Square Enix's ability to screw its self over never ceases to amaze me.

[Zanten]

The whole 'Microsoft's deal with RotTR being like the deal with Dead Rising 3' brings up a potentially troubling new wrinkle that suggests while, yes, the game will be releasing on PC sooner or later, it might not come to PS4 at all. (Because Spencer DID say the exclusivity had a duration... but I don't think he made it clear that it would come to every platform in time, which means that a PS4 port could never materialize, and he wouldn't be lying.) Now, to be clear, if this is because Microsoft funded the bulk of its production, etc, similar to Bayonetta 2, then all right, fair enough, that's significantly more understandable than just buying an already-funded game. But it does turn the scrutiny back to Square Enix, who somehow managed to fund a reboot that sold three and a half million copies in its first MONTH, and yet was still considered a financial disappointment because they were shooting for between five and six. And the troubling question of 'What happens to a third installment? Will there even BE a third installment?'

Going, for a second, under the assumption that a PS4 version never appears, and that the game was funded by Microsoft more than Square Enix... well, a third installment only seems likely to happen if Microsoft funds it again. And they only seem likely to fund it again of RotTR does what they're hoping it will do- in this case, probably move consoles. On the surface, the property seems ideal- a more-popular-on-Playstation franchise being just what might convert Playstation fans- but recent events suggest it is nooot going to work out that way.

But if Square Enix does decide to throw money at a third game, what... 'Sorry, Playstation fans, you will NEVER get to play our second game, buuuut now you can buy our third one!" Yeah. THAT seems like it'll go over very well, and if they don't get their budget under control, the inevitable damage done to sales on Playstation- which, before this, was the most interested platform for their Tomb Raider games- will just turn a third title into another disappointment.

So, yeah. Kind of think that if RotTR ends up being Only-Xbox-One-And-PC, then the series as a whole will either remain Only-Xbox-One-And-PC, or generate a financially disappointing third installment that kills the chances of a fourth.

In conclusion; Goddamnit Square Enix. -_-