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[SolidusDave]

Rise of the Tomb Raider, published by MS. 900p
Holiday 2015, only on Xbox360, XBone, PC

Rise of the Tomb Raider Sigma, published by SE, includes all DLC. 1080p
Spring 2016, only on PS3, PS4

Spoiler

(Japan exclusive)

 

[badb0y]

But why does Microsoft hate PC doe? Someone should tell them they also sell Windows .

 

[-TK-]

This is the best news in a long time and I don't even care about the game. I just love these one-console fanboy's meltdowns. D:

 

[JimmyRustler]

I never thought Tomb Raider had that much of a following to garner this kind of reaction.

TR2013 had an amazing word of mouth in the past year.

 

[Estus]

SQEX was "not satisfied by the failed sales targets" for Tomb Raider, right? So why X1 exclusive now?

 

[mclem]

This is some bullshit.

I don't want to own 2 consoles that are so similar to play third party content.

-1 sale, Tomb Raider.

The irony here, of course, is that if you view consoles in terms of their libraries, this is making them less similar and distinguishing between the two products.

 

[Daemul]

Guess ps4 owners can look forward to playing Rise of the Tomb Raider in 5 years..

Yeah, once EA buy Square Enix.

 

[TomShoe]

Spoiler

I'm sorry, it was funny.

 

[Dragonborn]

Who else would be excited other than MS fanboys that RotTR is a X1 exclusive?

True. Egh, so that's that. Scummy MS, SE making bad choices, life moves on. Onwards onto Sony's conference

 

[bob page]

SE is gonna be the big loser here. If I still had a XB1, I would for sure buy it (even though I had mixed feelings about the last one), but it's in no way a system seller.

 

[zhao3gold]

By the way, was there any announcement about "Rise of Tomb Raider" was multiplatforms?

 

[badcrumble]

Hopefully the clarification in the thread title change will get people fearing that it's a full exclusive to simmer down.

 

[Nightengale]

That can't be right. If it was being developed by MS it would have been exclusive out the gate.

Decision to change the game's paymaster happened in the past 2 months?

Seems crazy, but crazier things have happened.

 

[CronoShot]

Because that's never happened before...

Better example?

 

[fade_]

There sure was! I played it and beat it again on there. It came out after Mass Effect 2 though, IIRC. It took them quite a long time to port it over.

Ya, I completely forgot about the trilogy. Still enoyed the first more then the others even if the shooting mechanics werent up to snuff and those elevator rides...

 

[kadotsu]

I'm terrible at math. But assuming that Sony platforms made up about 3 million units sold for the last Tomb Raider. At $60 a pop (well obviously the price fluctuated over time, but that's too hard to factor in)...$60x 3 million. I believe that's $18 million?

$18 million isn't that much for MS to foot the bill. I'm assuming they probably paid more (by helping out with Dev cost, but that's an assumption). Point is, from their perspective, this is a good deal. It cost less then publishing their own new IP.

You are right. You are terrible at math.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Let me understand, please, because this is going to be REALLY interesting: so you think that a game like Deep Down is developed just for Japan?

Um, yes... It hasn't been confirmed for the West yet lmao.

 

[EdibleKnife]

I imagine if it is being developed by CD and Microsoft it will come to PC just like DR3 and Ryse did

This. Pretty much just a sit back and wait situation.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I'm more and more interested into getting an Xbox One than a PS4 at this point.

This isn't a shock.

 

[EGM1966]

Just saw SE possibly not publishing - do what's the deal there? Have they sold publishing rights to MS? What does this mean for SE /TR going forward.

Need views from the bit of GAF that understands the publishing side of things.

Also is MS is publishing why the rumours popping up it's timed?

Or is it time to avoid this topic until dust settles and true clarity emerges?

 

[BFIB]

Thats a huge get. I'm sure it will come to PS4 in a "GOTY" edition or something down the road.

Starting to take me back to the SNES/Genesis days of exclusivity.

 

[Mononoke]

You are right. You are terrible at math.

Wow, how far was I off? Jesus.

EDIT: Yep. Would have taken little effort to fix that. Oops.

 

[overdrivex]

By the way, was there any announcement about "Rise of Tomb Raider" was multiplatforms?

nope, all they showed was a traiiler at e3 and and said a release date. no platform info

 

[Goodacre0081]

Microsoft is publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider. Not moneyhatting. This most likely means it's not a timed exclusive, but an exclusive.

so if Sony went out, made a deal to get Destiny as an exclusive and published it you wouldn't call that a moneyhat?

 

[CecilRousso]

You guys are embarrassing yourselves. It's most likely timed. If you don't like missing out on games then you have to buy all consoles and platforms.

Yeah, lets just suck it up and accept all shit like this, that's gonna work out just fine.

 

[shinra-bansho]

I'm terrible at math. But assuming that Sony platforms made up about 3 million units sold for the last Tomb Raider. At $60 a pop (well obviously the price fluctuated over time, but that's too hard to factor in)...$60x 3 million. I believe that's $18 million?

$18 million isn't that much for MS to foot the bill. I'm assuming they probably paid more (by helping out with Dev cost, but that's an assumption). Point is, from their perspective, this is a good deal. It cost less then publishing their own new IP.

...

You can't possibly be that terrible at maths. :|

Try again.

 

[darkwing]

I'm terrible at math. But assuming that Sony platforms made up about 3 million units sold for the last Tomb Raider. At $60 a pop (well obviously the price fluctuated over time, but that's too hard to factor in)...$60x 3 million. I believe that's $18 million?

