jman8 on 15 April 2007
| bdbdbd said: Selling IP:s i good if you want to reduce your debt. That's why they usually sell them. Sony sold its IP:s for the reason of helping 3rd party (it was pretty good deal for Sony, because they didn't really lose IP:s). And Nintendo sold Rare, because M$ had bought 51% of it before, so even if Nintendo wouldn't have sold it, they wouldn't have been making games for Nintendo anyway, since M$ had the full control for Rare. It was pretty good deal for M$. |
I'm amazed that to this day there are still people who think MS buying Rare was a good deal (unless you're being sarcastic bdbdbd). Rare has made 2 decent games in 5+ years. Talk about most overrated developer ever.
My Top 5:
Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid 3, Shenmue, Skies of Arcadia, Chrono Trigger
My 2 nex-gen systems: PS3 
and Wii 
Prediction Aug '08: We see the PSP2 released fall '09. Graphically, it's basically the same as the current system. UMD drive ditched and replaced by 4-8gb on board flash memory. Other upgrades: 2nd analog nub, touchscreen, blutooth, motion sensor. Design: Flip-style or slider. Size: Think Iphone. Cost: $199. Will be profitable on day 1.
