Spencer confirms: Tomb Raider deal "has a duration" (also cross gen)

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Machiavellian said:

binary solo said:

I'll be so bold as to say it is guaranteed to be on PC because that won't have strings attached. Sony will want to extract a pound of flesh from SE for it to go on PS4 so SE will have pros and cons to weigh up. But I don't there is any credibility to the assertion that MS has a hold over the game beyond 12 months after launch, and it could be as brief as 31 Dec 2015.

I do not believe Sony can extract anything from SE to bring TR to the PS4.  SE already have publishing contracts with Sony and I am sure that will be enough to bring the game to the platform.  If anything, the it takes 6months to a year to get on the PS platform, then it will be up to SE to provide some incentives to get PS gamers to purchase the game more than anything else.

And you can confirm that said publishing contract does not have a clause in it which says "if you put a late port on PS then you have to put in a no cost sweetener and not just release the same exact product that was launched earlier on the first platform" or words to that effect?