Perfect Dark won't go far. Last time I checked Nintendo owned the rights to that. And of course it's rumored, it was their last big game.
And I honestly doubt Rare's ability to succeed outside the Nintendo platform. Rare can make non-Nintendo franchise games? Sure they can. I mean, Kameo has no hype at all, Jet Force Gemeni wasn't that good, and Conker explains itself. Banjo-Kazooie is a great game, but I've really never seen anyone buy a N64 for it, or any non-N64 owner really care for it.
People want Rare for GoldenEye, PD, KI, and the classic Donkey Kong games, all of which they can never continue. Rare can go ahead and make games for other platforms, honestly, I think it hurts them the most.
Wow, Kameo going to Xbox and PS2! Guess what? No one will really give a damn. Star Fox is being developed for the arcade, but not by Rare. Perfect Dark could easily be Retro's next game, considering Metroid made a huge presence at E3, so they can't be too bad at making FPS.
Nintendo can do just fine without Rare, not saying they want to, but they hardly need Rare to sell consoles and make money. The question really is, how well can Rare do without Nintendo? Not many publishers will support a company who only produces games every 2 years. And when they lose all the games that made them famous, they are basically starting at the bottom.
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