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Gamescom 2014 – Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusive to Xbox

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The Tomb Raider reboot from last year was a pretty solid game and earlier this year we found out that a sequel was in the works. What we didn’t know was that Rise of the Tomb Raider is in fact a Xbox exclusive.

Announced during the Microsoft press conference at Gamescom, the next chapter in this new Lara Croft saga will only be coming to Microsoft’s platforms. No PC, no PlayStation. Who else feels stupid for just assuming it would be multi-platform?

There were no new details about the titles, other than the fact that it’ll be releasing during the holiday season next year. Also, Microsoft weren’t saying “Xbox One” exclusive, which means we could see it on older hardware as well.

Well played Microsoft. Very well played.

Last Updated: August 12, 2014

111 Comments

  1. *inhale* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      August 12, 2014 at 15:04

      Suddenly having Darth Vader as your dad doesn’t seem so bad now does it?

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      • FoxOneZA

        August 12, 2014 at 16:02

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  2. Pheonix182

    August 12, 2014 at 15:00

    WTF………………. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Spathi

    August 12, 2014 at 15:02

    Wow, great exclusive for Xbox!

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      August 12, 2014 at 15:04

      Yes 🙁

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  4. Viking Of Science

    August 12, 2014 at 15:05

    Don’t Worry, It’ll come to PC. just like other Xbox One “Exclusives”

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    • Corrie Botha

      August 12, 2014 at 15:28

      Can’t say the same for PS4 owners, us PC players just gotta wait

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      • Marius Nell

        August 12, 2014 at 15:34

        Ps4 owners will get it just like PvZ garden warfare

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        • freekface

          August 12, 2014 at 18:15

          PvZ garden warfare was always a timed only exclusive.

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    • Dean

      November 8, 2014 at 21:01

      Not all exclusives goes to PC

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  5. Chris Heiberg

    August 12, 2014 at 15:06

    SO MUCH ANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. Wilks

    August 12, 2014 at 15:08

    That’s such bullshit! Why?!

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  7. UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy

    August 12, 2014 at 15:08

    Microsoft paid a lot of money to make this happen…

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    • TLee

      November 8, 2014 at 21:02

      Yup, just like Sony paid a lot of money for a bunch of Destiny exclusives

      Reply

  8. JHN

    August 12, 2014 at 15:09

    Sweet 🙂

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  9. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    August 12, 2014 at 15:09

    Well that sucks donkey wang. I guess MS needs exclusives… I just didn’t expect them to actually go out and buy it outright. All I can say is fuck you square Enix and fuck you Microsoft.

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    • Hammersteyn

      August 12, 2014 at 15:09

      Exactly what I wanted to say, but I’m shy about swearing.

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    • JHN

      August 12, 2014 at 15:09

      Its ok you guys still have uncharted

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      • Hammersteyn

        August 12, 2014 at 15:10

        But, but we had both :'(

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      • Cedric Mamo

        August 12, 2014 at 16:49

        Uncharted was always a console exclusive. It’s made by Naughty Dog which is owned by Sony…

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 15:13

      It could be a timed exclusive, but if it is, square Enix won’t get my money. This baby will be bought second hand.

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      • freekface

        August 12, 2014 at 18:16

        Confirmed full exclusive on the devs site

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        • Hammersteyn

          August 12, 2014 at 18:23

          Did you see the reaction of most people? Lotsa hate being thrown CDs way

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          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            August 12, 2014 at 19:12

            Yeah that tumblr site is a war zone.

          • Hammersteyn

            August 13, 2014 at 08:48

            Not pulling any punches either

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      August 12, 2014 at 15:16

      I don’t blame MS – this is a good move for them. SE are the ones who’ve sold out non-MS gamers.

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      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        August 12, 2014 at 15:23

        The wording was… Exclusive in 2015, so yeah… Timed exclusive. Still a dick move from SE. Definitely not giving them the sale now.

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          August 12, 2014 at 15:24

          Look on the bright side then, they’re beta testing it for the rest of us. hohoho!

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    • FoxOneZA

      August 12, 2014 at 15:52

      That’s what Sony gets for dumping all those Square shares.

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    • Francois Knoetze

      August 12, 2014 at 16:49

      I have played every tomb raider game back from the ps 1 days and havent missed a single game except for Underworld(that was clunky and trash). This news has me so pissed and I am not forking out cash for a graphics card just yet and I don’t want an xbox dammit!! I WANT THIS GAME!!!

