]

you know this because??? Your parent hired him for your birthday party?

[zeuanimals]

"No games"... Then tell me why there's twice as many games on the PS4 as the Xbox One right now? Sure, some of them are indies but they're also some of the more fun games I've played this generation.

And inFAMOUS SS is "meh". That's how every game I've played on the Xbox One feels like so does that mean it has no games? Titanfall's community is all but dead and it has almost no content and replayability. Killer Instinct was fun but it also has almost no content and the fighting system gets old really quick. Forza 5 has almost no content and it's really unpolished. Ryse... Dead Rising 3... Meh games to the core.

So what you're telling me is... Your list is totally biased, and I guess mine is too but I've given the Xbox One a chance and it's not been wowing me at all. Underpowered and no games. And there's a ton of games coming out for the PS4 for the next couple of months while the Xbox One is gonna be completely dry.

Daylight, FFXIV ARR, Transistor, MLB 14, Bound By Flame on the PS4 for May. Soda Drinker Pro on the Xbox One... "PS4 has no games".

[Cueil]

you have all three? No? STFU

[Kiwi66]

bound by flames isn't just going to be on the ps4 get your facts right and how can you say the xbox one is gonna be dry when there are games coming out on it over the few months so stop making up lies

[DarthZoolu]

Glad MS has been making sure I have games to play on my X1 I have 8 games and only 2 are multiplatform, but they are all good or great.

[vega275]

I like both my consoles. But I must admit I have been playing my xbox one more within the last two weeks. I have 8 games on my one and 6 on my ps4

[Tedakin]

If MS paid for part of Titanfall's production I don't understand how putting it on a non MS platform would even be an option at all.

[Gore-Content]

Meanwhile, the PS4 has sold 7 mil. units.

7 years from now, when all the servers have been shut down, don't you think people will regret buying this POS?

Not gonna click on that link BTW.

[christocolus]

Lmao..way to go offtopic dude, im happy for you and sony but pls learn to stick to articles bro.

[cfc78]

1 mans POS is another mans gold bar.

[Blink_44]

Lol who cares how much each console has sold? I'm having a lot more fun with my xbox one than my ps4.

[ARESWARLORD]

Same here I like XBONE much more then PS4 just for Titanfall. PS4 has been a netflix machine for me and I have it on Kijiji right now for sale

[Gamer666]

Same here.

The games keeping coming and they have more replay ability and quality...

Deadrising 3, Forza 5, Ryse, Powerstar Golf, Killer Instinct, Halo Spatan Assault, Max and the Curse of Brotherhood, PvZ Garden Warfare, and now Titanfall.

[CrossingEden]

1.Meanwhile, your comment is completely off topic
2.Saying "oh seven years from now when the servers are down people will regret buying this." Last time I checked, that logic applies for ANY online shooter.
Destiny
The Division
And chances are that *gasp* there will most likely be a one if not two sequels by that time.

[Lucreto]

If I had to guess the reason Sony didn't talk about the PS4 was about their secret weapon the GDDR5 RAM. Sony took a risk on including it while Microsoft focused on the DRR3 RAM from an early stage for all the Kinect and snap features.

Sony surprised developers with GDDR5 RAM at the reveal last year.

Sony's loss was Microsoft's gain.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

No.

Microsofts gain. Respawns Loss.

Sony remains unphased.

[jmac53]

That GDDR5 RAM is the reason we are seeing differences in multiplats. I would say that's Sony's gain in the long run.

[Lucreto]

In the long run yes but I am talking about the game.

NPD is out tomorrow so we can get official numbers.

[imt558]

GDDR5 in PS4 is ONE OF THE REASON! Yet, there is stronger GPU, full hUMA architecture, CPU use less resource etc...

[rainslacker]

That really wouldn't have mattered as far as production goes before the reveal. TF for X1 certainly didn't use anything that took advantage of it's unique hardware. Most 3rd party games didn't. Truth is, the big publishers and devs(and likely MS) knew DDR5 was going to be in the system, and likely knew some of the basic setup needed to make their next gen engines work. Even the people who make the Source engine had access to API's to make it work on the PS4, which means Respawn had access to it. In any case, the PC was the lead platform for this game, and it's porting to consoles likely happened after the reveals happened.

If devs were surprised then it was probably that there was 8GB, not that it was GDDR5. That surprised everyone, even EA said something about it.

