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[Moonjt9]

According to this look into Linkedin
The deal for Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusivity was worth 100 million dollars. I'm not familiar with the sales, but that seems like an awfully high number.

 

[M1chl]

Now, how much they are paying for getting games on GamePass, makes you think...

100m for fucking nothing, nice job there.

 

[Banjo64]

Wow. That's stupid money. Could have bought an AA studio for that.

 

[Connxtion]

The helped pay for development of the game. There would have been no new Tomb Raider without the deal

edit:

added quote from polygon article.

Now we have an idea of how Microsoft secured that arrangement: The company supported the 2013 reboot's vision when others didn't, said Square Enix's Phil Rogers in an interview with Game Informer.

Rogers, the CEO of Square Enix in the Americas and Europe, suggested to Game Informer that the direction of developer Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider reboot was a contentious issue within Square Enix.

 

[ManaByte]

For a trillion dollar company, $100M is sofa change.

 

[Aion002]

 

[Kuranghi]

That does sound fucking insane, surely that can't be true. It didn't really sell that well on Xbox One when compared to the PC release according to a quick google search, which said, the PC version sold 3x as many as the Xbox version at launch.

The helped pay for development of the game. There would have been no new Tomb Raider without the deal

Yeah that makes more sense, do you mean there wouldn't have been a sequel to the 2013 reboot or just no reboot at all?

 

[Zathalus]

I've read the Linkedin and it states multiple deals including the Tomb Raider exclusivity for $100 million. So not just Tomb Raider alone.

 

[SlimySnake]

The helped pay for development of the game. There would have been no new Tomb Raider without the deal

lol What? They bought the timed exclusive literally months before launch. What are you talking about?

 

[Magnific0giganticus]

For a trillion dollar company, $100M is sofa change.

Trillion dollar companies close divisions that continually lose money/make awful investments.

 

[Punished Miku]

Their strategy has definitely improved this gen. That's not a worthwhile investment.

Makes you wonder what it costs for FFXVI, FFVIIR for Sony. Same publisher, so it's gotta be higher than that.

 

[Plantoid]

Well they didn't had lots of studios back then, and everyone knows that exclusives sell.

It's not like 100m is a lot of money for M$, also, if timed exclusives were shit, Sony wouldn't do it too

 

[lh032]

i wonder how much Sony pays for FF7 remake/ ff16/ forspoken timed exclusivity O_O

 

[Connxtion]

lol What? They bought the timed exclusive literally months before launch. What are you talking about?

Going by what was being said at the time.

Microsoft's support of Tomb Raider reboot led to sequel's exclusive, Square Enix says

www.polygon.com

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

At the time they had no exclusives and Tomb raider brand was larger than it is now. Still over paid but not shocking. Imagine hoe much Sony is paying for FF16...these things aren't cheap.

 

[Boss Mog]

Remember when the XB1 was announced they boasted about a $500M partnership with the NFL. Nothing really ever came of it either. Such wasted money...

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

For a Feminist game?

 

[rob305]

Yeah i think the linkedin description says "worked on multiple deals totaling 100m"

 

[nowhat]

For a trillion dollar company, $100M is sofa change.

For little over two sofa changes they could have gone for Insomniac, but I'm sure this was a better investment.

 

[Thirty7ven]

100 million to shut up fans about Uncharted.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Stupid decision in hindsight.

 

[ManaByte]

Remember when the XB1 was announced they boasted about a $500M partnership with the NFL. Nothing really ever came of it either.

That wasn't just the Xbox. It was an overall Microsoft partnership that still exists. They still use Surface tablets on the sidelines and Xbox gets the Madden marketing rights.

 

[Punished Miku]

Yeah i think the linkedin description says "worked on multiple deals totaling 100m"

That would make a lot more sense honestly.

 

[Imtjnotu]

For a trillion dollar company, $100M is sofa change.

This is why neither of us run companies like this

 

[Gameplaylover]

I can't believe MS spent 100m on a timed exclusive deal. There were rumors around 10m back then, that sounds more realistic.

 

[Connxtion]

That does sound fucking insane, surely that can't be true. It didn't really sell that well on Xbox One when compared to the PC release according to a quick google search, which said, the PC version sold 3x as many as the Xbox version at launch.



Yeah that makes more sense, do you mean there wouldn't have been a sequel to the 2013 reboot or just no reboot at all?

No reboot as it was having issue after issue and no one wanted to help According to articles.

 

[Moonjt9]

It makes me wonder just what kind of money MS and Sony are throwing around for times exclusives. Getting games on Gamepass day one cannot be cheap if these are the prices we are looking at. No wonder devs would jump at the chance. It basically pays for the entire production of the game.

