EdStation3 on 01 February 2010
| Masakari said: What the hell are you talking about? MS bought Rare FROM Nintendo, who needed the cash at the time. Furthermore, nobody knows if MS paid Capcom or not. See, that's what I mentioned in an earlier page, Sony fans just want all games to themselves. DMC, Tekken, FF, etc have no reason to be exclusive anymore since the PS3 isn't the juggernaut the PS2 was, this time it has serious competition. Why would half the big devs/publishers in the world not publish on a platform with a higher userbase and easier to develop for, and stick to some idiotic brand loyalty? They want to make money, it's just business. "MS bribing everyone" really is a stupid myth that needs to die. |
Rare had another majoirty owner and Nintendo had a minority ownership in the company, therefore didn't have complete control. Of course, instead of making their own 1st/2nd party studio, Microsoft to buy up someone else's sucess and paid off the majority owners of Rare for their %60 of Rare. Nintendo having a minority control over Rare didn't really have much choice but to give up their minority in the company and Microsoft took over. Just wish Microsoft would compete with talented production teams and their own studios and 3rd party franchises instead of taking someone else's.
