Scoobes on 20 June 2015
| thismeintiel said: The sad thing is SE may have killed a good thing. The reboot was warmly welcomed, mostly on PS consoles. Going XB exclusive may have netted SE some extra cash upfront, but it looks like it may hurt things in the long run. First of all, they are trying to sell on a console that gave them fewer sales for the first one, which already means fewer on XB are interested in the game. Second, they are going up against a crowded holiday season, which means they will most likely be one of the games to be overshadowed on release. And third, even though the game is most likely going to be launching on the PS4 eventually, I don't think that many PS4 owners will care as much. I think some will feel betrayed, since they supported the franchise more than the other fanbase. This shows them that their loyalty/money meant nothing to SE. Of course, the biggest reason will be that if the exclusivity is only for ~6 months, ROTR will be releasing within a month or so of UC4, a game PS4 owners are much more hyped about. If sales are really disappointing, I can see this being the last we see of Lara for awhile. |
The ironic thing is that they probably thought by delaying the PS4 version, they could avoid clashing with Uncharted 4 (original release date was this holiday). Instead they're releasing later on the more popular console in terms of sales and for the TR fanbase, and late releases tend to sell much worse than multiplats released in the same window.
