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[WITHE1982]

I read that only Xbox was mentioned as a platform at E3 (on polygon).

I'm surprised, if a deal was indeed in place then, that they didn't announce it as a megaton during their conference.

Will make for an interesting UC vs TR sales battle though.

 

[dex3108]

First of all Square was disappointed when game was on 3 platforms, second nice way to tell F You Fanbase.

 

[The Rain King]

THE SKY IS FALLING!

WTF? Hahaha. Gutted. Loved the previous entry.

 

[AAK]

I guess "Rise of the Tomb Raider" is exclusive to Xb1... but "Rise of the Tomb Raider GOTY edtion" probably won't be.

 

[Toa TAK]

That's a huge bummer for the other console and PC owners. I hate exclusive games in general, everyone should be able to have access to great games.

 

[Wagram]

If it's a time exclusive, I can see the reasoning to obtain the check money from MSFT.

If it's not then this is a huge FU to long time tome raider fans, and they can consider a sale lost on PC.

 

[TheOctodad]

I really likes the last one, but moves like these make me not want to play it or ever buy an Xbox One. I say it whenever a game is money hatted, but I hate that more gamers can't play a game, it's stupid.

 

[Fallout-with-swords]

C'mon, sort this stuff out before you announce the game for both platforms. People have every right to be pissed off.

 

[Gattsu25]

Huh. I'm actually pretty shocked by this.

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And yet, despite your proclamation, the thread continues.

 

[curb]

 

[Duallusion]

I didn't expect a bona fide megaton from Gamescom, to say the least.

 

[KissVibes]

Luckily for PS4 and PC owners so they don't have to endure the gruelling experience of murdering waves of enemies with shitty contextualization thanks to shitty writing.

Pretty sure Uncharted is still PlayStation exclusive.

 

[demosthenes]

Even a timed exclusive on a game that shipped 6.5 million copies seems pretty insane from a business perspective, but hey it's not my money.

MSFT must have cut a giant check. SE wasn't happy w/ the sales if I remember correctly right? Hope it's just timed.

 

[darkwing]

I can't believe they aren't even doing a PC release. This is so fucking dumb of them.

by who? if MS gave like $100M to SE then kudos to SE I guess?

 

[ReplacementPelican]

I own both consoles but this has annoyed me. I wish they could just use their money to make their own games like Sony does rather than removing games from people without Xbox Ones. Not including indies, obviously.

Utter bastards.

 

[Volotaire]

Impressive, a full exclusive.

 

[mike4001_]

What a dumb decision. Do they think people who don't have a Xbox right now will buy one for this game? I certainly won't. Or do they think they earn sympathy with this move? It was announced as a multiplatform title. It is a sequel to multiplatform series. Fuck them.

Well ... I do.

Tomb Raider will move consoles. Way more than Titanfall or Sunset Overdrive.

It´s an established franchise which many people love.

 

[Fuu]

Welp. Was not expecting this.

 

[qizah]

I have to question why Microsoft would choose Tomb Raider as the game they wanted to capture as an exclusive title.

Is Tomb Raider really going to sell that many consoles for Microsoft? It's not like the Wii U where Nintendo has captured a number of titles to strengthen their exclusive library. So far this is the only game I can think of that Microsoft's worked to make exclusive.

 

[daveo42]

Wow...like I def did not expect to see this news. Glad I'm not all that huge on Tomb Raider. Guaranteed it'll end up on the PC and PS4 at some point anyway. Still, seems like a really dumb idea alienating a large portion of the user based when you are a third party studio and publisher.

 

[Final Boss]

This makes me not want to buy an Xbox one even more

 

[Kysen]

Weak first party catalog and flagging sales no problem! Open the wallet, yes I'm damn salty. Not even a PC version wtf, I bought the game twice. SE giving a giant fuck you to the fans.

 

[Dragonborn]

You´re really not good at reading the OP guys.

It´s a full exclusive. Not timed.

Timed is almost never announced. We will have to wait

 

[Yui]

No PC version? I hate Squeenix so much right now...

 

[funkystudent]

Wonder how this deal went down. Its no secret the last game didnt do what Square wanted it to.

