EA is ”changing nothing” in their internal policy; they’re ”platform-agnostic.” This ”tactical deal” with Titanfall debuting on Xbox One has been ”blown out” as something it’s not.
The EA big wig recognises it’s their own fault with poor messaging. Only third-party titles put through EA Partners will be eligible for platform exclusivity.
”We’re changing nothing in our policy about being platform-agnostic. One of the things that struck me this week is how a tactical deal with one of our platform partners has been blown out and perceived as strategic tilt – that’s a messaging error on our part. There is no strategic tilt,” Frank Gibeau told CVG.
“The Sony platform and the Xbox platform are both very important to us. If you look at the previous generation we did tactical deals with both Sony and Microsoft throughout the cycle. Titanfall is different, it’s an EA Partners game – everything else is platform agnostic.”
“Sony has been executing exceptionally well on the next-gen transition. Their hardware’s hot, they’re clear and disciplined and consistent with their policies, they are showing some amazing things with indies, so overall I couldn’t be more pleased with how they’re executing. I hope both systems are successful – EA succeeds when more platforms are doing well.”
Titanfall releases on PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in Q1 2014.
