I was just reading about some retarded racing game that Rare is making (no, I am not a fan of Diddy Kong Racing), and I had to smile, even though it was in the Xbox section. I know that it's going to be like 5 years before the game is seen in public, and chances are that I wouldn't buy it even if it was on GameCube, but I just miss the concept of Rare.
It's true that Rare as an entity is gone and nothing more than a memory, even if you own an Xbox, but the news brought fond memories back. I remember when Rare used to promise us games, then totally get quiet about them for years... They were a lot like Nintendo in that regard. Now they are gone forever...
(Looking over my post, I have to say that this is some of my worst writing EVER, but I think I got my point across.)