infexxionPeter Moore Defends Rare
n a recent interview with Newsweek’s dreadlocked gaming expert, N’Gai Croal, Microsoft executive Peter Moore defended Rare against criticisms that the company has struggled to maintain the critical and commercial reception of its games since being purchased by Microsoft several years ago.
According to Moore, having Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo ready for launch created a “platform-driving presence” in the marketplace. Moore continued: “It signaled that this wasn’t going to be the same as Xbox 1, which was dominated by Mature-rated games, if you will, and for many people will go down in history as the Halo box or the shooter box.”
Moore emphasized this point, stating, “Kameo was very important. Kameo has done well; Perfect Dark Zero hit our expectations from a sales point of view; but these were two launch titles - and in Kameo’s case, brand-new intellectual property - that allowed us to get where we needed to go very, very quickly.”
