*Rare VS Retro*

[milkyjoe]

AussieGecko said:

fwap said:

AussieGecko said:

again how is this so. A firmware for a piece of hardware > Games. New firmware gives way for new games thus new firmware is more available

What are you talking about ... ?

The last outstanding game Rare made was Perfect Dark.

And this is the problem I am having. Read what I said.
In your opinion the last good game Rare made was PD. That is fine, firstly that is your opinion, secondly Rare doesnt just do games. They do something that Retro can't (or hasn't done yet).

So again let us compare apples to apples and not apples to spaghetti.

They are 2 different situations and you keep bringing up only games. That is not only what Rare does, that is what Retro does and only what Retro does.

The thing is, Rare being reduced to creating avatars and firmware (and yes, I use reduced with all the negative connotation it implies) is one of the saddest things I've ever witnessed in gaming, and I'm sure I'm not alone there.

Here you have the company responsible for some of the great games of the 90s (albeit minus a few key staff members), having a lot of their effort focused on something other than creating games. I want to see them put out games as good as they used to (and if they did, I'd buy a 360 in an instant), because some random firmware means nothing to me.

It's like Nintendo someday telling Miyamoto that he can only create the user interface for the next console and have no other involvement in anything beyond that. It'd be disgraceful.

Yes, Rare in their heyday were possibly better than Retro are now. But the deterioration of Rare since then is unarguable... Meanwhile, Retro have a bright future. I can't say the same for Rare, but the worst thing is I don't foresee that changing.