Official Xbox One Thread

[EvilMog]

Yeah, I was just reading the press release that CD put out, and they go on to talk about Temple of Osiris if you're not on XBOX One. That's fucking wild.

Edit: I liked the last Tomb Raider more than I liked the last (Real) Uncharted. Not that means anything to anybody else.

Yeah me too. I don't know why but I did.

[Yoshi]

Thankfully, the people who led Uncharted 3 are no longer at Naughty Dog, so I expect a return to the Uncharted 2 and Last of Us level of quality.

[EvilMog]

Wow, even with all the delays I counted 16 retail games I'm at least curious about from here until Xmas. I don't care if any or none are exclusive. Nice.

08/19 Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
08/26 Madden
09/09 Destiny
NHL 15
09/30 Forza Horizon 2 (Day One Edition)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
10/07 Alien: Isolation
10/14 Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
The Evil Within
10/28 Assassin's Creed Unity
Lords of the Fallen
Sunset Overdrive (Day One Edition)
11/04 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
11/11 Halo: The Master Chief Collection
11/18 Dragon Age: Inquisition
Far Cry 4

[Tain]

Pretty wild system war shit. I'm not 100% sold on it not being a timed exclusive, though.

[Yoshi]

I'd be shocked if it didn't at least come to PC, but even having to wait an extra day is bullshit and worth abusing Crystal Dynamics over. Buying third party exclusives has always, always been a bullshit practice all the way back to the NES days. It may have even happened before that, but I was too young to know.

edit: It's one thing to partner for second party exclusives like Bayonetta 2 or Bloodborne, but fuck straight up stealing games that would have been made and multiplatform anyway. But it takes two, so CD needs to take at least as much abuse as MSFT over the decision.

edit2: This pretty much sums it up:

What Gallagher seems to be saying is that Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics think the way you put Tomb Raider "on top of action adventure gaming" is to prevent the majority of its fan base from playing it. However you try to spin it, exclusivity is not a positive. It doesn't help the people who own that console—they would still be able to play the game if it was multi-platform—and it definitely, obviously doesn't help those who now can't play a series they previously had access to. It is a move that goes directly against their fans, and one almost certainly motivated by Square Enix's financial issues over the last few years.

Hopefully, then, this will be one of those woolly, meaningless exclusives, and six months down the line we'll see Rise of the Tomb Raider arrive on PC. The alternative possibility—that the true third-party platform exclusive is back as a viable option—would be a big step back for gaming as a whole.

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[Joust Williams]

Pretty wild system war shit. I'm not 100% sold on it not being a timed exclusive, though.

[EvilMog]

Any kind of 3rd party exclusives in anyway just seem like stupid business decisions these days.

[Yoshi]

If not stupid, at least short-sighted. Think about this. Let's say this truly is forever exclusive. CD eventually is going to want to make a third game in the reboot series, right? If I were MSFT, I wouldn't pay them a cent for exclusivity a second time, because CD has already screwed over everyone else who couldn't play the middle game. So their sales will be damaged indefinitely, and the gravy train probably only stops once.

[kingoffighters]

Thankfully, the people who led Uncharted 3 are no longer at Naughty Dog, so I expect a return to the Uncharted 2 and Last of Us level of quality.

Was Uncharted 3 that bad? I enjoyed 2, but never got around to 3.

[MechDeus]

If I were MSFT, I wouldn't pay them a cent for exclusivity a second time, because CD has already screwed over everyone else.

Why? If you can pay to guarantee that your system will continue to have a cinematic adventure game for a lineup which is missing an exclusive in that popular genre, it could be a great investment. It's not like Sony will just go, "Oh, you didn't release a game on PS4 so we're never going to let you help us make a bunch more money ever again."