SIXTEEN pages of stupid arguments, and no one bothered to answer the OP with the obvious? The spirit of the OP, however poorly worded the title is, is to ask: "What else does Microsoft have up their sleeve?", and the poster was hoping someone would think of something he didn't. Apparently you ALL forgot about this guy:
and this guy:
Both, if given a proper budget for a proper reboot, developed by someone OTHER than Rare (who are no longer capable of doing these IPs justice), could be on par with Gear, at the very least.
What else do they have from the Rare aquisition? Probably wouldn't be quite up there with Gears, but it'd do pretty well and give Microsoft another franchise to brag about. Why not reboot these guys?
Imagine a reboot with them making their way through difficult action stages, sometimes on a variety of vehicles, now in fully 3D environments, and with gameplay expanded beyond the bare bones beat em' up mechanics of its past. Could become Microsoft's equivilent to Star Fox, except without spaceships obviously.
Want an FPS? Perfect Dark, sure it didn't do so great with Perfect Dark Zero, but it needs a real marketing budget.
Want a TPS? Jet Force Gemini, it deserves a chance, would also need a good marketing push.
Seriously people, imagine if next E3, Microsoft pulled out all these guns at once. Get developers other than Rare developing them, and treat each of them as not just standalone titles, but as a new beginning for each franchise. Well, except for Banjo and Conker, who shouldn't be rebooted, just given sequels. Get Chris Seavor on Conker and let him do whatever the fuck he wants. Pay whatever you need to pay him to do it. Microsoft has a ton of untapped potential with Rare IPs, and while I personally don't trust Rare with any of them, given the right developer and the right budget, all of them could see a glorious revival.
