Byron Bluth
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Exactly, short term gain since SE is hurting for some revenue from lackluster sales recently (other than Bravely Default) but long term hits to the franchise.
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Rise of the Tomb Raider timed Xbox exclusive for Holiday 2015 (No PS/PC, SE publish)
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Exactly, short term gain since SE is hurting for some revenue from lackluster sales recently (other than Bravely Default) but long term hits to the franchise.
They only need to say "It's not coming to PS4 nor PC", just that, it doesn't take much and we will let it rest.
they need something to counter UC4, even though it is just timed exclusive
fastford58
Member
If you're willing to spend $400 to $500 to play Tomb Raider, then you get what you deserve.
There are far better, real exclusives, coming to X1 that would call for a console purchase in order to play.
Not trying to defend Crystal Dynamics' decision as I was hoping I would play the game on my PS4, but I can kinda see why they went this way.
From what it looked like, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Uncharted 4 were coming out at the same time and, naturally, Sony's going to promote Uncharted 4 over Tomb Raider. In a move that makes sense for CD, they align with Microsoft and have them promote it against Uncharted as competition and as a Xbox One exclusive.
The thing that irks me is that because of this Xbox One exclusivity is that PC owners will have to wait for this game to release as well. Maybe Microsoft learned their lesson from releasing Titanfall on 360 and PC? Who knows.
The better question is this: How many of us here, who're currently complaining about the game's exclusivity, will cave and get a Xbox One the closer we get to launch day. I know that all of us right now are pretty upset about the news, but these feelings don't last forever.
From what it looked like, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Uncharted 4 were coming out at the same time and, naturally, Sony's going to promote Uncharted 4 over Tomb Raider. In a move that makes sense for CD, they align with Microsoft and have them promote it against Uncharted as competition and as a Xbox One exclusive.
The thing that irks me is that because of this Xbox One exclusivity is that PC owners will have to wait for this game to release as well. Maybe Microsoft learned their lesson from releasing Titanfall on 360 and PC? Who knows.
The better question is this: How many of us here, who're currently complaining about the game's exclusivity, will cave and get a Xbox One the closer we get to launch day. I know that all of us right now are pretty upset about the news, but these feelings don't last forever.
Neuromancer
Member
The 'so much salt' posts are certainly peppering this thread.This is my new response to these "salt" posts:
Dirk Benedict
Member
This is my new response to these "salt" posts:
I will join you with my peppercorn jungle in order to counteract the salt mines.
TheOctodad
Member
I really enjoyed the last Tomb Raider, but I waited for it to drop in price a bit. I'm ok with timed exclusive. Plenty of other games to bide my time with.
I love you.
Dragonborn
Member
That sounds almost exactly the same as when people were defending the myriad of issues the X1 had. "It's only the internet" "No one will really care"
News spreads very fast nowadays thanks to social networks man.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Lame, but c'est le vie. Uncharted 4 will fill my need for this type of game next fall anyway.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Good for Microsoft and XBone owners. I guess the rest of you can watch Twitch streams and Youtube vids.
AstroNut325
Member
More props to MS for securing the title. And just WOW at the meltdowns here and other places on the net.
Rats Off To Ya
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He is the speaker of #truthfacts.
Neuromancer
Member
Because we've got nothing to lose.
TheOctodad
Member
An insider. Who has very accurate information. Not always perfect, but most believe it's due to last minute changes.
SteveO1683
Member
I don't believe that SE PR. The words please be excited are not included so it must be fake.
It is not upsetting for me, it's just baffling, I don't understand why MS would want to secure the sequel of a title that didn't break even till a re-release (on 5 platforms) as an exclusive, I just want to know the reasoning behind that, I don't care about Tomb Raider, the first game didn't do much for me.
Mr_Antimatter
Member
If people knew it was multiplatform, they could hold off on that Xmas Xbox purchase.
