Rise of the Tomb Raider Now Exclusive to Xbox One

nah I think this is where a lot of the bummed out feeling comes from. Reminds of when Final Fantasy jumped from Nintendo to Playstation, except there were legitimate reasons there..

Yeah seems a foregone conclusion this comes to PC, only makes the pill all the more bitter for PS4 owners. I mean yeah maybe it does come to PS4 but based on tweets, etc seems it really is true blue exclue.

Unfortunately I don't think Sony has the cash to throw around... Would be a pretty one-sided bidding war. Which is maybe what we're in for anyways!

Weird to see Eidos mentioned in 2014. Did you mean Square-Enix?

MS should use their bribe money to fund more first party development instead.

Microsoft have actually been chasing Tomb Raider for some time now. Exclusive DLC for Underworld, timed exclusivity for Guardian of Light, reboot reveal on MS stage and timed exclusive DLC. Guess they finally got what they really wanted.

Bloodborne is a Sony game. Funded, produced, co-developed and owned by Sony. This Tomb Raider is a Square Enix game that Microsoft is paying them not to release on other platforms.

Probably cause the original was released for all platforms and now they are forcing the fans to get it on in Xbox one rather then give them the choice like they originally had.

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41672/Global/

[Tomb Raider Definitive Edition] on PS4 it sold more than 3 times than on XB1 in the first week (143k). [Credit]

It seems crazy to shutout 2/3s (PC and Sony) of a fanbase you just recently re-built.

we believe this will be a step to really forging the Tomb Raider brand as one of the biggest in gaming

That doesn´t even begin to make sense. How can you increase your fanbase by excluding PS4- and PC-owners? I´m no marketing genius but shouldn´t you make your game availible to as many people as possible in order to "forge the brand"?

Sweet! New Tomb Raider game, loved the first one and can't wait for this. Hopefully a bit more raiding in this one.

Demons Souls was a PS3 exclusive Bloodbourne is a new IP. Both owned by Sony. Your argument is invalid.

I imagine the internet would be praising Sony if this had been a PS4 exclusive.

As someone who played TR on the PS3 when it was free on Plus a couple months ago... Uncharted 2 is still a waaay better game, 4 years down the line. Even U3, which kinda sucked in comparison, is probably still better than TR. Nothing of real value was lost as far as I'm concerned. But it does seem like another nail in the coffin in the Square/Sony relationship, with Final Fantasy going multiplat first, and now Tomb Raider, a former Playstation exclusive in all but name, now going to the other side.

How is making a new IP console exclusive the same thing as making the direct sequel to a multi platform game exclusive?

Fuck those devs, I bought every TR game on my Steam account and now this. Jesus christ...

Multi-platform gaming FTW.

we believe this will be a step to really forging the Tomb Raider brand as one of the biggest in gaming

Someone actually said those words in this order in this specific context!!!

He probably read that Cevat Yerli interview and figured he can give him a run for his money on who's more delusional.

@dallas_raines: this is a really silly thought exercise and isn't really true anyway. You'd have about the same amount of people glad they can still play it, others who aren't happy to see this sort of exclusivity deal struck regardless of what platform they own and plenty of people who don't own the platform disappointed that it's not coming their way/they have to wait. Probably the biggest difference would be that people wouldn't be quite so bothered because at least the PS4 is the more powerful system, but even so, people would be upset either way and when people are upset you hear a lot more of that than when they're not.

If they considered Tomb Raider a failure in respect to copies sold, how is limiting its sequel's release going to help it fair any better? And on the console that's under performing! This is probably just a timed exclusive, but how fucking bizarre.

Guess I won't be playing. Shame it isn't coming to PC or PS4. What a slap in the face for fans of the series.

I saw that tweet this morning and thought it was some sort of jab about the similarities of Tomb Raider and Uncharted. Having a, barely, successful game's (in Square Enix's eyes) sequel become exclusive to one console, that is selling the worst of the three (I'm counting PC) doesn't seem like a smart business move. Unless the amount MS is paying SE to have this title be exclusive will somehow offset the lose of PS4 and PC sales (which I find unlikely).

Is this because Sony sold all their Square Enix Shares a couple of months back.

Honestly, my knee-jerk reaction would be that. If this were a PS4 exclusive, it would reinforce my opinion that I made the right choice switching console allegiance this year. Now that I am missing out on this release, it certainly gives me perspective. Console exclusivity just burns the gamer, and benefits the company propping it up :/

The reaction to this as not been a great advertisement for Microsoft let alone for Square Enix, I don't think console exclusives work as well as they once did and this feels... dirty for some reason.

I wish Microsoft would spend the money they spent to get Tomb Raider on first party studios to be honest. I do tend to agree with peoples opinion that the reason Microsoft have picked this up is to complete with Uncharted... that makes some sense I guess.

So, let me get this straight...the game totally underperforms on every system it was originally released on (PC, PS3, 360). Then, because its a "smart move" they put it on the system that's selling the least amount of systems and they make it, at least, a timed exclusive?

Square Enix proving to the world why they are in such financial dire straits.

