MadchesterManc
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Could've funded a couple of decent games with that which would have stayed exclusive
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Microsoft paid 100 million USD for Tomb Raider timed exclusivity
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
AAA games cost a shitload of money to make and are very risky. As much as I wish every game would be available on every platform, there are probably lots of games/studios that wouldn’t exist if not for deals like this.
Kinda like complaining that prescription drug manufacturers make a profit off of human suffering. It takes a shitload of R&D to bring a new drug to market… your COVID vaccine would never have gotten made if not for a huge profit incentive to create it.
Kinda like complaining that prescription drug manufacturers make a profit off of human suffering. It takes a shitload of R&D to bring a new drug to market… your COVID vaccine would never have gotten made if not for a huge profit incentive to create it.
Trust, it was stupid at the time too.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Windows is a popular OS.I don't have an Xbox, but it didn't hurt my shares
Zathalus
Member
I think the continued growth in revenue and the Xbox Series consoles doing better than the Xbox One should speak to how well Xbox is doing, especially in comparison to 2014.
If Microsoft was not going to terminate 2014 Xbox, they are certainly not going to terminate 2021 Xbox.
Kuranghi
Member
100 millions well spended if you ass me
Exasstly, we all know those conga eels weren't trying to defend their territory/young, they were trying to GET IN THAT ASS, LARRY!
Magnific0giganticus
Banned
I never talked about MS terminating anything in 2021 or whenever. Just saying that MS having all the money in the world doesn't make Xbox Axe-proof.
mcjmetroid
Member
Money DOOOOOWN the toilet.
Can't say I liked Rise of the Tomb Raider. I found it hilarious when Shadow came out people were complaining about it for the exact same reasons I was with Rise.
Like as if monotonous gameplay was a new feature.
Can't say I liked Rise of the Tomb Raider. I found it hilarious when Shadow came out people were complaining about it for the exact same reasons I was with Rise.
Like as if monotonous gameplay was a new feature.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
IMO they all suffered from being too fucking long. Just like Uncharted 4. You could have cut those games back by 30 percent and they would have been twice as good. imo.
AnotherOne
Member
100mil? What a waste.
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Kuranghi
Member
For me its because Tomb Raider was always about being a sassy, sexy, confident, basically superheroine, woman, like female James Bond more than female Indy Jones. I didnt want to be fucking around fighting people for that long or taking effort to do it, I wanted to shoot them all in the face with twin pistols automatically and get back to environment exploring/traversing/puzzle solving.
Modern game designers care too much about realism because they want to appeal to that wider crowd, most of the best games are gamey as fuck though. Who gives a shit about realism when you are having fun. The best they could do was copying Uncharted's linear climbing (and UC4 copied it back with the climbing tool thingie) instead of actually making a puzzle out of it like in the old titles. Wider crowd doesn't want to fail jumping puzzles though, the combat is the main attraction for them I guess. Watching Lara choke out those hulking guys over and over got old really fast in the 2013 reboot.
ClosBSAS
Member
Lol, its MS...trust me, 100 million is peanuts to them.
JLB
Banned
Windows is far from being the major source of revenue of MS, though.
Javthusiast
Banned
That seems way overpriced. Weren't mgsv and Witcher 3 development budgets less than that?
Captain Toad
Banned
That one backfired
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
skit_data
Member
I bet the production cost for Uncharted 2 was less than that. Crazy money.
Edit: Apparently it was $20 million. They already had their engine then, though. Still, yikes.
Edit: Uncharted 4 was around $50 million according to google, might be more comparable. Still, yikes yikes.
Edit: Apparently it was $20 million. They already had their engine then, though. Still, yikes.
Edit: Uncharted 4 was around $50 million according to google, might be more comparable. Still, yikes yikes.
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Reizo Ryuu
Member
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
That's the excuse we are going with now?
Magnific0giganticus
Banned
But they still can't rival Sega for their place in gaming history.
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Punished Miku
Member
Just wait until next Wednesday buddy.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Meanwhile, Nintendo paid around $6 million to keep Monster Hunter Rise exclusive to Switch / PC.
www.nintendolife.com
That math makes very little sense.
Nintendo Paid "Around $6 Million" For Monster Hunter Rise's Timed Exclusivity On Switch
Capcom was apparently wary of making it a platform exclusive
www.nintendolife.com
That math makes very little sense.
Derktron
Banned
I don't understand the business very well but that is a steep price to pay for a limited time only for the game, $100 million could have easily bought out a studio or fuck pay off a game to stay exclusive. This to me seems like bad business practice to be spending that much for a limited-year deal.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
It was a good investment, covering development costs and such, meaning that what it did sell on Xbox was better than people think due to them already banking the investment of what would be lost. And if Microsoft's other first party efforts were up to par it would have paid off more. I still don't find it a bad deal.
sublimit
Banned
It was a mistake that both SE as well as MS i'm sure regretted.
A.Romero
Member
Now is understandable why TR didn't meet expectations...
I highly doubt they paid 100 mil for TR. I mean, it's a big brand and Microsoft really needed some exclusives but they aren't idiots. There are many ways to better spend that amount like subsidizing gamepass subs or even giving consoles away.
In that Twitter thread they say Horizon Zero Down had a 50 mil budget, just to put things into perspective.
I highly doubt they paid 100 mil for TR. I mean, it's a big brand and Microsoft really needed some exclusives but they aren't idiots. There are many ways to better spend that amount like subsidizing gamepass subs or even giving consoles away.
In that Twitter thread they say Horizon Zero Down had a 50 mil budget, just to put things into perspective.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
They probably paid that much to dispose of all of their unsold zunes.
jakinov
Member
Probably not nearly as much. For a big AAA game, the cost has be more expensive them an exclusive marketing deal, and you have to offset the risks of delayed launches (of less sales) and cost of marketing again for the delayed release. AAA gamepass games are usually old and it doesn't explicitly/directly block any revenue streams.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
I don't have an Xbox, but it didn't hurt my shares
Now graph out marketshare for Xbox over the same period. Its interesting that its period of peak popularity actually coincides with the lowest points on the above.
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NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Imagine a TR game being a system seller... And October to be considered stacked...
*Tips his cynical fedora*
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FranXico
Member
Not really a hustle. That was the idea.Damn SE hustled MS big time, i doubt the entire game budget cost that much
Same logic applies to gamepass deals.
Schmick
Member
Thats not how I read the article at all. You are reading the article differently to me.
hemo memo
Member
Did you play the game? That game beat the entire Uncharted series and this is coming from someone who actually played it on a damn PS4. I knew it will not stay exclusive. Your average consumer probably did.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
$100 million is nothing when they pay $3.5 BILLION for Minecraft right around that time.
