Is going XBox Exclusive franchise suicide at this point?

[MyCodenameIsIan]

I guess this is in response to the Tomb Raider deal.

A lot of people have drawn comparisons between Tomb Raider and Uncharted. Yet despite Tomb Raider being available across two platforms Uncharted pretty much outsold it by 50%.

Tomb Raider was an expensive game to create and despite selling relatively well barely broke even. As part of the exclusivity deal Phil Spencer confirmed they are contributing to the development costs as well as giving the game a huge marketing push.

After the quality of the first title and potentially having a larger development budget I expect the sequel will be a critical success. If Microsoft can drum up even half of the Titanfall pre-release marketing hype then it will set up the game really well.

As for people not being interested in a game months down the line, do you think Xbox owners would buy The Last of Us if it became available for them now?