TitanFall Devs make M$ lean back

[ll_simon]

Titanfall could be key to the Xbox One's continued success, and Microsoft is well aware. That's why the company is ironing out the Xbox One's kinks ahead of the game's March 11th release date. You might have heard that Microsoft will make some multiplayer tweaks and add a new headset adapter, but the changes go far deeper than that: Microsoft will also update the Xbox One controller specifically at the request of Titanfall's development team. According to Titanfall design lead Justin Hendry, an upcoming software patch will make the analog sticks more precise than before.

"It's just fixing the controller input, really," he tells The Verge, adding that the team worked with Microsoft on the solution. "It wasn't really where we felt it should be; it was a little overly twitchy with the current controls. Now it's fixed. We're happy with it."

Given that Microsoft spent a reported $100 million developing the new Xbox One controller , it's not surprising that the company would pay a little more to get the sticks just right, particularly if — as Hendry suggested to us — the benefits won't be limited to this particular game.

Respawn Entertainment also says it's working with Microsoft on a new version of the console's upscaler — presumably to convert games rendered at sub-1080p resolutions up to the full HDTV standard — but it was unclear whether that upscaler will only apply toTitanfall or work with all Xbox One games.

Titanfall begins a closed beta test this Friday, and you can sign up right here. You can also read our full preview of the game.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/12/5...-the-xbox-one-controller-for-less-twitchy-aim

I guess 100M don't get ya what it used to. First Sony make em Rockaway now they own mans

 

[Easy-E]

SMH all this hype and these systems (I'm neither pro-SONY or MICROSOFT) still need work 3 months in.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

SMH all this hype and these systems (I'm neither pro-SONY or MICROSOFT) still need work 3 months in.

360 and ps3 are still getting updates to this day. It's a process

 

[Easy-E]

360 and ps3 are still getting updates to this day. It's a process

Meanwhile, my PS2 works fine

 

[daze23]

Meanwhile, my PS2 works fine

probably because it's a simpler machine

my rotary phone never needed a firmware update

 

[chemicalsword]

Meanwhile, my PS2 works fine

there is always room for improvement breh. fine tuning.. additional apps etc. you only think things are perfect until you experience a slight improvement. I never understood why people complain over the concept of updates and patches in general....

 

[Easy-E]

probably because it's a simpler machine

my rotary phone never needed a firmware update

there is always room for improvement breh. fine tuning.. additional apps etc. you only think things are perfect until you experience a slight improvement. I never understood why people complain over the concept of updates and patches in general....

I understand improvement. Yes.

I don't like putting something out, before it's ready and being like; "Oh, will just fix it, more as time goes by"

$100 million on a controller and it needs more updates before one of it's first big games, 4 months out from it's release.

 

[daze23]

I understand improvement. Yes.

I don't like putting something out, before it's ready and being like; "Oh, will just fix it, more as time goes by"

I agree to an extent. but what you said was a reply to the fact that last gen consoles still get updates

 

[chemicalsword]

I understand improvement. Yes.

I don't like putting something out, before it's ready and being like; "Oh, will just fix it, more as time goes by"

$100 million on a controller and it needs more updates before one of it's first big games, 4 months out from it's release.

oh yes I definitely understand that. if its completely obvious the game is broken and/or rushed solely to meet a predetermined deadline and the customers suffer due to frustration I am absolutely against that.....

 

[CJ]

The amount listed just to develop a controller is absolutely to me, especially when there was already a base from the previous generation (360).

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Meanwhile, my PS2 works fine

Nicca you still playing a PS2

Not even @Fatboi1 some of the other brethren will respect that...... No shots, no offense

 

[Tunez]

These new consoles keep taking L's

 

[MeachTheMonster]

These new consoles keep taking L's

Getting better = Taking L's.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Also..... What is 100 million to a company damn near worth 80 billion?

 

[daze23]

I don't know what about developing that controller would cost "$100 million"