Camera and voice command Tomb RaidingOkay, fine.
Xbox One (and maybe Xbox 360) is now their only focus. It gives them time to get the game running perfectly and being optimized as best as can be.
They have all the freedom to implant voice commands and camera features now that they don't have to worry about Sony and their Camera which only has about a 15% attachment rate.
The Multiplayer for this game will now run on Microsoft's Azure servers, instead of Square's solution to get Servers for both the Playstation brand and Xbox brand.
That's since you don't consider my "Microsoft rewarding consumers by giving them new exclusives" to be a legitimate one.
Okay, fine.
Xbox One (and maybe Xbox 360) is now their only focus. It gives them time to get the game running perfectly and being optimized as best as can be.
They have all the freedom to implant voice commands and camera features now that they don't have to worry about Sony and their Camera which only has about a 15% attachment rate.
The Multiplayer for this game will now run on Microsoft's Azure servers, instead of Square's solution to get Servers for both the Playstation brand and Xbox brand.
That's since you don't consider my "Microsoft rewarding consumers by giving them new exclusives" to be a legitimate one.
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will it sell more then and be a better game then Uncharted 4?Just to clarify, we are talking about a Tomb Raider game coming out over a year from now right? I'm sure by then I will either not care or have saved enough pennies to buy an Xbox if I do.
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Okay, fine.
Xbox One (and maybe Xbox 360) is now their only focus. It gives them time to get the game running perfectly and being optimized as best as can be.
They have all the freedom to implant voice commands and camera features now that they don't have to worry about Sony and their Camera which only has about a 15% attachment rate.
The Multiplayer for this game will now run on Microsoft's Azure servers, instead of Square's solution to get Servers for both the Playstation brand and Xbox brand..
"Well... Sony's Playstation 4 is superior hardware with easier architecture to develop for. It makes sense."It would be hilarious to see people's reactions if the deal was with sony instead
All this deal did was to reassure people that MS is the evil horse in this race.
They might as well bring back DRM full circle, you done fucked up.
Yeah, I know. My incident was console warz either. But a combination of having the same name throughout the internet but a different attitude towards each service creates friction with my neogaf posting.
Thought you were going to sleep. I find its a good idea to stay bugged out when you initially commit to it. Personal experience.
Does anyone have some TR 2013 sales numbers? I think the only time we got numbers was the end of March, 3 weeks after the game's release. 3.5 million sold and considered a failure. I'm just curious if they ever got out of the hole they dug with TR. That game's budget musta been ridiculous.
Does anyone have some TR 2013 sales numbers? I think the only time we got numbers was the end of March, 3 weeks after the game's release. 3.5 million sold and considered a failure. I'm just curious if they ever got out of the hole they dug with TR. That game's budget musta been ridiculous.
Yeah. Microsoft is literally the devil.
How evil of them to commit to their platform and offer their customers the very best exclusives they can. How fucking dare they spend money to benefit their customers.
Fuck you Microsoft you evil horse. I thought you we're selling off the brand, but instead your committing to it! I hate companies for supporting their products!
"Well... Sony's Playstation 4 is superior hardware with easier architecture to develop for. It makes sense."
"Smart catch by Sony!"
"Well the Playstation 4 is selling double the Xbox One. It makes sense. The Xbox One is going the way of the Wii U. The 1 million sales isn't worth developing for."
And not saying these claims wouldn't be valid, and I'm not saying EVERYONE on GAF would be this way. GAF isn't a hivemind. Each user has different opinions and beliefs. I just think people would find a Sony moneyhat to be more "reasonable".
But, if you're asking me how I would react?
"Well shit. Good thing I own and like my Playstation 4. Good on Sony for grabbing more exclusives. Glad I bought my PS4."
"Well... Sony's Playstation 4 is superior hardware with easier architecture to develop for. It makes sense."
"Smart catch by Sony!"
"Well the Playstation 4 is selling double the Xbox One. It makes sense. The Xbox One is going the way of the Wii U. The 1 million sales isn't worth developing for."
And not saying these claims wouldn't be valid, and I'm not saying EVERYONE on GAF would be this way. GAF isn't a hivemind. Each user has different opinions and beliefs. I just think people would find a Sony moneyhat to be more "reasonable".
But, if you're asking me how I would react?
