| jneul said: Last time I looked Banjo-Kazooie was not exactly a success in the sales or quality department(0.66m and rating of 8), Rare need to step things up big time... Plus FABLE II as the biggest dissapointment for me, FABLE I was great. Finally why are you even mentioning Valve?? I think ND are more talented then all the developers you listed put together, in my opinion OT: I think Natal is going to alienate alot of it's users as it will not be capable of doing harcore games(not properly without being awkward), the X360 has mostly a hardcore user base. |
An 80 isn't too bad, a developer which can produce 80s can with a little improvement produce games at an 85-89% metacritic level and thats generally all you need to break into the million selling range with a compelling product. Fable 2 sold well and kept selling so someone must have liked it, more people infact than the first game.
Oh an I mentioned Valve because the core Valve team are ex Microsoft employees as to show that they do have talent up in the campus.
ND are about the most talented group of programmers out of any developer but their design team isn't in the same category as Valve, Epic, Infinity Ward etc they are one level short. The AA to the AAA in that field of expertise.
You're assuming Natal will alienate? Erm I doubt it as the hardcore userbase is pretty good at ignoring things it doesn't like.
Tease.
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