Reddit reviews The Final Hours of Titanfall: Behind the Scenes at Respawn Entertainment

The Final Hours of Titanfall

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You can read, Chapter 11: Finding The Fun, on Medium.

It's also on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Final-Hours-Titanfall-Respawn-Entertainment-ebook/dp/B00JQFIE1W

It's all really fascinating stuff, and I wonder what Titanfall would be like if Respawn still had access to the assets that THEY created. If you want to know more here is a $3 book about the topic.

> Tomb Raider had fallen way short of Square Enix’s predictions after launch by selling only 3 million copies. Some smaller publishers would be thrilled with a figure like that, but not Square Enix who was expecting double that at around 5 to 6 million.

> Tied with several other large budget Western studio projects like Hitman Absolution and Sleeping Dogs not performing as well as it had hoped, [Tomb Raider is often blamed for sending Square Enix into financial tailspin earlier this year.] (http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/13/square-enix-admits-nearly-135-million-net-loss-for-2013/) Management shifts and the successful relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn seem to have saved the company for now.

Yes it did eventually make money after it cost them a ton of money. You even admit they're in financial trouble. Just because it eventually exceeded expectations doesn't necessarily mean it's enough to finance a sequel.

And you you still didn't answer the basic question why isn't Titanfall on PS4? EA clearly has enough money to have put it on all 4 systems, so why didn't they? They would've made a fortune. Simple, it was a new IP from a talented group of people that were in serious legal trouble at the time and Sony didn't want to help out. Just read [The Final Hours of Titanfall] (http://www.amazon.com/Final-Hours-Titanfall-Respawn-Entertainment-ebook/dp/B00JQFIE1W/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407878619&sr=1-3&keywords=titanfall)

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