Can somebody explain how a company can just abandon their franchises like this?

[kekrot]

Ka-pi96 said:

*Sound Of Rain said:
If I was the head of Sony I would've tried to buy the Crash IP. I would've let Spyro go. This is both for business purposes & because I personally don't like Spyro much.

If I were Nintendo, I would've sold Rare but tried to keep the Banjo IP. Banjo-Kazooie had potential as a character moreso than a series.

I can understand their decisions though

Only problem with that is they didn't own Rare in the first place... you can't sell something that isn't yours...

I'll add for those uninformed who might read the topic, that Nintendo owned 49%, and the Stamper brothers owned 51%. The Stamper bros. wanted to sell to MS, and I don't think Nintendo would want to keep a 49% share in a company while MS has 51%.