[Skate-AK]

That was pretty nice of MS. It was a big risk.

[amnalehu]

What would motivate EA to make this an exclusive to XB1? Sounds fishy.

[Majin-vegeta]

John Riccotello:"MS next console will eat Sony alive".Something along those lines.But EA bet on teh wrong horse.

[christocolus]

Still in denial. You just read an article stating that MS and Ea co funded the game and yet you still sticking to that?..i guess that logic makes you feel better?

Let me ask you something... If sony co funded the development of a certain game with a publisher i.e EA or Ubisoft, would you expect that game to appear on a Nintendo or MS platform?...

Dude stop being so biased and be reasonable for once.

[Majin-vegeta]

@Christ

http://www.cinemablend.com/...

Not to mention it contradicts this.

http://www.dualshockers.com...

Case closed.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

if it was something they couldnt discuss with respawn at the time, it may have been wise for respawn to wait up till sony was ready to talk business.

while microsoft wins in the end by having the game exclusive, i think the only real loser after it all is Respawn, Not Sony. sony has been said to be an extremely open and nurturing company. the way i see it is that respawn loses out big by missing out on all those sales, AND the ability to get its feet wet on an entirely different platform. its also clear that the exclusivity of titan fall to the xbox one really didnt help its sales. while it would have been nice for sony to make a would-be-exclusive into a multiplat, at the end of the day exclusives come and go. its no sweat off their back.

[Dudebro90]

You can't just stop development of your game because Sony won't talk about their system. That would be the dumbest decision.

[DVAcme]

Considering how lacking in features Titanfall is, I think Sony made the right call. Sony's got loads of F2P and exclusive titles on both PS3 and PS4 that have WAY more features than Titanfall, not to mention that Titanfall is not a next-gen game at all. It's a game made on an engine almost a decade old, with a measly player count, bot-based and only upscaled on XB1. If Titanfall really were the next-gen experience EA and Microsoft trumpeted it to be, it wouldn't be able to run on X360 at all.

[Tedakin]

Watch Dogs, Destiny and MGS5 run pretty well on the 360 too. They seem pretty next gen, no?

[aragon]

apparently watch dogs, destiny and mgs5 arent next gen lol

[Blink_44]

Have you even played titanfall?

Sorry but Warframe and Sonys other F2P play games can't even be compared to titanfall.

[tetsuhana]

"lacked cooperation/openness" = refused to moneyhat for exclusivity.

[Tedakin]

This article is a nice companion to the one a month ago about Sony "desperately trying to get Titanfall on PS4".

[sovkhan]

Sony did well not to pay for what is an overhyped game.

I'll do with Infamous ss, and the forth coming ip such as The Order, Deep Down, Drive Club etc etc...

Congrat then for ms and the xbox brand for having TF but to be honest, i couldn't care less about yet another fps.

[Blink_44]

It's not just another FPS, you can easily call infamous just another open world game, it brings nothing new to the table.(beaten it twice btw).

[sovkhan]

What's new in TF that haven't been around for decades???

Hercs? Jetpacks? Skiing? Speed? Remember tribes?
You don't it seems.

And by the way i did not say that Infamous was the alpha and the omega of gaming, but at least it has next gen graphics, open world, what one expect from a next gen soft.

[IaussieGamer]

Maybe Sony realised the game was not really that good. Look at its sales its not really done that well!

[Blaze929]

Do you literally just make up facts and run with it?

[Dan_scruggs]

It outsold God of War 4. So there's that at least. Sales are relevant to the game. It is a new IP on a new console with an extremely limited install base. Look at the leap from Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2 or from Modern Warfare 1 to Modern Warfare 2. Now try to think of where Titanfall will be with its next installment. Microsoft was investing it its potential. And it has paid off.

[aragon]

u dont say, so ms supported big fps titanfall but sucks when it comes to indies? sony didnt help respawn? i thought the only company that didnt help devs were ms, now we can all move along in knowing that both companies suck and its pc for the win

[Pinkdolphinyfg]

Glad ms took the risk because it paid off imo.

[ARESWARLORD]

If it came out on ps4 I never would have bought my XBONE. However now that I have it I like the controller so much better then the PS4's Kinnect sucks monkey balls though. Now I cant go back to the PS4 as the controller feels awful to me.

