Gamers outraged over Rise of the Tomb Raider's Xbox One exclusivity

[gingerbill]

If its a timed exclusive you will probably just get a better version on the PS4 and PC a bit later. I own a PS4 and PC ( used to be an xbox customer with the 360) so I just simply won't buy the game. I actually liked the last tomb raider , it wasn't anything amazing but was a decent game. I don't think it's good publicity or good for your company in the long term to turn a game that's been multi format for ages into an exclusive.

I think gamers do remember when companies do thing's like this and it will cost the devs in the long run.

 

[cliffordcooley]

I'm not outraged, its just one Tomb Raider I know I will never play. That is if it doesn't become a choice on PC.

 

[Bitvar]

It's not quite like that. The PS3 fanboys were gloating about Sony's own IPs and games that were developed from the start to the PS3. What Micro$oft did was buying(some would say "bribing") the exclusivity rights to a franchise that has always been multi-platform, instead of developing their own.

So, in a way, they not only bought the quality others have achieved by their own merits, but also took it away from the people who helped the game become what it is today.

Except that is entirely wrong. Sony doesn't make games, they make contracts with developers. It is just usually they lock studios into 8+ year contracts (like Insomniac) so it seems like they are first party when in fact they are independent. Some are even publishers (FROM SOFTWARE) which have been contracted by Sony to make exclusive games.

It is literally no different than how Tomb Raider is being handled. Sony fanboys are just the least mature and most irritable.