(Bloomberg) -- Magid Advisors President Mike Vorhaus looks at “Titanfall,” Microsoft’s new game for Xbox on Bloomberg Television's “Bloomberg West.”
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Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.
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All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.
XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games
Windows Central: "Titanfall 1 is being sunset, taken off storefronts by EA. While the servers remain live for now, one has to wonder just how much time it has left. I look back and pay tribute to the last "twitch"-styled shooter I ever truly loved."
Sales for the original Titanfall are being discontinued.
It will be pulled from subscription services on March 1, 2022.
Physical media. Unfortunately the way games are going these days game servers will eventually be shut down and you can stare at the menu and wish you could play the game again.
This is why reading is so important. Nothing to do with digital or physical media. The game, which is online only, is being delisted because of DDOS and other hacker attacks. The case got so bad that only six players in the world log on. For PC. Rather than fix it, they continued to sell the game, broken as it is, and only now just decided to call it quits. But please, go on thinking what you will.
I'm aware of the DDOS attacks and that this case is not typical. This game would eventually have it's servers shutdown regardless of the current situation so that is a moot point. My comment was in a general sense and that there are instances in which games can be preserved physically when official support ends.
Let's recap your first sentence. I said, "the way GAMES are going these days" indicating a broader stroke than just this game. I agree, reading IS important. I was simply stating the obvious downsides of the digital marketplaces and online only trends in games these days. I could even make the argument that the online only offering which has allowed hacker manipulation has impacted the preservation of this great game. My comment is valid in the general sense and thank you for your permission to continue to think what I will.
I think the boost will be significant (over 100,000)in the 1st week. I will then keep selling X1's with less of an impact. X1 will be were people want to play for the most balanced competition, where everyone has the same identical equipment.
Xbox brand itself, probably a lot. The Xbone? I'm going to say not so much. Simply because the game is also on two other platforms. PC, with millions and millions of gamers, and also 360 which has sold what, like 70-80mill at this point?
Considering the Xbone version is supposedly 30FPS (Correct me if I'm wrong) and 729p, there's really not that much of a next-gen difference. At least with Battlefield 4 the player count doubled and created an all new experience, with Titanfall, a player increase isn't needed, and the graphics don't scream next-gen.
If I still owned a 360 and was still a huge Xbox fan, I wouldn't even think about spending $500 to play it on X1, I'd just pick up the 360 version. Putting the game out to 70+ million users will certainly generate more money, but at the same time significantly lower the chances of selling Xbones. I'm not sure if MS had a choice in the matter, but Xbone and PC exclusive would have had a MUCH higher chance of pushing Xbone sales. Putting a game like this on PC is no risk, mostly due to online only so you can't pirate the game. That, and FPS on PC is a completely different world so it wouldn't push more people to buy PC. What's pushing people to not purchase the Xbone version, is in fact the game is on 360 here in a week or so.
"How Much of a Boost Will `Titanfall’ Give Xbox?"
just about or maybe more
but it's possible that it could hit that mark and the gap will be but i doubt it :P
Well I mean any jump is considered a boost right? February apparently already had a big upswing for Xbox. March would have to be bigger.
I've seen a couple of people at my local Gamestop trading in and making the jump to the Xbox One because of Titanfall. But then again they aren't selling out of Xbox Ones, so I'd say it will definitely move a good amount of systems but not to the point of selling out. Which is just fine in my book.