"Well shit. Good thing I own and like my Playstation 4. Good on Sony for grabbing more exclusives. Glad I bought my PS4."
"Well... Sony's Playstation 4 is superior hardware with easier architecture to develop for. It makes sense."
"Smart catch by Sony!"
"Well the Playstation 4 is selling double the Xbox One. It makes sense. The Xbox One is going the way of the Wii U. The 1 million sales isn't worth developing for."
And not saying these claims wouldn't be valid, and I'm not saying EVERYONE on GAF would be this way. GAF isn't a hivemind. Each user has different opinions and beliefs. I just think people would find a Sony moneyhat to be more "reasonable".
But, if you're asking me how I would react?
"Well shit. Good thing I own and like my Playstation 4. Good on Sony for grabbing more exclusives. Glad I bought my PS4."
thisIt doesn't benefit their customers. It's a slap to the face for their customers.
MS just spent a substantial amount of money for a game xbox owners would have gotten regardless.
That money could have been used to make original content, yet they opted to spent it on a game they would have gotten all along.
I'm still salty about Microsoft dropping the Kinect. They promised they'll continue to support it but... Every single bundle being sold this year will lack a Kinect.I can't believe you just pulled the Kinect card when they didn't mention it a single time today.
It had a 100 million dollar budget. lets compare that to all 3 uncharted games which had a combined budget of 70-80 million dollars.
"Well... Sony's Playstation 4 is superior hardware with easier architecture to develop for. It makes sense."
"Smart catch by Sony!"
"Well the Playstation 4 is selling double the Xbox One. It makes sense. The Xbox One is going the way of the Wii U. The 1 million sales isn't worth developing for."
And not saying these claims wouldn't be valid, and I'm not saying EVERYONE on GAF would be this way. GAF isn't a hivemind. Each user has different opinions and beliefs. I just think people would find a Sony moneyhat to be more "reasonable".
But, if you're asking me how I would react?
"Well shit. Good thing I own and like my Playstation 4. Good on Sony for grabbing more exclusives. Glad I bought my PS4."
Are you trying to be dense or what? The game was always coming to Xbox, all MS did was delaying the other versions.
I'm still salty about Microsoft dropping the Kinect. They promised they'll continue to support it but... Every single bundle being sold this year will lack a Kinect.
They killed their biggest differentiator to Sony's console. The Kinect is as good as dead as the attachment rate drops from 100% to 90% to 50% to whatever it hits. Makes me mad that they rather abandon the most innovative part of their console than eat a loss.
I still love my Kinect though.
Ya I mean it's not like people should call out under-handed business practices. *head shake*
If Sony is paying Rocksteady to keep the next Batman off Xbox + PC I'll be just as unhappy as this announcement.
If I was someone that was going to try to justify this moneyhat then I would wish with all my being that the E3 reports of the game being cross platform were untrue, so the argument could be: It's based around a single platform.i aint cheering for anything but am going to throw ideas out there. i don't claim to know how their development process work nor do i claim anyone gives a shit about some of these reasons
- more time for polish closer to release if there is only 2 platforms
Any content is now exclusive. This reads to me like list-padding following from stuff that just has to be.- no exclusive dlc content going to another platform
You mean bigger install base on Xbox One because the players that own all platforms and buy the game on the more popular platform can't buy the game on the more popular platform.- bigger install base for online play ( there will be some who will chose xbox for this reason, not saying their will be a considerable or massive amount)
If patches are supposed to go live on all platforms simultaneously then the platform that is slower at cert will hold up the platfrom with longer cert. The assumption here is that Xbox is faster at cert.-Faster post launch support for 2 platforms rather than 4 ( patches, dlc content)
I'm still salty about Microsoft dropping the Kinect. They promised they'll continue to support it but... Every single bundle being sold this year will lack a Kinect.
They killed their biggest differentiator to Sony's console. The Kinect is as good as dead as the attachment rate drops from 100% to 90% to 50% to whatever it hits. Makes me mad that they rather abandon the most innovative part of their console than eat a loss.
I still love my Kinect though.
Source? Because that sounds insane.
The budget for the first game was said to be around $20 million dollars, and that had to include that engine creation from scratch, which is a big thing. Since you are using the same engine, has this been a cheaper endeavor? Are you guys spending the same amount?
We are spending the same amount. You always want to be able to just do more. Definitely it is a leg up to start with that technological foundation, but what you try to do with it is just that much more.
