The 100M I said isn't about money changing hands. But all the points of the article... Smaller royalty fee, marketing, ms engineers, money to develope, etc. Because there isn't only the lost sales for this game but also some image tarnishing that could damper sequels or even other games from SE. Fanboys can be bitter.

Stupid as fuck is an understatement. i mean when articles are that mindless you really have to start wondering about the site that puts them up and what their real motices are. There are just so many obvious things wrong with that article and I didnt even read all of it.

Whats funny is that at no point did the site point out the obvious. Tomb raider has always sold better on sony platforms and more importantly, right now the PS4 has a 2:1 global lead on the XB1 long before even going into the holiday season. By the time this game is out, if the PS4 keeps itslead, we could have over  25M PS4s to the XB1s 14M. 

I mean the best explanation, and I doubt no one will fault it; is that it makes no sense for TR to release around the same month with Uncharted 4. So a delay on PS4 will do them some good. Thats all polygon had to say but they give this Bs article and somehow suggest that 50% of all gamers have both consoles???????!! That basically means that everyone that owns an XB1 right now also ons a PS4 lol.

While I think the article brings up some good points (SE wants PROFIT, not units sold, although more often than not that's the same thing) but it comes across as a despicable defensive article that no one should be taking it seriously. Who the fuck wrote this and who the fuck thought it was a good idea to publish it? If I was the one responsible I would have re-written it, so that it didn't sound like ass licking

I think I understand what the author is trying to say, but did so poorly honestly. Also the articles of late targeting a player base is ridiculous and very unprofessional. Personally, I couldn't care less about tomb raider. That being said MS promoting the game will increase sales on that system rather than no deal and the game not being pushed in PR for that console. Marketing should increase sales(derrr).... However, they are obviously cutting out at least 5 million potential customers. Sure they aren't cutting out the whole 10 million, but what is the percent that actually have both at this point? I'd wager less than 25% of ps4 owners have an xbox one currently

I would be curious to actual data, but my sense is owning multiple systems is very rare early on and becomes more common toward the end of a generation when price drops and libraries make it easier to justify.

No, onto his data the major issue with these numbers is the X1 and PS4 are not selling 1:1, it is actually closer to 2:1 for the PS4.  So, of 100 owners of the systems, 66 own a PS4 and 34 own an X1.  As to the overlap I'd be very surprised if 25% right now own both.

You need to appreciate that gaming "journalists" are hired by publishers to sell games, rather than hired by gamers to review and recommend games. Gamers don't pay the rent, so Polygon sees the industry through the lens of the guy who pays the bills.

Absolutely fucking idiotic. Although, Polygon got to Polygon.

The difference between this article and the entire "Mario Kart 1.2 Million because userbase!" thing just highlights exactly what is wrong with that website. Horrible place.

The math, it burns! Seriously though, how is it even going to be possible to sell more than Tomb Raider 2013 (~5 million in its first year) on the XBOne?

a little off topic but didnt microsoft pay rockstar $50 million for timed exclusive GTA4 DLC. so if they paid $50 million just for timed dlc, i think they probably paid more for an entire game.

so although this will crush the sales of the game, it will likely still make more money because of this deal. but just speculation, this may harm the longterm outlook of this franchise, making it less popular and profitable in the long run.