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Well, you could look at it two different ways. Rare was doing horribly and Microsoft bought them. This kept Rare (one of the most hailed game developers of all time) from failing.
Secondly, Nintendo not dealing with Silicon Knights because they chose to go cross-platform isn't "cool" or "caring about the gamers." Nintendo simply wanted to make a bigger profit from exclusive games. If a company isn't gonna help them do that then screw it! Silicon Knights produced Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, easily one of the top 5 Gamecube titles. Halting relationships with SK is a bad idea no matter how you look at it.
You are correct about Nintendo caring about the <B>gamers</B>. Nintendo doesn't want their console to be a computer, be a DVD player, or even a jukebox. They want it to play games for a low price and that's what it does extremely well.
-Lasereth
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