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Rise of the Tomb Raider timed Xbox exclusive for Holiday 2015 (No PS/PC, SE publish)
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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dollartaco
Member
Why? Will people just wait for the PS4 version?
DoubleTake
Member
Oh shiiit....
When you buy an entity, it doesn't make previous contracts void. EA would have still been bound by Bioware's contract.
Nightengale
Member
13 months exclusivity on Titanfall was long enough for EA/Respawn/Xbox to use the word 'first on.'
Granted, it was obvious back then that it was timed, since Respawn was skirting around the question by saying they do want to reach out to the broadest audience possible.
Megatron
Member
It's from this Penny Arcade Comic.
It basically just means a publisher decided to do something for one specific platform because said platform gave them a ton of money.
Stone Ocean
Member
It's not his fault MS is being so vague about this.
Geoff full of shit again.
Not sure if parody post or you missed the original joke.
He is trying to figure it out like the rest of us, except he is in a position to ask questions.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
lol. All you guys talking about "it's totally timed" are PC fans, right? Because if you're PS4 and arguing for that...
Even if so, I'd be surprised if we saw the game on PS4 before 2017. Which is sad because I was definitely looking forward to it.
Even if so, I'd be surprised if we saw the game on PS4 before 2017. Which is sad because I was definitely looking forward to it.
Denton
Member
Sounds like excuses...Dear Esther and Amnesia sold plenty, and even if they did need more money, they could have at least attempted to get it in a way that does not say "fuck off" to their existing fanbase. It was very similar case to what is happening with TR.
However with TR I am fairly certain the game will wind up on other platforms 6 months to a year after Xbone, but with Rapture I doubt it.
SentryDown
Member
Either it's timed or definitive, it's a pretty bad move from Square. Ok, they have a ton of cash to make this episode but nobody is going to play it (even if ports comes later) and then the next episode is going to sell poorly, etc, etc.
Console wars is not the problem, people who desperately want the new TR will buy it on Xbox One (look at GTA PC players prior to announcements), the problem is that Square Enix was trying to bring back an old franchise and convince new players that it is actually cool but most of them aren't ready to buy a new system just to discover TR 2013 sequel.
Console wars is not the problem, people who desperately want the new TR will buy it on Xbox One (look at GTA PC players prior to announcements), the problem is that Square Enix was trying to bring back an old franchise and convince new players that it is actually cool but most of them aren't ready to buy a new system just to discover TR 2013 sequel.
Vorg
Banned
LOL. Not sure if serious?
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
My thoughts EXACTLY as I heard the news.
MCC, Tomb Raider, Quantum Break, Halo Channel... I feel that green X love returning to my tired, old bones....
Leafhopper
Banned
Well Nintendo isn't exactly involved developing Bayonetta 2 either, they are funding it.
Is that a money a hat as well?
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
This is the guy, who was tweeting "Don't believe every rumor you hear on the internet" hours before MS's DRM 180. Can't take anything he says seriously.
Depends. Definitive edition was wrapped up at the end of 2013 and if the same team at CD was making the new game, then they might have just entered full production. Already having a handle on the platform by working on the Definitive edition means it would be easier to get the game up and running on a particular console.
My guess is there were talks in the works for a few months and CD started with the X1 first, but news was held till all of the details were hammered out before going ahead with the announcement.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Dr Amazon MD
Member
Joke post?
travisbickle
Member
This always happens when they use the adverb "exclusively".
"This game is exclusive to Xbox" vs. "This game is exclusively available 2015 on Xbox" which I'm pretty sure is how Phil framed it.
"This game is exclusive to Xbox" vs. "This game is exclusively available 2015 on Xbox" which I'm pretty sure is how Phil framed it.
Apparently the game will just self-publish itself. This has definitely been entertaining.
It comes from nobody having a clue as to what is going on seemingly, which is on Microsoft.
I'm assuming this is because it's a deal that was made recently. =/ MS is really hungry to get console units moved this holiday.
Uncharted means literally "not in the chart" so he's talking about that definition of the word.
Some kind of word play.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
If it wasn't a timed exclusive they wouldn't be so careful on their wording.
All of this dancing around just screams timed exclusive to me.
Maybe I am wrong *shrugs* but just telling it like I see it.
All of this dancing around just screams timed exclusive to me.
Maybe I am wrong *shrugs* but just telling it like I see it.
michaelius
Banned
So where are all those competition is good posts now? 
spookyfish
Member
Leafhopper
Banned
Tomb Raider is an indie game guys, pack it up.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
its crazy that some people don't know that. The profile pic itself gives away that it can't be official account lmao
CosmicGroinPull
Member
If it takes a year or more for other platforms, screw this. Dumb greedy SE; if you were gonna do this, just announce it the first time as an exclusive.
There's a lot of salt in this thread. If RotTR was announced as a PC exclusive I'd be so salty about that decision since I'm a console gamer. No need to deny what's all on this thread, salt.
TheSlySoul
Member
With Garden Warfare, they announced "exclusive to Xbox/PC" but still showed EA published the game. All signs point to timed exclusive now. Now SE's logic makes more sense now. Now it is not a stupid move.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
I don't get why people are saying timed exclusive.
The statement clearly says it's an exclusive and that PS4 and PC owners can look forward to Temple of Osiris.
Will it be released in other platforms in the future? Maybe, but the information today is that for the time being it's locked to the Xbone.
MSFT has done timed exclusives before, but their paid exclusives generally are exclusives for years, so IMO any opinion in timed exclusive is just plain ol' port begging; even if it's a mod saying it, or the fucking Dorito Pope speaking to his Kinect.
The statement clearly says it's an exclusive and that PS4 and PC owners can look forward to Temple of Osiris.
Will it be released in other platforms in the future? Maybe, but the information today is that for the time being it's locked to the Xbone.
MSFT has done timed exclusives before, but their paid exclusives generally are exclusives for years, so IMO any opinion in timed exclusive is just plain ol' port begging; even if it's a mod saying it, or the fucking Dorito Pope speaking to his Kinect.
FranXico
Member
Sony would be sued if they mentioned anything about it. Not their game, none of their business.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Seriously. Asking genuine questions. Trying to get information.
I think it's great.
Nightengale
Member
As in will it help push more boxes. The original TR sold about 6 million units, with a good bulk of that on PS3 and PC. I am wondering if this it going to do anything for SE or MS.
It probably will for SE seeing as how its probably timed.
There's a difference between salt, and genuine disappointment from fans that have been there since day 1 in 1996
gundamkyoukai
Member
Well MS is partly to blame , they made it look like they were publishing it .
overdrivex
Banned
epic fail
lol. All you guys talking about "it's totally timed" are PC fans, right? Because if you're PS4 and arguing for that...
Even if so, I'd be surprised if we saw the game on PS4 before 2017. Which is sad because I was definitely looking forward to it.
Yeah, totally dude. It's not like there have been dozens of timed exclusives in the past released for other systems within as little as a year from the release of the original.
It's not like Dead Rising 3, another XBO "exclusive" was announced for PC release mere months after its release or anything.
Geoff can't win. People accuse him of being a corporate PR shill, unwilling to ask questions that benefit the consumer. He then asks questions (wants to know information for the consumer), and now he's a Sony shill.
I'm not a fan of Geoff's overall industry rep/persona work. But this is ridiculous lol
like it would matter.
ninja theory could put out a game on 10 platforms and it would still struggle to sell
Man like dude, they should be like in it for like, the fans maaaaaaaaaaan. for the love of the art maaaaaaaaaan.
Seriously though, what else would they work for?