Has Tomb Raider been wasted?

[Mr Puggsly]

DakonBlackblade said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Yep, Tomb Raider is screwed because Xbox is too fucking awesome this year.

Well ye, but that shows how terribly misguided Squenix and Chrystal Dynamics were when they got into this ill fated exclusivity deal, the game would sell well if it were on PS4 as well, the majority of Tomb Raiders fanbase are PS4 players, not to mention PS4s install base is larger to begin with. The way I think itll go Tomb Raider wont sell too well as an XOne exclusive on this very crowded release slot it decided to release on and them when it comes out on PS4 and PC itll have lost a lot of steam and sell way less than it couldve sold on those plataforms.

I also think XOne stacking two big exclusives so close to each other on the hollidays was a very bad move, maybe MS didnt have a say on Tomb Raiders release date but they sure as hell had one on Halo 4, they couldve delayed Halo 4 some 3-4 weaks and relied on Tomb Raider for early November (or do it the other way around if they did have a say on tomb raiders release date). Sonys delay on Uncharted 4 left a gap on theyre end of year exclusive slot, but they paced the rest of theyre exclusives much better along the year. I dont think MSs strategy to heavilly stack a bunch of games on the end of the year was too good of an idea for the games themselves, it might prove ot be a good strategy to sell consoles tough.

The last sentence basically says what's most important.

If Tomb Raider sells poorly and bombs on PS4 down the road, well that's Square Enix's problem. However, I doubt that will happen because its a unique game and great games can succeed even if late to a platform. Numerous games have been exclusive 360 for a period and still succeeded on PS3. Why? Great games are always worth checking out. Just ask the millions of people that bought Diablo III on consoles.

You're worried about how the games will sell. But I think average consumer is just seeing a lot of reasons to get a X1 this holiday.