Activision has been very close in the past to buy Rare, talented developer well known to fans of video games. This curious backstory was recentlyunveiled by Ed Fries, one of the creators of Xbox: “we have made an offer but suddenly Activision has gone better, seemed really you and I were to lose the deal. Then, at the last minute, the former Xbox executive Robbie Bach came forward by increasing our offer. ” And if things had gone differently? What would have happened? No one can say for sure.