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What do you think?

Yeah, it only makes sense 6 7.59%
 
No way, you're crazy! 32 40.51%
 
Maybe... 8 10.13%
 
Screw you, Tomb Raider's... 9 11.39%
 
Uncharted 4 is the sh*t! 23 29.11%
 
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theprof00 on 12 August 2014

Alternatively, this is my theory.
Squeenix and Sony are not on good terms since ff13. SE came to them and asked for publishing help, saying that they needed help funding the game. Sony turned to them and said no, we don't care about tomb raider, take it to microsoft.
Now, if instead SE just went to MS in the first place and MS said they'll publish it, but they want it exclusive, then you can believe that interactions with Sony in the future will happen similarly to the aforementioned theory.



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Conegamer on 12 August 2014

No chance would a company choose to let the competition have a game of this magnitude.



 

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brighat on 12 August 2014

I feel there is some merit in Diagla's theory that they want to concentrate on Uncharted 4 and didn't bother to stop Microsoft from getting exclusivity. Maybe Sony wants some competition from Xbox One as the sales charts currently have it as a rout for the PS4. Anyway, Sony fanboys should remind Xbox fanboys about Bloodborne if they are upset over this news today.



plip.plop on 12 August 2014

Sony's response: "After reviewing the game, we feel it does not provide the kind of value PlayStation customers have come to expect."



justgames7604 on 12 August 2014
freebs2 said:
So they have so much trust in their super exclusive title, they let M$ take TR so they don't have a direct competitor. Makes sense...


Not trying to derail or anything but did you know that Microsoft use M$ to identify themselves in their accounting.



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antfromtashkent on 12 August 2014

Meh, they probably didn't try hard to keep it. With U4 coming out at probably around the same time, TR would only cannibalize its sales. But at the same time, the fans of the genre are the ones getting the screw here.



Teeqoz on 12 August 2014
justgames7604 said:
freebs2 said:
So they have so much trust in their super exclusive title, they let M$ take TR so they don't have a direct competitor. Makes sense...


Not trying to derail or anything but did you know that Microsoft use M$ to identify themselves in their accounting.


Really? LMAO!



tiffac on 12 August 2014

Sony cares they just don't have the money to outbid MS for the exclusivity.



TheGoldenBoy on 12 August 2014

No.



HEMSTAR on 12 August 2014
DialgaMarine said:

Well, maybe not pushed, but didn't try hard to prevent it. So, as you all have probably heard, the sequel to 2012's Tomb Raider, titled Rise of the Tomb Raider, was recently announced at Gamescom to be an XBone exclusive. Of course, this has many Playstation/ Tomb Raider fans enraged because they feel as though they have alienated, and rightfully so. My first reaction to this was Microsoft simply threw money at developer Crystal Dynamics to get a, most likely, timed exclusive for their 2015 games roster that hasn't seemed all too appealing yet. Probably the same reasction from most people, but then I got to thinking. What if Sony was actually the ones who more or less wanted this and did very little to convince CD otherwise? Now I know it sounds kindof crazy, but hear me out.

Sometime next year, Sony will be releasing the next insallment to their flagship series, Uncharted, titled Uncharted 4. As we all can probably figure, Uncharted 4 was pretty much destined to be far bigger hit title than the new Tomb Raider. Sales and Metascore date have only proven this. But what if Sony wasn't going to accept that? What if Sony wanted Uncharted 4 to do even more? Not only are the 2 titles in the same genre, they're also very similar in terms of pretty much everything. 2 games so similar, releasing around the same time on the same console would have led to too much competition, and I think Sony took notice of this. If the new Tomb Raider were to not release, or just be delayed, on PS4, it would attract more PS4-only owners, who might've wanted the new Tomb Raider, to go out and buy Uncharted 4. I mean, why spend $400 on new console to play 1 game, when said game is probably going to come out eventually anyways. Sure, some people will switch over to XBone, but only a small number in my opinion. 

Basically what I'm getting at is Sony doesn't care about Tomb Raider not coming out on PS4, because their focus is Uncharted 4. It makes a lot of sense, really. I mean, sure it's Sony playing a role in alienating some of their users, but it would be better for Uncharted and Sony in the end. What do you guys think?


I don't think Sony would worry about Tomb Raider eating into Ucharted's sales lol. The truth is that Microsoft is afraid of Uncharted and had to pay out their arse to get something to compete against it so they bought Square's dignity. 

Also the TR reboot came out in 2013 not '12.