[Theory] What has Retro Studios been doing for the last 5 years?

[Dulfite]

Chrkeller said:

Dulfite said:

Until they release multiple bad games in a short time, they are not the new Rare. 

Retro has released 2 original games in 7 years.  Mario Kart 7 and DK Tropic Freeze....  I can't see how anybody has faith in Rare at this point in time.  Something is clearly wrong with the studio.  DK wasn't even that great of a game.  And the Mario Kart formula is well established.  So really, Rare hasn't done much of anything impressive since the Wii via Metroid Prime 3.    

Retro average score on metacritic: 89

Lowest was 83 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Highest was 97 Metroid Prime.

RARE average score on metacritic: 79
Highest score was 97 Perfect Dark, lowest was 63 Diddy Kong Racing DS.

Neither studio is historically bad. Retro may have produced less in recent years, but their games are still considered high quality by most. Whereas RARE's most recent flagship game, Sea of Thieves, essentially underwhelmed critically.