Hehe, its fun to see the OP state "Now Single Player focused games no doubt will continue to be made, and be as successful, but if Titanfall is so successful [...]"
Then scroll down and read all the "single-player will survive" responses.
To the OP: Titanfall will have to do stellar for this to really effect anything. We're talking start smashing records. Cod smashed records - shooters ahoy! WoW smashed records - WoW clones ahoy! App games break records, suddenly Bioware is making apps. So on and so forth. It won't have a strong pull. I think the more they try to pull on this one they are going to find it is nothing but trouble. They are always looking for a way to make console gaming cost the consumer more money. The fact that they want you to pay to use your internet you already pay for is laughable. It amazes me how many people don't see a problem with that. If only someone could charge me for the ability to use the electricity I have to pay for, I could really benefit.
I think the more they push this kind of thing, the more consumers will pull away - by financial restraints if not just on principle. Although, nowadays, it is rarely on principle with consumers. I don't say that as a pessimist, but Blizzard or Valve could come out with a patch tomorrow that renders their games unable to be played unless you pay $10 login fee and there would be people all over including in these forums that would be defending them.
Then scroll down and read all the "single-player will survive" responses.
To the OP: Titanfall will have to do stellar for this to really effect anything. We're talking start smashing records. Cod smashed records - shooters ahoy! WoW smashed records - WoW clones ahoy! App games break records, suddenly Bioware is making apps. So on and so forth. It won't have a strong pull. I think the more they try to pull on this one they are going to find it is nothing but trouble. They are always looking for a way to make console gaming cost the consumer more money. The fact that they want you to pay to use your internet you already pay for is laughable. It amazes me how many people don't see a problem with that. If only someone could charge me for the ability to use the electricity I have to pay for, I could really benefit.
I think the more they push this kind of thing, the more consumers will pull away - by financial restraints if not just on principle. Although, nowadays, it is rarely on principle with consumers. I don't say that as a pessimist, but Blizzard or Valve could come out with a patch tomorrow that renders their games unable to be played unless you pay $10 login fee and there would be people all over including in these forums that would be defending them.