Yeah, they should have been like CryTek! Don't pay those staff members money! Money is bad! Gamers are good! Pay your staff members with gamers!

Guess this means I won't be playing the new Tomb Raider. I liked the previous game a whole bunch, but it's not a reason to buy an XB1. Disappointing in this day and age to see Square and Microsoft willing to build a deal just to screw over PS4/PC users. Funding a new game as an exclusive is great for your users. Buying out a game that otherwise would have been multiplatform is just an anti-competitive fuck you to everyone.

And if the sales before were "disappointing" it's going to be fun to see how Square reacts to sales now. Hope they got seriously paid off, otherwise the promising reboot could be dead in the water.

So what they're really saying is it will be on Xbox One at launch and then 6 months later it will be released on PC. I'm ok with this.

I wrote this in the other thread...

People forget one tiny thing when they say "third party exclusives make sense": The issue is that they could have taken the money they gave the producers from Square-Enix to make another game instead and still have this game as well. Forget PS4 or PC, their could have been another game on the XBox One!

This has always been the problem with paying for third party exclusives. It is destructive because the vendor is throwing money at the ISP. They have essentially increased costs while we the buyer and gamer are getting less game/product.

I don't mind companies making money but the net effect of spending more money and making less games seems like a bad trend or strategy no matter what platform you like.

So even after Titanfall being an Xbox exclusive, and not selling all that well, and Dead Rising 3 being an Xbox exclusive, and not selling all that well-Crystal Dynamics is like "Yeah, we wanna get involved in that too!"

Both EA and Capcom have all but admitted that being exclusive to XBox was a bad idea. There's shortsightedness and then there's just being freakin' blind!

Lame. LAME! L A M E ! !

I didn't really want to play it anyway.

This definitely secures marketing funds for this game as I'm sure Microsoft will market the hell out of it. Good on them for seeking out games and making deals. I guess people are bummed who enjoy it on ps4 and don't want/can't get a 1 and if this news was the other way around as in exclusive to ps4 the hate would be the other way around.

It's good to see Microsoft coming back to really compete. They're making the right moves for sure.

I'm actually pretty happy about this. This just gives the XBO more viability, and at the end of the day gamers can only profit more from increased competition.

Why is the gaming media letting MS slide on this? If it was Sony doing this they would be saying how it would be bad for the community etc...

Guess I'll have to miss this one. Shame.

They can't/won't come out and say it but this screams "timed exclusive." I still haven't gotten around to the first TR, so by the time I play this on my PS4 in 2019, it'll be like none of this happened!

This just screams desperation to me.

This is how Microsoft competes. They pay publishers good money to remove games from other platforms while in development.

Tomb Raider was the first game I played on my new PC in May, and it was amazing. I was super excited to for this game when it was announced. What a huge bummer.

I'm sure this will eventually get a PS4 release, I sure hope so anyway. It's telling though. To switch to a platform exclusive mid-way into a trilogy must have cost MS a fortune. Why stoop to such levels if you believe in your own lineup? How many people will actually go out and buy an xbox for part tomb of the new Tomb Raider arc?

So...basically what Sony did with No Man's Sky? This will probably come to PC at some point like DR3 and Rise at the very least.

I'm fine with this, as it means it is only going to be developed for a current-gen system. Sure, PC and PS4 fans are going to be considerably disappointed, but this isn't the first time games have become exclusive to various platforms. It's part of the business, and I'm happy the developers get to focus on a single console. I bet they love that bit. Multi-platform development is a huge pain in the ass.

I'm sure all the vitriol was expressed in equal amounts when Sony got no man's sky as an exclusive. I'm sure...

In a way, console exclusivity does give a game more attention (like in this case, even if it's negative). Also, it usually comes with a much larger marketing budget (subsidized by Microsoft).

The playerbase will be smaller, but it might get more attention. It's a theory, and it has worked in some cases, but it's risky and I don't think it's good for them in this instance.

Shhhh its only bad when Microsoft does it, when Sony does it, its a good thing.

Unless this is not just a timed exclusive then I don't know why people are upset, seems like a win-win. MS gets a game when they are way behind on sales that might help to fix that problem at least a little and Square gets a bunch of money for doing nothing and can still make more money later when the release it on PS4/PC. And honestly if people cared enough about the game then they would buy and XB1 for it, if not then they should be able to stand to wait 6-9 months to play it

No Man's Sky wasn't 'Dude Bro' enough for MS money :-)

@ddrober2003 said:

I think the backlash over this is getting a bit out of hand, but these really aren't the same thing. No Man's Sky has been confirmed to come to PC and it'll almost certainly make its way to Xbox One eventually. It isn't clear that the same is true for Tomb Raider. Besides, console exclusively makes way more sense for an indie title than it does for one from a major studio, given how much more resource-strained small teams are.

Its a bit different. One no man sky is from an indie developer. That money most likely was needed to help pay for development. Also for tomb raider they announced it for everything and then basically changed that when money was thrown at them.

its not a completely invalid point though. an exclusive is not a problem if you own the console its exclusive on.

Guess I won't be playing the game then. Good job Eidos, good job.