Peter Moore, former man in charge of the Xbox had said a number of interesting things in his interview The Guardian. But one of his most controversial is that Rare is not in touch with the modern games industry. Elaborating further he said that Microsoft had a hard time bringing the studio up to scratch, using Perfect Dark as an example.

Peter Moore: I thought ultimately it would be very successful – and you know, Microsoft, we'd had a tough time getting Rare back – Perfect Dark Zero was a launch title and didn't do as well as Perfect Dark… but we were trying all kinds of classic Rare stuff and unfortunately I think the industry had past Rare by – it's a strong statement but what they were good at, new consumers didn't care about anymore, and it was tough because they were trying very hard - Chris and Tim Stamper were still there – to try and recreate the glory years of Rare, which is the reason Microsoft paid a lot of money for them and I spent a lot of time getting on a train to Twycross to meet them. Great people. But their skillsets were from a different time and a different place and were not applicable in today's market.

Bale Fire via guardian.co.uk »