[DarthZoolu]

The xbox controller is just plain better imo. I liked dualshock until the 360 controller dropped. When I get my PS4 I will definitely play with a 360 or One controller (mods)

[DarXyde]

Great discretion on Microsoft's part, but it also sort of perpetuates the image that the XBOX is a shooter console, considering its only big release so far is, in fact, a first person shooter.

For some, that is not a bad thing. For me, it's terrible because I hate first-person shooters lol. I'm also passing on Destiny.

[Blackleg-sanji]

i dont believe anything now its like 4 different stories to y its not on ps4

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

That's M$ gain and EA's loss. I'm pretty sure Sony is pretty happy with their recent release reaching 1 million sold and their console reaching 7 million sold and still in high demand. You win some, you lose some. That goes for both M$ and Sony.

[Silly gameAr]

So Sony were open with damn near every other dev and publisher but Respawn when making the PS4? Maybe they wanted to know things that Sony couldn't tell them and that would lead to leaks? Or maybe Sony wasn't willing to pay the big money that MS was willing to for a 3rd party game? hmm. Oh, well. It's all water under the bridge now. Looking forward to more of these stories long after Titanfall's release about why it's not on the PS though.

[TBONEJF]

SONY is doing fine without TITANFALL besides u can buy it on PC.

[marlinfan10]

you sound like a little kid

[TBONEJF]

Grow up. I'm actually quite older than u and been playing games before you were even born.

[Predaking77]

Not like it made a difference. PS4 is the wordwide leading console and Titanfall has nothing to do about it.

At the end, Sony was sure of their product and didn't depend on a game to move sales while Microsoft was totally dependent on Titanfall to move some sales.

[Dudebro90]

So Sony doesn't rely on games to move their console?

Uh...right...

[Skankinruby]

'Games'.....with an 's'. Sony has never relied on any one or two franchises to be a competitor. Credibility no one has ever been able to honestly give to Microsoft

[notyobizhwispndmymny]

Slap yourself for implying that a games console doesn't need a game to help with sales. Your fanboyism is so much you don't even make common sense anymore.

[quenomamen]

Hmmmm invest another last gen style FPS by the makers of Call It Doodies or support a studio behind Uncharted and TLOUs who continue to push the art of the video game. Yea Sony effed up.

[pakua]

I'm not saying Call of Duty is a good game but it those games don't sell anywhere near what Call of Duty sells. FPS games are hot in the console market and have been for some time, unless you have missed the last 10 years or so.

[quenomamen]

So according to your logic Mikey Dees are the worlds best burgers cuz they sell 1 million a day worldwide, and places like In N Out or 5 brothers are worse cuz they only sell half that correct ? I'll take 3 great games in 6 years over 7 mediocre rinse n repeat ones.

[pakua]

I'm talking about the companies as a business. For the record I detest Call of Duty but it's got a lot of pulling power, as does Titanfall (which I also didn't enjoy). Saying that, I didn't enjoy inFamous either.

[ironmonkey]

well with the way that piece of shit game runs on x1 and pc, if it was on a ps4 it would prob get bad sales especially how sony fans are so damn strict about everything and graphics. to this day it still runs shit on pc and im very disappointed buying it and even the ones with 780 gtx's arent happy to low its graphics just to run the shit.

[Dudebro90]

Someone is angry. Angry 😠

[Debaitable]

I think it was good on Sony's move. They had no idea how the game was going to turn out and believe it is nothing to die for. I mean microsoft can't even disclose how succesful it's been. It's fun to play but the sequel is just going to be that much better and more fleshed out.

[Boogieman401]

So

[JustPlay4]

It multiplayer game, playstaion know for it single player, so I'm fine with this. Is really that big a deal who payed to make it. It was made people like it and now play it, I don't see why there hate for sony not supporting a game that would do better on xbox, just like cod does. So fans need to get over it, if you don't have a xbox play it on PC.

[Gohadouken]

Cod isnt doing any better on xbox 1 right now . And always sold very well on ps3 anyway .

They just let it go , because it's one of those games that will sell the same amount on a particular console , than if exclusive to it .

Not worth the risk and expenses for Sony . Hell initial GTA 4 and expensions sales were only importants for fanboys to gloat , in the end it was a close race on ps3 and 360 with what 500k difference because of time exclusive dlc expansions ?

