Titanfall has no Single Player Campaign?

As far as games go I'm rather excited for the new Titanfall.  It not only brings a new element to the multiplayer experience but is from a "new" game company that hasn't been corrupted by making loads of money making crap games.  (oh wait)

I signed up for the Titanfall beta and even gave away a couple extra keys and was generally impressed with the game and planned on buying the title.  That is until I discovered they wanted $60 USD for an online only multiplayer game without a single player campaign.

Some have bothered to ask "why?" and here is their response.

Respawn's Vince Zampella has explained why the upcoming Titanfall won't have a traditional single-player campaign.

Speaking to GamesIndustry, the former Infinity Ward co-founder explained that the decision was partly made due to Respawn being "a small startup studio" consisting of just "60-some developers."

"We make these single-player missions that take up all the focus of the studio, that take a huge team six months to make, and players run through it in 8 minutes," he said. "And how many people finish the single-player game? It's a small percentage. It's like, everyone plays through the first level, but 5 percent of people finish the game.

Doh!, it would seem that game developers have finally figured out that nobody plays a tacked on and poorly developed single player campaign so why bother doing something half-assed when you can simply not do it at all.

I can't speak for everyone but I personally judge a game on its single player story and use that as a deciding factor if I want to engage the mulitplayer aspect. or flame the game entirely.  As it turns out I won't get that chance, nor am I going drop $60 USD on a multiplayer title.

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