Microsoft and Crystal Dynamics announced today that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be coming exclusively on X360 and Xbox One. Yeap, you read that right. The next Tomb Raider game is now exclusive to Microsoft’s platforms. PC gamers will be only getting the sequel to Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light this December, and that’s it.
Crystal Dynamics’ Darrell Gallagher tried to explain things:
“Today’s announcement with Microsoft is one step to help us put Tomb Raider on top of action adventure gaming. Our friends at Microsoft have always seen huge potential in Tomb Raider and have believed in our vision since our first unveil with them on their stage at E3 2011. We know they will get behind this game more than any support we have had from them in the past – we believe this will be a step to really forging the Tomb Raider brand as one of the biggest in gaming, with the help, belief and backing of a major partner like Microsoft.”
As always, this is all PR bullcraps and nothing more. The truth is that MS paid Crystal Dynamics in order to keep Tomb Raider exclusive to Microsoft’s consoles. And that’s that.
So say goodbye to Tomb Raider everyone!
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microsoft suporting pc gaming
by taking pc games from them 😀
but it will come to PC, bright as day
Pathetic, really pathetic, Crystal Dynamics should be ashamed of themselves.
Agreed, even though it’ll possibly come to PC later on, but I cannot see this game selling or pushing more Xbone sales, titanfall for example didn’t either
But it’s getting to a point where microsoft is throwing money to 3rd party devs than rather investing in new exclusive IP’s
“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.”
The same condescending shit that Ubisoft keeps pulling, not to mention many other Studios & Publishers have tried over the years has finally reached Square Enix.
I’m truly surprised at this move, not because of the Series’ Multi-Platform Roots, but because Microfail must have shelled out a sizable fortune to make up for the lost PS4 sales money…… After all, Tomb Raider Definitive PS4 outsold its XBONE counterpart BY FAR (69% PS4, 31% XBONE).
Disgraceful.
I was expecting more of the new Microshit CEO, obviously, I was wrong. I just hope his expressed interest in selling the Xbox Division translates to an actual sale one day, so they MIGHT (probably not) go to a better owner….
Surprise!
1.Metal Gear Solid V : Phantom Pain coming to PC! but Ground Zeroes comes first!
2. Microsoft announced Time Exclusivity for Rise Of the Tomb raider!
It’ll make it’s way to PC…eventually. I have enough games to play as of right now anyway
it wont. They declared is not timed. It’s full xbox exclusive.
Dead Rising 3, Ryse, both Xbox exclusives are making their way over, once Crystal Dynamics realizes they aren’t selling what they expected they’ll port it over to PC , doubt PS4 players will ever get to see this.
Sad though that we’ve got to wait for the game to fail in sales to get it on the PC. Anyway, if it’s like generic Tomb Raider 2013 then I’m not bothered anyway.
I think it’s microsoft’s logic that Sony has Uncharted and Microsoft will have Tomb raider(which they believe to be their answer to their terrible sales)
Edit it seems like sooooo much more negative media attention than positive I wonder how Crystal Dynamics will spin this.
They probably won’t. They’ve made their condescending announcement, they won’t bother to follow it up with more. They might be retards, but even their PR department can’t be that retarded as to not recommend they stop talking about it yesterday.
Actually they said they were focusing on bringing in more Tombs this time around, Lara is finally (re)becoming the Explorer/Tomb Raider combo we all knew her as, just minus the Giant Squddies & co. but with the same touch of Survival that Tomb Raider 2013 introduced, which is what makes this even sadder.
PS4 players have also a PC these days you know.
For work and entertainment.
yes but how many have a Medium to high end PC these days, not many I would assume.
Plus how many would be inclined to actually purchase this day one and with a majority of kids these days the logic of self rightous pirating ( it’s delayed: screw the devs I’ll pirate it, or it won’t have this screw the devs Ill pirate it, it’s locked to this resolution or frames… get my point?)
For me I’ll wait, I bought Tomb Raider during the steam sale last year, played a bit of MP/SP and after a while needed space and backed it up and uninstalled) don’t really have any need to complete it atm since Microsoft’s brilliant brain idea)
Oh really?
They said that for the point of exclusivity marketing, don’t you think?
If they said “Oh it’s coming to PC… might.” will just ruined the marketing deal where everybody else just wait for three quarters for PC version to release and by the end of the day, Square Enix couldn’t hit their sales target on Xbox and would just flip their table.
It’s timed but it now sounds like it’s a Microsoft platforms exclusive. So the only platform missing out is PS4
Square Enix is going down badly. what’s next ? hitman exclusive on PS4 ? at least invest on some new IPs and make them exclusive
I thought I just misheard it at first and it’s not the game but only like an exclusive DLC or something. What is Crystal thinking ? MS must have paid a lot of money to make this game an exclusive.
I admit I’m a bit sad coz the 1st game was good. I hope it comes to other platforms
Microsoft saying something is “Exclusive” is a statement that should be taken with a pinch of salt.
I’m not even a bit worried, in the worst case this game will not be on ps#. This is another stupid move from MS to make them look good. Crystal Dynamics can’t afford to loose sales from 3 platforms. A lot can happen until late 2015.
just shooting yourselves on the foot on this one. on a company thats already on thin ice. good job SE
Looks like I wont be playing it then, no way im buying a console to play any game. CD putting their eggs in one basket here. I have 0 respect for SE/CD for this.
If Microsoft’s fronting money. I give this about 9 months before it shows up on PC since M$ are making money either way.
But in the end. Everyone wins. Except Sony peasants.
Sick in the head fanboy screaming about “peasants”.
Still taking these types of jokes seriously I see.
That sad thing isn’t joking around.
Of course it’s a joke you moron, the whole tears thing is used a lot as a joke to people who lose, nobody actually cries.
did you saw dakan’s comment ? it vanished, i can’t see it anymore, i can’t see his comments in the past few days
Derp or some other peasant flags them then the site owner has to enable them. Disqus is pretty awful and easily abused when you know how to. See most of the main Sony peasants botting their way to the top of comments sections.
wow how awful Disqus is ?
@JohnDio:disqus
john, fix it 😀
Nope, he’s up voting but I don’t see his comments.
sad, i know, being a peasant is always sad.
I’m just lashing out because we lost our precious Goat Simulator as an exclusive /s
you go damage control your 720p Assassin’s Creed s*it
LOL this will make Playstation and PC players hate Xbox even more. Xbox One is the fail of the century.
funny thing is TR is/was not a system seller game like call of duty etc… but they went for it, i don’t know why. they want to shove more X1 to people’s Aholes but they didn’t pick a right game. tomb raider will not sell on X1, it even won’t sell good as a multiplatform title, it will be Ryse all over again.
Guys , just give it few months until it comes out on PC . Can’t say the same for PS4 .
Quantum Break looked amazing BTW .
yeah, it looked amazing. i guess they should keep TR and release QB for pc 😀 or release em both for PC
Haha… both for PC Bro.. 😀
It’s a shame to watch Square Enix go down this path and treat a franchise with such a huge fan base this way. And it makes me worry about the future of Deus Ex as well.