Me too. But I'm still not buying this on Xbox One.
Rise of the Tomb Raider timed Xbox exclusive for Holiday 2015 (No PS/PC, SE publish)
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Me too. But I'm still not buying this on Xbox One.
overdrivex
Banned
that was be salt coming out of it
TheSlySoul
Member
The difference really is developers chose more about what they develop for rather than publishers buying out the games in the past. There was not enough money in video games for buyouts. This is only a recent trend in the past 10 years.
Yeah, because MS tried with Enchanted Arms, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, and such. The reason Japan avoids the Xbox One is because the games did not sell well.
bluecapsule
Member
Looks like Square is already preparing to scapegoat Laura for another year's dismal financial reports.
Hey Square, go die in a fire you worthless POS company.
Way to make Tomb Raider exclusive to the Xbox One. Scared that you won't meet sales targets without Microsoft's money huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you just shat on your fanbase. That's going to hold up, right? Fucking making this exclusive to the Xbox One despite Tomb Raider's history on the Playstation? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when you purchased Eidos because their president, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that your company crashes and burns into the fucking sea, only to be picked apart as salvage by western iOS developers, at which time the franchises you've already defiled with incompetence and negligence can be finally whored out to smartphones.
That's assuming you asshats don't beat your eventual western smartphone overlords to the punch, which you probably will because you give fuck all about the legacy of these franchises, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made them what they where.
As the owner of a PS4 please go swallow glass
Never been more appropriate
Salt level over 90.000.
googleplex
Member
Not alienating my customer base is MUCH more valuable to a franchise then a big momentary sake of Money from MS.
The only way this make any sense for Square is for Microsoft to have paid them for the loss of revenue from not bringing TR to Sony Platform. That would be a LOT of money.
I'm not arguing this position. I'm just saying, I have now 1 more exclusive I am interested in. Nothing else.
We can discuss the validity and how strategic the investment was for MS (or Square Enix) on this deal, but that was not what I was discussing.
I also do not care that they 'paid it away' from other platforms. It is a loss for us consumers, but a gain (we can debate how much or if it is ) for Microsoft. Read my original post.
Wow. Guys. It's a meme. Even if you don't know the source, the spoiler text is a dead giveaway.
I'm talking about people saying MS publishing the XB version of the game being some indication that it's a permanent exclusive. It doesn't necessarily mean that.
Or like Bayonetta 2, as much as people want to refuse to think that.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Thing is, this type of thing only hurts fanboys no one else
PapaJustify
Member
Even if it's time exclusive or not. A lot of damage is done to their fans on PlayStation platforms by communicating it that way. Really nobody wins here.
RandyBobandy
Banned
Hey Square, go die in a fire you worthless POS company.
Way to make Tomb Raider exclusive to the Xbox One. Scared that you won't meet sales targets without Microsoft's money huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you just shat on your fanbase. That's going to hold up, right? Fucking making this exclusive to the Xbox One despite Tomb Raider's history on the Playstation? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when you purchased Eidos because their president, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that your company crashes and burns into the fucking sea, only to be picked apart as salvage by western iOS developers, at which time the franchises you've already defiled with incompetence and negligence can be finally whored out to smartphones.
That's assuming you asshats don't beat your eventual western smartphone overlords to the punch, which you probably will because you give fuck all about the legacy of these franchises, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made them what they where.
As the owner of a PS4 please go swallow glass
Never been more appropriate
I cringed reading this
If Sony can do, why not Microsoft?
WrenchNinja
Member
They werent going to be making a sequel Right off the heels of releasing the Definitive Edition and talking all about using Laras sequel model in it.
Riiiiight
Triggerhappytel
Member
Just because of the new title doesn´t mean this is not basically Dark Souls III
It's not Dark Souls III, it's Demon's Souls IV!
Harlock
Member
Neogaf needs twitter embed.
Hey Square, go die in a fire you worthless POS company.
Way to make Tomb Raider exclusive to the Xbox One. Scared that you won't meet sales targets without Microsoft's money huh? Fuck you if you think I'm paying for this now after you just shat on your fanbase. That's going to hold up, right? Fucking making this exclusive to the Xbox One despite Tomb Raider's history on the Playstation? You're a bunch of clowns. I take it as a personal insult that you mouthbreathers are allowed to make decisions with regards to how franchises I used to really love are handled. Your asses got bailed out when you purchased Eidos because their president, like all of you, was a complete and utter mook. I make two better executives than your entire company combined in the toilet every morning before I go to work. I look forward to the day that your company crashes and burns into the fucking sea, only to be picked apart as salvage by western iOS developers, at which time the franchises you've already defiled with incompetence and negligence can be finally whored out to smartphones.
