Launching in holiday 2015, exclusively on Xbox, featuring epic, high-octane action moments, Rise of the Tomb Raider will take gamers(...)
Well, there you go. This is how Microsoft competes. They pay publishers good money to remove games from other platforms while in development.
This is crap...
I have both systems, just so I can play exclusives, but there is no way I am buying this.
You have exclusives that are made in house.
You have exclusives, like the recent Sunset Overdrive, where the developer gets to keep control of their product, so staying on one system makes sense.
You have exclusives, like Bayonetta 2, where one of the big companies helps fund the game which would have never been made otherwise.
With all of these I have no problem buying the game and is the reason I own all the major systems.
Then you have crap like this where one company pays to keep the game off other systems. This is complete anti-consumer shit. This is not helping the gamer. This is not creating exciting content for your fans. This is not making me want to support your company by hiring the most talented artist in the industry and giving them a chance to wow me. This is 100% complete mafia bullshit of taking out all competition and leaving me one single choice.
fuck you I am not supporting this...
I agree, it was one of the most disappointing games in recent memory. That being said, shooters are really popular on GAF and I believe TR ranked really high in GOTY voting last year.I can't believe people raging over a distant sequel for a mediocre game being X1 exclusive.
It will help feel Xbone owners to temporarily feel good for owning the console.
Based on the language in the OP it seems like it'll be timed? So patience is a virtue I guess. You never know, the likely superior PS4 version may release with more content.I wanted to play both.
SQUARE JUST SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT
obv Uncharted vs Tomb Raider holiday sales battle
Good job M$!!! The amount of salt in here is enough to turn the great lakes into salty oceans!!! Lol!
Only in name.I guess that's true, but it's still a TR game.
Then I suggest you play Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light. It actually has a large amount of puzzles and an actual exploration aspect to it, whereas Tomb Raider 2013 is the linear, braindead "cinematic experience" with nothing but shooting. One of the best co-op games around to this day too.I never played the first spin-off but it just seemed like a top down shooter. Not exactly what the classics were.
Basically, Microsoft is aggressively trying to force me to buy their console if I want to play a game that was once announced as being multiplatform and that they bought. Its tactics, but cheap tactics.
I had a PS3 and a 360. I could not care less about brands. I could have bought an X1 for Sunset Overdrive, but, I wont because I dont like the strategy Microsoft is using. What was done by them with FFXIII going multi was clever and it didnt lock down things, it opened the game.
This, is the other way around, it is a coercive measure.
So in a nutshell, if TR was announced from the start as an exclusive, I wouldnt object, but seeing as it was first a multiplatform game, it bothers me. In the end I don't even think it helps them.
BUT, ultimately, I think that this is a timed exclusive
All this salt lol gaf is the best
lol, just fond this from one of CD's level designers:
They know, but they do not want to say. Saying up front "this is a timed exclusive" would be like throwing money out the window for MS.
However due to the pressure they might actually admit it, which would be funny.
MS is a really stupid, clueless company if they did not realize what would moneyhatting this game cause (not an increase in Xbone sales!). Kinda like they were stupid to realize that Xbox One would get shorthanded as Xbone.
Wtf?It will help feel Xbone owners to temporarily feel good for owning the console.
All this salt lol gaf is the best
Welp, all this means is that SE isn't getting my money this year. Will probably pick up on PC 3 months later.
The internet is full of hates. I am pretty sure if Rise of Tomb Raider is exclusive to PS4, the internet will be full of joys, happiness and trolls to Microsoft.
Erm... I guess you've been missing for all the Destiny exclusive DLC salt...The internet is full of hates. I am pretty sure if Rise of Tomb Raider is exclusive to PS4, the internet will be full of joys, happiness and trolls to Microsoft.
Wait, Forza Horizon, a spin off to the Forza series that came out in 2012 was created to be a direct competitor to DriveClub, a game that has yet to release?
That's some serious future planning right there, and I'd say it's working out for Xbox.
Wait, Forza Horizon, a spin off to the Forza series that came out in 2012 was created to be a direct competitor to DriveClub, a game that has yet to release?
That's some serious future planning right there, and I'd say it's working out for Xbox.
It will help feel Xbone owners to temporarily feel good for owning the console.
What salt? I see many people didn't know what that meant.
Can someone explain to me why has this thread exploded to nearly 60 pages in a few hours?
What is so important/controversial about it? We've seen many developers reach some kind of exclusivity agreement with console manufacturers in the past - why is this one so controversial?
Can someone explain to me why has this thread exploded to nearly 60 pages in a few hours?
What is so important/controversial about it? We've seen many developers reach some kind of exclusivity agreement with console manufacturers in the past - why is this one so controversial?
Final Fantasy VII?I don't care about the game but is this the biggest money hat the industry has seen? This is insane!!!
Can someone explain to me why has this thread exploded to nearly 60 pages in a few hours?
What is so important/controversial about it? We've seen many developers reach some kind of exclusivity agreement with console manufacturers in the past - why is this one so controversial?
I'll see if I give it more attention there.
But those it have exploration too?
My dad was the Tomb Raider fan in the family but I'll show him to see if he likes it then.