but crytek did amazing with ryse

Well it would look different because PS4 is the best selling console of all time with an install base of 10 million already so doubts about the franchise being killed would be fairly low.

lol, well yeah time will tell :D

That has nothing to do with Sony, nor does Metal Gear Solid. Per usual you are extremely eager to lather Sony with credit for something they had nothing to do with. Saying Sony built Tomb Raider would be like saying the Chicago Bulls made Michael Jordan.

Maybe that's why it's a (timed) xbox exclusive now? Seems to be a perfect fit for the average xbox fanbase. When they revealed the reboot i was actually interested but the more the showed the more i realized that it's going the direction you described and that's why i didn't buy it. From someone like SE i expect something with a good story. I'm not supporting them when they are going the mindless kill everything direction.

Loads of comments in this thread akin to that horribly funny FF13 comment from some guy on the GAF boards LOL.

Oh noes the franchise is d00med! SE shot themselves in the foot! Will there even be another release?

Here is what is going to happen:

TR releases on Xbone/360 in 2015, sells well
TR releases on PC/PS4/PS3 during spring, maybe summer of 2016, also sells well

SE doesn't take much of a hit on units sold, if any at all, AND gets dat Microsoft cheddah boo and marketing.

Two main factors to take into account here:
1. Most gamers couldn't care less about the shit we argue about on here. They won't know or care that it got a timed exclusive deal.
2. Uncharted is probably out in 2015 around the same release date as TR. It's probably a good thing it will get a later release date, same as Sony did with The Order.

Interesting. I wonder if Sony is pumping so much of their cash flow into indie developers that they are leaving stuff on the table for MS to pick up from the established franchises or publishers. You have EA only doing EA Access on the X1 while Sony says they denied it. You now have SE making an exclusive Tomb Raider game on the X1. In other scenarios, it would benefit the publisher to have their services or games on the Sony platform, especially with the sales numbers.

People seem to think that it is just free for a game to release on additional consoles. It is far from it, with additional programming costs, server costs, advertising costs. Additionally, people would be astonished what Microsoft and Sony are willing to pay for exclusive rights to a game. For example, Microsoft paid $75 million just to get GTA IV onto their console. A game that still only has 11 million lifetime sales (on Xbox). That is almost $7 for every single copy sold. I realize that GTA is a higher profile game, but it goes to show that sometimes the amount paid for deals like this can actually be a pretty good chunk of money when you look at it as a dollar amount per game sold.

I was about to compare this to Bayonetta 2 in it's defence, but realise the situations are different. Potentially cutting off half the fanbase was necessary to keep the game alive.

I'm unsure if this was the case for this Tomb Raider. If it wasnt then that really does suck eggs.

Maybe its jut me but this does not look like a deal MS would be going to SE to cash grab. I am wondering if there was a pitch for a console partner to step in and help with development for exclusive rights. If exclusive is on the table, it would seem foolish for MS to turn it down for such a established franchise.