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    • Nikola

      August 13, 2014 at 08:00

      Coudn’t put it better myself bunch of assholes, this really makes me angry well I ain’t buying any more square enix game’s screw them!!!

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  10. Hammersteyn

    August 12, 2014 at 15:09

    Hey Pieter, you can come out now. Good news finally!

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 15:14

      Sheesh, indeed. I guess he can finally strut his stuff. ” Yo newbs I got Lara”

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    • Rinceable

      August 12, 2014 at 17:42

      There was some good news yesterday. Where is he?!

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  11. Hammersteyn

    August 12, 2014 at 15:12

    So they traded Ryse for Rise as an exclusive?

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    • FoxOneZA

      August 12, 2014 at 15:52

      Hehehe… a One for One trade.

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      • Hammersteyn

        August 12, 2014 at 15:54

        LOL!

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  12. Umar

    August 12, 2014 at 15:16

    How shit………Tomb Raider was on everything before……Well played? Scumbag fucking move. You can’t get proper exclusives so you just wave your dick in the air and by dick I mean wallet and buy fucking exclusives that were on ALL systems. Scum

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  13. Umar

    August 12, 2014 at 15:16

    Sqaure Enix can suck pink hair

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  14. Xcalibersa

    August 12, 2014 at 15:17

    “Exclusive for 2015.”

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    • Umar

      August 12, 2014 at 15:25

      Nope, CD stated its exclusive. not timed

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      • Marius Nell

        August 12, 2014 at 15:26

        like plants vs zombies garden warfare was exclusive?

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      • Xcalibersa

        August 12, 2014 at 15:30

        Duh, they will want to say that. But MS said Exclusive for 2015 in the video.

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    • Marius Nell

      August 12, 2014 at 15:25

      Im with you, its merely a timed exclusive. Tombraider struggled to meet the projected sales figures across all platforms doubt they will cut back now

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  15. Xcalibersa

    August 12, 2014 at 15:19

    Also, since when has this site become MS’s voice piece

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    • Gavin Mannion

      August 12, 2014 at 16:01

      keh? It was the Microsoft press conference… if you hang around until 7pm we will transform into a Sony site…

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      • Rinceable

        August 12, 2014 at 17:44

        You mean back? Runs

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        • Hammersteyn

          August 12, 2014 at 17:44

          Hahahaha

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      • Hammersteyn

        August 12, 2014 at 17:44

        I see, when all the kids are sleeping?

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 20:15

      Just make sure not to look on the right hand side of the page. Nothing can prepare you for the cold dead soulless eyes of Kinect peering straight into your soul….

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  16. eXpZA

    August 12, 2014 at 15:20

    Dumb. Dumb dumb dumb.

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  17. Purple_Dragon

    August 12, 2014 at 15:23

    I’m so pissed off!!

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  18. Marius Nell

    August 12, 2014 at 15:23

    their words was exclusive to xbox one in holiday 2015. I think the play on words was that its a timed exclusive. right after that announcement they said the following games are xbone exclusive. like plants vs zombies was xbone exclusive… for a while

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    • Hammersteyn

      August 12, 2014 at 15:24

      I hope so.

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      • Marius Nell

        August 12, 2014 at 15:28

        like plants vs zombies garden warfare was exclusive… for a while.

        the reboot struggled to meet sales figure across all platforms so I doubt they will cut back now.

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  19. Hammersteyn

    August 12, 2014 at 15:25

    How did the crowd react to this announcement?

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    • Marius Nell

      August 12, 2014 at 15:30

      Well they were pretty asleep the whole show, it was not as exciting than e3

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      • Hammersteyn

        August 12, 2014 at 15:38

        I thought this would wake them up at least

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        • Marius Nell

          August 12, 2014 at 15:42

          The most excitement was for the Halo collection, guess they really love that game

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        • freekface

          August 12, 2014 at 18:14

          They cheered and clapped but I think Marius Nell was crying so loudly he didn’t hear them.

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          • Hammersteyn

            August 12, 2014 at 18:22

            Ouch

          • J_Joestar

            August 12, 2014 at 19:36

            Well it was the MS conference, so that would be the normal reaction. Probably would be more mixed if it was a SE conference instead.

  20. PointMan

    August 12, 2014 at 15:25

    What in the actual F*%$!!!! I just started replaying the reboot 2 days ago and now you tell me this.
    http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ubd61pcxgb9gif/original.gif

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  21. theseasonswither

    August 12, 2014 at 15:26

    Fuck this shit.
    *leaves*

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  22. FunnyAsPhuk

    August 12, 2014 at 15:35

    Love it. Now what I love more is people who’s actions that caused this, will whine and swear endlessly about how unfair it is.

