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[danthefan]

NeoGaf in a nutshell:

PS4 exclusive: "Great move Sony, good on you guys *hugs ps4*

Xbox One exclusive: "Fuck M$$$$$$$, using shitloads of cash again to actually compete in a business world, I'm not buying it! (I own a Xbox One, or at least I'm saying that to seem less biased)."

Have Sony ever money-hatted an IP that was previously multi platform like this?

 

[Future PhaZe]

2015?


uncharted 4 is going to annihilate rise of the tomb raider.


sorry, lara.

god this is some fanboy shit right here :/

 

[Mononoke]

Exactly.

Huh? Are you ignoring people that addressed this? Because people have explained why this is not true at all. Plenty of gamers that have the X1 (like myself) even think this is bullshit.

 

[blizzardjesus]

At the press conference they keep saying exclusive for Holiday 2015.

 

[10k]

What kind of money are we talking about here to get a deal like this?

square enix why

Due to the success of tomb raider on the xbox one we would like to announce FFXV is exclusive to xbox in 2016! *GAF explodes*

 

[josecitoxnyo]

So this is the Bayonetta 2 of MS? Cool.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

NeoGaf in a nutshell:

PS4 exclusive: "Great move Sony, good on you guys *hugs ps4*

Xbox One exclusive: "Fuck M$$$$$$$, using shitloads of cash again to actually compete in a business world, I'm not buying it! (I own a Xbox One, or at least I'm saying that to seem less biased)."

When has Sony bought an exclusive 3rd party game lately? Let alone a sequel that was on EVERYTHING?

 

[FranXico]

Funding their own games like Knack? That sure was money well spent......

For every Knack you mention, someone will cite a Journey... Just because it doesn't always work, that doesn't mean it isn't worth it when it does.

 

[Gundy2010]

instead of denying gamers solid 3rd party multiplats to make up for your own lack of talents, how about invenst those money into your own 1st party studios MS?

 

[Pankratous]

I'm so pissed.

Why do Microsoft never just get their act together and make exclusives, instead of having to buy popular franchises? The Tomb Raider fanbase is now split massively. Well done Square-Enix.

 

[Hyunashi]

Funding their own games like Knack? That sure was money well spent......

Yea lets not try something new. We get it, the game sucked to a good number of people, but you cant fault Sony for trying to create a new popular IP.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Wait, the game is cross-gen?

lmao, who's making decisions over there? Someone needs to sit them down and say "WAT."

 

[Ulumsk]

I was going to get a Xbone because I wanted to play Sunset Overdrive and maybe some of the launch titles I missed, but this makes me want skip the entire system. Destructive tactics by MS. I don't want to support this. Fund development, don't spend to lock things away.

 

[fantomena]

The big Tomb Raider fan forums which even Squeenix and CD visits:

http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=206689

 

[jacksepticeye]

Yeah sounds liked timed, still weird though

 

[AnthonypUK]

This is very very true. .

Well other than the fact that its not? they aided in development to get the timed exclusivity , it was then going to be made on other other consoles, then they paid more ontop to get full exclusivity.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

At the press conference they keep saying exclusive for Holiday 2015.

Because that's when it's releasing.

 

[KooopaKid]

Good move for MS.
Bad move for Square, Crystal Dynamics, Playstation and PC gamers.

So this is the Bayonetta 2 of MS? Cool.

Nope, Bayonetta 2 was dead before Nintendo coming in. Different situation.

 

[Always-honest]

Oh fdamn.. Wanted to play the next one fully next gen Tombraider on my PS4...
Hopefully timed exclusive for me. But smart for MS and nice for Xbone owners.
Tomtaider DE was pretty good imo.

 

[Jonboy]

Lol, UC will sell more on just PS4, no question about that. Not even close.

Yeah, looking at sales of TR on 360 and considering X1's install base, I think you're right. UC may even double it.

 

[petran79]

why do you care? wasnt it rated lower than Uncharted anyway?

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

I still reckon it's timed.

That wording was very carefully chosen.

 

[DynDasE]

Exactly.

I don't see buying exclusive 3rd party is a bad thing from MS.
But, MS have been associating with PR spin about the word "Exclusive" for too long.

In their trailers, MS always use Exclusive on XBO, then spin the detail out later.

 

[Evrae]

Have Sony ever money-hatted an IP that was previously multi platform like this?

Nope.

These are exclusively Xbox tactics.

