+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted September 21, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted September 21, 2009 The long, sad tale of bringing the groundbreaking shooter Goldeneye to Nintendo's Virtual Console, or Xbox Live Arcade, appears to have ended long ago, with a whimper.Addressing a reader question about Goldeneye ever getting an agreement between Nintendo and Microsoft, releasing it to current generation consoles, Rare said, alas, no. That was some time ago, my friend. Fate was against us that day. Destiny conspired to raise the hurdles even as we attempted to clear them, resulting in unpleasant groinal injury. I suspect we're long past the stage where an agreement was on the cards, but you never know. Stranger things have happened? somewhere ? probably. Dead is how we'd characterize it for now. It's a shame. It'd be a no-brainer moneymaker, but because Nintendo and Microsoft can't figure out who gets paid first, or the most, a re-release of Goldeneye is not meant to be. Not many things were. Source: http://kotaku.com/5363742/rare-were-long-p...eal-is-feasible :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Sheldon Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Gutted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex566 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 While the game was no doubt amazing back in the day. I do wonder how much fun the game would be now? The controls were rather clunky back then, I would bet they would be even worse now. A great game for it's time but not sure bringing it back would be the smartest move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphi Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t0mbi Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 While the game was no doubt amazing back in the day. I do wonder how much fun the game would be now? The controls were rather clunky back then, I would bet they would be even worse now.A great game for it's time but not sure bringing it back would be the smartest move. +1 it's cool for 'nostalgia' but in today's market??... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Well I'd get it as I'm sure they could clean up the controls a bit to take advantage of dual analogue sticks. That said, I'm not gutted either. The game is one that has aged and part of me thinks something like Live multiplayer would completely butcher the memories people have of playing that game with friends and generally it'd probably fail as a multiplayer title. Unblanaced maps and guns ect...made for fun back in the 90's when you could screen cheat but I dunno how well it'd fare now without a fairly big update to the multiplayer component. So yeah, I'd grab it for the single player but I won't cry too afoul if it's not going to be ported. Still, I find it weird that Nin and MS couldnt come to an agreement where the title was made available on both the Wii and the XBox, ensuring both would make money from it most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted September 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 21, 2009 No worries... Perfect Dark XBLA this fall :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Shame that greed is getting in the way, Goldeneye is a wonderful game and it would be nice to see it get modernised and ported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted September 21, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 21, 2009 dang, it would be a cash cow for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) n64 owners have something to brag about now, i guess... and yeah, goldeneye was always about split screen multiplayer... it just wouldnt be the same without the guy your playing against sitting on the couch with you... Edited September 21, 2009 by carmatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 too bad, was hoping to get it, having never been a Nintendo owner. My friends used to rave about it back in the day and it wasn'tbad from the little i played of it. Something tells me Nintendo were the spoilers here, they have this thing with working with other companies, their corporate DNA goes nuts when a major company tries to work with them. to wit Crazy Ken and his eventual Playstation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Fine. Get my PD XBLA and a proper PD sequel. Not the PD: Zero mediocrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted September 22, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2009 :( Why... I wish they would go into more detail as to why there will never be Goldeneye on XBLA :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I'm sure they have. It's a licensing nightmare. The Bond license has been through half a dozen hands since then. When Rare brings over their other games, they own the Banjo IP etc, and they're building an engine on 360 to recreate that experience with their old assets, they're not emulating Nintendo's hardware. Bond is an unholy union of license and platform holders. MGS, Activision, Nintendo. If you consider 1up a credible source (...) then they indicated that Nintendo blocked it because their cut wasn't enough: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165391 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coresx Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 :( Why... I wish they would go into more detail as to why there will never be Goldeneye on XBLA :( Microsoft don't have the rights. Someone is stopping it. Activision have the James Bond rights. Nintendo must have some say. Rumours it was going to be released for 360 and Wii to get Nintendo on board. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted September 22, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2009 Microsoft don't have the rights. Someone is stopping it. Activision have the James Bond rights. Nintendo must have some say. Rumours it was going to be released for 360 and Wii to get Nintendo on board. Who knows. I know it's a right issue with everything, but that doesn't explain exactly where the issue lies. Is it money, is it copyright issues, is it somebody (nintendo) wanting 100% of the profits, etc etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnpt Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Shame, they should all just 'write it off', and split whatever profits 50:50, anything is better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted September 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 22, 2009 Goldeneye was/is over rated anyway. It would have been great for MS to have it, but personally I don't care for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Goldeneye was/is over rated anyway. BITE YOUR TONGUE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted September 22, 2009 Veteran Share Posted September 22, 2009 No serious, this news has no effect on my opinion, I've always thought it sucked ever since I played it on my friend's N64 back in the day. The only fun I had with it was when we played split screen MP. Go back and play it now and its aged very badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red. Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 This just proves Munky's bad taste in games :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 22, 2009 Member Share Posted September 22, 2009 Goldeneye was/is over rated anyway. QFT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted September 22, 2009 Global Moderator Share Posted September 22, 2009 No serious, this news has no effect on my opinion, I've always thought it sucked ever since I played it on my friend's N64 back in the day.The only fun I had with it was when we played split screen MP. Go back and play it now and its aged very badly. :no: I am disappointed in your munky. I'm sure if you seen more of your contact list playing Goldeneye on XBLA, you would too :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom1981 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I think its because microsoft owns rare, another company has the james bond rights, and nintendo i think owns the code to the game or the n64 parts of the game. There is no arcade version of the game. Its not feasable to recode the game from scratch and there is no way nintendo would let a remade version of the game come out to the 360 while the wii gets stuck with the original. The rights are spread between too many companies. I don't blame nintendo either. Remember nintendo put up all the cash for the game to be made so nintendo deserves something out of any deal made anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 No serious, this news has no effect on my opinion, I've always thought it sucked ever since I played it on my friend's N64 back in the day.The only fun I had with it was when we played split screen MP. Go back and play it now and its aged very badly. I still have my N64 and play it occasionally. Hasn't aged any worse than the original Halo ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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