I'm a PC gamer and I will probably think about getting the game nearer to launch as I loved the first TR reboot.
It's not at the top of my list though due to more games coming out around the same time.
That's the price the publisher pays for making their game a timed exclusive on another platform.
Oh you mean when XCOM Enemy Unknown sold 2.9 million copies on PC and the console version sold maybe a million overall on both consoles?
The only time XCOM failed is from console sales not PC.
It's nothing to do with Microsoft. They only develop the OS they don't own the PC platform or PC gaming.
I guess this is quite good for the Xbox consoles.
The rebooted Tomb Raider didn't sell that well on Xbox last time anyway as the Tomb Raider fanbase was always on PC and PS.
I've always said Rise of the Tomb Raider wouldn't have massive numbers on Xbox platforms as that's not where the fanbase is.
This is poor judgement by Square-Enix but I guess they didn't have much choice but lay in bed with Microsoft to develop RotTR. ...
Publishers only have total control over console gamers not PC gamers.
Look at how badly the new Battlefront has done on PC compared to consoles.
The PC community will not stand for this milking of games due to numerous DLC policies from publishers.
We'll just play something else worthwhile and leave the consoles to suffer from it instead.
The console community need to learn to stand up for themselves as well to offset thi...
"What does the first three months of the new year look like in terms of releases?"
XCOM 2 PC exclusive, Far Cry Primal, The Division and many more games.
And you thought Rise of the Tomb Raider has a hard time this year :P
It'll be even worse trying to sell a game that's been out for several months on a timed exclusive platform and then trying to sell it to 2/3 of gamers that were ignored at launch.
I might ...
Wrong.
Many PC gamers are having problems too.
The game seems to be poorly optimised and have memory leaks.
This isn't a smooth launch by any stretch for any platform.
@Mega24
I do. Developers asked for more RAM so they got that but that came at a price of less power in CPU/GPUs.
If they'd added more RAM and better CPU/GPU combo people would have to pay much more than what they have done.
Probably around the £5-600 ($7-800) range for a new console with the upgraded components.
Would console gamers be will to pay that price for a proper "next gen" console? I think not.
@xPhearR3dx
The Xbox division is one of the lowest profit makers for Microsoft.
Their money comes from Office and other software like Windows OS selling to the corporate businesses.
The Xbox is a small fish in a big ocean for MS.
You might think the Xbox is massively important to MS but it doesn't make it true.
Yeah easier for them not for the customer. Therein lies the problem.
The publishers should be doing whatever they can to give the customer the product they paid for not handing out codes to download a 30GB+ game on a 2Mbit connection with 20GB cap.
I couldn't give a shit about making it easier for the publisher to monitor sales.
You paid for a physical copy you should get a physical copy with the discs, box and manual not an IOU for steam...
You bought the game. I say you lost out like a lot of us actually expecting a Battlefront game and we got CoD in Star Wars tights.
You lose some and you lose some more. AAA gaming in a nut shell :)
Publishers will do anything to save a bit of money. Case in point WB Games with Batman AK for PC. Doesn't always work out cheaper in the long run but most companies look at the short term not long.
If someone buys a physical box on PC it should include box, DVDs and maybe a manual. not just a code for steam. There's a reason for buying physical and that normally has to do with having crappy internet with download caps.
If I buy a Bluray movie I expect...
No console is getting anything exclusive, official DLC or player made, first.
The PC will be getting the player made mods first unless console gamers want to try a hand at making their own damn mods instead of leeching off PC user mods :P
Just received the first beta patch as well for Fallout 4 on PC. Not much to it yet but it's a start.
This game could have been so much more.
It could have been Battlefront 3 but it's not. It's just a shallow FPS that will get repetitive sooner rather than later. Just like Titanfall did.
I'm guessing EA are milking it for all it's worth (£50 game + £40 season pass) before it becomes irrelevant.
A shame really. The lore, history and universe is there to be exploited to create an amazing game but they settled for a Ba...
Don't make excuses for multi billion dollar publishers.
This happens time and time again and they only have the US side to deal with atm.
The EU/UK gamers don't get to play till Thursday at the earliest. Is the same thing going to happen then too?
It's time one of these publishers, especially EA with their big portfolio of MP games, learned how to manage launch day numbers on their MP titles without the servers struggling every bl...
The original platforms of Tomb Raider was PC, PS and Saturn.
I'd love to play Rise of the TR on PC but MS and SE took that away from me till sometime in 2016 for a platform that has never been synonymous with the Tomb Raider franchise.
You'll be waiting a long time then.
Supposedly Q1 2016 for PC release so 3-4 months time if it's not delayed and 12 months for PS4 version.
It will be a all but forgotten release by the time it comes out on other platforms.
I'll play this game till I get bored of it like I did Titanfall.
I am in no way paying £40 for the season pass.
I played Titanfall for a month or 2 till it became repetitive and boring. I haven't been back since.
I'm still playing Fallout 4 and then there's AC syndicate on same day as Battlefront and Just Cause 3 2 weeks later.
I expect I'll be playing Battlefront a lot less than I did Titanfall with ...
If it wasn't for these cdkey sellers I wouldn't buy any game at £40-50 each.
These cdkeys have to come from an official in the first place or people wouldn't be able to activate them on steam, origin or gog.
Why are you on a crusade to close them down? What do you gain from these places disappearing?
You seem to have an ulterior motive and I'm not sure what that is atm.
If only this was the norm but it's not.
Many people are suffering from stuttering and low fps because of memory leaks and game instabilities.
The game is a mess on all but the most high end PCs.