(Rumour) Rise of the Tomb Raider sells less than 200k in November (U.S.)

[Mr Puggsly]

Hiku said:

Mr Puggsly said:
I dont know why people are so worked up about this. The series isnt in danger. MS likely covered the risks financially of going exclusive. Why else would it go exclusive?

Worst case scenario, this game will be on GwG and PS Plus about 2 years from now so milions of people play it and see this game is fucking great.

Because they got paid based on a number of factors, and one thing they factored in were expected sales. (Plus some more to make it worthwhile.) These sales however are likely much lower than they imagined. And there's no guarantee that it's going to sell well on PS4 and PC 6-12 months later either.

But you don't know expected sales and we certainly don't know the digital numbers. Digital wasn't really a factor on launch titles when this hit 360.

These sales probably are lower than expected but MS likely takes the hit on that. Hence, unless MS is willing to take the risk then it isn't worthwhile for Square Enix.

MS apparently paid Rockstar $50 million for timed exclusivity of GTAIV DLC but it had to be paid back I assume with sales of the DLC. We don't know what MS paid for Tomb Raider, but clearly MS takes risks on big name titles.

For the record, late PC and PS3 have been very successful. So Rise of the Tomb Raider will likely do fine on platforms later on as well.