Rise of the Tomb Raider Timed Exclusive for Xbox

[Shinobi-san]

Big and great move by MS

I wonder if Sony will reply by snatching up another semi big 3rd party game. Do they even have the bank to do this? This deal must have cost MS a fortune! Seems like MS is in desperation mode...while ive always pushed for them to be more aggressive i didnt think they would actually go to these lengths. Good on you MS!

Timed exclusivity was actually working on my nerves a bit, i hope it spurs on Sony to react. Maybe they will pick up a game like Deus Ex? Who knows where this leads to.

This is probably bad for the industry as a whole though...it might backfire on SE...in that XB1 losses all momentum to PS4 and this game suffers along with it. Which might lead to the franchise dying out again. Even if SE was paid its still a gamble. On the flip side MS is trying to create momentum for XB1 by doing this..so it might cause sales to increase.

I was getting an XB1 anyways though so no biggie...however as a PC guy, and TR being one of the games that actually pushed graphics a bit further on PC, its pretty disappointing. This will also just further piss off the PC community who have reached zero tolerance of all the inconveniences consoles is causing.