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Rise of the Tomb Raider - a cross gen title?

Ugh. This shit needs to end.

Especially for a late 2015 game.
 
Geeez. Ah well, Tomb Raider 2013 looked pretty good on PC, so I'm confident Rise of the TR will also do well regardless of Crossgen.
 
Not gonna lie: I prefer it this way. I still won't buy a nextgen console in a while, simply because it's not something I need in this instant and wish to save some money for now. If crossgen.wasn't the case, I wouldn't be able to play this game at all!

Hopefully the backlash to this won't be too big...
 
Square complained the last tomb raider didn't reach sales goals until it was ported to next gen correct? Anyone thinking they'd abandon 50% of their sales on old gen platforms is naive or crazy.
 
Let's hope that the main team of the game will only work on nextgen version, and that some other studio will work on oldgen.
 
I'm kind of surprised for a Fall 2015 title.

Between three holiday seasons that should be a huge conversion rate already.
 
I doubt this will come next year. I'm thinking Spring 2016. No way this will go up against uncharted for Fall 2015.
 
Suddenly losing interest... 2015 AAA games should seriously not be cross gen unless there are extreme circumstances. I didn't buy a next gen console to play cross generational games that don't even attempt to push graphical boundaries of the new consoles. These 2015 cross gen titles are seriously going to look out of place visually once current gen only titles start coming out. I mean what new game would a PS4 owner go for, the visually stunning Uncharted 4, or the cross gen up-port of Rise of the Tomb Raider. I don't even own a PS4 (I have an Xbone) but this is just going to be a huge disadvantage considering the competition in 2015. The minimal last gen sales won't be important if the game doesn't stand up to the rest of the games coming out.

Will still probably buy, but not until price dropped. I loved the previous Tomb Raider too. Lovely reboot. I hope it's just an error.
 
DieH@rd said:
Let's hope that the main team of the game will only work on nextgen version, and that some other studio will work on oldgen.
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I hope so too. Do it like NRS with Mortal Kombat X. They only make the curren/next-gen version and a different studio makes the last-gen version.

but i highly doubt it because of the name "Tomb Raider". It's their baby.
 
Salz01 said:
I doubt this will come next year. I'm thinking Spring 2016. No way this will go up against uncharted for Fall 2015.
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Aye, TR1 was initially planned for the same launch period as Uncharted 3, which many people thought was a bad decision. Later delayed till the next March, of course.

Depending on when U4 gets its release date, one or the other could delay.
 
Unbelievable, this is late 2015 for christ's sake! What are you doing?! How much can these versions realistically sell at that point?
Stop holding your games back with this shit.
I'm saying this and I don't even own a current gen console yet.
 
Marche90 said:
Not gonna lie: I prefer it this way. I still won't buy a nextgen console in a while, simply because it's not something I need in this instant and wish to save some money for now. If crossgen.wasn't the case, I wouldn't be able to play this game at all!

Hopefully the backlash to this won't be too big...
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I get what you're saying but for myself, I'd rather wait to play a nicer-looking, better-performing game when I can than get it at launch on 8/9-year-old hardware. Not like I don't have a massive backlog on last-gen. I have a PS4 but i don't have an Xbox One. In the case of upcoming MS exclusives I'd rather I play them late on better hardware than get them right this second. But then, I'm rarely a day one guy these days.
 
I kind of get why some of you are upset about this. You would think by next year 2015, people would have made that jump already.

I will say there are still tons of people who have not jumped yet. Like myself. Still playing 360/PS3/Wii games regularly. But that shall change come the holiday season.
 
Coolade said:
Square complained the last tomb raider didn't reach sales goals until it was ported to next gen correct? Anyone thinking they'd abandon 50% of their sales on old gen platforms is naive or crazy.
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Lol, not really tho. Watch Dogs got four million in a week and that was six months into the life span of next-gen. This will be nearly two years in. Plus sales goals for the last Tomb Raider were too high due to trying to make up for all the money they spent. This time it shouldn't cost THAT much.

Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll be developed by two different teams.
 
Jaeger said:
I kind of get why some of you are upset about this. You would think by next year 2015, people would have made that jump already.

I will say there are still tons of people who have not jumped yet. Like myself. Still playing 360/PS3/Wii games regularly. But that shall change come the holiday season.
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I can understand - but still be somewhat disappointed - about 2014, early 2015 games being cross gen. A lot of people haven't made the jump and nothing wrong with getting some extra copies.

But a fall 2015 title that could very well be delayed? Hell no.
 
On the year that Uncharted 4 and Tomb Raider 2 releases together... can't even get a level playing field.

SQUARENIX I AM DISAPPOINT.
 
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