Soundwave said:
nomad said:
It wasn't Nintendo's decision to sell Rare, Nintendo only had some stakes in the co. It became available on the market and multiple companies were looking to buy including Nintendo, Yamauchi didn't want to pay the asking price, and Microsoft just so happen make the highest bid.
You can't say Nintendo broke 2nd party relations because it was 2nd parties who were looking for greener pastures. 2nd Parties come and go, SK were on other platforms before Gamecube. Their relationships aren't so different from Platinum Games, PG signed contracts w/Ninty but are also free to sign contracts with others co. such as Microsoft. |
Nintendo had first right of refusal on Rare when the Stampers were retiring, they refused, then Rare had to be shopped around. Nintendo negotiated the sale with Microsoft.
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Nintendo made a low offer for Rare. And the negotiations were about the sale of Nintendo's stakes, it was a stock buyback. Perhaps I should have went straight to the point. In the op, you're making it sound like Ninty/Iwata were pushing for the sale of Rare to support the anti-west bias narrative (sure, there may be some bias, but not as deliberate as it may seem), but Nintendo never had majority control. Once MS was set to buy Rare, everything else was just business.
You also made it look like Nintendo was the one moving away from western 2nd parties, 2nd parties are temporary and, what happened is fairly common.
