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Amunet · 12-03-25, 14:44

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Originally Posted by SwiftieLuma

https://x.com/PlayStation/status/1899823075899625871

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered wins Players' Choice for February!

As she should!

**Tombraider95** · 12-03-25, 15:38

https://x.com/PlayStationEU/status/1899823358646071432

Welcome back indeed.

It's been a fun ride since 14th September 2023.

Bashar · 12-03-25, 16:07

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Originally Posted by SwiftieLuma

https://x.com/PlayStation/status/1899823075899625871

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered wins Players' Choice for February!

Fabulous news!!! I'm one of those who voted. I am so pleased with this <3

Ellioft · 12-03-25, 16:10

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Originally Posted by SwiftieLuma

https://x.com/PlayStation/status/1899823075899625871

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered wins Players' Choice for February!

It's good for the brand but as a player this remaster collection is still half baked so the message we are sending to Aspyr with this won is "congratulation for your less than one year release please continue to work like this in the future"

griffabee · 12-03-25, 16:34

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Originally Posted by Ellioft

It's good for the brand but as a player this remaster collection is still half baked so the message we are sending to Aspyr with this won is "congratulation for your less than one year release please continue to work like this in the future"

Then again, hopefully this will give the Aspyr TR team a boost of confidence & motivation

It's nice it's the Game of February for PS Europe, yet also aware it needs patching.

Amunet · 12-03-25, 16:44

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Originally Posted by griffabee

Then again, hopefully this will give the Aspyr TR team a boost of confidence & motivation

It's nice it's the Game of February for PS Europe, yet also aware it needs patching.

Plus it's good word of mouth and might increase sales.

In any case, it just proves that Classic TR/Lara still has it and that's worth celebrating

Bashar · 12-03-25, 19:49

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Originally Posted by Amunet

Plus it's good word of mouth and might increase sales.

In any case, it just proves that Classic TR/Lara still has it and that's worth celebrating

I hope that sends a big message to CD!!

jajay119 · 12-03-25, 22:30

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Originally Posted by SwiftieLuma

I think sometimes people understimate the Tomb Raider fanbase.

Its like Tomb Raider is not as mainstream anymore but it silently still manages to go on top.

Like the Lara Fortnite skins, they are among the most popular skins of all time.

There may not be a new game in 7 years but Lara is still very much alive.

I’ve said this for a long time - the fanbase for TR does well to keep the series afloat. I know the reboot got good numbers but those were, in my opinion, very circumstantial and had diminishing returns. If we could get to a point where TR can be allowed to exist as its own thing and still get respectable numbers then it should be.

The series needs to stop being used as a cash cow and be allowed to own its status as a respectable long standing IP. I think any new mainline game will still manage 5-8 million copies and that to me is fine. If Capcom can be happy to consider their resident evil games a success at these kinds of numbers, on average, so too can CD will TR. expecting it to
Get back to that 13 million glory day of the reboot (which imo was only bolstered by the time of release being cross gen and the definitive edition promoting sales and second purchases) is only going to harm the brand in the long run.

SwiftieLuma · 12-03-25, 22:52

Yeah honestly.

I think 5 million copies is good enough, I don't understand the expectations of insane numbers of sales

At the end of the day I think the average gamer knows tomb raider or at least Lara Croft (some know the survivor version and longtime gamers do know about the original)

And that's good to me despite the new game not being around yet.

This new upcoming Fortnite Collab makes me so happy because it will give spotlight to Angel of Darkness Lara in such a massive game and that's not to take for granted, it's great news

Pietras · 12-03-25, 23:10

Sales expectations are raising because AAA developement costs are raising with more devs with salaries. Obviously if u got a smaller project with a smaller team then the suits will have lower expectations, but they gotta be convinced first that a project targeting 3 mill sales instead of 13 million is still good enough. And LBR, when the suits see Lara Croft and Tomb Raider and the past massive sales numbers, they will have loftier goals for the franchise and thus the general profits of the entire group. Especially if it's a public company that gotta please the shareholders...

Doesn't really matter how TReboot and Rise got to 10 million sales each, they did and that puts neon green dolllar signs in the suits' eyeballs.

12-03-25, 15:38	#21542
Tombraider95 Moderator Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 14,199	https://x.com/PlayStationEU/status/1899823358646071432 Welcome back indeed. It's been a fun ride since 14th September 2023.

12-03-25, 22:52	#21549
SwiftieLuma Member Joined: Jan 2024 Posts: 3,202	Yeah honestly. I think 5 million copies is good enough, I don't understand the expectations of insane numbers of sales At the end of the day I think the average gamer knows tomb raider or at least Lara Croft (some know the survivor version and longtime gamers do know about the original) And that's good to me despite the new game not being around yet. This new upcoming Fortnite Collab makes me so happy because it will give spotlight to Angel of Darkness Lara in such a massive game and that's not to take for granted, it's great news

12-03-25, 23:10	#21550
Pietras Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 8,930	Sales expectations are raising because AAA developement costs are raising with more devs with salaries. Obviously if u got a smaller project with a smaller team then the suits will have lower expectations, but they gotta be convinced first that a project targeting 3 mill sales instead of 13 million is still good enough. And LBR, when the suits see Lara Croft and Tomb Raider and the past massive sales numbers, they will have loftier goals for the franchise and thus the general profits of the entire group. Especially if it's a public company that gotta please the shareholders... Doesn't really matter how TReboot and Rise got to 10 million sales each, they did and that puts neon green dolllar signs in the suits' eyeballs.