| fauzman said:
If what you say is true, then I dont see how MS ISNT at least partially to blame. If the management and guidance at the top left, surely then it is MS's responsibility to provide that guidance.
You have a lot of other good studios who have creative leads and studio heads depart. And a lot of those times you DONT see it affecting the quality of their future outputs (though admittedly in some cases it does). It seems like you are just trying to make excuses. Bear in mind that i have never played a rare game so am not making a comment on the quality of their games, but simply your argument. |
MS could have easily helped them get back on track and we cannot say they didn't try. They brought a dying horse. The team was splitting up during the making of Perfect Dark on the N64. You had the two founders and Development Legends retire, the ones that convinced Nintendo to make games on there NES. A lot has changed and unfortunately Nintendo saw this coming. Both brands are smart with this, Nintendo made good money on selling Rare at there high point and MS gained IPs for there newly Xbox brand. Rare hasn't been the same but id much rather Rare under MS than any other brand especially Activison. MS can afford to hold onto the studio while under someone else, Rare might of closed its doors long ago.
There aren't excuses here, just what a lot of people seem to bypass with Rare falling and saying its MS's fault. They spent $375m on a studio where MS gave them creative freedom and faith and Rare simply struggled. Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Perfect Dark Zero, Banjo Nuts n Bolts were all Rare's ideas and efforts. One thing Rare has always done right is they make beautiful looking games and Sea of Thieves today is no exception to Rare's history. But after those efforts from Rare and Rare not making the money MS forecast, you can see why MS shuffled them around.
Lets be honest, Rare did make the best Kinect games which did bring in the money that probably gave Rare back some of its life blood. Kinect is probably the reason why Rare is still a thing today. I don't like Kinect games and never played them but we need to start seeing things on the other side of the fence.