LastGamer84
Member
I doubt SE anticipated such a big backlash. They figured people would just wait for it to release later. Now they're wondering how much this will damage the brand, which only recently recovered with a reboot. They may come to regret the decision, only time will tell. As someone who was never into Tomb Raider or Uncharted, this doesn't affect me one way or the other.
I do find it hilarious that rather than investing in a new IP, MS is squandering money on a timed exclusive that won't help sell the console. Tomb Raider has only recently regained mindshare in the public. Up until the reboot it was considered pretty dead. The reboot garnered a lot of positive attention, which they basically threw out the window by putting the sequel out on the Xbox One first.
Again, I have no horse in this race. I'm just pointing out how odd a decision this is, both from MS and SE. It benefits no one (except maybe the dev team, who can shelve the PS4/PC versions for the time being and have an easier time concentrating on the Xbox One), and alienates part of the fan base without good cause. Unless MS paid SE a billion dollars, it isn't worth the potential lost sales.
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Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Hey, SE/CD, do you remember what platform Tomb Raider launched on?
Hey do you remember that the reboot sold 2:1 PS4:XB1?
This statement is beyond pathetic. Absolutely past pathetic when seen in context.
Hey do you remember that the reboot sold 2:1 PS4:XB1?
This statement is beyond pathetic. Absolutely past pathetic when seen in context.
How on earth does it "counter" Uncharted? Eesh.
As a primarily Xbox player I really think this is just stupid. If you are going to do this then buy the fucking franchise or something. This half ass exclusive stuff doesn't really do anything, just posses a whole hell of a lot of people off.
Admiral Woofington
Member
This isn't a system seller though. It seems ridiculous to make this a timed exclusive. All you're doing is giving reasons to those who own your console to be glad they own one, you're not going to sell a significant amount of consoles over this. You're alienating gamers.
Destiny isn't even a timed exclusive game, it just has timed exclusive content. No Man's Skies isn't even exclusive to Sony as much as Sony was given a priority because of past relationship and cash. You can't spin this in a positive note unless you want to say "I'm glad as an xbone owner that I'll get to play this"
Destiny isn't even a timed exclusive game, it just has timed exclusive content. No Man's Skies isn't even exclusive to Sony as much as Sony was given a priority because of past relationship and cash. You can't spin this in a positive note unless you want to say "I'm glad as an xbone owner that I'll get to play this"
CBOAT used to leak a lot of internal stuff about Microsoft early on. I believe it lasted up until Titanfall release in which he insisted on a wrong info despite being proven incorrect numerous times.
Though he's mostly very credible, so I'd say it's pretty much guaranteed that this move by MS/SE is for MS to get all this publicity and maybe a tiny number of sales due to the timed exclusivity, and for SE to avoid competing with Uncharted 4 directly by releasing later on PS4, and obviously to get all the money MS has provided to them.
josecitoxnyo
Member
The butts have spoken. Thank you.
megabytecr
Member
lol, next time a 3rd party game is announced exclusive who will believe it.
makes sense, I mean who will buy the game if they know it is coming for the other platform later. What a joke.
makes sense, I mean who will buy the game if they know it is coming for the other platform later. What a joke.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
More props to MS for securing the title. And just WOW at the meltdowns here and other places on the net.
There are really only a handful of "meltdown" posts, and some of them may be joking.
Most of the posts in here are more or less civil responses and "lol salt."
jhmtehgamr20xx
Banned
They still have to compete against UC4.
Worst yet they have to add enough value to the XBO to convince people to purchase an XBO and then their game, to compete against UC4 which has the benefit of being exclusive on a system with a much larger install base.
This is my new response to these "salt" posts:
I'm totally fine if someone doesn't agree that people should be upset over this. But it's pretty annoying to have a discussion about why you think this is bad, only to have someone come by and say "hur dur you're just butthurt"...pretty much what these posts come off as. But that's just me. Then again, I have my own personal rule about not speaking about GAF moderation. I really do not think that's something members should ever discuss.
But these kind of posts were pretty frequent, and really in poor taste IMO.