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Speaking to Shacknews, Shane Kim, corporate VP of Microsoft Game Studios, has been defending the high price the platform holder paid for Rare.
Asked if he felt the high price has been justified, Kim said that it will be over the next 3-5 years where the studios’ value is truly shown.
“The kind of titles we’re really asking them to focus on now are the Banjos, the Viva Pinatas, the Kameos, and so forth. Rare is going to be our internal studio – really, our primary studio for the most part – that’s going to be focused on creating those big, triple-A-level, broad appeal titles,” said Kim. “We’re entering into the life cycle stage of the console where those kinds of titles can and should do well. We’ve never been in that stage since we owned Rare.“
Kim continues: “When that happens, that’s when you’re really going to see Rare’s value showing through.“
So what of Rare’s next ‘tripple-A’ title, Banjo? Shane Kim says it won’t be coming this year, but that won’t stop the Xbox 360 from having a killer line-up of titles.
“Besides Halo 3, Blue Dragon’s coming to the West, Forza 2 and Shadowrun are both hitting the US on May 29. We have PGR4, which is going to be amazing, Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Alan Wake,” said Kim. “There’s also some good stuff we haven’t announced yet. We’ve got more up our sleeves.“
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