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BMaker11 said:
Nicklesbe said:

It was never exclusive. Ever. It was made perfectly clear, despite many people's innocent and others intentional misunderstanding of the original announcement. It was made clear it was only ever going to be timed. Which was confirmed and reconfirmed for months from Xbox and SE representatives over twitter and in interviews. There has never been any doubt among most gamers who watched it with clear eyes that it would eventually be on Ps4. Many hoped and insisted that it wouldn't despite the overwhelming evidence and confirmations at the time from both SE and Xbox representatives. This was not a decision that was made later down the line. This was a decision that was made and known from the start. MS paid for a head start and for them to keep quiet as much as possible without flat out lying to consumers about that head start. I'm glad to see this finally confirms that. Thanks for sharing it.

This is absolutely false in ever sense of the word. I'll have to edit in links later, since I'm on mobile, but the initial reveal had no platform mentioned. It was just announced at the XBOne E3 conference. No mentioning of a platform typically means multiplatform. 

Well, come Gamescom, it's was announced as an XBOne exclusive. After fan outrage (this was Tomb Raider, after all. A franchise more close associated with PS and PC), it was clarified as an "Xbox exclusive". That meant XBOne and XB360. Then, it came out that it was "holiday exclusive". Then finally "the deal has a duration". 

You can look up the timeline yourself; I'll add links later. But at no point was MS "perfectly clear" about the situation. If you you really believe that they made it clear from the beginning that it was only ever gonna be timed, then you've got some revisionist history going on. 


No it's not false. When it was first announced at e3 there was no mention of any kind of exclusivity. http://www.polygon.com/e3-2014/2014/6/9/5793636/rise-of-the-tomb-raider Not even in the reveal, no consoles were shown. It was simply shown with microsfot. Gamescom was the first time exclusivity was mentioned and it was "Coming Holiday 2015 exclusively on Xbox" http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/08/12/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-xbox-one-exclusive-announcement-gamescom-2014. With how it was worded many understood it would only be exclusive during that holiday. This tho very clear to many sparked confusion which led to numerous clarifications from crystal making it clear it would be coming to playstation. http://gamerant.com/rise-tomb-raider-exclusive-confusion-crystal-dynamics-explain/ During gamescom it was widely reported and accepted by most that it was timed. From Aug 13 http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/13/gamescom-2014-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-is-a-timed-exclusive-on-xbox http://www.usgamer.net/articles/microsoftgamescom-2014-rise-of-the-paid-exclusive

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-13-microsoft-confirms-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-xbox-exclusivity-deal-has-a-duration Phil spencer immediatly made it clear during gamecom to eruogamer that it was a timed exclusive. 

 

So I followed the timeline and it is thus: e3 2014 MS shows off ROTR, no mention of exclusivity, no consoles not even MS shown in trailer.-> Aug 12 2014 gamescom it's announced that it will be exlusive for the 2015 holiday. A few hours later Phil spencer tells eurogamer It's a timed exclusive. -> Same day Aug 12 Crystal Dynamics makes a tumblr post confirming the franchise will be coming to other consoles but will be on Xb1 first http://www.pcgamer.com/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-will-release-exclusively-on-xbox/ ->  following weeks numerous  tweets and interviews with Phil and crystal, again make it clear what many already knew during the  gamescom announcement, that it was only a holiday exclusive and would be coming to playstation.



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