Rise of the Tomb Raider - timed exclusive actually a big deal.

[iTechHeads]

d21lewis said:

iTechHeads said:

You see Uncharted is a much biggr franchise and its an exclusive. Tomb Raider has no chance even as a multiplatform title in matching Uncharted sales.

You said Tomb Raider wasn't a big deal, originally (at least, I think that was you).  Tomb Raider isn't as big as Uncharted anymore but do you at least admit that it's a big deal?  How much does a game have to sell to be a big deal?  And hell, if it's good, does it matter how much it sells compared to Uncharted?

No, its really not a big deal. Let's look at the sales again.

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	PS3	2011	Action	Sony Computer Entertainment	2.66	2.64	0.19	1.04	6.53

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
2	Tomb Raider (2013)	X360	2013	Action	Square Enix	0.77	0.79	0.01	0.16	1.75

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Tomb Raider (2013)

XOne

2014

Action

Square Enix

0.13

0.07

0.00

0.01

0.21

Tomb Raider is not a big franchise on Xbox.  Less than 2 Million sales on an install base of 85 million+. That's not very impressive. Sony has nothing to worry about. Uncharted 4 will easily overshadow the next Tomb Raider, at least in sales. Whether the game will be good or not doesn't really matter. 2013s Tomb Raider was good but it didn't really sell as much as it should have. Uncharted 3 wasn't as good as Uncharted 2 but it sold more. Brand name means a lot and right now Uncharted is way way bigger.