*Rare VS Retro*

[theRepublic]

AussieGecko said:

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

I can't play firmware.

Games are faaaaaar more important to consumers.

AussieGecko said:

The whole point Nintendo might have sold them becasue MS brought out a blank cheque to Nintendo as well and Nintendo was going in another direction anyway. There are not a lot of games like DK64 and Banjo Kazooie that doesnt have a Mario in it on the Wii. That is fine what they are doing sells. But maybe just maybe Rare wanted to do other things and MS let them.

The Stamper brother are the founders of Rare.  At the time Nintendo owned 49% of Rare, and the Stamper brother owned the other 51%.  The Stamper brothers wanted to sell the other 51% of the company to Nintendo, but Nintendo did not want to buy it.  There was a bit of a bidding war between Microsoft and Activision, with Microsoft winning.  Nintendo sold its 49% share back to the Stamper brothers and then they sold the entire 100% to Microsoft.