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> In late September, 2002, Microsoft purchased Rare Ltd. for a whopping
$375 million. Rare is well known for their superior action titles,
and their affiliation with Nintendo since the mid '80s. I know this
isn't a timely report, but I wanted to weigh in with some thoughts...
> Some of Rare's most popular titles include Wizards and Warriors (NES),
Battletoads (NES), Donkey Kong Country (SNES), Jet Force Gemini (N64) and
Banjo Kazooie (N64). Let's hope Rare continues to make games that
reflect the target market of the given console. To that end, I'm
sure Microsoft will have some input. To quote Dave Halverson, "Perfect
Dark is great, but Halo is the 'box's FPS king, Banjo's too cute for the
Xbox, and Conker -- well, he freaked America out". Very well stated.
> So now that Microsoft acquired a large portion of Nintendo's game sales
potential, how will this affect the first Xbox game with a Rare logo on
it? Can Rare lift Xbox game sales from the ashes of hell? Your
guess is as good as mine, but I would guess no.
~Shinobi~
source:
Play Magazine / Nov., 2002 |
