Nintendo sold Rare because Rare was taking a lot time to make video games. Nintendo was losing money because of Rare.

Nintendo doesnt need Rare. Nintendo still has the rights to Donkey Kong.

 

I never knew Nintendo owned Rare. (They didn't) Rare produced/developed games for Nintendo such as Goldeneye, Donkey Kong (multiple games in the series), Killer Instinct, Perfect Dark, ect.

 

Rare was a second party developer for Nintendo (ie., Nintendo OWNED them.)Here's old news for you:

http://www.gamecubicle.com/news-nint...t_official.htm

Edit: Donkey Kong has ALWAYS been a Nintendo property.

 

you forgot the ps2 has more games than that. metal gear solid and final fantasy.

fuck a 360, im getting a PS3. 4 words: metal gear solid 4

 

Gran Turismo! I cant wait for the PS3...

 

I didn't forget, Both Konami and Square Enix have been experimenting with bringing the Metal Gear and Final Fantasy Franchises to Xbox and GC. Look for both franchises to go multisystem with the 360 and Revolution.

 

I respect that. We do not know who does what.


Die Hard Playsation fans will ensure the PS3's sucess, Nintendo's so called new " 10 commandments" of gaming will change the way we do things and as long as Micro$oft continues to produce OS's for PC's. They will always be a contender in the gaming arena.


This man knows what he is talking about.

As long as big companies make hit titles for all systems there will be no reason for me to purchase 3 systems. One will do. I refuse to pay $500-$600 for Gran Turismo.

I can't wait to link it up the 360 with Vista and Windows Media Center.

 

i honestly dont see any major final fantasy game going to other consoles. minus ff: online, mainly because the games online, and so is the 360. square-enix is just trying to get as much money as they possibly can. its on the pc, playstation and now xbox. im not going to mention the final fantasy game that came out on the gamecube because that game was horrible. final fantasy's home is on the playstation. and i was reading an interview in a magazine the other day with hideo kojima about the future of metal gear. he was saying how the playstation will always be getting the games first, mainly because thats where the fanbase is. the sales did poorly on gamecube and on xbox, so the series will stay primarily on the playstation.

 

Do you know you just contradicted yourself? You may want to check this out: http://cube.ign.com/articles/638/638866p1.html

The only reason Square went exclusively with Sony to begin with (like many other third party developers) was because of Nintendo's decision to make the N64 cartridge based for fears of piracy. That decision made it more expensive to develop for the N64 and caused Nintendo's third party support for the system to lose steam.

With the disc based Gamecube, third party developers found an opportunity to work with Nintendo again. The Xbox's online gaming support and power drew third party dvelopers to it's system as well.

Not to mention, both the GC and Xbox were graphically superior to the PS2.

Suddenly, everyone is on equal footing, and third party developers have a chance to maximize their profit.

With Sony looking to prices $500 to $600 at launch, you can bet third party developers, Square Enix included are already looking to Nintendo and Microsoft because they know given the current games sales numbers and inflation all around, that kind of price isn't going to be appealing to the average gamers who bought the Playstation in the past.

BTW, Kojima's been doing a lot of talk about developing for the Revolution. Don't be surprised if you see MGS 4 in some form hit all systems.

Edit: I'm going to Wal-Mart to wait for the release as soon as I get off work. I work like two minutes away from one.

 

personally i think this is all hype because who knows....i think the 360 was rushed out because of all the E3 hype and if it is riddled with bugs and hardware glitches then there are gonna be some unhappy individuals...plus MS is taking a huge gamble with sony....if this lapse in the console release dates gives sony time to revamp the ps3 then MS is in trouble....nintendo i think is about out of gas, aside from zelda i see no other reason to play nintendo

and i highly doubt that if there is a remake of FF7 it would be on any other system but the PS3 i mean hell do you see a tech demo for the 360?nope! i think in the end MGS and FF will remain true to sony....i think its time for Emperor Gates to get his ass beat in something...

and on a side note about the HD-DVD thing....its looking like Sony is winning the war from last i heard a few more motion picture companies came to sony's camp...while it may not be a problem now but it could spell doom for MS if the Blu-Ray is adopted at the Next Gen DVD Format

and on another side note i saw someone asked earlier on if someone has played From Russia With Love...i got the game and i must say im impressed...the graphics are awesome and it stays true to the 60's look and feel...it truly a game worthy of Sean Connery(who came back to supply the voice acting for bond) and the James Bond franchise