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Reminds me of the fall of Rare. They were absolutely untouchable in the N64 era, nearly everything they made was gold. I believe Rare's decline happened after
by beefsack 8y ago
Reminds me of the fall of Rare. They were absolutely untouchable in the N64 era, nearly everything they made was gold.
I believe Rare's decline happened after an acquisition (Microsoft?) but I may be misremembering.
- dageshi 8y agoAnytime there's an acquisition you have to assume that someone, perhaps much of the main talent that made the company what it was wants to cash out and move on. People always blame EA for killing a bunch of companies with previous stellar reputations but I tend to think those companies were probably about to die anyway because key people wanted out.
- stordoff 8y agoFor me, it's not so much that they kill the studio, but that they kill the IPs as well. It's one thing for an IP to just die off, but to see C&C stumble along in various forms, then get turned into a mobile game, is disheartening.