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Imaginedvl on 12 August 2014
Raziel123 said:
At this point i don't care if it's timed or permanent or console exclusive or whatever
CD's tumblr post was incredibly insulting and there's no turning back now. Permanent boycott no matter what happens in the future.

Ahah I always love those internet boycotts. :) Reminds me of Left 4 Dead 2...



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Sal.Paradise on 12 August 2014

Oh jesus. I thought the Tomb Raider vs Uncharted arguments were tiresome before but now? There's gonna be a whole new level of vitriol.



sully1311 on 12 August 2014

Just thinking about it. Has something like this ever happened in gaming before?



Raziel123 on 12 August 2014
Imaginedvl said:
Raziel123 said:
At this point i don't care if it's timed or permanent or console exclusive or whatever
CD's tumblr post was incredibly insulting and there's no turning back now. Permanent boycott no matter what happens in the future.

Ahah I always love those internet boycotts. :) Reminds me of Left 4 Dead 2...


Not comparable in any way



FentonCrackshell on 12 August 2014

Now now PlayStation fans, let's not jump ahead of ourselves. We all think we know how this is going to turn out but we're not sure. If we're wrong, will look like fools. But if we're right, we can laugh our asses off LOL.



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FentonCrackshell on 12 August 2014

Okay Sony fans, we all heard the whining about TLOU Remastered for the past what, 6-7 months. Now it's our turn to whine! LOL



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FentonCrackshell on 12 August 2014

Somehow I don't see Tomb Raider as a system seller.



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Tamron on 12 August 2014

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=125004101&postcount=3534

CBOAT quite clearly saying "Timed"

Also



VXIII on 12 August 2014
Carl2291 said:
Raziel123 said:

No, From Software and Sony Japan co-developing.

BenV: Demon's souls was the same thing.. Sony didn't just publish, they also co-developed.


Even if it is co-developed, a deal was done to get From Software on board. 

The example could be expanded to other developers too, though the overall point remains the same. Each of the big 3 platform holders do this with 3rd parties. This isnt a Microsoft only thing.

There is nothing wrong with cooperating with 3rd parties. How it is done is a different story though. You could fund a new ip, co-develop it, discover new possibilities (BloodBorne). You could fund an ip that was abandoned by the owner and would have never existed without that funding (Bayonetta 2). And finally,  you could pay to get exclusivity for an ip that was multi-platform before, and the new game was announced to be in development long ago before the exclusivity deal (Tomb Raider). If it wasn't meant to be multi-platform, it would have been announced as an exclusive at E3.

Anyways, it is not that big of a deal, it is business after all. Microsoft will benefit from it. SQ won't in the long term, maybe they needed an easy money.



Squeezol on 12 August 2014

500 replies. Oh, I LOVE how popular these threads get. This is a very interesting reveal.