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Microsoft Interest In Acquiring Rare?Microsoft Interest In Acquiring Rare?

Reuters today reported that Microsoft is considering acquiring Rare, citing "a source close to the discussions".

Game Developer, Staff

September 11, 2002

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Nintendo and Rare have traditionally had a tight relationship -- Nintendo owns 49% of the UK-based game studio -- but the Japanese publisher reportedly declined a recent offer to purchase Rare because of the developer's diminishing importance to Nintendo's bottom line. In fact, a source told Reuters that the publisher has decided not to have Rare create exclusive titles for Nintendo anymore. Reuters reports that sales of Rare games accounted for 9.5% of Nintendo's fiscal 2001 total software unit sales, but that figure dropped to only 1.5% this year.

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