Halo 5, ROTTR, Forza 6, Gears sold over 1 million as Xbone outpaces the 360

[Mr Puggsly]

bananaking21 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

The game went timed exclusive because MS paid for it. Not because SE loves MS and was under the illusion it could achieve 8 million sales on 360 and X1. Hence, MS likely had to cover the cost of sales lost by not being on the competing platform. Maybe cover some/all development and marketing costs? We don't know the deal they worked out.

Maybe it won't achieve 8 million sales in the long run. But I think it can do 6 million sales when it eventually comes to PC and Playstation. Millions more will acquire from bundles, GwG, PS+, etc. Frankly, its really good game and won't just vanish.

even if it reaches 6 million, which i dont think it will. thats a 25% drop from the reboots sales. instead of growing the fanbase, and establishing tomb raider as one of the major franchises in gaming and one of the biggest adventure games. its struggling to be considered a success. 

its logical to assume a sequal to a reboot that sold 8 million could reach 10 or even 11 million. instead here we are defending it selling one million. fantastic business move done by SE. 

As walsufnir pointed out, it wouldn't be the first time a sequel sold less than the predecessor. Also, it was expected given it wouldn't launch on Playstation. That was a risk SE was willing to take for MS's money.

SFV probably won't sell as well without Xbox, but Capcom is okay with that because they have Sony's money.

How do you know it was a bad business move by SE? Do you know how much MS paid them? I'm more curious if it was a worthwhile investment for MS.