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Former RARE dev says Microsoft purchase made for a culture clash at the studio

by rawmeatcowboy
29 June 2013
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Coming from a NowGamer interview with dev Phil Tossell...

"I think most of the people who worked at Rare at the time were Nintendo fans and we loved working closely with Nintendo. Rare was also a close knit family and so it was something of a shock to suddenly become part of such a huge organisation as Microsoft. There was a severe culture clash which perhaps didn’t become apparent at first as Microsoft mostly allowed us to continue as we had always done.

However as time passed and there were staff changes at MGS, together with Tim and Chris (Stamper) leaving, the culture changed and it began to feel more Microsoft and less Rare. While Rare continues to put out high quality games, for me it lost some of the spark that had made the company special."


I think that issue is apparent to everyone right now. RARE is a shadow of its former self. It's certainly not the RARE that left Nintendo.

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