A similar situation to Dead Rising 3? IE: "Get a first party to fund it or the game is cancelled"?

 

[Elginer]

Well, that's one way to avoid the Digital Foundry match up.

Seriously some bullshit though.

 

[figadapaura]

I imagine something between $100 and $300 mill.

That's ridiculous.

 

[Hamlet]

Wow if its not a timed exclusive
Got to wonder how much Microsoft gave them to make it exclusive

 

[Can Crusher]

Square Enix continues to make shit decisions.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

You fucking what?

 

[murgo]

Well, Ryse was an XBO exclusive as well.. and look what happened now. Let's just wait for the definitive edition that'll eventually come out for PC and PS4. Right now I wish I had never bought TRE for PS4 though.. fucking moneyhats.

 

[Forensic Scene]

This is just......Unreal.

As I said before, if Deus Ex is another exclusive....

They better not!!!

 

[José Mourinho]

I will buy this, that is all.

 

[no0ne]

Loving all the hate squenix is getting from the Soony troops...

If this were a PS4 exclusive the reaction would be ALOT different. Good for you Microsoft.

 

[Nakazato]

I'll just have to barrow a xbone for it

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Hahaha DAMN!
Well done MS. Didn't see that coming at all.

 

[Thrakier]

As a PC gamer: Super annoying move by MS which won't bring them any benefit either. Hate them for that.

 

[JaseC]

Even a timed exclusive on a game that shipped 6.5 million copies seems pretty insane from a business perspective, but hey it's not my money.

Yeah, it took five platforms and several Steam sales for TR13 to hit 7 million. I don't see this being a profitable venture for MS.

 

[xXBaconXx]

Can't say I'm dissapointed; Lara Croft 2013 was pretty bad in my opinion. Definitely surprised though.

 

[Paskil]

Square just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about PS culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is on XBOX where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over on PS, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the PS public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Tomb Raider for XB1, nor will they purchase any of Square's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Square has alienated an entire market with this move.

Square, publicly apologize and cancel Tomb Raider for XB1 or you can kiss your business goodbye.

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Obligatory

 

[Eggbok]

EDIT. nvm

 

[idlewild_]

Pretty big get for MS. They must have had to cut a huge check for this considering TR13 was originally considered unsuccessful by SE at 3.5m sold.

It's NOT timed. It's FULL exclusive acc to this tweet.

https://twitter.com/VG_Dave/status/499174952135057408

No PC, No Buy. Hope SE got paid very well for this because this decision is pretty strange.

 

[dark_inferno]

Xbox One and 900p/30FPS Only

First one wasnt that good... so i dont want a second one.

 

[family_guy]

MSFT must have cut a giant check. SE wasn't happy w/ the sales if I remember correctly right? Hope it's just timed.

Square will be even less happy with sales with only one platform.

 

[Melchiah]

Just heard it's not a timed exclusive.

Edit: Source - https://twitter.com/VG_Dave/status/499174952135057408

And to think 3.6 million copies sold on three platforms didn't meet expectations last year. The next one won't most likely reach even those figures.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/09/square-enix-reveals-sales-expectations-for-tomb-raider

Astonishingly, the publisher hoped to sell between 5 and 6 million copies of Tomb Raider in its first month, which would have placed it amongst some of the fastest-selling games ever. It managed 3.6 million, which by most standards is an extremely impressive launch.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

Quite interesting to say the least. Tomb Raider(2013) was not the tomb rider game I wanted

Spoiler

(no tombs and all that)

and wanted to see if the sequel was improved. Guess I won't know unless I have a xbox. Hmm.

 

[Ushiwaka]

That's right guys, it's not like you're missing anything

Spoiler

lol

What are they taking fans for? Do they think their fans are idiots? I'm not a TR fan, but God this is just insulting.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

All that money thrown at Squeenix for this exclusive when it could of been used to make an original IP.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Disgusting from CD and S-E.

PR is PR. They don't really give a shit at all.

Yeah yeah business is business, however end of the day you're still screwing people over who have kept your business alive.

Wouldn't be surprised if this comes back and bites them in the ass big time.

 

[BlvckFox]

Good Lord. Sick move from Microsoft.