yvanjean said:
Egann said:
My problem has always been that Crystal Dynamics always intended to bring it to other platforms, so basically Microsoft gave them a ton of money to give me, the consumer, fewer options.
Let me repeat this: they spent money, to give me fewer options. They did not spend the money to meaningfully increase the viability of their own platform but to play keep-away with Sony. This is is anti-consumer practice at its most blatant.
It doesn't even do Crystal Dynamics that much good; TR 2013 was the highest grossing Tomb Raider game of all time and it BARELY made break-even. This company desperately needs to learn how to keep production values in check, and it's going to come crashing down soon. I expect the Tomb Raider after Rise will be a turd, polished with 50 million Microsoft dollars.
But will Rise sell? I honestly don't know. I foresee record returns because gifters are not great at buying for the right console, but I also think it could totally hit 4 million lifetime sales. The exclusive window thing will probably shift it from 60-40 in PS4's favor to 50-50, but it will probably also do that by costing Crystal Dynamics 2-300K PS4 sales.
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wow you do know about the Sony's Destiny deal??? Microsoft is actually paying and covering Crystal Dynamics cost of development which should make this game even better. PS4 actually get a better game out of the deal, just timed delayed.
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I didn't say I did not have a problem with Destiny, either, but as someone who doesn't care for a not-Halo-FPS-MMO, it doesn't make me AS angry. It does lean me towards getting a Wii U because Nintendo usually has solid business ethics.
Besides, I stand by my statement; if TR 2013 struggled to break even, MS covering cost of development is, in the long run, bad for Crystal Dynamics. They aren't getting good sales per dollar spent, and need to rethink their development approach. Microsoft funneling money in masks problems by making Crystal Dynamics games polished turds. This is a problem money will make go away, but it won't actually fix it.
