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Blob on 23 February 2015
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Azzanation said:
I3LuEI3omI3eR said:
That was a blast through Memory Lane.

I honestly think Microsoft bought Rare for 2 reasons: 1) To Cripple the already crippled Nintendo Gamecube and 2) to try to monopolize FPS... both plans fell straight on their faces however... and now they completely destroyed something that was once great. It's a shame.

You honestly think MS were in the this industry to cripple Nintendo? They tryed to buy Nintendo and Sega because they wanted to compete with Sony. MS brought Rare on acouple reasons. 1-IPs and 2-Brand Power. Rare were falling at the end of there career with Nintendo. With all the retirments happening at Rare its not a shock to see Rare lose there way at this stage of there life. If Rare were as good as many claim them to be at the end of the N64 then Nintendo would have never sold them. MS won that battle quite easily. They brought a power house brand with many colourful franchises for a price of around 380m. Minecraft cost 2 billion.

Rare games havnt been outstanding showcases lately however they still made some very successful games later in there Xbox career. Viva Pinata, Kameo and Kineck Adventures etc.

It was because of MS purchasing Rare that made my decision to purchase a 360 over a PS3. I want to play Halo so badly and i was tossing up which console to consider and knowing that MS had Rare made my decision. I still play there games and i dont rate them as highly anymore but there still Rare games and there far from bad, there just not extremly great, there good games. Cant wait to see what they have to offer on the Xbox One.


They didn't have a choice. Microsoft had 51% of the company so Nintendo had no power anymore. Smart move though the banjo kazooie sold me on the 360 over the ps3 as well.