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binary solo on 26 July 2015
whatever said:
NathObeaN said:
Aerys said:

It was obviously not a part of the deal to announce the PS4 version months before One release, now some will obviously wait instead of buying a console for one game, and even PC version, before X1 release, is that a mistake from Square Enix or ... ?

 

What do you think ?


Very much doubt it. Most people were saying that exclusivity will only last 3-6 months. MS can now come out and say 'actually, it's a whole year'. I have already seen a few of the MS PR guys retweet the tweet from SE about this so it's hardly something they want to hide/are upset about.

Then they are idiots.  Having it confirmed to release on the PS4 will only hurt the games sales this holiday season.  I have yet to see anyone that just has a PS4 complain that it is a year delay instead of 3-6 months.  Most are just happy they will be able to play it without having to get an XB1.

Actually it's not such a silly idea. If everyone other than delluded Xbox fans, and people incapable of unspinning PR spin, were predicting that PC/PS4 release would be in Q1 next year, then it might be that MS decided that in terms of attracting people to Xb one, the illusion of permanent console exclusivity was failing, and that they would get more mileage out of the exclusivity if prospective PS4 buyers knew they'd have to wait a year. Or if PS4 owners wouldn't want to wait a year and they would go and buy Xb one instead of waiting. It's actually a pretty plausible motiviation to release the exclusivity details.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 26 July 2015
Aeolus451 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Microsoft is publishing the game which spells a $39.99 edition of Tomb Raider for PS4 and a $30 edition for PC. Square is really going to have to make it up to the pissed off Sony and PC fans they sold out to make this deal.


To be honest, I don't know of any pissed off sony or pc fans. It's just a timed exclusive. 


The amnesia is either great in you or you werent paying attention to the situation. Theres a reason why Microsoft changed their business tactics. The whole DRM/Entertainment system issue happened in 2013 and then a year later they followed it up with the Tomb Raider incident, lyng to the world in saying it was excusive (literally...they didnt even try to say timed exclusive). This shocked everyone and caused a backlash on the internet and Phil Spencer apologized and stated that he would be more transarent from now on.



MikeRox on 26 July 2015
Mystro-Sama said:
The whole thing was a massive waste of time. MS always does this shit instead of investing in something original like a new IPs.


I think the deal was the counter the impact of Uncharted 4 in the holiday period. Uncharted being delayed kinda ruined that for them.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 26 July 2015
MikeRox said:
Mystro-Sama said:
The whole thing was a massive waste of time. MS always does this shit instead of investing in something original like a new IPs.


I think the deal was the counter the impact of Uncharted 4 in the holiday period. Uncharted being delayed kinda ruined that for them.

They tried to invest in competitive projects to uncharted and those projects failed. They admitted that they did it because it was an opportunity.



Aeolus451 on 26 July 2015
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Aeolus451 said:


To be honest, I don't know of any pissed off sony or pc fans. It's just a timed exclusive. 


The amnesia is either great in you or you werent paying attention to the situation. Theres a reason why Microsoft changed their business tactics. The whole DRM/Entertainment system issue happened in 2013 and then a year later they followed it up with the Tomb Raider incident, lyng to the world in saying it was excusive (literally...they didnt even try to say timed exclusive). This shocked everyone and caused a backlash on the internet and Phil Spencer apologized and stated that he would be more transarent from now on.

The after effects of the DRM MS fail is what I call a backlash. What happened as a result of Phil implying that Tomb raider was a full exclusive is a mild complaint in comparison. Apples and oranges. I haven't seen any news of any sony fans rocking the boat over tomb raider being a one year timed exclusive. I saw articles about gamers wanting a different ending to ME3 when that was happening. That was a big deal in comparson. 

The game is coming to pc and the PS4. That's all that really matters with this and ultimately why there's little backlash. To sony fans this will be similar to another delay and to xbox fans, they'll just be playing fallout 4, gears and halo instead. > It will be awfully fun around here when sales data comes out how well the game sold on the xbox one and how well it sells on the PS4 when it finally releases then.