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thismeintiel said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

Uh... they signed an exclusive deal for the games after TR1.

https://core-design.com/article45.html

You’re welcome for the education. Also, that deal sucked for gamers because the Saturn version of TR was superior. TR2 could have been the same. 

They must have paid them about tree fiddy for that deal. Saturn was already dead by 1997, when TR2 released. There's no way they were wasting time developing on that system. 

Looking into it, it seems they were going to use a 3D accelerator cartridge to help push it past the first entry, because the Saturn couldn't handle the expanded sequel.  However, the cartridge was cancelled by Sega, most likely because of poor Saturn sales. So, yea, the Saturn wasn't going to get the sequels, anyway.

Of course Saturn wasn’t getting sequels, Sony paid to make Tomb Raider a console exclusive. Which made all the fuss from people upset about a timed exclusive Xbox Tomb Raider deal, rather ironic. And now we’ve come full circle.

Im not someone who cares about these kinds of deals. If the publisher wants to lose out on other user bases, fine. Anyone who has issue with this, just vote with your wallets.