they started making games.
Wrong audience, xbox dudebros didn't care for rareware games.They also didn't had the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark team so no way they would have done a successful fps on xbox.
>>11519556>The started making games for other companies*
Microsoft's fake ass venture into the world of gaming was not only the Xbox but also trying to buy literally everyone, including Nintendo (no joke) and Rare were one of those who just agreed to sell out
>>11519563the only good game they made was starfox adventures
>>11519564They were going to be bought by nintendo after hoping they would buy them out 4 years prior. The stampers wanted out and needed money to maintain, plus there was the fucking furshit adventures debaucle that went delayed and reworked as per Nigamoto's quality control. At the 11th hour microsoft outbid both nintendo and activision with a boatload more then they were asking for and Nintendo declined to buy it and proceeded to sell their 49% of the company.
>>11519568>>11519572LolLmaoThey gave the main character of their Zelda competitor the same type pf DK redesign people are complaining about now when they wanted to scrap her after they tried desperately for 2 years to try to turn Ciggy's railshooter into an adventure game. Halfway into development were denied any more funding due to this deal happening, which would leave the game mostly incomplete.But really how could they care when they got 300+ mil?
Why was DK64 made?
>>11519563>>11519572>>11519585So OP, the moral of the story is that as a company who wanted to "make games the world doesn't have", they should not have gone to work for another company who simply wants to use you to make the same games over and over. What happened after Nintendo was Microsofts fault partially because they had them work on 360/other stuff in the gaming department as they were just entering the field. Also Halo/CoD took the wind out of everyones sails really, the games they released were antiquated in that they were developed over the course of 3 consoles in some cases. Now that they're situated they still make bank, but Microsoft is now a shit company for gaming. They made Sea of Thieves and that's basically the only thing "modern" that people know of.>>11519589Nintendo commissioned it, but they were given most of the creative freedom as they already understood the characters/did good 3d work. They wanted to utilize/advertise the expansion pak too. Also they were basically the only other company carrying the N64 as other devs were more inclined to go to PS1.It's basically the same reason they gave metroid prime 4 back to Retro.
