Would Rare have been better off with Nintendo?

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Soundwave said:

curl-6 said:

Fun fact: the same year that Microsoft bought Rare for $375 million, Nintendo bought Retro... for $1 million.

Not really comparable, Retro wasn't some studio Nintendo just randomly bought, Retro was a studio created by Nintendo in association with one of the Turok guys at Acclaim. 

The studio was in chaos early on, and Nintendo was pissed off, so they basically bought out the Acclaim guy who was partying too much, cancelled all their games (Ravenblade, an NFL football game, a racing/combat game, some adventure/action game) and made them work on Metroid Prime. 

But Nintendo had already by that point pumped a lot of money into Retro. 

Totally comparable. Microsoft also pumped a lot of money into Rare after buying it. But Retro is the studio that made Metroid Prime and Tropical Freeze.