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Originally Posted by Russic
If the Tomb Raider game isn't a timed exclusive I'll be pretty saddened. That was one of my favourite games of the entire generation. The fact that they're wording things so oddly leads me to believe it's certainly a timed exclusive though. If they had full exclusivity they'd be screaming it from the mountain tops.
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As expected, just a timed exclusive. Phil Spencer finally had to clarify to the press but is trying to hold back on the duration. I'm sure that will come out as time goes on anyhow.
All that hand waving, head dodging and press dodging. Why not say the usual "first on Xbox". I wonder if this was worth all the negative backlash.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...gn=socialoomph
Is there a time limit on the exclusivity period?
"Yes, the deal has a duration. I didn't buy it. I don't own the franchise."
Can you tell us how long the duration is?
"No. It's not because I'm trying to be a headfake on anybody. It's a deal between us and the partner. People ask me how much did we pay. There are certain things I'm just not going to talk about because it's a business deal between us and then. Obviously the deal does have a duration. I didn't buy the IP in perpetuity."
Angry gamers have directed many of their comments towards Square Enix, accusing the publisher of selling out and alienating their PlayStation and PC owning customers.
EDIT:
http://kotaku.com/rise-of-the-tomb-r...ive-1620772963
Yesterday, Microsoft dropped the first bomb of Gamescom 2014: that
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be an Xbox exclusive. Except, wait. It's not.
In other words, when they said yesterday that the next big
Tomb Raider game is an Xbox exclusive,
what they really meant is that it'll be out first on Xbox (both 360 and One), and then it'll come later to other platforms.
Compare this to the language used by developer Crystal Dynamics yesterday:
As you may have seen, we've just announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider, coming Holiday 2015, is exclusively on Xbox.
Or what Microsoft said in their own press release:
Led by the announcement that "Rise of the TombRaider" from Crystal Dynamics will launch in holiday 2015, exclusively on Xbox...
Good work, guys—you infuriated a ton of fans for no reason at all.