Retro Studios and Naughty Dogs

[zorg1000]

Cheebee said:

zorg1000 said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:
Retro is great but they are nothing compared to what Rare meant to Nintendo in its hey-day. Naughty Dog has been pumping out hits for Sony since the mid-late 90's.

Retro has the potential to be the next Rare but there output hasnt been fast enought.

Between 1994-2002 I think Rare released at least one game a year, Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, Blast Corps, GoldenEye, Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo Tooie, Jet Force Gemini, Conkers Bad Fur Day and Star Fox Adventures.

On the other hand Retro has made 4 games in just over 10 years. Metroid Prime trilogy and Donkey Kong Country Returns.

I think Retro needs to get a 2nd team started and release a game every other year just like Naughty Dog.

Rare made much more, actually. Besides the ones you mentioned, they also made 2 more DK Country games, Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark, Mickey's Speedway, and some GameBoy games of their IP's, too. And most of their games were really very good, too. It's pretty crazy how much great stuff they consistently put out all the time.

Its amazing they were averaging about 2 games a year and most were good to great games. I know thats Iimpossoble these days with longer development times and other factors but if Retro can put out a game every 18-24 months then I think they have a chance at being the next Rare. Right now they put out a game roughly every 3 years so I think they need to create a 2nd team.