[JayD-1K]

M.A.G. was an online only game and sold very well on the PS3!

[Godmars290]

What are Titanfall sales numbers? Despite the 360 release I've yet to hear either MS or EA so much as mention them.

As for online only multiplayer titles Sony's had two, Warhawk and MAG, and frankly both have more depth. Give more options even if they're not as fast paced - as something which offers parkour.

[TomShoe]

Probably waiting for the NPD numbers, which come out tomorrow.

[TomShoe]

Eh, a little disappointed in Sony, but they probably did so to prevent any leaks about specs from going out about the PS4 which was still in development at the time.

Hopefully they learn from this and work with Respawn to get Titanfall 2 on PlayStation platforms.

[sjaakiejj]

I'm confused. I've now heard about a dozen reasons as to why it's exclusive to Xbox One and not on PS4, and many of them seem to contradict each other. On top of that, this story really doesn't match up with what other developers have been saying.

[lonewolfjedi]

so let me get this straight respawn and ea wanted the platform company to co-invest, handle some if not all of marketing and only have time exclusivity so ea and respawn can make money on the other platform as well. yeah I see why sony didn't bite but atleast microsoft was smart enough to that exclusive deal

[Ggame]

But I do think Sony had made this in right decision to not funding the title like Titanfall since its game's quality not even match at the same level of COD. Funding things should also care the tendency of games and gamers which reflect the worthiness of investment.

[DialgaMarine]

Clearly this can't be entirely true, otherwise we'd have a sort of Bayonetta situation. PS4 is still getting the next Titanfall as well as any following sequels, so why does any of this matter?

[tommygunzII]

If this was GTA or something I would be concerned, but Titanfall? Sony probably thought the pitch sounded like a multiplayer only version of Killzone, with less people. I would have passed on it as well.

[Demarco156]

lol

ms always pays for time exclusives, everybody knows that

[RealtorMDandDC]

For one what a terrible website....Who is the author quoting?

Why was this Approved?

Any website that don't use the author's real name that has written the article lack 100% credibility.

The garbage I see on this site at time is a pure farce.

[GamersHeaven]

What a load of BS if I remember correctly Respawn said they where in the dark about EA/MS deal.We all know EA funded this game mostly Microsoft dished out whatever $ EA would agree upon to keep exclusive to there platform.

[Iamnemesis4880]

Wow sony missed out on a lot of cash man bad move and MS had to fund the rest of the game now that is a bombshell.

[XxExacutionerxX]

Mircosoft saved Titanfall and you sony fanboys still rip on Microsoft. ( Forget DRM, that was last year, thats old just like sonys crappy Psn credit card hackers) So when Titanfall 2 comes out on PS4, its because of Microsoft funding the project of the first game. Wow, sony fanboys look dumber everyday.

[ziggurcat]

there's actually nothing in the article pointing to any evidence that sony was closed/unwilling to help with/not interested in titanfall.

just a bunch of unsubstantiated nonsense that was paraphrased from... where, exactly? they don't even link an interview/source.

so it's a "Story Quality? WTF", and "Like this website? No" from me.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

"EA ended up having to find the funding for the project with a first party, and Microsoft were willing to put up the money to actually finish the game."

I don't believe this at all. Why EA need to find funding when they got billions and they're the publishers of Titanfall. MS paid for exclusive rights and that's that.

[ArbitorChief]

Oh lord the damage control in here is hilarious XD Microsoft saved Titanfall, deal with it, Sony had a chance but they didn't take it, now move on with your life.

[gigoran]

damage control? Where is the damage? Oh, you mean because while Sony were busy preparing their superior and proper next gen system, MS was ready with their xbox 360.2 and purchased exclusivity. well yeah you are right. There is a lot of damage control for MS to deal with, but they have a whole 4 or 5 years to catch up to Sony.

[ArbitorChief]

Jimmes are confirmed rustled XD

[ScareFactor]

Deny Titanfall give us indies and a VR.... Good Job Sony

[Arty84]

I wonder if MS funding development might make things messy later on when negotiation for multi platform release occurs for the next game unless that funding contract was a clear as water would anyone be surprised if MS brings up the case later on

[WeMissedTheExit]

I;m not sure who approved this article, but they failed. This dull, boring article should have been aborted.

