Omfg!!! Microsoft Buys Rare!!!

[SlightlySycho]

Hrmm, yes, the divorce of Rare and Nintendo could get messy. All those characters they've shared over the years. And don't expect me to believe that Nintendo actually originated the ideas of Diddy Kong, Banjo-Kazooie, and Conker. It might get ugly determining who actually has the rights to all those characters.

Of course, if Nintendo is planning on falling out of the console market in the next generation, this could lead to a beautiful marriage between Nintendo and MS. Think about it. Nintendo and Microsoft own practically all of Rare. If Rare made games for both companies, they'd stand to profit greatly. I'm sure they could work something out. Nintendo has alot to lose if Rare ceases to make games for them. And since Nintendo owns most of the characters from Rare games, Microsoft would lose out on some of Rare's most profitable aspects. A co-development agreement would be advantageous for both companies.

[Xmun]

Originally posted by Dar


Yes but with 49% there is no way Nintendo would let Rare become Xbox exclusive.

I had heard that Nintendo was selling some it's RARE stock of late.

http://www.nintendonewsonline.com/ne...x.php?view=424

Not to mention Nintendo moving what were RARE developed games to other Dev houses.

The next Star Fox game will be developed by Namco

[robphillips79]

Originally posted by Dar


Yes but with 49% there is no way Nintendo would let Rare become Xbox exclusive.

Nintendo would have no say as a minority owner. they would essentially be profiting off of the xbox.

[xboxtito]

Now i got this from xbox.totalgames.net After a few months with no news, the rumour of Rare being sold is once again what everyone is talking about. The latest is that Microsoft is buying the company for a massive £350 million, and will announce the move officially at XO2 Europe later in the month. This makes sense, as Rare (best known for creating Goldeneye on N64) officially cancelled all its licensed Nintendo titles over the past week.

If this does turn out to be the truth, you can expect to be seeing an Xbox exclusive version of Perfect Dark Zero, as well as follow-ups to Banjo Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, and other Rare classic titles

[GO BUCCS!!!]

man that would be cool if they made a perfect dark game for xbox. but like most xbox games they'd find a way to screw it up. you know, like it would be to short, no bots, have framerate problems, have arcadish addons like timmers, power-ups etc... crap like that.
im in a bad mood, the "sega gt only 12 tracks thing" has me all ****ed off.

[Dar]

Originally posted by robphillips79


Nintendo would have no say as a minority owner. they would essentially be profiting off of the xbox.

Then Nintendo will sell. It's just dead weight. Lots of money tied up making a profit for someone else.

[GO BUCCS!!!]

Originally posted by Dar


Then Nintendo will sell. It's just dead weight. Lots of money tied up making a profit for someone else.

you're right, because if m$ bought 51% of it, all they would have to do is say "ok we 0wn rare, and we're not putting out any games for 5 years" this way nintendo would be losing huge amounts of money in holdings on a company that is doing nothing to bring in the dough. all the while m$ would keep making billions elswere, and at the same time strangling nintendo ecconomically with a dead company that they can revive as soon as nintendo either sells their stocks, or goes under from holding on and not selling.
heh, what a b!tch