$18 million isn't that much for MS to foot the bill. I'm assuming they probably paid more (by helping out with Dev cost, but that's an assumption). Point is, from their perspective, this is a good deal. It cost less then publishing their own new IP.

errr don't you mean $180 M? $60 x 3M .....

 

[DBT85]

Then I simply shan't be buying it.

 

[Nightengale]

By the way, was there any announcement about "Rise of Tomb Raider" was multiplatforms?

Yes, it was announced for all last-gen + current-gen consoles.

 

[lawful]

Just stop. No one needs that drivel. There's no salt; its a discussion on the bizarre choice by SE to alienate millions of potential customers simply because MS threw a lot of money in their direction.

Yeah it's not salt. It's megaton Morton's ionized table salt and rapidly approaching 50 pages of it. It's Salt Lake City, the Dead Sea, pure sodium being struck by fanboy tears and exploding into butthurt.

 

[wapplew]

Cross gen game in 2015?

 

[spookyfish]

disappointing. a lot of people wont play this game because the abysmal xb1 sales in europe.

How does TR fare there? Was this a move to try and boost console sales in Europe?

 

[Curufinwe]

I'm terrible at math. But assuming that Sony platforms made up about 3 million units sold for the last Tomb Raider. At $60 a pop (well obviously the price fluctuated over time, but that's too hard to factor in)...$60x 3 million. I believe that's $18 million?

You're missing a zero. $60 x 3 million = 180 million.

But publishers don't get $60 for every copy of a game they sell.

 

[Leafhopper]

Better example?

A way better example than ME1 thats for sure.

Yes, it was announced for all last-gen + current-gen consoles.

Out of curiosity, did they say just that or specifically which platforms? That could be an important factor.

 

[dcelw540]

Spoiler

I'm sorry, it was funny.

I died

 

[Solaire of Astora]

You guys are embarrassing yourselves. It's most likely timed. If you don't like missing out on games then you have to buy all consoles and platforms.

This is going to be a common problem this generation. Many have gone over to PS4 thinking Xbox was going down in flames and suddenly The X1 is running full speed with updates, features, and exclusives. Like games? Don't want to miss out? Buy all the consoles. MS is fully invested in Xbox and they're going to stop making, publishing and investing in games.

Err... What?

Spoiler

Yeah, I know what you meant, but I couldn't resist.

 

[Uno Venova]

You guys are embarrassing yourselves. It's most likely timed. If you don't like missing out on games then you have to buy all consoles and platforms.

This is going to be a common problem this generation. Many have gone over to PS4 thinking Xbox was going down in flames and suddenly The X1 is running full speed with updates, features, and exclusives. Like games? Don't want to miss out? Buy all the consoles. MS is fully invested in Xbox and they're going to stop making, publishing and investing in games.

This is a game no one expected to miss out on owning a PS4 or PC though. Nothing embarrassing about being upset at the turn of events.

 

[Castef]

Um, yes... It hasn't been confirmed for the West yet lmao.

Heh, actually is has never been confirmed for ANY territory right now.

 

[shandy706]

Something you wouldn't see on the Xbox store:

Ummm....5 of those "games" are available in the Xbox store.

The other 4 were released when Microsoft had no console while Sony did, but were all playable outside of Sony Hardware. Not sure what your point is.

 

[kamo]

Is there even a franchise on the Xbox platform that has been there since the OG Xbox besides exclusives like Halo?

Don't think there is a real comparison possible here. Tomb Raider has always been on the Playstation brand.

You can expect hatred and fire from this sort of announcement.

I hope it's a timed exclusive. I prefer my PS4 over my X1. I'd much rather play this on my PS4 than my X1. But I'm sure MS will do everything in their power to prevent that.

 

[Steverulez]

That can't be right. If it was being developed by MS it would have been exclusive out the gate.

Doesn't that mean published by then? Either that or MS are now diverting significant resources to helping them develop it. Moved out the DR3 team or something perhaps?

 

[TomShoe]

errr don't you mean $180 M? $60 x 3M .....

$180 M is a lot of money, that's more than they paid for the Gears IP.

 

[keltickennedy]

I thought this was just exclusive for the holidays?

 

[OldRoutes]

Yeah, lets just suck it up and accept all shit like this, that's gonna work out just fine.

It's just a bad example to rise up against it.

They're publishing it, apparently.

 

[BronsonLee]

Oh yeah, you are right.
So they developed the game before knowing who was going to publish it?
What an odd way to go about it though.

The deal was probably done by E3, they just didn't announce it then.

Ya, I completely forgot about the trilogy. Still enoyed the first more then the others even if the shooting mechanics werent up to snuff and those elevator rides...

The elevator rides were great, man!

 

[BeforeU]

Ummm....5 of those "games" are available in the Xbox store.

The other 4 were released when Microsoft had no console while Sony did, but were all playable outside of Sony Hardware. Not sure what your point is.

this.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

I hate what gaming is becoming.

 

[Wiktor]

Hate when that happens. Hated it when Sony did it and hate how MS did it too.

 

[mrklaw]

MS publishing suggests complete exclusive

'exclusive for Holiday 2015' suggests timed exclusive

Maybe CD did a deal with MS to finance the game, giving them publishing rights on Xbox and a timed exclusivity window - and then can opt for self-publishing on PS4/PC after a few months? At least from a development point of view it shouldn't cost them much to port to PC/PS4 (PS3 might be too high a cost), and if MS are allowing them to retain their IP like with Sunset Overdrive/Ryse, then that might be an option for them?

 

[Black Republican]

man i dont wanna see the thread if Fallout 4 goes PS4, XB1 or PC exclusive


lawd have mercy on gaf's servers