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Rare might not be forced to make Kinect games but anything else gets canned
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Sapphire Dreams
Member
I want my Kameo 2 Microsoft !
Yep, also this statement seems to apply to present-day Rare and all of those cancellations were pre-Kinect. A bunch of other MS studios prototype projects that don't see the light of day either, so Rare is not some anomaly. And of course, there is the difficult (for some) truth that Rare's Kinect projects are their most successful in years.
Hell, Sony studios prototype projects that don't see the light of day either, so it is not necessarily unique to MS.
Right, but Seavor is gone now, I think. I think he's working Rusty Pup, which looks great. And Tilston it seems is no longer there either.
Dude, that unnamed mech FPS game that you put in the same entry as Perfect Dark Core! It's like Titanfall and Rare wanted to make it for Microsoft years ago and they said no! WTF how ironic.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhocu7_mpdc_videogames
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhocu7_mpdc_videogames
Miles Quaritch
Member
Goddamn, that's one depressing OP.
So many potentially great games too...Ordinary Joe, Kameo 2, Urchin, Savannah and Banjo Karting.
Oh, what could have been...
So many potentially great games too...Ordinary Joe, Kameo 2, Urchin, Savannah and Banjo Karting.
Oh, what could have been...
Not at all. I agree with you completely.
Messofanego
Banned
So, where are all the former Rare developers now?
Some are still there, some are at dozens of different studios. They all didn't flock to one place.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Yeah true. But we don't know what they are working on now. We know most of these as a lot was leaked in people's portfolios after many people left Rare pre/during Kinect Sports 1. Maybe in a couple of years as people transition jobs we will learn more about what they have been working on since then.
Then Wii U would likely have a MUCH bigger install base right now. No, I'm not joking.If only Nintendo had bought Rare and not MS.
NullPointer
Member
"I don't force anything because if somebody doesn't like it they can quit" isn't really a way of saying you're not forcing things.
And just how is Rare doing in terms of retention?
And just how is Rare doing in terms of retention?
FunkyPajamas
Member
I can see these have the same pose as the xbox avatars.
Monty Mole
Member
All - or nearly all - of the games canned in the OP were in development/prototype before Kinect even existed.
It must be incredibly demoralising to have to many projects canned though.
It must be incredibly demoralising to have to many projects canned though.
Alx
Member
Muppet of a Man
Member
What in the actual fuck?
Those game concepts destroy the Kinect games they have been making.
Those game concepts destroy the Kinect games they have been making.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
I think that's a given. A healthy Rare would've been great for Nintendo.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Yeah as I mentioned though we know about them because tons of information leaked when many employees left before/beginning of Kinect. We don't really know what other projects they have been working on the past years thanks to the lack of leaks. Maybe in a couple of years more will get leaked through interviews and portfolios.
Poker Face
Member
Considering Rare isn't the only studio that's suffered under Microsoft, it'd probably just be better for gaming in general.
Nah, what we need is for Rare to try and get back on track, even if a lot of their team has left. I think the PR success of KI will be at least enough for them to try and revive one of their old franchises.
LordBaztion
Member
Urchin look interesting. Rare should make arcade games, I doubt in their capacity to make a AAA.
Goddamn.
Dunno how reputable that site is, mind you.
Gotcha, joke site! Apologies for that.
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don't be surprised if one or two of those are still in the works for XB1 in some shape or form. We know Rare is working on other stuff and not just Kinect Sports lol
Banjo Karting and Urchin should be the kind of games made for XBLA and Perfect Dark and Kameo are franchises worth salvaging. It's like buried treasure there if they treat it right.
Banjo Karting and Urchin should be the kind of games made for XBLA and Perfect Dark and Kameo are franchises worth salvaging. It's like buried treasure there if they treat it right.
It's P4Rgaming, it's a joke site. C'mon people.
The Horror the horror
Banned
Oh please. Nintendo would not have wasted Rare that way. You don't see Nintendo forcing Retro to make "Wii Sports Carnival" do you?
Hero of Legend
Member
Yep, Rusty Pup is heading to Wii U and 3DS, Seavor's well known to have SLAMMED MS in previous interviews, looking at the OP, I'm shocked he didn't leave sooner, his games were the bulk of the chopping block.
I almost wonder if he had this game in mind while at MS and kept it close to his chest, CAUSE YOU KNOW, MS would've shit canned it anyway. REALLY smart idea if so, should've kept one or two of the other IP ideas as well, I highly doubt he got to keep any idea once the team started it and MS got involved in any capacity; you speak it, they own it.
These were before Microsoft restructured Rare (aka to those who don't understand that, fired/layed off tons of people who had been with Rare for years). I'm not getting my hopes up when all Microsoft did was let Rare bleed talent.
ThatChairMan
Member
This actually makes me wonder how this compares to other studios. Is it just unique to the Rare/Microsoft relationship, or something a lot of studios go through trying to greenlight/approve their games?
The Horror the horror
Banned
I hope Rusty Pup won't end up as another Cave
yeah, you and
most of those sounds meh anyway, but better-than-kinect-shit, meh, but not as bad as that stinky stank kinect poo
yankeehater
Member
Allow Sony to release $600 consoles unopposed.
JesseEwiak
Member
"Rare's first Kinect project was Kinect Sports, released in November 2010. Despite average reviews,[24] the game was a commercial success, selling three million units as of May 2011."
Can you tell me which of the above games were likely to sell 3 million copies on XBox 360? I mean, if we're talking about survival here, we have to talk about dollars and cents.
Now, if you mean survive creatively, whatever, but if studios did what people on this forum wanted, even more of them would be bankrupt.
I'm in full agreement, Rare was my favorite developer growing up and what MS did to them is sickening.
The studio as it is now is dead, with only a few stragglers from their prime time remaining. Honestly the only way MS could do right by Rare at this point in time is to find external developers that could do justice to the original Rare IPs and have them take up such projects. Whatever members of the original Rare that are left at the studio should oversee the development of new entries in the IP they helped to create as consultants.
Bluekaveli
Member
Fast and furries? I want to die lmfao.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Don't forge Banjo X and Conker 2!
I would have bought:
Banjo X
Conker 2
Ordinary Joe
Arc Angel
Kameo 2
Banjo Karting
Urchin
Sabreman Stampede
Banjo-Kaoomie
I would have bought a console just for one of these games:
Banjo X
Conker 2
Banjo Karting
Kameo 2
Or for two of the list above. Microsoft is the devil >.<.
I would have bought:
Banjo X
Conker 2
Ordinary Joe
Arc Angel
Kameo 2
Banjo Karting
Urchin
Sabreman Stampede
Banjo-Kaoomie
I would have bought a console just for one of these games:
Banjo X
Conker 2
Banjo Karting
Kameo 2
Or for two of the list above. Microsoft is the devil >.<.
Urchin looked pretty interesting! Anything from Seavor would have been nice for me.
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