Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | 12:22 BST
Spencer defends Rare after Moore said studio’s skills “not applicable in today’s market”
Following comments made by Peter Moore to the Guardian yesterday about Rare’s lack of relevance in the modern games market, MGS boss Phil Spencer has vehemently defended the studio’s place in the Microsoft fold.
“Rare is a great studio that continuously delivers high-quality, award-winning titles for the Xbox platform and will continue to do so in the future,” Spencer told GI.
“Rare plays a strategic role in delivering games and platform experiences that will help the Xbox achieve our long-term strategy of expanding the customer base to a mainstream audience.”
The exec added:
“The studio’s current work that includes the recent release of another critically acclaimed installment in the Viva Piñata series, the reinvention of a genre and a franchise with the November release of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts as well as the Avatar system they’re delivering as part of the new Xbox experience not only is indicative of the value they deliver to our business but proof positive to our partners and the industry at large of our commitment to this strategy and the platform’s continued success.”
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7 comments
#1
Blerk
18/09/08, 12:27 pm
Wow. Could he have made that sound any more like a ‘stock company line’ if he’d tried? Put some passion into it and we might actually believe you, man!
#2
evilashchris
18/09/08, 12:27 pm
Maybe he should try advertising their great products then, y’know, so people know they are out.
#3
David
18/09/08, 12:57 pm
what great products ????? did I miss something were are they
#4
Robo_1
18/09/08, 1:08 pm
It’s pretty sad when it’s difficult to differentiate from somebody speaking or reading from a press release. Don’t get me wrong, there’s merit in what he’s saying, but it’s all so lifeless and scripted that it makes it embarrassing to listen too.
#5
morriss
18/09/08, 1:48 pm
He should’ve said: Peter Moore is a fucking c**t and isn’t fit to lick Rare’s balls.
#6
Robo_1
18/09/08, 2:32 pm
As entertaining as that would have been… probably not
No, there’s a middle ground though isn’t there, where you don’t have to sound as if you’re pulling at the corporate line with both hands, and you can actually talk to consumers as if they are real people.
#7
David
18/09/08, 5:35 pm
Rare to me haven’t produced many decent titles on the xbox. Viva pinata titles are the only ones I would class as decent thus far.
The new Banjo game might change my mind.