Rise of the Tomb Raider is being published by Microsoft

[VanceIX]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

VanceIX said:

MrChaos said:

I think people are on MS back more because they are the only company who pays for third party games instead of their own first party games.Nintendo and Sony have a large list of first party unlike MS.

If by "paying" you mean 'help in developing and publishing the game", then both Sony and Nintendo do it. Sony does it with plenty of indies that will never make it to the One and Nintendo did it recently with Bayonetta 2, which will almost certainly be a Wii U exclusive. 

Just be happy that it it's only timed exclusive. This is a practice that will never go away, since devs will always be appreciative of a company helping fund their game.

If MS didnt buy third party products the Xbox as a brand would be nowhere. The other two are not primarily known for that even though in their prime they all had exclusive third party.

And there you go. Microsoft used their resources to carve out a market, and we are blaming them for it? It's not like MS moneyhats every game on the planet, one major game every few years is not a big deal. Did Nintendo fans complain when Sony formed a relationship with SE and invested in them, while getting a previously Nintendo-only franchise (Final Fantasy) as an exclusive for years? 

It's just how the industry works. Every one does it, some more than others, but it happens. Blaming MS only isn't fair at all. After all, where would Sony be if they didn't have Insomniac and where would Nintendo be without Rare? There are plenty of examples of the companies hiring and supporting external devs for exclusive content, and many of them were integral to their consoles.