I'm happy with any decision that SE makes about new rebooted TR franchise that will lead to its early demise...and then potential re-reboot of original TR.

Brace yourselves. Armchair CEOs are coming.

This thread is full of butthurt sony fans.

- Moderated, Carl

If MS paid them a big amount of money for a year of exclusivity it could be a fantastic decision. On top of that, it will probably get cornerstone franchise level promotion, and we'll see a lot of Tomb Raider vs Uncharted 4 being thrown around upon release. That kind of talk never would have happened if it was multiplatform. Then it could be released on PS down the road sell a few more million. It really could be brilliance.

Did they also shoot themselves in the foot?

I’m pretty sure it's just a one year timed exclusive and will be out on more platforms with a DLC inclusive complete version a year after release.

Well, look to it like this...

The reboot was very expensive because they use a lot of money to create the new engine, but now that it is done and polished for new-gen (using definitive edition budget), the new games should be cheaper to produce.

Add that MS should have payed a good amount of money and secure them some promotional muscle so it can compete with Uncharted 4 release that is around the same time in 2015.

And last, but not least, it is most likely a timed exclusive and it could arrive to the PS4 a few months later when Uncharted 4 fever has reduced and sell a good amount of additional units.

It is almost a win-win situation for them and it makes sense, and the only negative is that it got them some backlash with some Sony fanboys that most likely will buy the game anyway when is available for the PS4, if as we are hoping is a good title in the first place.

I wonder how this thread looked like if Sony secured that deal...

Haven't all developers seen the numbers for Watch Dogs across the Board and seen what System is actually bringing in the Dough? Hope it falls face flat, wouldn't of bought this on Ps4 anyways since it don't appeal to me over all. Good Luck Crystal Dynamics.

The usual suspects would see their roles reversed but there would be at least a little gray area in debating the decision. As it has been stated, It is not even close in sales, especially europe hardware wise. PS4 remaster outsold the Xbox One handily. It was shown at E3 as coming to PS4 so this happened in a relatively newer window so it is not as if this has been in the workings prior to learning about sales data for this generation. They felt the franchise underperformed at 6 million when in reality most were impressed with the numbers and surprised SE set the bar that high.

It just irks people more when the One is so handily getting beat and we actualy have a Tomb Raider game that was eaten up by PS4 users this generation as arguably the largest "fuck you" in the form of bought exclusives. It is really just the perfect storm of a combination of variables since the Ps3 version and PS4 version are essentially what kept Tomb Raider sales respectable, and now this.