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ktay95 on 24 November 2014
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ijustlikegames:) said:
ktay95 said:
ijustlikegames:) said:
So because you liked the game makes it a big deal? Its still not.

No sales are what make it a big deal, TR aint no slouch.


The first one really didn't do great in sales. It actually underperformed their expectations. What Square has done is make a sequel to a game that didn't meet sales expectations in the first place and limit it to the smaller weaker market while it might go up against the superior Uncharted 4. When the exclusive deal is up Square will want it on the PS4 simply because by that point the PS4 will have over 50% market share. The X1 gains very little from this deal other than making MS look like dicks for buying multiplatform games and making them exclusives.

-_- Research first please.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-07-tomb-raider-finally-beats-profit-expectations

Legs on TR were much better than expected and it went on to sell close to if not more than 6m by now.

SQEX dont care what MS gain out of this, they care about their gains. What they gain is exclusive advertising from MS going up against UC4, this means that people with intrest in UC4 but have an XBO will buy TR, it means MS fanboys will buy TR to support MS against Sony, it means greater sales on the MS side for the TR series. Then it gets ported and the larger PS fanbase can buy it. At first it would have competed with UC4 on PS4, now it has a nice clear space where it wont be overshadowed on PS4 where its likely to sell the most.
SQEX are smart, they have taken money AND put it in the best position to sell on both manufacturers console.

But of course this is dirty of MS and SQEX and they can both go rot in hell, companies shouldnt do business with each other, they shouldnt look to profit, thats insanity.