I don't know, I think this could be a hard one to call and obviously depends on how well it does for MS. It's hard to ignore the hype and potential sales for this game, so on the one hand, Sony would surely want any part of this franchise on their console. But then on the other hand, MS will know this, and will try it's absolute best to make sure this doesn't end up anywhere else. Only time will tell!

just give me Halo and I will buy a XOne

He said that Microsoft had to guarantee EA and Respawn something (obviously sales related) and given the fact that everyone thought Microsoft would be the clear winner, the deal was signed. So Everyone loses money, and thats never a good deal. So they don't even get to launch on the most popular next gen console. There are risks involved with any business decision. I believe that the bundle is part of Microsoft effort to insure sales - they literally purchased copies of the game themselves. Had they known that Sony would price lower, they may have reconsidered locking themselves into a deal that assured them lost sales.

Most likly microsoft will secure tf2 with a big check if it sells a lot

What a voice xD

Titanfall 2 is very likely to come to the PlayStation 4 in Full 1080P/60fps

I remember when folks said it's likely with Titanfall part One. It's EA, bu bu bu Mass Effect 2 etc.

Sony doesn't even have a Cloud compute network used as "MSFT's Platform as a service (PaaS) network" meaning remote processing. I doubt PS4 would be able to run Titanfall 2 on par with the XB1, if at all. By the time Titanfall 2 comes around the game and its engine would most likely more heavily depend on the CPU and GPU clusters of Azure more than Titanfall does for whatever it uses now. The next engine build or engine could make the game not possible on other platforms other than PC. Once they start using The Move Engines and Direct3D 11+(Directx 11.2) for good handling of compressed data.

Hard to forecast how things will be in three years, if that is indeed how long before a second Titanfall game comes out. Let's just enjoy the first one for now and not worry.

"Would a game like State of Decay have done well without a demo?"

Michael Pachter: Who gives a fuck.

Pachter is the video game analyst we deserve.

It is becoming too important for MS. They will try to keep it.

Microsoft shareholders are pushing to sell the xbox division. A multimillion dollars agreement to retain Titanfall as an exclusive will not sit well with the shareholders plus PS4 does not need Titanfall, look at the beating is giving the xbone with "no games".

On the other hand, if EA wants to be competitive with others (Destiny, COD) they need the PS4.

Who cares? This game is getting way too much attention. You'd think it's GTA6 or something . People shouldn't be this easy to fool with marketing, I mean it has 1st gen 360 graphics.

MS can't afford to lose Titanfall 2. They probably will do anything in their power to keep it on that xbone. But EA will be smart not to talk the deal seeing as PS4 is dominating the xbone. We'll see.

MS will try to secure the entire franchise, which will cost an absolute bomb & won't sit well with shareholders.

But EA would be stupid to make a CoD type game exclusive.

well thats that , ps4 will never get titanfall

If it sells like mad yeah, if sales are not as expected, & nice profits aren't made, then MS aren't going to pay HUGE money to keep it exclusive, & EA will want it on as many platforms as possible to maximize sales.
I would say the game is going to sell like crazy on XBone though, so it will end up a IP exclusive to XBOne. All machines need there exclusives, so if I stays where it is, that is great,& what consoles are all about.

It's pretty obvious that Titanfall 2 will almost certainly be Xbox One exclusive. The fact that MS would be able to stop Playstation owners having the game is enough to throw huge amounts of cash at.

If Titanfall was made multi-format then it would cripple Xbox sales further. Let's not forget Microsofts ability to throw money at things to get their own way. Any Playstation fans hoping for the sequel will be disappointed.

I don't think it's up to MS or even EA for that matter, after this game I think it all depends on what Respawn wants to do with THEIR Game.

Probably PS4 exclusive,.. Xbox won't be around by then.

BA-Dum-Cishhhhhhh!

I would rather enjoy the first before speculating on speculation just shows the gathering joy for gamers if anything.

Michael Pacther. The man who makes Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo fanboys come together in hate.

Should the Xbox One make a PROFIT, then there is a chance. Microsoft could make some sort of deal with EA to keep the future franchise on the Xbox One. Of course, EA, being the douchebags that they are, could disagree and make the game PS4 exclusive if it continues to sell more. It's too early to make a solid prediction. And believe me, I'm no Xbox One fan, nor do I have a good impression of them considering the only one I know is a rude little man who never shuts up, but hey, love your neighbors.

No one expected Mark Cerny, not even us. MS got arrogant and instead of using their lead to price lower than Sony, they got greddy and chose to take advantage of gamers.
Now they learn a painful lesson.

If the game pulls in fantastic numbers, honestly needs to be great numbers, MS will probably spend more money to keep it exclusive for as long as possible, and EA will bite.

Otherwise, say average numbers or it slips in sales fast, EA will look to add numbers to it and probably see more people buying it as worth more money than whatever MS pocketed them and find a loophole in the contract.

Don't forget what happened to Haze, that too is also a possibility as an outcome. However EA and MS are dumping so much more hype and advertising in Titanfall, so I doubt it.

funny how people dislike the game now,but will buy it in a heartbeat if it was on the ps4

1) The sequel will come to PS4 Pachter nail it right in the video, EA's there to make money because they have Share Holders.

