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shikamaru317 said:
Dr.Grass said:

Did you know MS payed almost HALF A BILLION dollars for Rare?

They never used Rare's IPs well and Rare is now making casual games.

yeah MS never wastes money /s

I'm sure they've made back a significant portion of that between Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Viva Pinata, Nuts and Bolts, and Kinect Sports 1 and 2, they equal up to over 11 million copies sold (and that's just physical copies, it's more with digital included). They already used 3 old Rare IP's, Banjo, Perfect Dark, and Killer Instinct, and it's very likely that Rare's next game after Kinect Sports Rivals will be from one of their classic IP's, as there has been some hinting towards it. They still have all of those classic IP's for use in the future. And you've also got to factor in the number of 360's that the Rare acquisition might have sold. So I wouldn't call the Rare acquisition a waste of money, they'll make back what they spent before too long if they haven't already. 

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