You think if Microsoft approached Nintendo (or a different publisher even) or vice-versa over the rights to Banjo-Kazooie it'd end up being a package deal for Rare's entire IP catalog?
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Also in the case that it'd be Nintendo there'd also be the rights to Jetpac which for the longest time was speculated to be why DK64 couldn't be re-released
That and the legal nonsense with Diddy Kong Racing

there isn't really much value in the IP anymore and I don't think Nintendo would waste money on what is essentially still a 3rd party series.

>>716283480
It's just a hypothetical
Nintendo's only incentive would be securing rights to re-release old games but other than that (something they could always negotiate for regardless of whoever's currently owning the IP), there's no point in owning a catalog of IPs they can't even work with whether it'd be their personal investment or lack of available manpower to support

>>716283689
>securing rights to re-release old games
Plenty of Rare games are already in the NSO catalog, this is a non-issue.

>>716284792
I meant if the deals couldn't be renewed and they end up leaving the service

>>716283006 (OP)
DK64 got leaked

>>716284792
DK64 is much harder to deal with since there's some legal fuckery, not just with rare but also some other stuff as well.

>>716290187
They got it on Wii U virtual console and it was accidentally leaked through UI in one of the Switch 2 videos

>>716283006 (OP)
idk what all that shit even means

>>716291316
I think it's this
Because of the nature of Rare's games referencing and explicitly using other IPs made and owned by the studio, would a scenario in which Microsoft would sell an IP like Banjo Kazooie escalate to a package deal to prevent further legal confusion?

This reminds me of the story of the Microsoft exec who toured Rare's offices and, upon seeing a promo stand-up for DKC, asked when they could release a new Donkey Kong game on Xbox.

>>716292075
He was just confused and didn't understand what was going on past Microsoft owning Rare so he saw all the Donkey Kong stuff and asked if they owned that now.
Unfortunately the internet telephoned that hard to where it's now a misconception that Microsoft bought Raee because they thought it'd give them Donkey Kong

>>716290187
How so?
Does it involve the system Jetpac was released for?

>>716283006 (OP)
Microsoft in all their time being a business has found value in buying up their competition whether or not they continuing to make the products or not.

>>716297424
>Microsoft in all their time being a business has found value in buying up their competition whether or not they continuing to make the products or not.
have they recouped their losses buying Activision yet?

>>716298768
In the long term removing their competition has allowed them more market share. No reason to suspect video games will be any different.

>>716297424
They're still open to negotiation for giving away IPs they have no use for oddly enough
They sold Hi-Fi Rush under the condition that they kept the original game's distribution rights meaning it'll stay on Game Pass or whatever

>>716299660
Didn't know that they would do that, feels very not Microsoft to do that

>>716283006 (OP)
First of all: no. Why would Microsoft ever give anything away for free.

Secondly. Any studio could make a game with any IP you want. Do you want to make a Mario game? Just come up with an orginal concept for a game thats would fit with Mario as a character and pitch it to Nintendo. If it's good, they'll produce it. It's happened many times before. The same can be done with Microsoft IPs, but they'll be more reluctant to give you a chance.

>>716300943
now Nintendo is known for just taking your ideas, changing a few things, and releasing it themselves

>>716301068
>now Nintendo is known
no they are not. youre gonna need to provide proof for that.

>>716301098
>zoomie demanding proof
not spoonfeeding you, Nintendo Prime

>>716300943
>First of all: no. Why would Microsoft ever give anything away for free.
Nobody said it'd be for free

>>716301256
ah so youre lying, got it

>>716301306
what do you think package deal means?

>>716301830
Sold all at once, not individually
Like how college textbooks come with CDs you don't use or want and just increase the total price of the textbook you want but you can't say no to the CD so you're stuck paying the total cost

>>716302026
Okay so there's not really a "deal",
but yeah IPs dont work like textbooks or CDs so I dont see why they would sell it as a package deal.

>>716301773
you just lack critical information is all

>>716302550
>but yeah IPs dont work like textbooks or CDs so I dont see why they would sell it as a package deal.
I mean, it's happened before
When Disney bought the Fox Kids brand from Saban they also got their IPs like Power Rangers, VR Troopers, etc
Disney had.....zero idea on what to do with Power Rangers and sold everything back to Saban eventually
Saban would go on to try (and fail miserably) to recreate his success in the 90's only for the 2017 movie to flop leading to Hasbro buying Power Rangers (and literally everything else Saban owned) for 52 million
They had plans ONLY for Power Rangers (until the guy whose idea was to buy the IP literally got cancer and died which led to Hasbro being confused on what to even do with the IP) but still had to buy VR Troopers, Beetleborgs, My Pet Monster, etc as part of the deal even if all those other less popular, "unnecessary" IPs were just in the way and likely just inflated the total cost to acquire the one IP they did want
Bare in mind, Haim's an infamous greedy bastard so he could just an exception to the rule when it comes to these cases
When Square Enix were open to selling Eidos for cheap they let Embracer pick and choose what they wanted (Deus Ex, Thief, Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, and some soccer management simulation but not Gex which Square Enix still owns)

>>716302550
>so I dont see why they would sell it as a package deal.
You can't re-release Banjo-Tooie without owning or securing permission for Sabreman cause he's literally in the game
Not as some minor background detail, he's straight up in the game

>>716302874
I never knew that. You could probably look up if the Banjo Kazooie IP is part of some Rareware IP brand

>>716302874
*selling Eidos IPs

>>716302874
>52 million
522 million actually

>>716283006 (OP)
>Microsoft is the third most supportive third party for Nintendo Classics not counting SEGA who only supports it through Mega Drive games (which barely gets updated now)
Huh

>>716303195
>You can't re-release Banjo-Tooie without owning or securing permission for Sabreman cause he's literally in the game
They did re-release Diddy Kong Racing by simply replacing most of the cast.