hulk

That PD Zero thread got me thinking about how the console makers treat thier third parties. What came to mind first, obviously, was Microsoft's sabotage of Rare and it's properties (as far as I can tell). They seem intent on grabbing as many names as they can, just for the sheer hell of it, as far as I can see. Nintendo, on the other hand, have terminated contracts with Factor 5 and Silicon Knights, purely because the devs said they wanted to make games for other consoles.

I dunno about you lot, but it seems to me that the big N is actually giving a damn about the gamers...

Thoughts?

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