7th July 2005, 7:36 PM
Quote:All Rare had was being able to say their opinion (and threaten to quit if things didn't go a way they liked)... they had no say over the actual deal.
The two brothers who owned the rest of the Rare could have sold their share to Microsoft and then MS and Nintendo would be joint owners of Rare, which I'm sure had some amount influence over Nintendo's decisions.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.