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TheSting on 03 January 2016
DM235 said:

I have to argue, that in my opinion, even if this game was multiplatform, and it released as it did on the same day as Fallout, it would still be a flop.

The mistake wasn't the exclusivity, it was the poor marketing that told them that Fallout and TR are two different audiences, and that sales of TR would not be impacted significantly. I don't know if the date is something that MS or S-E decided, but whoever it was, they really goofed.

I do think the franchise has been hurt by this poor launch. I think TR will have a hard time breaking 1m on PS4, since gamers don't really care for 1 year old re-releases. This will hurt CD, as they will have a harder time getting a big development budget for the next installment.

 


IIRC SE chose the date. Yes I also believe this game would've tanked had it released multi. I do think it'll be a slow burner tho. A after i get done with these games type of situation. Nothing wrong with the deal just the release date. I would've pushed to the 2nd week in January. Basically a full year still.



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starcraft on 05 January 2016
betacon said:
starcraft said:
Its hard to prove without the counterfactual one way or the other.

Crystal Dynamics and Phil were clear that Microsoft helped significantly with development, resulting in the game being excellent. After costs got so out of hand on the first game, its likely that that assistance was integral to the game being so good.

You honestly believe that? It was coming to the ps4 at the same time until late in it's development, lets so it wasn't and Microsoft invested alot into the game why would they allow it on the ps4 at all? It be a SF5 situation but it isn't, so I highly doubt it was significant  

Its the information we have available?

Sony has more leverage than Microsoft given their better market share. Both CD and MS have made it clear the game benefited from MS $$$ and support. 





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KManX89 on 05 January 2016
TheSting said:
DM235 said:

I have to argue, that in my opinion, even if this game was multiplatform, and it released as it did on the same day as Fallout, it would still be a flop.

The mistake wasn't the exclusivity, it was the poor marketing that told them that Fallout and TR are two different audiences, and that sales of TR would not be impacted significantly. I don't know if the date is something that MS or S-E decided, but whoever it was, they really goofed.

I do think the franchise has been hurt by this poor launch. I think TR will have a hard time breaking 1m on PS4, since gamers don't really care for 1 year old re-releases. This will hurt CD, as they will have a harder time getting a big development budget for the next installment.

Nothing wrong with the deal just the release date. 

Oh yes, nothing shady about messing with the biggest and most loyal section of your fanbase for an entire year plus PC for a couple months at all, especially when they were going to get the game at the same time until MS paid up. 

And don't even give me the SFV full exclusivity excuse, Capcom already made it clear XB1 was never getting the game to begin with. They needed help with it, just like they needed MS' help with Dead Rising 3 and Nintendo's help with Monster Hunter 4, and Phil Spencer flat out said he wasn't going to support the cross-play feature they wanted. That right there pretty much sealed the XB1's fate as far as that game is concerned.

Rejecting the developer's vision for the game and selling over a million fewer copies of the previous installment than your competition (and SFIV did sell over a million more copies on PS3 than 360)=game goes to your competitor as a console exclusive, same deal with FF Heavensward.