No, in the NES area the deal was, if you publish a game on the NES you do not publish any version of it on a competing system, Nintendo did not buy the exclusivity deals, however they got royalties on all sales, just like platform owners do on modern consoles.

I don't think you know what actually adding means, it would add something if MS went on and MADE a new game (or got a studio to make one from scratch for them), in this current form they do not give anything to either their clients, you would have gotten the game anyway if you have an xb1 or a 360, and they take away from PC/PS owners, at least temporarily... the only "value" you have are talking points when trolling in discussion boards.

For the same reason people would buy Destiny on the PS4/One instead of the PS3/360.

It's a significantly better version.

You are mostly correct, but you are wrong in one thing: Spencer says that they tried to create a competitor to Uncharted, but failed. And since their first party studios were unable to compete with Sony, they were resigned to moneyhatting existing franchises.

it amazes me at all the ppl, who are so damn butt hurt over this deal. i am sure tomb raider is going to be xbox brand 1st and pc later only. just like ryse and dead rising 3. phil himself even said a deal like that, alot of ppl must not beable to read these days anymore

Unfortunately, it seems that the only one who cannot read (or write) is you, as nothing you have written there is even remotely true or correct.

its win/win/loss/loss :p

Microsoft win  for holiday 2015, square enix win big $ to help their studio, PC/Ps4 lose the fun in 2015, and at end square enix lose money on some ps4/pc user who be angry and will buy the game used or pirate this.

Nintendo signed an exclusivity deal, along with the legendary seal of approval, with developers during the NES days, making games unavailable for any other system for a few years but also guaranteeing high quality software to be releasded on the console. This is why no Castlevanias, mega mans and such were available for other systems. It was also why Sega started to produce so many games inhouse, they simply had to compete.

Yeah, how you go about securing exclusivity is not really the case now, is it? Fact is, this practice has always existed.

And you mean MS didn´t add an exclusive title to the XBox brand with the TR deal? Well, I´m suprised :).

Main reason to be annoyed by this kind of deal might be because Tomb Raider as an IP was irrelevant for years, players believing in this reboot and buying it is what made it relevant again, being on Xbox360, PS3, PC and current gen consoles.

That deal is obviously not made to be a "win win" from a player perspective, and based on all the negative backslash this deals created, i seriously doubt it'll be positive for Tomb Raider.

Square is talking a huge risk here.