| Soundwave said: Nintendo sold Rare and stopped working with Factor 5. I would say that's called "cutting ties". Rare in its hey day was basically to Nintendo consoles what Naughty Dog is to the PS3 today, probably bigger actually. |
You really need to learn your history and not be so condescending to others for pointing out things you're blatantly wrong on.
The Stamper Brothers, the founders of Rare, are the ones who sold the majority stake of Rare to Microsoft, because they wanted MONEY. This is a documented fact. Nintendo sold the portion of Rare they owned, because they OBVIOUSLY would not want to share a company with a direct competitor. They didn't "Cut ties" with Rare. In fact at the end of the day it was QUITE the other way around. They never wanted to lose Rare. But they also couldn't afford to compete with Microsoft's coffers, and Rare, or at least it's head guys (who later left) wanted the company to be sold.
Nintendo NEVER "stopped working with Factor 5". Factor 5, before they went out of business, were quite forthcoming with the fact that the ONLY reason they made Lair for PS3, is because Nintendo had no announced a new console yet, and they had a chance to work with Sony. I do believe they lamented the fact later, and I also think it was quite clear that F5 WAS in fact working with Nintendo again before they went under financially. You could argue that Nintendo should have bought them, but at the time they went under, Nintendo had no yet quite made the trillions they eventually would off of DS and Wii. But they never "stopped working with them". It was, again, Factor 5 who decided to jump at the chance to make a game for Sony.....that wound up sinking their entire company.
Having said all that, I absolutely think that Retro and Monolith Soft have proven themselves to be on an even level with Rare and Factor 5 of old. And beyond that, Nintendo themselves have always been great at getting the most out of their own hardware, especially later into the console's life.
