Spillet, der ved annonceringen så ud til at udkomme til alle platforme, blev under Gamescom annonceret som en Microsoft-eksklusiv titel og Yoshida indrømmer i et interview med Eurogamer, at han var noget overrasket:
Yoshida knyttede nedenstående kommentar til Microsofts Gamescom præsentation:
I was like, ah yeah, they're going deeper into the games already announced, you know, same kind of lineup, until they talked about Tomb Raider being exclusive. It's very interesting the way Phil Spencer said, what we are saying is, in holiday 2015 Tomb Raider is exclusive to Xbox. So it's open to interpretation. But still, we didn't anticipate something like this would happen.
Mange har sikkert bemærket, at annonceringen har skabt en del vrede. Nogle retter kritik af Microsoft mens mange andre har peget fingre af Sony. Yoshida har tilsyneladende også bemærket dette på egen person:
Anything Microsoft announces, people complain to me as well. In general there are lots of people who are angry, who emotionally reacted to the announcement. Some people created an image saying negative things, like the end of Tomb Raider. It was a very emotional response.
Det store spørgsmål er, om Rise of the Tomb Raider vil udkomme til PlayStation 4 på et tidspunkt, men det er ikke hos Yoshida at man skal finde et konkret svar. Til spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt spillet udkommer til PlayStation 4 svarer han:
That question has to be asked to Square Enix and Microsoft. I hope the game will come out eventually on PS4. But how can I tell? Other than that cryptic message by Phil Spencer.
Så med andre ord kan Yoshida ikke oplyse os yderligere, men det står dog klart, at selv i et marked, hvor de store annonceringer er svære at holde hemmelige, så kan man stadigvæk overraske konkurrenten.
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