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Connell 08-13-2014 07:26 PM
Oh my god thank god everyone god exist I love god great.

Slog Bait 08-13-2014 08:11 PM
Praise de lordah

Nate 08-13-2014 09:30 PM
All video game contracts have a "duration". If nothing else, the publishing rights revert back to the third-party developer after a good number of years.

Bear in mind that Munch's Oddysee was an Xbox Exclusive. Technically its contract had a duration, that being the amount of time until the rights reverted back to OWI. It took a decade to actually appear on another platform.

My point being... saying that the contract has a "duration" doesn't mean you'll be seeing the game on another platform any time soon. Or ever.

MeechMunchie 08-14-2014 06:31 AM
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"I have Tomb Raider shipping next holiday exclusively on Xbox," Xbox head Phil Spencer told Eurogamer, possibly while salivating. "It is Xbox 360 and Xbox One. I'm not trying to fake anybody out in terms of where this thing is. What they do with the franchise in the long run is not mine. I don't control it." Eurogamer do not mention if, at this point, Spencer's eyes narrowed, as if daring the universe not to bend to his will. "So all I can talk about is the deal I have. I don't know where else Tomb Raider goes."

That last statement came after many preceding statements, including lines like, "My job is not to talk about games I don't own", "I didn't buy the IP. I didn't buy the studio. It's not mine", and "I don't own them building Tomb Raider on other platforms."

All of which finally led Spencer to this: "Yes, the deal has a duration. I didn't buy it. I don't own the franchise."

Spencer finished by not revealing how long the exclusivity deal's duration will last.