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    • Hammersteyn

      August 12, 2014 at 15:38

      Whose actions caused this?

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  23. Ryanza

    August 12, 2014 at 15:35

    The last Tomb Raider sold like over 3 million copies and it was still not enough to break even. So good luck Xbox One.

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    • HvR - Still dislikes Random.or

      August 12, 2014 at 16:09

      Was thinking the same thing, they were bitching only a few months ago about not being able to sell enough copies to make a profit. Unless MS is carrying most of the development cost this is an idiotic decision.

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      • J_Joestar

        August 12, 2014 at 19:27

        wouldn’t be surprising if it was paid for like that.

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  24. Sovereign

    August 12, 2014 at 15:38

    I’ll live. Got an Xbox sitting 10 feet away.

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    • Hammersteyn

      August 12, 2014 at 15:39

      Only ten feet? Look out. If it tips over you may be crushed 😛

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      • Rinceable

        August 12, 2014 at 17:45

        Oi! My Xbox is about 10 feet from me too!

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        • Hammersteyn

          August 12, 2014 at 17:53

          That’s fine for a 360. 8 feet is the required distance.

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  25. Hammersteyn

    August 12, 2014 at 15:44

    This feels like when Harry’s parents died Harry got to live with his abusive uncle. Only Lara gets to live with Phil Spencer. Plus she has too cook,clean and press his jackets

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 19:15

      Man, I was gutted earlier, had to take an afternoon nap….

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      • Hammersteyn

        August 13, 2014 at 08:48

        I went to bed watching a Tomb Raider movie. Could bear to play the actual game
        *sniff

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      • Hammersteyn

        August 13, 2014 at 09:21

        hehehe

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        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          August 13, 2014 at 11:03

          Good ol’ Angry Joe!

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  26. Pieter Smal

    August 12, 2014 at 15:59

    This is Bull. Check out fans throwing tantrums on the Tomb Raider FB page – lolz. Nonetheless, I am NOT buying an XBOX just to buy this crap. Sorry Laura, you lost a hardcore fan.

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    • Dutch Matrix

      August 12, 2014 at 16:21

      You claim to be hardcore, but uhhhh…. It’s Lara! 😛

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      • Pieter Smal

        August 12, 2014 at 17:08

        My loyalty is true: I even wrote my honours research paper about Tomb Raider! But my loyalty is to the franchise, not to a console. Personally I disdain the Xbox One.

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      • FunnyAsPhuk

        August 12, 2014 at 17:14

        Not to mention a “hardcore” just had a tantrum about the platform and can just walk away. Yep, hardcore alright 😛 Hope he’s not hardcore about his girlfriend, or she’s in trouble at some point in the future.

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  27. xdvd

    August 12, 2014 at 15:59

    • J_Joestar

      August 12, 2014 at 19:21

      can you point out where it mentions it isn’t timed? i can’t seem to find it in the post and i don’t really want to go through almost 3000 angry comments in case it was said there…

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      • xdvd

        August 12, 2014 at 21:14

        This paragraph

        This doesn’t mean that we’re walking away from our fans who only play on PlayStation or on PC. Those are great systems, with great partners, and amazing communities. We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4.

        He could just said it was a timed exclusive but he didn’t.

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        • Ryanza

          August 12, 2014 at 21:37

          Microsoft would have said 1st on Xbox One if it was a timed exclusive. And it’s been a few hours with no update on timed exclusive. That tumblr post was pretty clear. Microsoft paid for exclusiveness for the game. The arcade game is coming to both consoles.

          Remember the, if you have no internet the Xbox 360 is an offline device. So if you have no Xbox One then you can still play the Definitive Edition on other platforms.

          So Tomb Raider is exclusive on Xbox One. Unless we get a 1080.

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          • Ryanza

            August 12, 2014 at 21:43

            180 i mean lol. Tomb Raider will never be 1080p on the Xbox One.

          • xdvd

            August 12, 2014 at 22:17

            Exactly

        • J_Joestar

          August 12, 2014 at 23:19

          that hardly feels like a definitive “Not a Timed Exclusive” statement though…
          more like a sidestepping statement to avoid giving a real answer.

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  28. AG_Sonday

    August 12, 2014 at 16:16

    I’m still holding out for this to be a timed exclusive or some such thing. Square Enix needs the money. Alternatively, MS paid them a shit load of money for the deal.

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 19:16

      I know bud, I know….

