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What's the next game franchise MS will try to buy to save the XBone? • Page 2
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beastmaster 22,373 posts
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Xbox One closes monthly sales gap with PS4.
Now only a narrow margin between them. Due to the price difference MS are actually making more in terms of dollars. Also puts the sales of the Xbox One 61% higher than the 360 at the same point of it's life. -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBenoitMandelbrot wrote:
That might be your answer.
CosmicFuzz wrote:
I'm not. Given the negative reaction to the game ftom the Sony lads here, they've made the right decision.
I'm surprised EA went with exclusivity on MS platforms with Titanfall 1 tbh. -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
Some of the deals that they're doing pretty much cancel out the price difference too. Throwing in Titanfall for free, etc.
Xbox One closes monthly sales gap with PS4.
Now only a narrow margin between them. Due to the price difference MS are actually making more in terms of dollars. Also puts the sales of the Xbox One 61% higher than the 360 at the same point of it's life. -
BillMurray 9,736 posts
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Registered 13 years agoBenoitMandelbrot wrote:
Not exactly a surprising reaction though, is it.
CosmicFuzz wrote:
I'm not. Given the negative reaction to the game ftom the Sony lads here, they've made the right decision.
I'm surprised EA went with exclusivity on MS platforms with Titanfall 1 tbh.
Edit* Who's sock are you? Is that you Hurst?
Edited by BillMurray at 10:16:14 14-03-2014 -
phAge 25,487 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIronGiant wrote:
The Bitch is strong in this one.
Looking at the console sales figures so far Titanfall hasn't made much difference at all so what's next on MS 's shopping list? -
PazJohnMitch 17,276 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI can fully understand Titanfall shifting lots of Xbox Ones. I am tempted even though I generally dislike online multiplayer. (Hype reminds me of the Gears launch that sold me a 360).
It is certainly more appealing than Second Son which has had a surprisingly muted advertisement campaign so far. (Predicting EG 8, Edge 6, Metro GC 6 and Games TM 7 for that). -
baconchin 44 posts
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Registered 8 years agomcmothercruncher wrote:
Introducing, the playstation move.
CosmicFuzz wrote:
As a Sony customer, fucking A-Men to that.
Hopefully Titanfall will help shift a fair number of consoles. Last thing anyone wants is Sony being complacent again. -
morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agoIrongiant is the reason I bought a PS4. -
killersrquiet 3,192 posts
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Registered 9 years agoCosmicFuzz wrote:
EA took a caculated risk based before both consoles were officially announced. EA expected microsoft to beat sony hands down, it hasnt worked out that way, i bet respawn weren't very happy with this.
I'm surprised EA went with exclusivity on MS platforms with Titanfall 1 tbh. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
Wait, they are still selling less than playstation.
Xbox One closes monthly sales gap with PS4.
Now only a narrow margin between them. Due to the price difference MS are actually making more in terms of dollars. Also puts the sales of the Xbox One 61% higher than the 360 at the same point of it's life.
Thats not closing the gap, the gap is still growing, its just growing a little slower. Math fail. -
scuffpuppies 383 posts
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Registered 10 years agophAge wrote:
Those sale figures are from last month. Titanfall only came out this week.
IronGiant wrote:
The Bitch is strong in this one.
Looking at the console sales figures so far Titanfall hasn't made much difference at all so what's next on MS 's shopping list? -
spindle9988 5,222 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSo irongiant starts a ridiculous thread and then dissapears. The game has only been released this week. Plus where is the info that it hasnt sold well. Every single one of my pals is getting titanfall today. I am pretty sure it will make more than a dent -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agokillersrquiet wrote:
But why take a risk at all? EA usually publish on everything under the sun (except Nintendo, obs)
CosmicFuzz wrote:
EA took a caculated risk based before both consoles were officially announced. EA expected microsoft to beat sony hands down, it hasnt worked out that way, i bet respawn weren't very happy with this.
I'm surprised EA went with exclusivity on MS platforms with Titanfall 1 tbh. -
IMO 7,883 posts
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Registered 17 years agoCosmicFuzz wrote:
£€¥$
killersrquiet wrote:
But why take a risk at all? EA usually publish on everything under the sun (except Nintendo, obs)
CosmicFuzz wrote:
EA took a caculated risk based before both consoles were officially announced. EA expected microsoft to beat sony hands down, it hasnt worked out that way, i bet respawn weren't very happy with this.
