The deals done, the games coming out soon for Xbox and its 1 whole year before its main competitor touches it. I don't think they care at this point. Its not like no one thought it wasn't coming to rival platforms just like how FF7 remake is assumed to come to Xbox at some point as well.
You know what makes this deal so much better for MS? Is the fact gamers and fanboys talk about it all the time. The amount of spotlight and jealously that has been stirred up from this deal has only made this deal seem much more worth it.
Gamers care and the game that people talk about the most is only on X1 for an entire year, which is good marketing.
The talks between the release dates on rival consoles probably just finished and they probably made the decision to make it a year instead of 6 months, who knows, all I can say is the more gamers talk about it the more word of mouth goes out advertising the Xbox and TR. This is good for MS and Xbox because now gamers know how long the wait is to pick up TR where alot of gamers thought it was only 3-6 months wait. They knocked the ball out of the park early so now gamers have a choice, buy TR now on X1 or wait a year for its release. Its a good move, i wouldnt expect them, to announce a release date if they knew it was only 3 - 6 months away from rival platforms.