 

[Zathalus]

Trillion dollar companies close divisions that continually lose money/make awful investments.

Oh no! Xbox is doomed again. Better pack up Microsoft, its been a good 20 year run.

 

[Loope]

 

[ManaByte]

Oh no! Xbox is doomed again. Better pack up Microsoft, its been a good 20 year run.

People fail to realize that Microsoft has been in the console business longer than Sega was.

 

[JimboJones]

Always thought it was a weird get for them back then, decent game but Tomb Raider was well past the point of being relevent as some cultural icon that really catches the attention of people.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

SE went laughing all the way to the bank. MS basically bankrolled the entire dev budget plus some marketing with that, if true.

MS would have been much better served paying for a 3rd party studio like Epic to make an exclusive game.

 

[Boss Mog]

That wasn't just the Xbox. It was an overall Microsoft partnership that still exists. They still use Surface tablets on the sidelines and Xbox gets the Madden marketing rights.

Yeah I get it but it didn't really have much to do with the XB1 yet they made a huge deal about it at the unveiling event.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Going by what was being said at the time.

Microsoft's support of Tomb Raider reboot led to sequel's exclusive, Square Enix says

www.polygon.com

Falling for such garbage PR lmao come on man

 

[Withnail]

My understanding is these deals aren't done in cash but it will be the platform holder providing various activities/discounts/marketing etc which they value at $100m.

 

[Magnific0giganticus]

I've read the Linkedin and it states multiple deals including the Tomb Raider exclusivity for $100 million. So not just Tomb Raider alone.

Where did you read that? The Linked-in page doesn't say that. It specifically says she was instrumental in negotiating the 100m Tomb Raider deal with MS.

 

[Kuranghi]

No reboot as it was having issue after issue and no one wanted to help According to articles.

Ta, I love metroid-likes but I do wish they had focused more on the tomb puzzles in 2013 reboot, thats my TR jam and I miss it from these new ones. The puzzles just kinda solve themselves through you doing everything you can, which is very limited. I dropped Rise after 10 hours due to being so irritated with the story/characters. I'm told SotTR is better with regards to tombs but I still never find time to play it despite getting it for free on PS5.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[Jack Uzi]

lol What? They bought the timed exclusive literally months before launch. What are you talking about?

That narrative never seems to die.

 

[Moonjt9]

Yeah i think the linkedin description says "worked on multiple deals totaling 100m"

I mean it literally says "including negotiating $100m tomb raider exclusivity deal with Microsoft."

that's pretty unambiguous.

 

[WitchHunter]

Money raaaaain!

Next: If you own an X, you will get the money back!

 

[AnnihilationDefeatist]

According to this look into Linkedin
The deal for Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusivity was worth 100 million dollars. I'm not familiar with the sales, but that seems like an awfully high number.

I would say this to crumbs for Microsoft.

 

[[Sigma]]

Going by what was being said at the time.

Microsoft's support of Tomb Raider reboot led to sequel's exclusive, Square Enix says

www.polygon.com

That shit was PR poppycock

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I would have taken that money for exclusivity.

 

[RoboFu]

I wonder how much sony paid for TR2 on playstation?

 

[Magnific0giganticus]

Oh no! Xbox is doomed again. Better pack up Microsoft, its been a good 20 year run.

If you didn't know, Xbox Division was on the chopping block back in 2014 after the major failure of the Xbox One. It's not like that can't happen again if the division doesn't finally proof it can hold its weight.

 

[ethomaz]

Yeah i think the linkedin description says "worked on multiple deals totaling 100m"

The linkdin text says he worked in multiple deals...

... including the Tomb Raider deal worth of $100m.

 

[Chukhopops]

Deals worth 100M = including marketing costs, operational costs etc. I guess you can say MS paid 100M for the game but they didn't pay 100M to SE in my opinion.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

People fail to realize that Microsoft has been in the console business longer than Sega was.

And much like Sega Xbox has never won. They just have the means to lose money much more than Sega did.

 

[SlimySnake]

Going by what was being said at the time.

Microsoft's support of Tomb Raider reboot led to sequel's exclusive, Square Enix says

www.polygon.com

Yeah dont go by PR. Look at the dates. August 2015. 3 months before launch. The deal was signed in july. 4 months before launch. The game was done.

Here is Phil saying he bought the exclusivity because he didnt have an action adventure game to go up with U4 that year. U4 ended up getting delayed but this was an answer to it.

In part is it about having an answer to Uncharted 4? The comparison between the last Tomb Raider and Uncharted has been made.

Phil Spencer: Totally. I'm a big fan of Uncharted and I wish we had an action adventure game of that ilk. We've started some, and we've looked at them. But we don't have one today of that quality. This is an opportunity.