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potato_hamster on 11 January 2016
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TheSting said:
potato_hamster said:


... and Destiny: The Taken King, and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, and Need for Speed, and Rainbow Six: Siege, and Just Cause 3, and the Uncharted Collection, and Metal Gear Solid V, and.. and.... and... so what? Fall is the most competitive time to release a video game. That is prime time for releasing a title. MS/SE knew what was else  releasing in the fall. They could have quite easily pushed the release of Tomb Raider back to January or February if they were that concerned.

Just a quick question, and be honest - Do you think Uncharted 4 would have only sold a million copies if it was released Nov. 10th instead of ROTTR? Because I don't. ROTTR really has no excuse for selling as poorly as it did. It is not great numbers.

 

 

 

barneystinson69 said:

Really? 45% of people said "Boo, Xbox sucks"?

Well it was the only option that could be chosen if you still thought Tomb Raider sold poorly.

You're trying hard to call it a failure amongst all that. It's not. 1M in 2 months is terrible? Only to someone who is mad or jealous. 

Trying hard? It's one of the poorest selling,  AAA exclusive games between X1 and PS4 so far. I think only Sunset Overdrive has sold worse - which was also a disappointment the year before.

Why would I be either mad or jealous? The only reason I'd be mad is if I was a stakeholder at Square Enix, or worked on the game and just saw my royalty cheque go up in flames. I'm neither. The only reason I'd be jealous is... I actually can't think of any reason why I would be jealous of a game selling poorly. You're going to have to fill me in there. But if I were an Xbox One fan I might be a bit nervious that my platform of choice is going to start losing third party exclusives because they tend not to sell very well. That's just me though.

It's also not like I'm not going to miss out on the game. I can get it for PC in a couple weeks or PS4 in the fall, and based on these sales numbers I might get a cheaper version of the game sooner, rather than later. I got TR 2013 in a steam sale or humble bundle for like $8. I have zero issues waiting for it.