 

[Dragonborn]

I'll buy on X1 if I have to, but the first was so good on PC.

Bad medicine.

That just supports more of this happening.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I have a 360, but not an XBone. **sigh**

welp, every time you see a trailer for this game, its gonna be like "Its gonna look like this, but worse and at 30fps maybe"

 

[Chû Totoro]

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...

Well this post has it all. It should be put in the OP because the thread is becoming a console wars / trolling mess.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Exclusives are anti-consumer now? Lmao.

Moneyhats are, yes.

 

[Duxxy3]

Microsoft, buying games away from gamer once again. Such a sad and terrible strategy. *Sight* And Square loving money hat so much...

Is it so different from what is going on with bloodborne?

 

[Majanew]

So this is the Bayonetta 2 of MS? Cool.

Not even close to the same thing.

 

[ResidentDante]

ResidentDante looking mad stupid now, lol. Can't let people get away with lousy posts. No one is safe!

Come on I'm illustrating the mad hate in here. Exclusives are = evil doings now?!

 

[IAmRandom31]

Wait, holiday?

Yeah who knows at this point.

Uncharted will be around anyway. We shall see

 

[icespide]

So this is the Bayonetta 2 of MS? Cool.

not really

 

[ManUtdRedDevils]

More annoyed by the fact that it's cross gen than anything else. I have no issue waiting for a Steam $5-10 sale.

 

[SkeptiMism]

S-E still thought that wasn't satisfactory. So why not look for outside funding?

A sequel doesn't cost as much to make. A lot of assets can be used again or reworked for less than completely doing new ones. Also it would make more sense to control that budget anyway. If the game sold 5 million copies and barely made even, either the budget was just ridiculously bloated or they made it far too big a game compared to what it'd sell.
They now might get outside funding, but they lose millions of sales (especially as the game sold less on Xbox).

edit:
Though yeah, there is a slight possibility that the game would've got canned otherwise, but it's very unlikely I'd say. If we get to know that is the case anyway, then I'll happily eat some crow.

 

[theDeeDubs]

Hungry MS is best MS. Can't wait to see more of this though. The reboot was great.

 

[toastyToast]

lmao

Really don't give a toss after TR2013 but there were people who liked that so sucks for them.

 

[wetflame]

Really wanna know what's going on on the CD forum right now. Must be imploding. Unfortunately can't access from work.

I just checked and there's a thread with three pages of posts on it. Would read through but I forgot how awful it is reading message boards with signatures. Generally people are pretty bummed out.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

It's like it's 1997 all over again.

 

[watership]

When has Sony bought an exclusive 3rd party game lately? Let alone a sequel that was on EVERYTHING?

Metal gear solid 4?

 

[Ulumsk]

So this is the Bayonetta 2 of MS? Cool.

Bayonetta 2 exists because Nintendo paid for it.

Rise of the Tomb Raider doesn't exist on PC/PS4 because Microsoft paid for it.

 

[TheQuake]

I am now happy that I own both consoles.

Ditto. Loving the competition.

 

[TheOctodad]

To me this just screams that the 2013 MS mentality that pushed DRM is still alive, just biding it's time.

Guess I can play it on 360 though ... lol.

 

[khaaan]

While I don't own either a PS4 or a Xbox One it's the exclusives that I look at when I'm about to make a purchase. Tomb Raider on it's own isn't going to get me but it adds to the whole package. If I were a fan of Tomb Raider without an Xbone though I would get pretty upset as well.

I already don't like third party exclusives

=P

 

[Pennywise]

I still reckon it's timed.

That wording was very carefully chosen.

Yeah.
Spencer said it twice, holiday 2015.
Something he only said while speaking about TR.

 

[NekoFever]

Have Sony ever money-hatted an IP that was previously multi platform like this?

Yes, this exact IP.

 

[jesu]

Nope.

These are exclusively Xbox tactics.

What about No Mans Sky?

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

I was going to get a Xbone because I wanted to play Sunset Overdrive and maybe some of the launch titles I missed, but this makes me want skip the entire system. Destructive tactics by MS. I don't want to support this. Fund development, don't spend to lock things away.

For all we know, they ARE funding development.

 

[Occam]

This will further delay my Xbone purchase. I don't want my money to go towards money-hatting multi-plats to become exclusives instead of using it to create exclusive content.

 

[Skilletor]

My reaction: Wow. Not only do they shit on the classic gameplay of Tomb Raider, now they're shitting on its fans.