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sweetoothj said:
GribbleGrunger said:

Phil Spencer:

"I have Tomb Raider shipping next holiday exclusively on Xbox. It is Xbox 360 and Xbox One," Spencer told Eurogamer. "I'm not trying to fake anybody out in terms of where this thing is. What they do with the franchise in the long run is not mine. I don't control it. So all I can talk about is the deal I have. I don't know where else Tomb Raider goes."

He goes on to confirm that the exclusivity deal between Microsoft and Rise publisher Square Enix "has a duration" and that they don't own the rights to the game in perpetuity. He declined to say how long that duration will be, though.

He doesn't own tomb raider, but he does have the rights to rise of tomb raider. That is why it won't show up on PS4 unless Square enix buys that specific game back. Also, every deal and contracts have duration. The duration could be 99 years for all you know.

Indeed, Phil Spencer has temporary rights to Rise of the Tomb Raider for 4-6 months.