Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Tomb Raider Xbox Exclusivity Is A Win/Win, Not An Attack On PlayStation Players

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Soundwave said:

Or y'know perhaps they decided they want an adventure game on their platform, and making one from scratch of Uncharted 4's quality would take much longer than 14 months. 

So they're ensuring their platform has something solid in this genre that will be ready for fall 2015. Makes a lot of sense for them. Not so good for Sony, but that's not MS' problem. 

They were going to get Rise Of The Tomb Raider as is. This was clearly done to boost Holiday 2015 sales by keeping one big name game away from PC/PS4. We'll see what the results are from the NPD in November or December 2015.