[camillion11]

It pretty obvious what happened here. EA is ran by Peter Moore. Sony doesn't trust EA anymore, because since peter has been running the show. They clearly favor Microsoft. Sony didn't want to risk their specs getting out. Which is why they kept saying they were not ready to talk about the ps4. Smart move on sony's part. EA is basically a Xbox wing these days. Sony 7million says. They really could careless. Simple math problem 3million more copys sold is? Almost 200 million more! !!!!!

[fluxmulder]

Dangerous article to post on N4G

[Silly gameAr]

Oh, for sure. Especially when it clashes with all the other "Why Titanfall isn't on PS4" sob stories that have come and gone. Don't know what to believe anymore.

[_FantasmA_]

Wait, you mean Sony didn't want to have yet another Call of Duty type of game? Sony dodged a bullet then. Then sales for actual good games like Killzone and Infamous would have suffered and we would have all the gamers playing some mindless shooter. Sorry but Titanfail is over rated. The graphics are bad, the modes are limited, and the gameplay is stale. We are in the new gen now, Titanfail can stay in the past.

[Flames76]

Thats the great thing about microsoft they know when a game is gonna be big and help out.Hell titanfall sold 1.3 million on the X1 ending march 31 and 200,000 on PC.Xbox 360 version of titanfall sold around 500,000 first week on sale.The game is kicking and on the X1 it was the number 1 selling game in march along with the X1 outselling the PS4 in the U.S

[gigoran]

Huh? The xbone fanboy that posted this seriously thinks this is dirt on Sony? They had a game, they pitched it, Sony wasn't ready, and MS was. And? I fail to see how Sony did bad.

And lets not beat around the bush. EVERYONE knows respawn and EA are kicking themselves in the pants seeing that SONY is the obvious leader and winner this generation. Imagine all the millions they would have made if they had released it on the superior machine? Instead, they have to settle with the inferior xbone. Doesn't matter anyway. The game is copy and paste COD with mechs which is all the xbox players care about anyway. Sony supporters enjoy a variety of well made games.

[XxExacutionerxX]

Titanfall would have sucked on PS4, I dont see sony giving Respawn any dedicated servers to run multiplayer matches. (Dedicated servers were needed to run the AI code for the game.) Another blind sony fanboy, lol. I'm glad that the noob kids own PS4s, it keeps them off Xbox Ones multiplayer matches. Yeah EA and Respawn are really kicking themselves so much, lol

[Ank666]

Lol

Sony Has Something called "Sony Online Entertainmen"
Ever heard of that thing?!

Runs things like EverQuest , DC universe & PlanetSide 2
All on Dedicated Servers

You Know the Player Count of PlanetSide 2?!
It's more then ppl living in 10 blocks around you lol

Xbot kiddies just amuse you to the point of laughter riot sometimes

Sony has more then sufficient networking to run TitanFall

[Longshot28]

Um the article comes from a site called FAUX BUZZ...........

O_O

[Longshot28]

oops double post lol.

[S2Killinit]

God can they just shut up about titanfall? Who the heck cares??

[NeloAnjelo]

EA was publishing this game, and it was first believed to be a
timed exclusive for MS. So the cash from MS was to keep this game exclusive, not to fund development. Then there's the EA "apology"

I think the reason Sony was hands off is because of how closely the game is tied to MS. Like COD last gen.

[Speak_da_Truth]

Don't care about titanfall so Sony if you used your money on 1st party studios that's fine with me

[jairusmonillas]

Maybe Sony didn't want it cause they were probably offering it to sony with a 6 months delay from the xbox versions. lol.

[cyclonus007]

When was the last time Sony paid for a 3rd party exclusive? Why would they when they have a large bench of studios cranking out games for them? Meanwhile, Microsoft has no problem in doing so. This just seems like a difference in company strategy.

[combolock]

......you say this when Sony is making ads after ads of games like Destiny and Watch Dogs using the "share" button. If they have a bunch of studios cranking out games then why are they not showcasing them, and instead have to showcase the two games I stated above?

[cyclonus007]

Because, instead of purchasing entire 3rd party games, Sony opts for purchasing exclusive content through partnerships from the publishers that make those games. And, of course, those partnerships also include advertising. Meanwhile, both Sony and Microsoft are leaning heavily on 3rd parties this year while their own studios are working to put out titles.

