We all now know that Rise of the Tomb Raider is a critical success, it is objectively considered a good game. (Tastes aside)
My concern in this thread is whether ROTR will be a commercial and strategic success from the XBox divisions point of view.
In an interview with Phil Spencer, Eurogamer asked the following;
"In part is it about having an answer to Uncharted 4? The comparison between the last Tomb Raider and Uncharted has been made.
Phil Spencer: Totally. I'm a big fan of Uncharted and I wish we had an action adventure game of that ilk. We've started some, and we've looked at them. But we don't have one today of that quality. This is an opportunity."
It is clear that both titles were supposed to launch around the same time, causing a big head to head and a lot of publicity. However this was not to be as Sony / Naughty Dog delayed the game till Q1 2016.
With all this in mind and remembering that although the game will have been launched for quite a while it will still be exclusive to X1 when UC4 launches. Will Rise of the Tomb Raider fulfil its role for MS Studios? and will it be a commercial success when all is accounted for?
(If you wish, you may also address the delay of UC4 and whether you believe it was a "real" delay or partly strategic.)
