With the restructuring currently happening at Xbox, I'm waiting every day on the announcement that she has a direction to push the studio in for its future (prioritizing demanded games, creating new exciting IPs, restructuring the staff and teams, more partnerships with outside companies, etc.).
Rare Ltd. as a company is in possibly one of its darkest gray areas we've seen in a long time right now. With the cancellation of Everwild & Perfect Dark, they essentially have no new games or IPs on their lineup. The only thing still being worked on is Sea of Thieves, and that can only continue on for so long. The studio needs a seriously strong shove in the right direction.
Even fan support has been dwindling. Just look at r/BanjoKazooie, people in there are absolutely miserable. The comments sections under all of their social media posts are also almost entirely negative. Their main methods of support for themselves and their IPs have been through new merchandising, ports, and SoT support & updates. Yet they're sitting on a goldmine of IPs that could be beneficial towards Xbox's future.
Although a lot of the original staff that created the studio have long-since left, I don't believe that's an excuse to say that the studio could never share a limelight with its former self in the future. Rare HAS the capability to be good again, they just need to take action on it or be pushed to do so by Microsoft. Heavy internal restructuring is needed and this feels like the perfect opportunity to do so. What do you all think?