Author Topic: Microsoft buys Rare. (Read 670 times)

PlumClock · « **on:** 14 September 2002, 06:53 »

Looks like that fucking Xbox is on the way to success. Once again Microsoft uses rolls of money to beat the competetion. Rare was a second party developer for Nintendo, one of the best game developers in the history of the industry.

Now the 10 year Nintendo and Rare union is crushed and some of my favorite games are going to Microsoft.

It's sad enough seeing a dedicated gaming company like Nintendo being crushed by this monster. The saddest thing is now I have to buy an Xbox.

[ September 13, 2002: Message edited by: PlumClock ]

SpeeDFreaK · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 September 2002, 06:56 »

I hope they still plan on releasing whatever they had left in development for the cube.

Kintaro · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 September 2002, 17:53 »

If i had the money i would buy Microsoft.

badkarma · « **Reply #3 on:** 14 September 2002, 18:05 »

yep .... life sucks.....

and I'm so going to miss Conker ... please please please don't let them make a Conker game for the xbox, I'd might actually be forced to buy one

Refalm · « **Reply #4 on:** 15 September 2002, 19:21 »

They might make Jazz Jackrabbit 3 a XBOX only game, once it's finnished :mad:

PlumClock · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 September 2002, 00:27 »

quote:
Originally posted by BadKarma:
yep .... life sucks.....

and I'm so going to miss Conker ... please please please don't let them make a Conker game for the xbox, I'd might actually be forced to buy one

They are making Conker 2 and Perfect Dark 0 for Xbox Live. (Xbox's Online gaming service)

Aaron Ni · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 September 2002, 02:57 »

Noooooooooooooooooo! How cruel can they be?! Maybe Conker will revolt and go after the X Box's kernel in rebellion...

rtgwbmsr · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 September 2002, 03:25 »

Bastards! They must be stopped!
They just gobbled up one of the greatest console game companies...I guess it was just a matter of time before M$ started using it's wallet to push around the gaming industry.

Wait...if they have a lot of the PC gaming industry, and are now fucking with the console industry, how will we play games? I hope Sony has a huge war chest!

lazygamer · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 September 2002, 06:29 »

Horrid! How much did they pay for rare? What if MS started buying one too many companies and getting dangerously low finances? Could that happen?

[ September 15, 2002: Message edited by: lazygamer ]

PlumClock · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 September 2002, 06:31 »

They spent 350,000,000 pounds on Rare I'm pretty sure.

trc3 · « **Reply #10 on:** 16 September 2002, 14:43 »

quote:
Originally posted by The_Muffin_Man/B0b:
I hope Sony has a huge war chest!

Im pretty sure they do, by no means is sony scared of the xbox. If you take a look at the numbers ps2 is kicking xbox's ass in sales and the number of game titles. If xbox live fails I think the whole thing will come tumbling down on them. Bottom line, its got ok graphics but you can have all the graphics in the world but with no good games you have nothing.

AirFilter · « **Reply #11 on:** 1 October 2002, 21:00 »

to me the buying of Rare just means that Microsoft thinks they can buy their way to the top. its sad that microsft can't be inovative they just buy...they bought Rare for almost 400 million!!

voidmain · « **Reply #12 on:** 1 October 2002, 21:10 »

quote:
Originally posted by AirFilter:
to me the buying of Rare just means that Microsoft thinks they can buy their way to the top. its sad that microsft can't be inovative they just buy...they bought Rare for almost 400 million!!

Why should they change now? Microsoft doesn't have an ounce of innovation in them and never have.

cozzer · « **Reply #13 on:** 8 October 2002, 12:51 »

Now I know that you're all going to yell and scream. As an xbox owner, I dont feel that the Rare move is bad and ANY corporate company could buy the companies they wish to. Hardware is one of the best examples of this and even the companies you love and trust will do this. It's not cheating, it's not being anything except smart. Any company will tell you this. Any company, if it could, would gladly buy out it's competition.

voidmain · « **Reply #14 on:** 8 October 2002, 13:15 »

But you see buying out the competition as a good thing? What happens when there is no competition left to buy out? Then you have what is called a monopoly. That's how they became a monopoly in another market. No competition in the market place is extremely bad for the consumer.

Let's say Microsoft buys out all the competition in the console game market. No more Playstation, no more Nintendo. And let's say they also buy all the game software companies. What do you think will happen to your cute little Xbox? The price will immediately sky rocket and there will be no incentive for the hardware and software to get any better.

Microsoft bought their way to the top in another market and the true evil is now showing more than ever before. Wait till it happens in the Game market. I think you should be hoping that it doesn't (unless you work for Microsoft).

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