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So, first rare are going multiformat, then selling themselves to microsoft.
Now, i've not spoken in depth about this to any xbox owners, but i imagine, even if they don't admit it, after some thought, they'd be drooling over their keyboards at the thought of rare making games for xbox.
Meanwhile, us nintys have been forced to consider what we'd lose without rare.
Their calibre is proven through goldeneye, sustained despite the free radical team's departure with perfect dark, and further displayed with the likes of jet force gemini, donkey kong 64 and soon starfox adventures, to name but a handful.
Even the ps2 owners get in on the act via the infamous christmas card and ensuing multiformat rumours.
This puts rare in a pretty unique position - not only have they captured consumer attention in a way unparalleled for a mere developer, they seem to be building the foundations of a cross-format fanbase.
Could gamecube owners be pursuaded to follow rare to xbox? Or other consoles' owners to gamecube? At least as a second console, i could see it happen.
Even if not, it must affect the educated gamer buying their first of the current generation of consoles. But i think rare is a powerful enough label for the former to be a significant possibility. Heck, if rare upped and made their own console, i for one would give it some real thought when i got my bank statement.
And that certainly gives rare power within the industry.
Is this what rare have been working for? Stunts to remind people just what they can do, keeping the public on the edge of their seats and reminding the three big companies just how much they're worth?
If so, one would have to ask why.
The rumour mill is throwing figures of over a third of a billion dollars at the microsoft buy-out situation. If it's happened, rare's price would no doubt have been bolstered by their christmas marketing stunt.
If it hasn't, and this is one more card played by rare in building and flexing their power, the question of why still remains.
Is there a sale in the pipeline, for which rare are building for their best possible price?
Maybe it's to promote game sales?
Perhaps they want to throw some weight around in their relationship with nintendo? Show who wears the trousers?
Or will there be a rare console on the way?
*coughyeahrightcough*
Whatever the future holds for rare, and i expect it's something significant, it's going to be a lot harder to ignore developers from now on.
Rare are changing things.
Now, i've not spoken in depth about this to any xbox owners, but i imagine, even if they don't admit it, after some thought, they'd be drooling over their keyboards at the thought of rare making games for xbox.
Meanwhile, us nintys have been forced to consider what we'd lose without rare.
Their calibre is proven through goldeneye, sustained despite the free radical team's departure with perfect dark, and further displayed with the likes of jet force gemini, donkey kong 64 and soon starfox adventures, to name but a handful.
Even the ps2 owners get in on the act via the infamous christmas card and ensuing multiformat rumours.
This puts rare in a pretty unique position - not only have they captured consumer attention in a way unparalleled for a mere developer, they seem to be building the foundations of a cross-format fanbase.
Could gamecube owners be pursuaded to follow rare to xbox? Or other consoles' owners to gamecube? At least as a second console, i could see it happen.
Even if not, it must affect the educated gamer buying their first of the current generation of consoles. But i think rare is a powerful enough label for the former to be a significant possibility. Heck, if rare upped and made their own console, i for one would give it some real thought when i got my bank statement.
And that certainly gives rare power within the industry.
Is this what rare have been working for? Stunts to remind people just what they can do, keeping the public on the edge of their seats and reminding the three big companies just how much they're worth?
If so, one would have to ask why.
The rumour mill is throwing figures of over a third of a billion dollars at the microsoft buy-out situation. If it's happened, rare's price would no doubt have been bolstered by their christmas marketing stunt.
If it hasn't, and this is one more card played by rare in building and flexing their power, the question of why still remains.
Is there a sale in the pipeline, for which rare are building for their best possible price?
Maybe it's to promote game sales?
Perhaps they want to throw some weight around in their relationship with nintendo? Show who wears the trousers?
Or will there be a rare console on the way?
*coughyeahrightcough*
Whatever the future holds for rare, and i expect it's something significant, it's going to be a lot harder to ignore developers from now on.
Rare are changing things.
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That's exactly what Microsoft want us to do - follow Rare onto the sinking X-Box. But we're Nintendo fans first and fore-most, Rare and the rest come no higher than second best.
But who is serously gunna do that?
For all I care now, they can have their Rareware and run-off with their millions!
Aslong as what we have as GameCube owners makes us happy, that's all that matters. Look out the GC's Launch List, do you hate it?? No. Not really.
Are there any Rare games there?? No.
And what about the future?
The only Rare game we know about is Starfox Adventures: Dinsoaur Planet - only 2 months away. But with Mario Sunshine, Zelda GC, Die Hard, Resi Evil, Monkey Ball 2, Godzilla, and so-many others on the way, we'll forget about this 'one-off' adventure.
Soon it will be Microsoft who cannot live without the X-Box, just like the N64 was.
But who is serously gunna do that?
For all I care now, they can have their Rareware and run-off with their millions!
Aslong as what we have as GameCube owners makes us happy, that's all that matters. Look out the GC's Launch List, do you hate it?? No. Not really.
Are there any Rare games there?? No.
And what about the future?
The only Rare game we know about is Starfox Adventures: Dinsoaur Planet - only 2 months away. But with Mario Sunshine, Zelda GC, Die Hard, Resi Evil, Monkey Ball 2, Godzilla, and so-many others on the way, we'll forget about this 'one-off' adventure.
