03-17-2014, 02:10 PM
Rare:
Get "rescued" to develop for a dead platform with little to no third party support or playerbase.
or
Stay on a system that has a large playerbase but requests that you make Kinect shovelware.
Either way, Rare isn't in a good position.
It's worth noting that a lot of the developers for games like Conker and Banjo left to form their own studios. Asking for "Rare back now" would be pointless since it's been over 10 years since those people left.
Which is funny considering in the last month alone, Double Helix studios (which is a small team formed from Rare) just released the latest character Spinal for Killer Instinct(on a Microsoft console) with Fulgore and more coming soon. Not only that but they also just released the brilliant Strider for every platform(but the Wii U). I'd also say that Kameo: Elements of Power and Viva Pinata are pretty good games too.
Rare isn't coming back, ever.
Get "rescued" to develop for a dead platform with little to no third party support or playerbase.
or
Stay on a system that has a large playerbase but requests that you make Kinect shovelware.
Either way, Rare isn't in a good position.
It's worth noting that a lot of the developers for games like Conker and Banjo left to form their own studios. Asking for "Rare back now" would be pointless since it's been over 10 years since those people left.
Eurogamer Wrote:Despite this passion for working with new technology, I just can't shake the feeling that Microsoft is the villain in the story of Rare's output post-2008's Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, so I dig into the studio's relationship with its corporate paymaster.
Which is funny considering in the last month alone, Double Helix studios (which is a small team formed from Rare) just released the latest character Spinal for Killer Instinct(on a Microsoft console) with Fulgore and more coming soon. Not only that but they also just released the brilliant Strider for every platform(but the Wii U). I'd also say that Kameo: Elements of Power and Viva Pinata are pretty good games too.
Rare isn't coming back, ever.