Trivia / Titanfall

• According to some unnamed sources, EA bartered exclusivity of Titanfall for Microsoft allowing them to acquire the rights to Mass Effect so the former could release the trilogy bundle for the PlayStation platform.
• Follow the Leader: The game revitalized interests in first-person shooters with skill-based high-speed movement systems, and popularized the move of wallrunning in FPS games, as seen by many FPSs after it featuring more advanced movement systems beyond just running and jumping, as well as more with wallrunning in them.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Sorta. The game can no longer be purchased from online stores, meaning only physical copies are available. The servers are still up for anyone who still owns their copy, however.
• Killer App: Invoked; it's obvious Microsoft was gambling on this next-generation, highly-polished, not-run-of-the-mill First-Person Shooter to kickstart sales of the Xbox One. In all fairness, the last time they took such a gamble, it worked.
  • Success appears to have been mixed. It sold close to a million copies in three weeks, but that counts PC downloads, and the article points out that the PS4 exclusive inFAMOUS: Second Son did better in a shorter amount of time. Reviews were also ambivalent; the consensus is that it's only about two-thirds of a game, though that two-thirds is incredibly fun (even Yahtzee enjoyed himself).
• Referenced by...: Madam Secretary has several prominent shots of the McCord family playing the Microsoft Xbox One version (probably Product Placement).
• Schedule Slip
  • The Xbox 360 port of Titanfall was released almost a month after the Xbox One version. This was due to extra bugs that popped up during the last stages that caused a quick delay.
  • The original release of the "Expedition" Downloadable Content for all platforms were placed in May 2015 until Respawn revealed it would be delayed for the 360 port, again^note The 360 release date would be moved to June, a month after the planned release, just like the original game.

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