Titanfall Xbox One Exclusive Because Sony was “Mum”

Titanfall is an Xbox One exclusive (unless you have an Xbox 360 or PC). That’s been a source of quiet disappointment for a lot of Sony-focussed arcade shooter fans with PlayStation 4s. It should be presumed that the biggest deciding factor behind the whole thing would be money, and yet Neogaf used Famousmortimer offers a slightly different look of things. Apparently the reason Titanfall ended up on Xbox One is because Sony was too quiet about what their plans for this generation were going to be.

Respawn wanted to focus on a single console as they were a small team. In 2011 and 2012 microsoft was behind the scenes selling their vision for the xbox one. At the same time Sony was gathering info but not really sharing it. The vast majority of the industry thought that Microsoft was going to dominate this gen… until one year ago, tomorrow. 

Respawn picked the xb1 because it seemed like the better choice. MS was pushing it. Sony was mum. The 360 dominated the US and western EU, which is where FPS are king. It was a no brainer.

It might be a decision that backfires for them, but there’s no doubt that it really is shaping up to be an interesting game, and one that Sony could have had if things had been slightly different.