Remember that the deal with Microsoft for Titan Fall was just for timed exclusivity until Microsoft made another deal after E3 2013. So, before all of that, EA probably offered Sony timed exclusivity on this new IP and, in the end, Sony decided they didn't need it to sell the PS4. And the sales numbers prove they were right.

[dennett316]

This doesn't ring true at all - from what we've heard of Sony from developers since the reveal of the console, to how the news of the exclusivity deal was broken, this in no way comes off like a Bayonetta 2/Nintendo situation where the development was saved by them.
They're trying to say that Respawn - headed up by the guys who were responsible for an unbelievable run of sales success with Call of Duty - couldn't get the financing to finish a game with such little content and no state of the art graphics from a mega-publisher like EA?
I'm sorry, but no...not buying it at all. MS needed an exclusive that suited their demographic and paid a bucket load to EA for the privilege, and they were smart to do it.
www.escapistmagazine.com/news /view/129149-Respawns-Zampella- Tweets-Response-To-Titanfall-Ex clusivity

This tweet from Zampella also contradicts this supposed turn of events...the exclusivity deal came late in the day, and EA made the deal with MS, it had nothing to do with development.

[palaeomerus]

The site is called fauxbuzz as in fake buzz. It's crap. It's a dope trying to be funny. It's not news and it shouldn't have been linked by N4G.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

People seem to forget, Gaming is just business to these people.

[shysun]

soooooooo why didn't the devs(respawn) know about this?

[jay2]

Somy have better Greer to play games and games than tf anyway.

[FoxTC]

It's all about the games! At the time MS decided to financially support the Titanfall build and get an exclusive on it they couldn't have known how well the PS4 would sell compared to the Xbone so it wasn't done to bridge the sales gap, they just wanted to have what was probably going to be an ace game exclusive to Xbone and in turn increase sales of the console.

I suspect Sony saw the potential too but can't really afford to take risks like that at the moment, maybe if Sony had ditched their Square Enix shares sooner Titanfall would have been 1080p on the PS4. Then I would definitely have a PS4 under my TV but for now I will stick with my Xbone and wait to see how much better Destiny is on the PS4 before I get one.

[jimbobbeers]

Oh the irony. Silly Sony.

[windblowsagain]

Not really sure this can be considered a mistake on Sony's part. They haven't lost anything. PS4 is selling well.

I'm guessing Ms expected Titanfall to be the next COD. Which is why the investment was given, Considering we know the fanbase are mainly shooters. So it was good for MS to grab Titanfall, but depends on how it transfers to TF2 etc.

[palaeomerus]

This is not news. This is a quasi illiterate person with a blog trying and failing to be funny like some sad, incompetent rip off of the Onion.

[Vanfernal]

If this is true then I can't really trust respawn when they were all "surprised" that EA struck an exclusivity deal... So they were surprised that the guys GIVING THEM MONEY expected something like exclusivity in return??? I think at the end of the day they knew all along but tried to spin and down play it in order not to alienate the Sony crowd.

[shysun]

Thank you, that's the first thing that came to mind when i read it!

[Shinox]

Oh look , its Bayonetta 2 situation all over again comes from a blind Xbot
Haven't you people heard what the dev says many times ?
Do you all know that the dev team doesn't even know about the exclusivity deal or are you trying to ignore that !
Its a pure fact that NOBODY saved the game at the moment
Its just M$ Stepped up "FURST" and sign the exclusivity deal with EA
Isn't that clear enough to shade reality ?

[spoonard]

The only thing Sony didn't do was hand Respawn a fat check for an at-the-time half finished game.

[Picnic]

I daresay it's possible that Titanfall, with its mechs (a Japanese thing) and COD style gameplay (a Western thing) was a puzzling proposition to Sony to be an exclusive.

Mind you if Catherine could get published anything should.

[Tresyn10]

Ummm, Sony shouldn't be worried considering they sold 7 mill under 5 months, not even considering games sold (1st party 3rd, indie, and partial/freedom cry) ps camera, PlayStation plus, etc. I know they have some financial wrinkles that need ironing but they are looking good, great job Sony!

[Thomaticus]

I wish Microsoft would have given enough money so that they could have made a true single player campaign. I like Titanfall, but the entire package feels incomplete. I really would have preferred a multiplayer only game with twice the weapons, maps and mechs.

