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Rise of the Tomb Raider PC listed as January 29 on Amazon France

Maxim726X

Member
Ahead of schedule, it seems.

But with the abysmal sales of the XBone version, makes total sense.

I'm looking forward to trying it on the PC.
 

Kezen

Banned
I don't put much stock into that date. As many have pointed out January seems too early.

But who knows.
 
Square Enix: If we sell less than a million copies by 2016, we get to release it earlier on PC/PS4.
Microsot: Sure! (lol What's the chance of that happening?)
 

hawk2025

Member
hhmmmm.

We'll see if this has any hope of being accurate. Will buy again, but was expecting April or so. Please fix the controls Nixxes (or whoever else is working on the PC version).
 

spookyfish

Member
Square Enix: If we sell less than a million copies by 2016, we get to release it earlier on PC/PS4.
Microsot: Sure! (lol What's the chance of that happening?)

I was thinking this, as well. SE may have had a clause that it needed to sell a certain amount for exclusivity. Fewer numbers = less time for exclusivity.
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Amazon France has been wrong so many times that I don't think this is worth paying much attention to

Isn't Amazon FR's storied history of poor information just a product of terrible SKU tagging (e.g. Bloodborne PC)?
 

Percy

Banned
That's one short ass exclusivity window, but with how badly it appears to have sold on Xbox, I imagine Square would be eager to get it onto more popular platforms asap.
 

Zophar

Member
There has to be an escape clause in their contract for low sales. I would definitely expect the PS4 version much, much sooner than next August.
 
Seems early... but there was a guy in the NPD thread saying something about a Q1 PC release being possible.

BTW, does this game have gory deaths like the previous one? I found that kind of off-putting and didn't play it because of that.
 
I don't believe it, it's way too early.

Maybe the game didn't sell well enough on Xbox One, so they are pushing out the PC version earlier than expected? PS4 version will probably still be later into next year so the game can remain a console exclusive.
 

Kezen

Banned
hhmmmm.

We'll see if this has any hope of being accurate. Will buy again, but was expecting April or so. Please fix the controls Nixxes (or whoever else is working on the PC version).

April does not fit the Q1 2016 window given. Q1 is January-March.
 

JohnnyFootball

GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Amazon France has pretty much never been accurate on leaks or at least release dates. You would think this would be common knowledge by now.
 

KORNdoggy

Member
seems early. but then again, if SE were smart and had a sales related clause in the contract that lets them release earlier on both systems if sales were bad...then it does make sense.
 
Seems early... but there was a guy in the NPD thread saying something about a Q1 PC release being possible.

BTW, does this game have gory deaths like the previous one? I found that kind of off-putting and didn't play it because of that.

Yes but it's far more rare then tr13
 

neurosyphilis

Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
Heard it flopped hard on Xbox One. But is Amazon France a reliable source ? Anyways wonder when the PS4 version comes out, probably same day as the PC version.
 

Skii

Member
This has to be the worst ever exclusive deal in the history of gaming lol.

Oh well, glad it's coming out so soon for the rest of us. Now with everyone finishing FO4, they'll have time to play this game.
 
That would be surprisingly fast - not sure I believe this.

Unless there was a clause in the contract that if it didn't sell X copies then Square Enix could release it more quickly than they had otherwise planned.
 
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They were agreeing

Isn't Amazon FR's storied history of poor information just a product of terrible SKU tagging (e.g. Bloodborne PC)?

Not only that but Sunset Overdrive PC and the actual PS4 console itself listed as coming out for Windows

joke post? Amazon France is wrong all the time

That was sarcasm, that's why he was referencing Amazon's listing of the PS4 coming to PC.
 

Toki767

Member
I don't think it's true, but if it is, then man, Microsoft literally paid just to hold off launch for 2 months.
 

Ragona

Member
To be honest, I coud totally see them pulling the pc release forward. The launch was a massacre for them it seems and the more time passes, the more likely it is for people to wait for the PC or Ps4 version. Might aswell launch the pc version after the christmas period.
 

Shenmue

Banned
That's earlier than I think anyone expected. Wonder if poor sales accelerated the exclusivity period. Maybe PS4 version can come out earlier too. The lull of Summer would be a great time.
 
Amazon Frances history of shitty listings:

PS4 coming to PC!

Xbox One with Forza 5 coming to PC!

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Other games they had listed for PC: Knack, Driveclub, Forza Horizon 2, Master Chief Collection, Sunset Overdrive
 
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