Way too many assumptions without any real fact.
Square has so many dormant IPs. DeusEX (went to iOS), Just Cause, Sleeping Dogs. There was never a gurantee that they will make another Tombraider game. They said several times the sales didnt meet their expectations.
Yeah. Microsoft is literally the devil.
How evil of them to commit to their platform and offer their customers the very best exclusives they can. How fucking dare they spend money to benefit their customers.
Fuck you Microsoft you evil horse. I thought you we're selling off the brand, but instead your committing to it! I hate companies for supporting their products!
Way too many assumptions without any real fact.
Square has so many dormant IPs. DeusEX (went to iOS), Just Cause, Sleeping Dogs. There was never a gurantee that they will make another Tombraider game. They said several times the sales didnt meet their expectations.
Source? Because that sounds insane.
It tallies with something Eurogamer sister site Games Industry discussed last year - that a game like Tomb Raider with a budget approaching $100m (£60m) needs to sell an extraordinary amount to break even - at least 5m copies. Which was what Square Enix's expectations were.
Thought you were going to sleep. I find its a good idea to stay bugged out when you initially commit to it. Personal experience.
Way too many assumptions without any real fact.
Square has so many dormant IPs. DeusEX (went to iOS), Just Cause, Sleeping Dogs. There was never a gurantee that they will make another Tombraider game. They said several times the sales didnt meet their expectations.
Not an assumption, we know SE didn't need MS help to develop RoTR.
This, and then they had a cool IP like dragons dogma the exceeded expectations and we dont hear a thing about it. Or keeping deep down for japan only and on ps4 doesn't make sense to me either. Deep down looks like a game the west wants.
"Well... Sony's Playstation 4 is superior hardware with easier architecture to develop for. It makes sense."
"Smart catch by Sony!"
"Well the Playstation 4 is selling double the Xbox One. It makes sense. The Xbox One is going the way of the Wii U. The 1 million sales isn't worth developing for."
And not saying these claims wouldn't be valid, and I'm not saying EVERYONE on GAF would be this way. GAF isn't a hivemind. Each user has different opinions and beliefs. I just think people would find a Sony moneyhat to be more "reasonable".
But, if you're asking me how I would react?
"Well shit. Good thing I own and like my Playstation 4. Good on Sony for grabbing more exclusives. Glad I bought my PS4."
Source? Because that sounds insane.
Independent games industry analyst Billy Pidgeon, who has previously worked at Inside Network, M2 Research and IDC, has said that Square Enix's recently launched Tomb Raider reboot will need to sell at least five million copies to be successful.
Yesterday Square Enix revealed that Tomb Raider had sold 3.4 million copies since its launch at the start of the month, but this was not enough for it to meet sales expectations.
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"But for games with development budgets approaching $100 million to be truly profitable, ratings have to be above 8.5 and sales need to be in the five to ten million unit range."
How do you know ?.
Do you also know the answer why DeusEX went to iOS ?. Why is there is no squeal for Just Cause. Just Cause is more of fan favorite than Tombraider reboot...
How do you know ?.
Do you also know the answer why DeusEX went to iOS ?. Why is there is no squeal for Just Cause. Just Cause is more of fan favorite than Tombraider reboot...
why wouldnt they want to have an exclusive game on their sytem?
Sony fanboys would defend it just as the ms fanboys are."Well... Sony's Playstation 4 is superior hardware with easier architecture to develop for. It makes sense."
"Smart catch by Sony!"
"Well the Playstation 4 is selling double the Xbox One. It makes sense. The Xbox One is going the way of the Wii U. The 1 million sales isn't worth developing for."
And not saying these claims wouldn't be valid, and I'm not saying EVERYONE on GAF would be this way. GAF isn't a hivemind. Each user has different opinions and beliefs. I just think people would find a Sony moneyhat to be more "reasonable".
But, if you're asking me how I would react?
"Well shit. Good thing I own and like my Playstation 4. Good on Sony for grabbing more exclusives. Glad I bought my PS4."
This, and then they had a cool IP like dragons dogma the exceeded expectations and we dont hear a thing about it. Or keeping deep down for japan only and on ps4 doesn't make sense to me either. Deep down looks like a game the west wants.
That is just ridiculous. Square has been making terrible decisions for some time now.