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  29. Aries

    August 12, 2014 at 16:17

    Screw Xbox, lets see how long they can hold on to it

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  30. Ryanza

    August 12, 2014 at 17:01

    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 23:02

      The Rise and Fall of Tomb Raider… 🙁

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  31. Ryanza

    August 12, 2014 at 17:31

    Here’s a question. Tomb Raider comes a long way and has lots of old school fans. The last Tomb Raider was a decent game and it sold over 6 million copies, so the last Tomb Raider is quite popular. This news of exclusive to Xbox One is going to cause a lot of hate.

    So here’s the question. Is Tomb Raider on Xbox One enough for you to buy an Xbox One?

    The question is not open to those who have an Xbox One or planning on getting one. The question is for those who never planned to get the Xbox One.
    Will you buy an Xbox One for Tomb Raider because Microsoft is putting money on that you will.

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    • Rinceable

      August 12, 2014 at 17:48

      For one game,not enough for me. I’m also not sure for most to be honest. SE just halved their retail base, rather stupid actually.

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 19:17

      I enjoyed the reboot, but not enough to get a boner. It does leave me angry at SE though.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      August 13, 2014 at 08:28

      TR was one of the best games I played last year & was really happy to hear it was getting a sequel after they said it didn’t sell as well as hoped. Really disappointed to hear about the exclusivity, but enough to buy a console for it? No.

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  32. Kromas of City17

    August 12, 2014 at 18:08

    Join me in casting a new magic spell.

    1
    2
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    “F**K YOU MICROSOFT!!!”

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    • Ryanza

      August 12, 2014 at 18:11

      I’ve been saying, Fuck you Microsoft, since Windows 95

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  33. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    August 12, 2014 at 19:11

    I think this has backfired for MS and SE. The amount of hate on the internet, I haven’t seen anything like this before… Wow….

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  34. CAE9872

    August 12, 2014 at 22:32

    Very well played to Microsoft! They needed something. Tomb Raider, of any description, would never make me buy a console personally, but MS obviously believe it will. Good luck to them.

    Square – you may have burned a few bridges on this one though…time will tell.

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      August 12, 2014 at 23:03

      SquareEnix is rapidly approaching EA as “the worst publisher of all time”

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      • CAE9872

        August 12, 2014 at 23:19

        A lot of vitriol being posted at the official site I see. Like I said, I am not so sure this was a bright idea from Square/Crystal Dynamics perspective, but hey its where they have chosen to lay their seeds; now we see exactly how they get sown.

        My perspective – gamers have amnesia half the time! Tomorrow will be something else and all will be forgotten (if not forgiven). IF gamers truly are so disgusted by this, then they need to vote with their wallets for this and every Square game. But they wont.

        Heck look how successful EA are and yet everyone seems to hate them!

        From a personal stand-point it isn’t a massive issue, but I get why it is for a whole lot of people.

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  35. Ryanza

    August 13, 2014 at 06:53

    What I don’t get. Microsoft has a lot of money. Microsoft has lots of 1st party game developers. Why the fuck is Microsoft not throwing boat loads of money at their 1st party exclusive game developers to develop new AAA exclusive games for the Xbox One.

    Did Microsoft think that Xbox 360 users will automatically get the Xbox One just because it’s a Microsoft console. So Microsoft’s 1st big fuck up was not getting 1st party exclusive game developers to develop AAA games for a new console and not developing the best console for those exclusive AAA games. Instead Microsoft thought Xbox 360 numbers < Xbox One numbers, so Microsoft just focused on Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Live Marketplace, Xbox DRM, Xbox Kinect, exclusive Kinect games.

    Last year Microsoft learnt who the console masters are. And ever since, their focus has been on games. Now, the correct way to entice gamers back to an Xbox console, is to have the 1st party developers only focus on new exclusive AAA games to compliment the exclusive AAA sequels. Microsoft has close to 20 1st party developers. Getting at least 10 studios to produce AAA games for Xbox One, Microsoft could have stood a chance in year 3, 4 and 5. Microsoft could have really clawed its way back.
    But what does Microsoft go and do, thinking it's a good idea for getting games, games, games, on the Xbox One, goes and buys exclusive rights for Tomb Raider, costing a lot of money, whereby yet again alienating itself with gamers they need to buy the Xbox One.

    Oh Microsoft. I don't know what you are doing. You said DRM and I said fuck you. But besides the DRM thing, you have made a lot of gamers say, fuck you Microsoft. I have never seen a company try so hard to just get a big, fuck you, from the gaming community.

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  36. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    August 13, 2014 at 11:03

    OG!

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