I'm surprised EA went with exclusivity on MS platforms with Titanfall 1 tbh. -
Cappy 14,393 posts
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Registered 16 years agoCosmicFuzz wrote:
According to Pachter, in conversations with the previous EA CEO, they and the industry in general thought Sony were on the way out, even the gaming media thought this.
[But why take a risk at all? EA usually publish on everything under the sun (except Nintendo, obs)
When you think about the original Xbox reveal Microsoft must have been supremely confident as well, they thought they were going to wipe Sony out and it didn't even matter if the PS4 could play used games whilst their platform restricted them.
Both parties negotiated on that basis.
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Psiloc 6,366 posts
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Registered 14 years agoCosmicFuzz wrote:
killersrquiet wrote:
But why take a risk at all? EA usually publish on everything under the sun (except Nintendo, obs)
CosmicFuzz wrote:
EA took a caculated risk based before both consoles were officially announced. EA expected microsoft to beat sony hands down, it hasnt worked out that way, i bet respawn weren't very happy with this.
I'm surprised EA went with exclusivity on MS platforms with Titanfall 1 tbh.
Edited by Psiloc at 11:48:42 14-03-2014 -
Psiloc 6,366 posts
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Registered 14 years ago@Cappy I disagree with all those rumours. Sony's last few years, when these EA/MS negotiations must have been going on, were insanely strong. They'd also (just barely) overtook the 360 on a worldwide sales basis, so if EA offered MS Titanfall because they thought Sony were down and out they are complete fucking idiots.
It's much more likely that MS just offered EA a massive, massive bag of cash. It's also possible IMO that at this point said bag of cash won't make up the shortfall in installed base and EA are now kicking themselves.
Edited by Psiloc at 11:59:33 14-03-2014 -
Cappy 14,393 posts
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Registered 16 years agoVarious decision makers in the games industry really did think Microsoft was going to kill Sony.
Any success Sony had is invisible to them since it is outside of the US and the entire industry has become focused on the United States.
Even the games media followed since that is also now dominated by outlets based in the United States, hence the 'deal with it' phase of the DRM debacle.
Of course EA got cash, but the deal was also built on the context of EA backing the winner, most of the publishers followed suit, look at what they released on the PS4. Every release was treated as an afterthought because time and energy was going elsewhere, patching in massive performance boosts right after release on COD and Assassin's Creed fits no other scenario. -
killersrquiet 3,192 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI would agree a large sum of money was offered to EA and no doubt it seemed like a smart idea to EA.
Unfortunately smart and EA are words that go together in the same sentence.
I'm glad if EA lose money on titntall as a result. Serves them right
Edited by killersrquiet at 12:12:52 14-03-2014 -
Psiloc wrote:
Risk? EA will have been given a lot of money for this deal. There is no way MS could afford the market share to keep it X1 only, so the MS/PC platform exclusive was the next best thing.
CosmicFuzz wrote:
killersrquiet wrote:
But why take a risk at all? EA usually publish on everything under the sun (except Nintendo, obs)
CosmicFuzz wrote:
EA took a caculated risk based before both consoles were officially announced. EA expected microsoft to beat sony hands down, it hasnt worked out that way, i bet respawn weren't very happy with this.
I'm surprised EA went with exclusivity on MS platforms with Titanfall 1 tbh.
EA say "thank you for money". -
imamazed 6,708 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThe song I'm singing -
DFawkes 32,785 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThanks for all the cash they're bringing -
killersrquiet wrote:
They won't lose money. They will have forecast sales for the Sony side of the market, said to Microsoft "you give us that please" and then done that deal. There is no way Microsoft can keep up that sort of investment though, they need to make these things themselves.
I would agree a large sum of money was offered to EA and no doubt it seemed like a smart idea to EA.
Unfortunately smart and EA are words that go together in the same sentence.
I'm glad if EA lose money on titntall as a result. Serves them right -
For a reasonable adult Irongiant is a massive fanboy.
Bit odd. -
dsmx 8,640 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMicrosoft drove a dump truck full of money to EA headquarters for titanfall, what did you expect them to do? They aren't made of stone. -
@Widge
In theory yes, that depends on the deal and the amount of money offered. You can argue that sales on another console would amount to more or less, we would never know its not likely EA are going to disclose the agreement.gif)
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