Activision Nearly Freed Rare from Console Exclusivity

[SelectivelyEvil13]

$375 Million for the honor horror of Perfect Dark Zero, Nuts and Bolts, Xbox 360 Avatars, and now a Wii-Sports, motion control-whoring clone. It's almost criminal considering the phenomenal titles Rare was behind with the N64. I'm curious, after Microsoft bought Rare, did they call a meeting and say "Remember all of those good games you used to make exclusive for the N64? Well now you're going to be dumping all over some of your past successes, make a game controlled by flailing, and create virtual T-shirts."

As bad as Activision is, at least Rare could have been part of something better than 360 Miis and Kinect Kopy-kats.

 

[Tom Phoenix]

Rare may have faltered in recent years with disappointing titles like Kinect [http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Dark-Zero-Xbox-360/dp/B000B6ML0U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1288210444&sr=1-1] launches if Kinect Sports becomes a success.

I guess they have nothing to lose by making a Wii Sports rip-off. Afterall, after their own fansite closed down [http://mundorare.com/news/2010/07/mundorare-closes/] due to a dispute with them, I can't imagine it can get any worse for Rare.

But then again, it's possible that Murphy's/Sod's Law is in effect in regards to anything Kinect-related.

 

[Georgie_Leech]

sigh...

It's sad to think how close we may have come to a proper Banjo-Threeie.