Microsoft wanted something to go against Uncharted so they exclusive-d TR for a bit and Square Enix didn't want TR to go against Uncharted anyway. But now that Uncharted is delayed, by the time Square Enix wanted to port it to the PS4 Uncharted will probably be coming out that time as well, so it will be going against Uncharted anyway.

This deal probably couldn't have worked out better for Microsoft.

In a perfect (and slightly petty) world , Sony moved the release of UC4 on purpose just to mess with Square.

I still cannot believe how Square was convinced not to sell their hottest game to the hottest console. Microsoft's people must have been at the top of their game.

If CD don't make out like bandits, by being part of the Xmas bundle, and in doing so boost sales by about 3 million, then they will have made a mistake here. There are probably people in CD regretting the whole thing, especially once UC4 moved to spring.

I think this was always expected.

Sounds like what most reasonable people were predicting. ( I know a few people were saying 3 months xD)

following the trend  on 8th gen era i bet this game will also get delayed lol , and probably for all version (Xbox and PS4, PC)

I pretty sure like most deals of this kind, it was likely ironed out before it was clear how dominant the PS4 would be. It's unlikely you see anything like this, at least for the Xbox One, from here on out. The amount of money MS would have to fork over, even for a timed exclusive, now would prohibitively expensive. Heck you may see some games, most likely Japanese games, start to skip the XBO althogether. When you have situations like the sales breakdown of Final Fantasy Type 0 start happening on a regular basis, it will start to hit he point where the port won't be worth the time and expense.

Why is moving UC going to hurt Tomb Raider?

Because the games are very alike and are going to release very close to one another. They will compete among themselves for sales.

...that's the reasoning, at least.

Ok we talking just on the PS platform. Having however long to itself should help it on Xbox. I guess i misunderstood.