Polygon: Tomb Raider's Xbox exclusivity likely means more sales, higher profits

[famousringo]

Intrinsic said:

Here's what's hard for gaming fans to do: We need to stop looking at these deals purely through the lens of someone who wants to play the game. Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are companies that pay its employees and stay in business by making profits on video games. They don't necessarily think about success as units sold. They have to think of it in terms of profit.

 

I stopped reading there...... 

So they are basically telling "gamers" to stop thinking about the games.... or of the games that are basically made for them and we should instead think about how much profit the publishers want to make? Like are the fucking serious?

I really want to know if they actually believe the nonsense they ae saying. MS has a timed exclusive, its a stupid idea considering how well the PS4 is selling now and that the PS4 could very well be over 22M sold to the XB1's 12M by the time this game gets released. They should just let it rest and lets move on... this kinda PR spinning is simply insulting to say the least.

You need to appreciate that gaming "journalists" are hired by publishers to sell games, rather than hired by gamers to review and recommend games. Gamers don't pay the rent, so Polygon sees the industry through the lens of the guy who pays the bills.