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This will either be good or bad. They could have been the reason for the recent downhill turn (lost the magic touch?) over the years, or they could have been the ones keeping Rare afloat. Guess we'll find out in time. In any case, it's not like complete strangers took over. Greg has been with the company for years, he was head of both Banjo games.

I don't see any possible way that this could be good... the founders leaving after a company is bought by another (larger) company is usually one of the first signs of that company's decline. Sure, I'm sure that there are exceptions, but usually...

Perhaps you weren't aware that the Stamper brothers wanted to leave around the same time Microsoft bought them. With the founders/Presidents not even wanting to be there, do you really think they're enthusiastic about they company and moving it in to a good course? I wouldn't think so. Besides, it's not like the Stamper bros. were hands-on recently (which could be why Rare has fallen from grace, so to speak). In any case, it's not possible to know the outcome as of yet.

Quote:This will either be good or bad.

Osama bin Laden is either in Afghanistan or he isn't...

Great Rumbler Wrote:Osama bin Laden is either in Afghanistan or he isn't...

Exactly. Their leaving Rare doesn't mean anything of consequence...yet.

The founders/main game designers leaving a game company is never good. Sorry.

See:
Chris Roberts and Richard Garriot from Origin Systems/EA
Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, and Brian Reynolds from Microprose/Spectrum HoloByte
Warren Spector and Ion Storm Austin/Eidos

etc, etc.

A Black Falcon Wrote:The founders/main game designers leaving a game company is never good. Sorry.

See:
Chris Roberts and Richard Garriot from Origin Systems/EA
Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, and Brian Reynolds from Microprose/Spectrum HoloByte
Warren Spector and Ion Storm Austin

etc, etc.

What's true for one isn't always true for the other. Fact of the matter is we don't know what's going to happen.

Also, the Stamper Bros. haven't been the main game designers for a while now. They mostly step in with some input, but hardly work to flesh it out. Greg Mayles, who is stepping up as president, however, has had his hands in most every game since Donkey Kong Country.

Even if they don't directly program the games, as the founders and leaders of the company they have a huge impact on what the company does... I'm sure you don't want to admit this because you don't want to think of Rare going the way of those three companies (or others; I could have mentioned Ken Williams and Sierra, for a really, really clear case...)... maybe it won't; Blizzard has lost some of its early members and keeps going. Some of the founding members are still there, though (Allen Adham is still President, I believe), so they haven't lost ALL of their early talent...

A Black Falcon Wrote:Even if they don't directly program the games, as the founders and leaders of the company they have a huge impact on what the company does... I'm sure you don't want to admit this because you don't want to think of Rare going the way of those three companies (or others; I could have mentioned Ken Williams and Sierra, for a really, really clear case...)... maybe it won't; Blizzard has lost some of its early members and keeps going. Some of the founding members are still there, though (Allen Adham is still President, I believe), so they haven't lost ALL of their early talent...

Two people who have been with the company for 19 and 14 years, repsectively, took over as the successors. They had to have learned a thing or two from the Stampers, and seeing as how they were employeed so long it is evident the Stampers liked those two.

I haven't admitted anything except the impact of this event is not apparent. As I said before, it could be bad or it could be good. Calling it either way at this point is premature.