Cobretti2 on 12 January 2019
You both are missing the point here. All the talent was leaving Rare before the sale.
All Rare was good for was it's IPs.
Rare had more than Banjo (i.e. Perfect Dark, Killer Instinct, Jet Force Jemini). The question is why didn't Nintendo buy them up for those IPs? They could have used them during the GCN/Wii era.
Surely if you own 49% of a company you buy the other 51% for the IPs which have been good too you. I guess short term cash was what they wanted.