Soon it will be Microsoft who cannot live without the X-Box, just like the N64 was.
lol :^)
I'd get an Xbox if Rare went to MS.
Shouldn't be a problem for most of us though - knowing Rare's devellopment times, by the time they release an Xbox game, presuming that MS keep this rate of price cuts, I should be able to pick up the Xbox for a tenner! :-)
Shouldn't be a problem for most of us though - knowing Rare's devellopment times, by the time they release an Xbox game, presuming that MS keep this rate of price cuts, I should be able to pick up the Xbox for a tenner! :-)
I don't think Rare would actually want to be bought by Microsoft and then make games exclusive to them because surely it would be a waste of time if they want to go multi format etc.
I don't mind if rare go multi format but along as they keep the Nintendo games (Starfox, Perfect Dark etc etc) exclusive to the Gamecube. That way they can then make new games for both the GC and the rival consoles!
I don't mind if rare go multi format but along as they keep the Nintendo games (Starfox, Perfect Dark etc etc) exclusive to the Gamecube. That way they can then make new games for both the GC and the rival consoles!
mmm..I've been wondering about that myself. I would never buy an X-box just to play Rare's games, as I've already said I only owned two of them on the N64, and I didn't have any on the SNES. If Rare want to go, fine, theres plenty of other excellant games left on the Gamecube, I mean, they haven't released any so far have they?
So, first rare are going multiformat, then selling themselves to microsoft.
Now, i've not spoken in depth about this to any xbox owners, but i imagine, even if they don't admit it, after some thought, they'd be drooling over their keyboards at the thought of rare making games for xbox.
Meanwhile, us nintys have been forced to consider what we'd lose without rare.
Their calibre is proven through goldeneye, sustained despite the free radical team's departure with perfect dark, and further displayed with the likes of jet force gemini, donkey kong 64 and soon starfox adventures, to name but a handful.
Even the ps2 owners get in on the act via the infamous christmas card and ensuing multiformat rumours.
This puts rare in a pretty unique position - not only have they captured consumer attention in a way unparalleled for a mere developer, they seem to be building the foundations of a cross-format fanbase.
Could gamecube owners be pursuaded to follow rare to xbox? Or other consoles' owners to gamecube? At least as a second console, i could see it happen.
Even if not, it must affect the educated gamer buying their first of the current generation of consoles. But i think rare is a powerful enough label for the former to be a significant possibility. Heck, if rare upped and made their own console, i for one would give it some real thought when i got my bank statement.
And that certainly gives rare power within the industry.
Is this what rare have been working for? Stunts to remind people just what they can do, keeping the public on the edge of their seats and reminding the three big companies just how much they're worth?
If so, one would have to ask why.
The rumour mill is throwing figures of over a third of a billion dollars at the microsoft buy-out situation. If it's happened, rare's price would no doubt have been bolstered by their christmas marketing stunt.
If it hasn't, and this is one more card played by rare in building and flexing their power, the question of why still remains.
Is there a sale in the pipeline, for which rare are building for their best possible price?
Maybe it's to promote game sales?
Perhaps they want to throw some weight around in their relationship with nintendo? Show who wears the trousers?
Or will there be a rare console on the way?
*coughyeahrightcough*
Whatever the future holds for rare, and i expect it's something significant, it's going to be a lot harder to ignore developers from now on.
Rare are changing things.
Now, i've not spoken in depth about this to any xbox owners, but i imagine, even if they don't admit it, after some thought, they'd be drooling over their keyboards at the thought of rare making games for xbox.
Meanwhile, us nintys have been forced to consider what we'd lose without rare.
Their calibre is proven through goldeneye, sustained despite the free radical team's departure with perfect dark, and further displayed with the likes of jet force gemini, donkey kong 64 and soon starfox adventures, to name but a handful.
Even the ps2 owners get in on the act via the infamous christmas card and ensuing multiformat rumours.
This puts rare in a pretty unique position - not only have they captured consumer attention in a way unparalleled for a mere developer, they seem to be building the foundations of a cross-format fanbase.
Could gamecube owners be pursuaded to follow rare to xbox? Or other consoles' owners to gamecube? At least as a second console, i could see it happen.
Even if not, it must affect the educated gamer buying their first of the current generation of consoles. But i think rare is a powerful enough label for the former to be a significant possibility. Heck, if rare upped and made their own console, i for one would give it some real thought when i got my bank statement.
And that certainly gives rare power within the industry.
Is this what rare have been working for? Stunts to remind people just what they can do, keeping the public on the edge of their seats and reminding the three big companies just how much they're worth?
If so, one would have to ask why.
The rumour mill is throwing figures of over a third of a billion dollars at the microsoft buy-out situation. If it's happened, rare's price would no doubt have been bolstered by their christmas marketing stunt.
If it hasn't, and this is one more card played by rare in building and flexing their power, the question of why still remains.
Is there a sale in the pipeline, for which rare are building for their best possible price?
Maybe it's to promote game sales?
Perhaps they want to throw some weight around in their relationship with nintendo? Show who wears the trousers?
Or will there be a rare console on the way?
*coughyeahrightcough*
Whatever the future holds for rare, and i expect it's something significant, it's going to be a lot harder to ignore developers from now on.
Rare are changing things.
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