[Jack_Reacher]

Wow someone really wants Titanfall to stay right up there in the news, or been conversed about in different circles. I dont see this as Sony's loss. They wont miss out forever. This game is going multi plat unless M$ shell out some big bucks. To be honest the game just seems to be another 'kid' shouting look at me i'm not COD.

It was bound to sell buckets on xbone. Just like Infamous was bound to sell buckets on Ps4.

Thing is Sony may have looked at this thinking let someone else pay to iron out those wrinkles. Which means when the 2nd more complete game comes out and hits Ps4 too they will have spent nothing. Bit of future thinking means Sony have saved themselves some money.

Oh and disagree all you like. I stick with odds on this is coming to other platforms in its 2nd iterations.

[unicron7]

They did to keep the PS4 specs top secret. I can respect that. Definitely helped them out in terms of being competitive. They are going to get Titanfall anyway....this is EA we are talking about here. So I see it as a win win for Sony.

[pop-voxuli]

Um yeah, DOUBT IT!!

[Drabent]

Sony lacked the want for botfest?

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

Glad they helped out because it's keeping me busy and constantly entertained.

[Harpers_Ferry]

If you're going to pretend to be a web site people should care about, at least learn to proofread.

I love how people try to make this sort of stuff into some super personal thing. This isn't some case of teen drama. Sony didn't totally stand up Respawn for prom, and Microsoft didn't roll in with a tux and a boom box over their heads to save the day. Believe it or not, it's all business. They were looking, Sony passed, Microsoft bit. This type of thing happens far more often than most people seem to realize. Just be happy the game was finished and released.

[tigertron]

I have no idea why EA wanted Sony and Microsoft to finance this game...

[contradictory]

this is just one game we're talking about here

it's not like PS2 failed because it didn't have Wind Waker or something

or SNES failing for not having Sonic the Hedgehog games

[WishMeWell259]

Sony wasnt going to jump on another EA FPS. IF Titanfall makes money you can beat your ass it will be on the ps4 for TF2 . But EA produces games like its nothing and thats just what most of them are...nothing. Sony doesnt care for FPS shooters the way XBox does. I mean, Sony will grab popular ones like COD and battlefield, you would be stupid not too but look at the exclusive from last year. PS3 Killzone, guerrilla has been a sony studio for years. Xbox has gears of war, halo. I can care less about these new games that are coming out because everyone will buy them because they want the new system. Titanfall did boost the x1 sales like it should have thats good marketing but all i hear after that is crap this and crap that. I dont even blame the game. I blame EA.
Whether you like xbox or playstation. whatever. Personally I am playstation because i enjoy the games they create. Plus any exclusive xbox creates its going to pc too which I have a top notch computer. so y buy a product that i dont really need. everyone has there own reasons for getting whatever. I dont see this stupid crap continue on stupid shit. xbots and PS fanboys would bitch about anything, even if its about the stupidest little tiny thing that has nothing to do with the system or anything at all about gaming

[WilDRangeRrfc]

I have PS4 and X1 to any fanboy that enjoys COD or BF and shooters in general take it from me Titanfall is hands down the best shooter I have ever played maybe the best exciting and fun game also,I sincerely mean this no trolling I hope it comes to PS4 later along with sequels,everyone should get to enjoy this game,is it perfect hell no but it's close,the excitement maps butter smooth controls fast paced addictive gameplay and lag free dedicated servers make it a dream to play,to any KZSF fan who plays online( I also do ) this game is 1000 x more enjoyable,swallow your pride and support this game even if it means getting a PC,Respawn are listening to the flawslack of weapons game modes etc the game is only going to improve,my PS4 is collecting dust and that's not a pop at PS4 it's just the truth I can't stop playing TF as soon as I put the controller down I want to play again,the bots are actually genius idea as they are not supposed to be smart they are there to stop camping like COD,you camp in TF you lose plain and simple I wish people would understand this,TF is amazing please stop knocking a game because it's not on PS4 as your time will change when you get to play it PS4,I couldn't wait X360 fanboy before and now gladly have PS4 and X1 they are both amazing machines stop bitching more gaming

[MilkMan]

I have to say that as of right now, Xbone has nothing that interest me because I am not a shooter fan I gave that up about 7 years ago. Maybe 8. I bought a PS4 and didn't buy any shooters again for the same reasons mentioned above. I don't mind games in the FPS genre, like Bioshock, but mp-centric games are not for me.

