Rise of the Tomb Raider Timed Exclusive for Xbox

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Carl2291 said:

Raziel123 said:

No, From Software and Sony Japan co-developing.

BenV: Demon's souls was the same thing.. Sony didn't just publish, they also co-developed.

Even if it is co-developed, a deal was done to get From Software on board. 

The example could be expanded to other developers too, though the overall point remains the same. Each of the big 3 platform holders do this with 3rd parties. This isnt a Microsoft only thing.

There is nothing wrong with cooperating with 3rd parties. How it is done is a different story though. You could fund a new ip, co-develop it, discover new possibilities (BloodBorne). You could fund an ip that was abandoned by the owner and would have never existed without that funding (Bayonetta 2). And finally,  you could pay to get exclusivity for an ip that was multi-platform before, and the new game was announced to be in development long ago before the exclusivity deal (Tomb Raider). If it wasn't meant to be multi-platform, it would have been announced as an exclusive at E3.

Anyways, it is not that big of a deal, it is business after all. Microsoft will benefit from it. SQ won't in the long term, maybe they needed an easy money.