Jumpin on 09 February 2012
The issue was that Rare was really only great under Nintendo's guidance. They were the hottest developer in the world (even outshining Nintendo and Square), but they got cocky. Without Nintendo, Rare didn't have that guiding force to keep them on top of the industry.
Still, they are legends, and probably the best videogame console developer in western gaming's history. The closest is probably Rockstar North, another former Nintendo second party developer that was let go during the N64 era... Only they went in the opposite direction.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
