It's always refreshing to mingle with the intellectually inferior.
1) Rare was a HUGE waste of money...despite turning a profit for each and every one of their games, something several Microsoft published games can't claim, nor can the Xbox platform itself. And don't even get me started on the fact that they appeal to a demographic that otherwise is largely untouched on the xbox360 platform. Yeah, what a waste.
2) No one said anything about this game making sony "**** their pants". Do you honestly play games based on their ability to help you in your online video game arguments? That is, in all seriousness, the gayest thing I have ever heard.
3) Yeah, I mean,
no one likes games like these, look at the piss poor sales and reviews of dog**** games like Sims and Animal Crossing for proof of that. Or proof that your opinions are essentially so unfounded as to be totally invalid. Either one.
4) It's clearly not cool with you. Any attempt at enjoying it is an obvious admission to (and, to anyone who has not yet read this entire thread, I'm not joking, he really is this dumb) being a "pedo", amongst other things. Face facts. You hate it because you think it makes you cool to say "omg kiddiez!1", like people who refused to touch a gamecube for fear of ruining their image (and, let's be honest, people like that likely don't have much to lose in that area), people who won't watch certain movies, read certain books, listen to certain music, etc. You've made it abundantly clear that you're not just here for trolling, but also to somehow look "cool" with your video games, so don't act indignant when no one takes you seriously.
5) They could have gotten "much better" companies? Better than companies who consistently pump out commercial and critical success stories? Better than companies that were selling dirt cheap? OH, that's right, you suggested they buy
Rockstar, right? Haha, yeah, because the Xbox line up wasn't already oversaturated with terrible titles aiming at that demographic. I get the feeling that there are people just like you running the business end of every failed company on the face of the earth in the past 20 years.
6) No, they don't. I mean, first of all, we can eliminate quite a few games from that list instantly. Metal Gear Solid 4? Are you serious? It looks like MGS3, only in high def, it's not even a contender. I mean, I know you love it and all, and think that it's some great graphical masterpiece and all that, but yeah, it's not. And Final Fantasy?
Are you honestly comparing Viva to a pre-rendered cgi fest that doesn't even look half as good regardless? Seriously? You sure? Hahahaha, wow. Try a little harder to build your lists. For example, when making a list of "graphically superior games", try not to include games that "look like an overhyped soggy bag of ass". The only real contenders there are Gears of War and Halo 3, which only look better from a realism stand point. If you take into account that it's ****ing ******ed to compare a stylized visual to something trying to look perfectly real, and take into account that the stylized visuals just make it more interesting to look at, yeah, Viva Pinata beats them both. I mean, it's not even debatable, this is almost as bad as the time when you tried to say
Japan was actually the biggest market past 1998
As for why Rare can't make...
Banjo - They can, and will.
A good Perfect Dark - They did, it's just that idiots decided they'd hate it before it came out, and mostly didn't even bother playing it, judging it entirely on months old shots of an even older alpha build of the game, usually making that the basis of their ONLY judgments on the title.
Conker - They will.
KI3 - I'm sure they are.
I mean, so far, the only complaints about this game have been either "I am 12 years old and thus believe myself to be too cool to have fun, despite the fact that I'm, you know, 12 years old" and "I wanted another game, so instead of being disappointed that I didn't get them, I'll be disappointed that I didn't get them
and I'll trash this as well, despite the fact that this idea is
****ing ******ed." Seriously, I really don't have any problem with someone saying "this ain't my cup of tea", I didn't blow up on WHF or anything, but honestly, if you're going to dislike something, at least give a decent reason, don't pull that "I only play what my friends say is cool, sorry, my hands are tied

" crap, and for god's sakes don't compare the games visuals to a game like N3, which, despite it's great gameplay, looks like a trashy xbox launch title.