Microsoft is sitting on a precious Rare that still hasn't been used.

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

I don't understand this comment. Since when does Microsoft suck at developing games?

Even Rare themselves have developed good games in the last 5 years, even if they are not games the market particularly wants. They may not be fantastic or like in the Nintendo years, but in Viva Pinata, Nuts and Bolts, Perfect Dark Z and Kameo they have made a wide set of very solid titles.

It simply isn't true to say that either Microsoft, or even Rare particularly, sucks at developing games. All those games I just mentioned have scored as well or better than the most recent entries from Sony's first party (though not Nintendo's). Does Sony have better games than its recent ones? Sure. But so does Microsoft.

MS has never been spoken about by the gaming media as a top game developer outside of Forza, Fable and for buying Halo. Their first party has never truly ever been praised by anyone. 

The best Rare game since Microsoft owned them imho has been killer instinct and I think they made the right move opting for two outside devs to develop the title. MS will end up getting higher rated titles by getting outside devs to develop for them in my opinion this gen. Gets more games made in a shorter amount of time.

I never said that Rare sucked. I've said in the past that Rare is not what they used to be nor does MS run them properly, but I agree that MS is on a goldmine of IP's and should start shelling out IP's to the top developers with proper budgets. Hell. After Killer Instinct...I truly believe thats the best route since it has worked so well for this gen.

Thats like saying Sony has never been spoken about as a top game developer outside of GT, Uncharted and...what...Santa Monica for the God of Wars of old maybe? Team Ico once upon a time?

Its a wholly unreasonable way to look at this. In reality Sony has developed a tonne of mid-level games, and funded or arranged for plenty of third party developed but Sony-exclusive hits. So has Microsoft.

Microsoft develops, funds and publishes games of high quality on a consistent basis. As often as Sony does and then some these days. Praising Halo, praising Killer Instinct, praising Forza, praising Fable - all of these statements are praising Microsoft for its development, funding decisions and publishing skills.

And no, others in this thread said that Rare sucked. Whilst I agree they have not been producing the unreproachable hits of old, they have had plenty of very good titles in the last few years - Microsoft more generally has had a tonne of them.

The notion that Microsoft's first party publishing and development is somehow subpar is completely outdated.