Activision blames Nintendo for Goldeneye not being released

[mike_intellivision]

There are two sides to every story -- at least.

Here, we are hearing one. The side from the party that appears to have the most to gain if this deal went down. We do not hear from the side from which they would be making said gains.

It is possible that Nintendo is upset about not being contacted BEFORE all this started -- business manners are much more important in other cultures.

It is possible that Microsoft/Rare was going to let Nintendo release the N64 version only while it had the updated version. The article is silent on whether there was a Wii remake, but two factors show this is a possibility. First, the pix were both from the XBLA version. Second, the discussion talking about the photos talked about options of the HD version and how good it looked. (And you can't do HD graphics on a Wii).

So Nintendo, upset over what it saw as a breach of protocol and an unauthorized update to a game for which it had ownership rights, decided it did not want it released on a competitor's consoles where it would outshine what its console could do (graphically) -- and it gets called greedy and stubborn. It may very well be those things -- most big companies are (think Microsoft is not, or Sony, or Apple) -- but here it seems to have some good reasons for its decisions as well.

And has been posted before, Goldeneye was fun when there was nothing else better. It may not be as fun today.

Mike from Morgantown

PS -- I predict that Nintendo will NOT elect to put any game where it has lost ownership rights and the franchise has moved to another console on the VC. (In other words, don't hold your breath for any Rare games).