That's assuming you asshats don't beat your eventual western smartphone overlords to the punch, which you probably will because you give fuck all about the legacy of these franchises, to say nothing about just how little regard you hold towards the fans who made them what they where.
As the owner of a PS4 please go swallow glass
Never been more appropriate
Holy crap, dude. What on earth.
CosmicQueso
Member
Perfect.
SolarPowered
Member
Is this a direct sequel to the modern Tomb Raider? If so, I hope this doesn't hurt the brand.
They also published Mass Effect and Ninja Gaiden 2. Just because they are publishing a game doesn't mean they have exclusivity locked down.
As far I am concerned this isn't in the same ball park as Bayonetta 2.
Parody post. People need to learn to spot them.
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
I love that Jungle - Busy Earnin' is currently playing on the Xbox stream.
Oh god. Thank you. All those false equivalencies were making my head spin.
Same thing with Bloodbourne. Do people really believe that it would have been made without Sony approaching them? Case in point: MS's Platinum game Scalebound. How people think these games/situations are the same as Rise of TR just boggles my mind.
Interesting tactic.... I mean risk vs reward... How many ps4 owers are going to buy a Xbox to play this instead of waiting for a 2016 port, vs how many existing ps4 TR owners who might get seriously butthurt over this and be done with the game untill it shows up for free on ps+ some far way down the road....
FatboyTim
Member
Perhaps the truest words ever spoken!
Nightengale
Member
B-b-b-but you are gonna want to protect her! /s
Sony doesn't have to respond, they have UC4
Announcing a game as multi-platform and then months later going back on that is anti-consumer, full stop. There are almost certainly a few people who were interested in the next Tomb Raider who bought their current gen console sometime between its initial announcement and this one that might have made a different purchasing decision, if they'd had all the facts.
Nobody wins in this instance except Microsoft, and several consumers lose. That's how this works.
BronsonLee
Member
Ooooh yes, that one slipped my mind, thanks. We have no idea how far they got along with ROTTR before this came to fruition.
Hrm. Also guys, that hohoXD123 post is a joke post like the 'I'm an expert' one.
They're pretty similar, so maybe they'll try to get sales from the Uncharted 4 hype. Like people who have an Xbox One and hear good things about Uncharted, so they'll buy a substitute product.
Neko Mimi Mode
Member
Garden Warfare wasn't published by Microsoft. This game is.
The port whining in this thread is embarrassing.
It's to sell XB1s. I know people consider PC a MS platform but they don't get money from each game sold unless its a "Games for Windows" game. You could say that they do make money from buying the OS but people don't buy Windows to play a game. Most already have a copy.
They simply profit more from every game sold on the console while when a game is sold on Steam, they only make money from people buying their OS.
The game shouldn't be exclusive but they made a play. I don't think it will sell many consoles but hey, MS is throwing things against the wall so see what sticks. They have the money.
maabus1999
Member
No but the chance of it remaining exclusive went up 10x with MSFT publishing....
That is the point of that news and should be in the OP, if it isn't already.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
Care to link to the original?
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
Banned
6 month Xbone exclusive before being released on PS4 and PC as a new cut or updated edition with current DLC.
Calling it. No way this remains exclusive to one console forever.
Calling it. No way this remains exclusive to one console forever.
What the fuck. Square Enix isn't even publishing the game? What the hell happened?
Black Republican
Member
Anyways, has CD said anything about the game having more puzzles compared to the 2013 game?
I hate waking up to bad news, i feel like it's opposite day, didn't the Tomb Raider reboot sell more on PS consoles?, even though it was multiplat and sold a lot of copies it still remained unprofitable?, so then why on earth would you make the next iteration of the game exclusive to the platfom it sold the least?
it's like telling your kid not to pick food from the ground and then having a dirt-pie yourself!
and what's with all these fanboys saying this is good for ND?, I dont like the Uncharted games and yet 100'ed TR, this sudden exclusivity isnt gonna make me like Uncharted all the sudden.
it's like telling your kid not to pick food from the ground and then having a dirt-pie yourself!
and what's with all these fanboys saying this is good for ND?, I dont like the Uncharted games and yet 100'ed TR, this sudden exclusivity isnt gonna make me like Uncharted all the sudden.
Shrike_Priest
Member
Actually, you're right, that's pretty much brilliant on their part. Money hat for exclusivity, but remove the competition.
After the first game didn't really match expectations (in terms of sales) they get a massive lump sum up front which will offset some of the money lost on game sales. Then, as we saw with Titanfall, MS will push the game with a huge marketing campaign backed by muchos dineros.
Yes I believe it's the wrong decision but I also don't blame Square/CD for grabbing the money offered.