Forza isn't that big of a big deal, racing games don't move many consoles and it remains to be seen if both Halo and TR make it out on time, a delay for one of them wouldn't surprise me.
Halo getting delayed would be strange. The beta was done many months before late 2015; It should definitely be out on time.
Tomb Raider should definitely come out on time based on the timed exclusivity deal. MS more than likely had to pay more money due to the game being set for the Holiday season (more potential sales during that period = more $$$). MS would probably get some money back if the game had to get delayed. Doubt that will happen.
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Anyway, good third party support is enough to support a console for the Holiday season but big franchise exclusives have a history of helping people to make a push to a new console.
For example, I would say it's easier for many to wait to buy a console during a year in which that console has nothing but the usual yearly multiplats for the Holiday lineup -vs.- a year in which a console has the yearly multiplats on top of one or two exclusive AAA games from very popular series that get entries every 2-3 years.
The latter helps some people to go from "I'll just wait to buy the console" -to- "I need to get this console this year!". Hence why the delay of Uncharted 4 is pretty big. The PS4 will still do well but some who were planning to get a PS4 this year are now waiting until 2016 to do so. Uncharted 4 would have definitely been the system's big exclusive for this year so it's a pretty big blow. It would be similar to Halo 5 getting delayed (for Xbox One).
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