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Scisca said:
I actually think that this is a smart and safe decision on part of SE. I may be the only one to think this way, but I think I'd do the same if I was working at SE. Crazy? Here is my train of thoughts:

Christmas 2015, what massive games hit the market alongside the new TR? Halo 5 and Uncharted 4. They will both be in the centre of attention of XO/PS4 fans respectively. Will the PS4 gamers be interested in TR? Don't think so. They will get their Indiana Jones fix with Uncharted and will look for a different experience as their second choice. On the other hand Halo 5 will move a sick amount of consoles (in NA) and gamers playing an s-f FPS game are more likely to pick up TR in the search for a different experience. This is why I think SE thought that TR won't really explode on PS4. No matter how good it is, it will be totally overshadowed by U4. In this instance it's much better to take the MS money, make TR a timed exclusive and release on PS3/PS4 after half a year or so, when PS4 people already put U4 behind them and will be ready for a similar experience. I believe this would give SE more profit than releasing multiplat and getting obliterated by Uncharted on PS4.

At least this is what I'd do. I wouldn't agree to totally ignore PS consoles, but I'd agree to delay the release of these versions. They'd sell decent even when released later on and MS money would more than make up for the people who ignore the game because of the delay.

It really comes down to the sum of money MS paid and whether SE is allowed to release the game on PS3/4 later on or not.

No, I agree it is good for Square Enix.

That's the problem, it shouldn't be.



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