From the looks of the limit sales data, many felt this way as well. When I do get around to it, I want to make sure I have time to devote to it. Realistically, Rise would have just ended up sitting on my shelf anyway, so I didn’t see the point in buying it just to say I owned it. Even if I had purchased both games (which I did consider for a time), Fallout 4 is so massive and consuming, it would have been hard to balance both games at the same time. I do plan on getting Rise of the Tomb Raider, but I had to make a choice last week and I went with Fallout 4. As much as I’d like to purchase every new game that comes along, I just can’t. I can only speak for myself here, but from my angle, I only have a finite amount of income and time to devote to this hobby these days. I’m starting to tire of these grade school antics, seriously. While I enjoy playing games on all systems including the PS4, I have to admit, at least Microsoft actually had first party exclusives this time of year so I wouldn’t be so quick to talk smack, Sony. I’m sorry, but I find this behavior childish and unnecessary. It was a tough situation to squeeze into, and they figured Fallout was different enough that Tomb Raider would have the best survival chance.Īs an aside, I recently saw that a Senior producer at Sony out in the UK poked fun at Microsoft and the poor Tomb Raider showing in the UK. Microsoft clearly didn’t want to miss out on the typical holiday shopping rush including “Black Friday” by releasing the game in December.
The following week is a major American holiday, then December arrives with Just Cause 3, and the window for the holiday rush starts to rapidly close. Not only that, the week after saw Star Wars Battlefront launching which is expected to pull massive numbers at retail. There was probably no way to shift the release date for Tomb Raider either as Halo 5 launched just a few weeks before, then Call of Duty followed that. With these dismal numbers out of the UK, it would appear that Microsoft was wrong in its belief. Technically that’s true, but it can be argued that the hype train for Fallout 4 has been approaching light speed ever since it’s announcement at E3 this year. While Fallout is a massive franchise in its own right, Microsoft believed that the two games were different enough to attract different consumers at launch. Sadly, none of that seems to have mattered in the end as the main stumbling block can be argued that the game was overshadowed by a 500lb gorilla called Fallout 4, which launched on the same day. Not only that, review scores have been extremely good and word of mouth has been extremely strong from people who did pick up the game having nothing but good things to say it. Normally, all of this would have led to a massive showing at retail. Ouch.Ĭurrently set as a timed Xbox One exclusive, Microsoft has done a considerable job marketing the game, making sure the public is well aware that the game exists. According to sales data, Rise of the Tomb Raider sold less than 63,000 units at retail in the first 24 hours in the UK. Initial reports out of the United Kingdom indicate a poor launch day showing for Lara Croft’s second major outing since being rebooted a few years ago. The sale expires on Maon Monday at 11AM Eastern Time.While we don’t have specific global numbers yet, things are not looking good for the current Xbox One exclusive, Rise of the Tomb Raider. Hitman GO: Definitive Edition: $1.70 (Steam)Īll of the deals listed above will be valid through the weekend.Life is Strange: Complete Season - Episodes 1-5: $4.07 (Steam).Legacy of Kain Collection: $4.07 (Steam).Hitman: Absolution - Elite Edition: $5.29 (Steam).Tomb Raider Game of the Year: $6.24 (Steam).Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition: $6.24 (Steam).Hitman: The Complete First Season: $28.49 (Steam).Deus Ex: Mankind Divided: $14.52 (Steam).
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration: $19.54 (Steam).All games listed below are at or near their historic lows and are all Steam keys.
#Rise of tomb raider sales full#
You can checkout a full breakdown of the sale here, but below we're rounding up the best of the best.
#Rise of tomb raider sales code#
This is partly because of the huge instant savings discounts offered by GMG, but also because of a 5%-off discount code buyers can apply at checkout to stack for additional savings.
#Rise of tomb raider sales Pc#
The "cream of the crop" deals in this PC game sale are 2016 titles Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Rise of the Tom Raider: 20 Year Celebration, and Just Cause 3 - all of which are seeing their lowest prices to date. While the sale doesn't cover everything Square Enix offers (sorry Final Fantasyfans), it appears the non-Japanese titles are getting their best discounts of the year, and some are even at their best prices ever. On PC, several Square Enix titles are hitting new low prices thanks to a sale at digital retailer Green Man Gaming.