Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Rise of the Tomb Raider's Timed Xbox Exclusivity Cost $100 Million SCREENRANT.COM Rise of the Tomb Raider cost Xbox $100 million. Damn, Square-Enix - you took 'em for a ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Wouldn’t be surprised that the dude embellished the deal on his LinkedIn page for a new job. Most do If Microsoft did pay that money, no wonder they moved to acquisitions over timed exclusivity deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Uhh... didn't it only sell like a million copies in its first year? Even if MS got 100% of every purchase (which obviously they wouldn't as it's SE's game) and every purchase was full price, they'd still be down $40 million. What a terrible deal. I doubt it brought in many people, either. I know the point of an exclusivity deal isn't short-term gains, but this just seems like a terrible pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 32 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: Uhh... didn't it only sell like a million copies in its first year? Even if MS got 100% of every purchase (which obviously they wouldn't as it's SE's game) and every purchase was full price, they'd still be down $40 million. What a terrible deal. I doubt it brought in many people, either. I know the point of an exclusivity deal isn't short-term gains, but this just seems like a terrible pick. But you gotta look at Microsoft’s bigger picture outlook too, and it very well could of been a smart move on their end. People would have to buy their system to play the game, which leads to some buying Xbox live memberships, game accessories, and other system exclusive games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 But Tomb Raider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: But Tomb Raider? Needed an answer to Uncharted I suppose. At least now they’re funding an Indians Jones something themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokt Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I really enjoyed the first Tomb Raider, but the next 2 failed to keep my interest at all. Uncharted seemed fine the first time I played it, but when I went to try and replay them I didn't find them to be enjoyable... at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Xbob42 said: But Tomb Raider? This is practically a bargain compared to Epic's 6 month-long EGS exclusivity deal for Borderlands 3 Epic’s Borderlands 3 exclusivity deal cost $146 million | PCGamesN WWW.PCGAMESN.COM The legal drama between Epic and Apple has revealed exactly what Epic paid for Borderlands 3 to be an exclusive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaxick Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 As polished as those games might be, they all just kinda blurred together which isn't much of a surprise considering those three games were released in something like a 5 year span. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 they probably bought into the hype after the first rebooted tomb raider being as good as it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDunks4 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I read the 100 million probably includes the marketing budget and up front guaranteed sales money up to a certain quantity. Still doesn't sound like a good deal regardless, but probably played a big part in why Phil Spencer said he's not a fan of spending money on times exclusivity deals rather than investing in their own IPs and studios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Weren't the other ones timed exclusive too or am I remembering wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: Weren't the other ones timed exclusive too or am I remembering wrong? Just the 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: Just the 2nd. And this thread is about the second one so that checks out I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Didn't Square Enix project Tomb Raider would sell a bajillion copies and be more profitable than the war on terror? Now we know why I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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