But I find it hard to look at my PS4 and justify its purchase since all I've seen are indie games which I own on Steam and really nothing else. I bought Thief and Freedom Cry because it was a stand alone DLC. I also own a WiiU and I bought lots of games for it and I have lots of fun with it. $40 demos....no thank you!

So the PS4 offerings are poultry. IF I was a shooter fan XBone would be my home. I wont be buying these ridiculous HD remasters of games that are barely 1 year old (when the PS4 should have had backwards compatibility to start with AS DOES THE WIIU). So That leaves me with Second Son, with was a great game. I beat it twice and now I am waiting until the end of next month. For Watch Dogs and Wolfenstien.

I am disappointed right now with PS4 i could have waited at least another 3 years. Sony had no business releasing this machine at this time. There is nothing to purchase and its clear that the games are not even near ready.

Why they decided to come out now, will be a question I will ask myself for quite a long time. There was no apparent reason since the WiiU competes with no one.

In any case, Thief was a good game so I am happy with that as well and my PS3 and 360 backlog keep me going until the next game comes out whenever that is.

[Tresyn10]

I agree with milkman to an extent, only because I do not have steam so I'm benefiting from not going to pc Indies but I do not like the hd remakes, well, other than 2k and bf4 which are awesome.
Most of the Indies offer a discount or are free with ps plus, you'd be crazy not to be a member, with that being said I have ps3, vita and 4 and all offer greatness (fanboy) ps vita serves as a controller and mini ps4 around the house ps3's psn is amazing and um I think it's safe to say ps4 will have a little more to offer its consumers with better exclusives, (uncharted God of war whenever it's announced (E3) order 1886,planetside2 transistor, PlayStation now, deep down etc, just be patient Sony isn't pulling any punches this time around, it was 400 bucks beat that!

[Sh0ckWav3]

this article is confusing..why would EA need money to fund this game? on top of that then if this game needed extra funds then why would zampella would get mad at the exclusive deal?

[combolock]

They didn't need it. But think about it, when owning a business wouldn't it be beneficial for another company to pay and you get the profits? Everybody already knew Respawn only had enough manpower to make it on one console

[Sh0ckWav3]

i understand that,thats why I said this was confusing and still doesn't explain why zampella got mad about the deal between EA/MS

[Tresyn10]

I'm glad Sony didn't fund ea would have profited from all gaming aspects except mobile phones, major money, way to wait it out Sony

[Ank666]

First It was the power of the Cloud which was the only thing that could have made this game possible lol

That was the reason stated early on for Playstation Platforms not running this
As hilarious as this claim was,specially after watching the level of graphix,physics & AI (which they claim is powered by cloud)

The reasons that followed were more hilarious

After watching the astonishing sales of PS4 & fearing the wrath & hate of 7m Playstation buyers in future
EA says that it's a partners game & that's why it was exclusive
Respawn says that an agreement was signed without telling us
Contradiction much?!

Then came the reason that we didn't have enough money to buy dedicated servers & M$ offered them for free (the only real thing azure cloud is powering this game with, in reality)

Well why not ask Sony to provide servers for Playstation version of the game?!
The fucking own SOE & have ran MMORPG's like EverQuest & are running a game like PlanetSide 2 with a player count of a city block just fine on those servers

Also games Like MAG & Socom have all run on dedicated servers on PS3 itself

Then the true reason which came out of the rats mouth was the real big one
It was a funding issue
If EA had funded the game they would have wanted a stake in the Intelectual Property rights
& since Respawn(IW) already has a history of IP fights
They didn't want anything like that again

Going with M$ was the only sane solution...they'll give a huge pay check & free access to servers support for the game
But the game will obviously remain exclusive on it's platforms
Not to mention automatically assigning a huge marketing budget to a finally coming Microsoft exclusive after the death of dinosaurs

Get your feet wet in the industry & then make the next one a Multiplatform to make a bigger impact....nice & actually a sensible plan

But in the end how to face the 7m PS4 owners eye to eye & skip the wrath on future releases?!
Tell them that Sony didn't "allow" us to make a Playstation 4 version
A company that is known to be getting praises from devellopers & publishers across the globe suddenly didn't "allow" them to work together & let the spiritual successor to Modern Warfare slide away as an exclusive to Xbox

Great story brah