Did Microsoft kill/harm nintendo?

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QuintonMcLeod said:

RubberWhistleHistle said:
i think nintendo knew that rare was going to shit, so they decided that it wasnt much of a loss. i dont have any facts to back it up, but the games that rare made after they were sold to microsoft sucked really bad. they havent made anything close to what they used to. makes me feel like the entire team was different and nintendo knew that so it wasnt a huge loss for them.

No. Nintendo wanted to buy Rare, but the Stamper brothers wanted more money than what Nintendo was willing to buy them for. Then Microsoft showed up and offered a bit more.

hmm ok, thanks for clearing that up. maybe nintendo wasnt willing to pay that much because they knew what the talent was worth? because the fact is that the games were not as good once rare switched teams.