After RiseOfTheTombRaider contract ends, where do you see it going next?

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Faelco said:

Ka-pi96 said:

binary solo said:

Ka-pi96 said:
Depends how successful it is on Xbox. If it does really well then Microsoft may want to get a longer deal maybe including sequels and Square would be more inclined to agree. Although I don't really expect it to do that well, but still the better it does on Xbox the less other places it will go. If it flops on Xbox then expect re-releases on everything, even a crappy mobile port, just so Square can try to break even.

It would have to do CoD well for that to happen. If it does 50% better than the previous game did on Xbox platforms that would not be nearly enough for SE to sign up for a long term console exclusivity deal and shut out the console with the 50% marketshare, and a gamer base that is generally more into TR-type games than the Xbox player base.

I'm not saying they'd just sign up to a deal for nothing, they'd have a price Microsoft would have to pay to secure that. Even now they'd have a price for a more permanent exclusivity, but right now that price is just more than Microsoft would be willing to pay. The better it does on Xbox the more willing they would be to lower that price. Conversely if it does poorly that price, and the price of any future exclusives including timed ones, would increase.

Exactly. We can expect a lot of TR marketing coming from MS, with bundles and all they can do push the game hard. They need TR to be successful on Xbox One, or they can give up on future third party exclusives/temporary exclusives.

You hit the nail on the head. If they can't make Tomb Raider a success, all third parties will take note.