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[Taker34]

So Tomb Raider will sell badly on purpose? I don't get it, since it was a multiplatform title for so long now. Is the money worth it to piss off your fanbase?

 

[mid83]

http://tombraider.tumblr.com/post/94529480860/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-update

Not even coming to PC

That definately makes you think it's a full exclusive.

No way in hell that makes financial sense unless MS paid them huge amounts of cash.

 

[danmaku]

That's a pretty big title, even in the case it's just a timed exclusive.

 

[diaspora]

It's madness. MS must of paid so much. Especially when Squeenix games have had bloated budgets and huge sales predictions. I remember Tomb Raider having to have the sales predictions reduced because they were so high.

This literally makes no sense to me right now

=|

 

[Imm0rt4l]

wat

 

[KxoZz]

Holy shit. What a win for Microsoft. Not enough to get me to buy a XO yet though.

 

[tolkir]

Yes, video games are alive.

 

[lawful]

The salt in this thread oh my...

 

[murgo]

Holy fuck, are you serious?

Square, you fucking morons.

No fucking way. Well, if that's true, SE can go fuck themselves.

 

[darkwing]

It also looked and ran better. WTF is this shit? SE must hate money.

eh, we didn't know how much MS paid for it

 

[meppi]

Well, is there's one thing they know how to do, it's money hatting and locking others out.
Not something that will ever impress me.

Instead of putting that money to good use and creating original games that would otherwise not be made, they continue with shit like this. yuck.

One less game to buy. Oh well.
Plenty things to choose on the other platforms to keep me busy.

 

[nynt9]

Huge fuck you from Crystal Dynamics to half their fan base. Stay classy guys.

More like 2/3s, considering the game did well on PC as well.

Well, I was wondering when Microsoft would bring out the money to save the Xbone from its poor state of sales. Now we know.

 

[Bundy]

Yes, well done, it's coming out in 2015 and it's exclusive to Xbox. Nowhere does it suggest that its exclusivity will lapse beyond 2015.

Yup! Just like it nowhere suggests that it's forever "exclusive" for Xbone

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Wow, straight up money hat.

We'll see if this bites them in the ass.

 

[Spineker]

If they announce that the next Deus Ex is exclusive as well, I will seriously lose my shit.

 

[Lime]

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.

 

[loaf of bread]

Competition is good right guys! Fuck you Microsoft.

If you're going to make a new IP like Titanfall exclusive, fine, theres no fan base there that will miss it. Don't money hat a sequel to an established game. Its just shitty.

 

[Windom Earle]

Definitely timed but I am sure this was expensive for MS with lackluster Xbone sales.

 

[Midas]

Makes sense, PS4 version doesn't go up against uncharted in 2015, and they get a load of money from MS for up to six months exclusivity.

Too much sense here. If Uncharted will make 2015 of course.

 

[UnluckyKate]

No way square, being not satisfied with the reboot numbers would allow this exclusive on XBO. How much did MS buy this timed exclusive ? Crazy...

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I love my Xbox One.

 

[NekoFever]

Part of me thinks this is funny because buying Tomb Raider exclusivity is exactly what Sony did in the late 90s.

 

[Y2Kev]

Was this announced as crossgen at e3 or current gen only? I can't remember.

 

[FlyStarJay]

This is what happens when MS falls behind...we all suffer...

lol lol lol hahahahahahha

 

[boinx]

Well that's like bullshit, man.

 

[Slowdive]

Just heard it's not a timed exclusive.

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

Wow.

 

[SSM25]

Too bad, I dont have an Xbox one

 

[SolidusDave]

Financially this is so crazy.

Didn't Tomb Raider: DE sell loads more on ps4 than Xbone?

Yeah, I remember it like that as well, even with the higher install base. Do we know about the PS3-360 split?

That must be one gigantic money hat.



Oh well *yawn*, will come to PS4 after x months and will be the better version anyway.

Buying time exclusivity (we can also call it "purposely delay the release of one version of your game to piss off your fans on that platform but hey, money") only works if people really believe it's an actual exclusive game. I don't think that works so well anymore after the 360.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

OP you should add this

holy shit :lol
it's basically 'deal with it'

 

[freakzilla3000]

CRAZY STUFF!

 

[RdN]

Really good move by Microsoft.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Pretty stupid of Crystal Dynamics to take this deal. Wonder just how much money we're looking at changing hands.

 

[Fezan]

Didn't last tomb raider sold more on ps console? Strange decision for such w big 3rd party game

 

[DoubleTake]

Huh!? Lol just get an xbone

To play Tomb Raider, a game thats been available on all platforms before? Not a chance

 

[zackmorris]

Exclusive for Holiday 2015, pretty sure that wording was used for a reason. Also is this game cross-gen? I thought they said Xbox exclusive.

 

[Spades]

You never know guys, maybe Sony decided for you.

"We evaluated the Tomb Raider offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation customers have come to expect."

 

[Dirtyshubb]

It's madness. MS must of paid so much. Especially when Squeenix games have had bloated budgets and huge sales predictions. I remember Tomb Raider having to have the sales predictions reduced because they were so high.

This literally makes no sense to me right now

Im assuming that since it took so long to get their money back with the last TR game they figured 'Hey, we can get a tonne of money straight up from Microsoft for 1 year exclusivity, then bring a definitive edition out a year later for XBO and PS4 and make even more money'

 

[iceatcs]

eh, we didn't know how much MS paid for it

I betting that $400m missing. Lol

 

[darkwing]

http://tombraider.tumblr.com/post/94529480860/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-update

Not even coming to PC

I'm reading this as to be exclusive, not timed, 2015 is when it is launching

 

[Tamanon]

That's a really strange choice for exclusive to buy. I'm not understanding Microsoft's thinking. It's a big game sure, but it's not a system seller, IMO.

Weird.

 

[BeforeU]

Was this announced as crossgen at e3 or current gen only? I can't remember.

That's a good point. I don't think they specified. Did they? but it was always assumed to be multiplatform because you know? for the obvious reasons lol

 

[Daingurse]

Huh . . . oh well.

 

[Sendou]

Competition is good right guys! Fuck you Microsoft.

I prefer the kind of competition that breeds new games You know more like Scalebound and less like moneyhatting the sequel to multi-million franchise.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

bwahahahaaha
amazing

 

[Dr_LucienSanchez]

I'm really not a fan of when third party exclusives happen like this in any situation.

 

[IAmRandom31]

I actually laughed at this one.

I mean if square / crystal wants to lose fans of the series and money, that's on them.

Got plenty of other stuff to enjoy in 2015.

 

[SteveO1683]

Please be excited.

 

[WITHE1982]

Shame as I'd have like to have played Uncharted and this but I guess I'll just have to wait.

Must have cost MS a pretty penny.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

=|

Are you retarded? It's obvious they paid you tit. Emphasis should of been on "so much".

Considering how badly Tomb Raider sold on Xbone compared to PS4.

 

[Ricky_R]

That is really short-sighted of Squeenix, with xbone being a non-entity in most of Europe. I guess they don't have much faith in the selling potential of this thing if they'd rather have Microsoft's moneyhats. I wonder how do you have to pay to get a AAA franchise of this sort exclusive, even for a time, on a struggling console.

I imagine something between $100 and $300 mill.