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Forums - Microsoft - Spencer confirms: Tomb Raider deal "has a duration" (also cross gen)

Spade on 13 August 2014
Ninsect said:
Slade6alpha said:

Thank God, now people can shut up about it. 

Should have confirmed that yesterday. 

Eh? I, and others said his wording hinted at timed exclusivity and most MS fans on here seemed to disagree (for seemingly no reason other than bragging rights). Why would the rational voices shut up? If they hadn't spoken up so much, maybe Spencer would never have confirmed it.

What are you talking about? Not sure why you are generalising most MS fans on here. Most people I saw were saying it was 50/50, or wait until it was confirmed. But hell, if you want to generalize I saw a bunch of "boycotting" and "complaining" from one side. Just look at those reactions in that 600+ post thread. 



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SlayerRondo on 13 August 2014

Great. Even if I have to wait a year or two, I don't mind as long as I can get it for the PS4.

Still taking money for a timed exclusive is a dick move towards fans and CD knows it.



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Ninsect on 13 August 2014
The Fury said:
Interesting but what makes me wonder now is 'Why bother?' Unless it is a SE decision because of Uncharted. PS4 gamers will be buying Uncharted not this Tomb Raider but just after Christmas they may be done with Uncahrted so release TR and boom, more money. And MS are the one's paying for this.

Well done, SquEnix, well done.

Since this is timed it is kind of smart of SE. Not that beneficial for MS I guess.
TR will not get raped by Uncharted and will enjoy a higher PS4 base when it launches on it in 2016



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ktay95 on 13 August 2014
The Fury said:
Interesting but what makes me wonder now is 'Why bother?' Unless it is a SE decision because of Uncharted. PS4 gamers will be buying Uncharted not this Tomb Raider but just after Christmas they may be done with Uncahrted so release TR and boom, more money. And MS are the one's paying for this.

Well done, SquEnix, well done.

Yeah basically it dosent have to compete with UC4 as much now, it will have a big push from MS in marketing to combat UC4 in holidays 2015 and SQEX is being paid for this. Also the announcement brought a lot of attention to the game which may have helped get it noticed by more people.



last92 on 13 August 2014

I had no doubt from the very beginning. Of course, poor choice of words and kudos to Phil for being honest.



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Ninsect on 13 August 2014
Slade6alpha said:
Ninsect said:
Slade6alpha said:

Thank God, now people can shut up about it. 

Should have confirmed that yesterday. 

Eh? I, and others said his wording hinted at timed exclusivity and most MS fans on here seemed to disagree (for seemingly no reason other than bragging rights). Why would the rational voices shut up? If they hadn't spoken up so much, maybe Spencer would never have confirmed it.

What are you talking about? Not sure why you are generalising most MS fans on here. Most people I saw were saying it was 50/50, or wait until it was confirmed. But hell, if you want to generalize I saw a bunch of "boycotting" and "complaining" from one side. Just look at those reactions in that 600+ post thread. 

I was in that one thread. And I meant most MS fans in the thread. Even you here stated you wanted people to shut up about it. People were claiming MS somehow "won" gamescom due to this announcement, an announcement that now becomes almost irrelevant since it's timed.



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ktay95 on 13 August 2014
Ninsect said:
The Fury said:
Interesting but what makes me wonder now is 'Why bother?' Unless it is a SE decision because of Uncharted. PS4 gamers will be buying Uncharted not this Tomb Raider but just after Christmas they may be done with Uncahrted so release TR and boom, more money. And MS are the one's paying for this.

Well done, SquEnix, well done.

Since this is timed it is kind of smart of SE. Not that beneficial for MS I guess.
TR will not get raped by Uncharted and will enjoy a higher PS4 base when it launches on it in 2016

Would have been beneficial had they not told us about its timed exclusivity. Now that we know that SQEX has the option at a later date most will just play the waiting game.



bananaking21 on 13 August 2014
Slade6alpha said:
bananaking21 said:
at least they owned up and said it. i like spencer a lot more than matrick. i dont like what they did, but at least they said its timed so people who didnt want an xb1 but wanted tomb raider wouldnt be forced to get an xb1 just for it.

Sony was very upfront with their timed deals yesterday, which was VERY admirable. I'm glad Phil did the same thing, just wish it was yesterday after that 600 post thread.... and that Angry Joe rant video. xD


i was just gonna make a thread about this thing. after every announcment during E3/gamescom/tgs show, we have to go out and ask "hey, is this game exclusive?" its starting to get annoying. 

atleast when they say first on console or console debue you know its timed. ohh, ill have to see the angry joe rant! i like angry joe xD 



bananaking21 on 13 August 2014
NiKKoM said:
Damn... i killed 2 innocent bystanders when read the original news.. well better let go the one still in my car trunk..


naa just kill him anyways, he deserves it. 



The Fury on 13 August 2014
ktay95 said:

Would have been beneficial had they not told us about its timed exclusivity. Now that we know that SQEX has the option at a later date most will just play the waiting game.

For some that might work out better, a game released 'later' on different platforms comes usually with additional extras plus is cheap. PC and PS gamers will get the game at a reduced cost maybe?



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