Back in May, Wilson said: " a giant category in our industry, $4.5 billion, there's a very broad and diverse set of players who are looking to fulfill different gameplay motivations. We suspect EA believed that by launching two shooters next to Call of Duty it could put a large dent in its biggest competitor, but instead EA appears to have wound up shooting its own foot off".ĮA boss Andrew Wilson said earlier this year that Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 are made for different shooter fans, providing EA with a large section of the FPS genre under two franchises. The sales of Titanfall 2 are expected to fall somewhere in the 5-6 million range, down from the much higher 9 million forecast.Ĭowen & Company's report said: " We think the game got squeezed between Battlefield 1 and.
I think that they believe that Microsoft was going to kick Sony’s butt this cycle.The research firm said that Titanfall 2 sales are going to be "substantially disappointing" in their report, ahead of EA's upcoming earnings briefing.
“I think had known at the time when they made the decision to go exclusive Xbox, had they known that the Xbox One was going to be $100 more than the PS4 I think they wouldn’t have done it. “I think this might be the last exclusive you see for a long long time that’s third party,” said Pachter. EA made a deal for the rest, we only found out recently,” tweeted Zampella.Įarlier this month, prominent games industry analyst Michael Pachter said Titanfall 2 would not be an Xbox One exclusive. EA confirms that Titanfall 2 hasnt met its sales expectations since it launched last October, but pledges a long-term commitment to the franchise going forward. “Always MS exclusive at launch, great partner and focus is good for a startup. Studio founder Vince Zampella took to Twitter to mark the occasion by. However Vince Zampella, founder of Respawn Entertainment, then followed up on the revelation via Twitter, suggesting that exclusivity might not have always been planned. Sales of Titanfall have passed the 10 million mark, according to developer Respawn Entertainment. Previously, EA Games CFO Blake Jorgensen said that potential sequels to Titanfall could fall under the multiplatform umbrella “for sure”.Īt the tail end of 2013, Jorgensen announced that Titanfall was to be a Microsoft exclusive “for the life of the title”.
It’s possible that PS4 and potentially Nintendo Wii U gamers too will see Titanfall 2 launched for their console of choice. Similar to its predecessor, Titanfall 2 is a first-person shooter where players can control both a pilot and their Titansmecha-style robots that stand roughly seven to ten meters tall. What’s interesting is that the terms of EA Games’ rights acquisition isn’t quite as clear cut as with the original title. 5.1 Sales 5.2 Accolades 6 Sequel 7 References Gameplay edit In multiplayer mode, the player latches onto an enemy player's Titan with the grapple hook ability.
Also, this sale is on Origin, for the PC version of the game. Battleborns sales went badly, with less than 2k players in the first week. Its removal from subscription services will begin next spring on March 1, 2022. Starting today, the developer is discontinuing all new sales of the original installment. Today, December 1, Respawn delivered sad news to Titanfall faithful in a Twitter post. In fact, Xbox One sales figures nearly doubled thanks to the Titanfall Xbox One bundle, with overall sales up 96 per cent. Titanfall 2 has 20-30k players online regularly on PS4, so while its not as popular as Battlefield or Call of Duty, I think its a bit silly to suggest that sales went so badly, at this early stage. Related: Titanfall 2s Gauntlet Speedrunner Record Broken Twice In Two Weeks. PlayStation gamers may be able to play Titanfall 2 according to a new report that the sequel will not be exclusive to the Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC.Īccording to a “reputable” Gamespot source, EA Games has secured the rights to a Titanfall sequel following the excellent reception to the recently released online-only FPS.Īlthough sales figures for the game haven’t been released, Titanfall helped see a huge increase in Xbox One sales. EA Games has secured the rights to create a Titanfall sequel, with a report suggesting it will not be a Microsoft exclusive.