2) The game will be a huge success for XBOX one, expect the media to do the usual praise of the hype(Donkey kong, Mario, Zelda, TLOU)with obvious 9 or 10 and crave about how it is the game to beat for game of the year. And Microsoft will surely advertise the game a lot on TV.

3) MS Will profit from this because like COD the brand will be associated with the XBOX one even if the game is available on others systems

So yeah! no way TitanFall2 Stay exclusive

I can't believe there's already this much talk over whether or not a game that's 3 years away will be exclusive or not. THE FIRST ONE ISN'T EVEN OUT YET!

To quote Louis C.K., "NOPE!"

no

Think Titanfall 2 will be a timed exclusive for Xbox One. EA are not going to forego millions of sales from PS4.

the buzz words from fanboys has gotten to a new level

BAD AI = CANON FODDER lmao

I think if i was in ms shoes i would say keep tf exclusive as long as you can, then let ps4 have it. then thou a curve ball!! make a deal with ea, and buy crytec.

It depends on the situation of the market. 7 years ago I'd have said YES - but now - I'm not so sure if AAA exclusives are that profitable anymore..

I absolutely believe Titanfall 2 will be on PS4. MS is investing in this one game. EA probably didn't go for franchise exclusivity because they wanted to see how this plays out. With the PS4 outselling the Xbox One, in 2 - 3 years you are looking at what could be triple or quadruple the current install base, if not more. That's a lot of money to leave on the table and would require a LOT of money for MS to pony up to keep it off of PS4.

That said, I think MS even knows this, and this move for the first game was simply and investment in mind share. By the time Titanfall 2 comes out, should Respawn support it heavily with DLC, it will be considered an Xbox One game, regardless of platform. Much like the Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy franchises are seen as "PlayStation franchises" even though both will be available on Xbox. This is also why COD is more popular on Xbox 360.

Doesn't the head of EA use to work for Microsoft. Never underestimate the old boy network.

When you take EA financial status into account, I'd say no. They are loosing $300+ million a quarter, they're gonna need all the sales they can get.

This guy is playing on the fanbyo-emotions, controlling them like a puppeteer, and he's making money off that too !

Depending on whether or not TF actually puts a LASTING dent in CoD/BF stats, im sure MS will be trying to secure exclusive rights not only for themselves but I would imagine it would be another backlash of the remaining Xbox faithful saying they gave away their game.

While I don't think Sony needs the game at all; considering it's popular among FPS fans(read: a type of gamer) they will probably make an attempt. Looking in, from the outside though, it seems like EA would have way more leverage on MS to ask for a crazy amount of cash whereas Sony has room to to take the upper hand and ask EA "How's that working for you?" *slides hardware sales chart over*

Who knows, these threads are entertaining and all to read and speculate but only time will answer :\

If I were MS I would wait for the sales. They have already bought Gears IP. I think that it will go multiplatform, but with heavy deals for the DLCs which are very important for a only-online shooter.

If Titan Fall becomes successful then I highly doubt it

If Titan Fall becomes a success then I highly doubt it. EA will not lose an IP that is makingng them millions of dollars. The only way I can see this franchise is if Microsoft buys out for a large sum of money.

I swear the guys that work for these companies need their ear to the street more. What advantage did ms have this gen that they would wipe the floor and call it what you want but the last place console this gen was the 360. So how does it from a business stand point point to ms dominating this gen. Looking at momentum alone would have told them that was not smart. Did they think Sony wouldn't respond to network and memory concerns. Wow and they wonder why they are voted worst company

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

Helix will be expensive but it's still a day one for me.

Oh, my days...
So Nadella meets with the US president multiple times to ensure AI regulations are minimal if any at all, donates to the inauguration and ballroom, and his boy not only won't regulate AI as farmers lose land and billionaires/corporations buy up farmland to build data centers...but because he's insane and compromised, he starts a war on behalf of a rogue colonial zionist state and [further] destabilizes the Middle East, restricting component access and helium supply.

Now the head of Xbox is saying the hardware pricing "could impact" next generation hardware pricing? Asha,...your boss at a minimum played a direct role in this. What are we even talking about?

Yea because a $3 trillion company can’t absorb the majority of the cost to keep the product lower for consumers.

Expensive… oh no, here comes another flop.

Could? Strange how prices rise for virtually everything we buy, yet when things settle down, prices don't come down. This has been happening in the UK probably before I was born. With that, how much is a next gen console going to cost? Look at the price of the PlayStation 5 Pro, which has been a flop for Sony. On that note, we don't need the next consoles for another 5 years.

I guarantee if people just stopped buying this kinda stuff all together. This would all be sorted within 2 weeks and everything would be back to normal.

We seen the exact same thing through the COVID period. Companies just jumped on the bandwagon realising that they can get away with charging far more under false pretences and fear mongering.

Consumers now have this fear of "you know what, I only live once. I'm going to spend all this money I earned through my hard work" Or "I only live once I'm going to take a loan out and enjoy my time here".

Silicone Valley spends literally billions of dollars researching how much they can push society to the limits to increase spending. You can research it yourself. There's published written documentation about it. Have a look for yourself into their group research into subscription programs to see how evil they are and why it's such a giant focus of current civilization. Its the very essence of corporate capitalism.

Just delay all new consoles. I could easily go another 5 years with my base PS5.

could? it's already affecting current gen pricing.

It is greed. Apple are selling at the same price, while Microsoft Surface increases 500$ per unit. Karma will tell.