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"Nintendo buy Microsoft"

Not really, but wouldn't that be great? Then they could boycott Rare games for being money grabbing backstabbers...

They better still be releasing that Saber Wulf game on GBA!!!

:)

Plus all the work to date, including engines, concepts and the like.

And the contracts of the employees could be quite important too, they may have clauses to prevent them working in the industry for an agreed period after they leave the company. Doubt the guys would want to sit on the sidelines for a couple of years just to spite gates.

That said, i think the free radical guys went straight there from rare, so it sounds like they don't have such clauses.


And i like the perfect dark label :^)

Dr Duck wrote:
> That said, i would love to see microsoft buy rare, then see all the
> employees jump ship to join free radical or start a fresh team back
> with ninty :^D

It is pretty much that Microsoft are just buying a name.

:)

Cooky wrote:
> The point most people are missing is what IS Rare.


But after the timesplitters guys went to start free radical, rare went on to match their work on goldeneye with perfect dark, based on their work.
So it's not *just* the staff currently there, it's the intellectual property too.

That said, i would love to see microsoft buy rare, then see all the employees jump ship to join free radical or start a fresh team back with ninty :^D

Tribute wrote:
> I just thought about it, Ninty selling Rare could be the best think
> that could happen. Ninty wouldn't have to fund them and Microsoft
> would get one decent game every 5 years. for a 1/3 of a billion, that
> aint bad :)

Stage 1: Denile.

Stage 2: Dellusion.


Hey, maybe it could be a good thing...(:)

I just thought about it, Ninty selling Rare could be the best think that could happen. Ninty wouldn't have to fund them and Microsoft would get one decent game every 5 years. for a 1/3 of a billion, that aint bad :)

The point most people are missing is what IS Rare.

Think about it...

:)

Dr Duck wrote:
> Does a third of a billion dollars not count as a reason these days?
>
> They're only human...

Nintendo should offer rare that jst to sign a contract saying that they won't move...

be cool.

Does a third of a billion dollars not count as a reason these days?

They're only human...

Rare probably aren't having financial problems, but what other reason/motivation could there be for a successful company jumping ship to a less successful console?