I just can't believe how much faith so many people have in a game company that has been biting nuts since the original PD.
In fact Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and Banjo Kazooie are their only 'A' quality games. Jet Force was just above average, likewise with Diddy Kong Racing, Conkers was funny and fun in parts but the game itself wasn't much chop, then we had the absolute dud that was Grabbed by the Ghoulies on Xbox, followed by an over-hyped and over-rated Conkers also for Xbox.
This could be a case of a company being very good for their time but not being able to cut it as technology progressed. I hope this isn't the case, because I want PD and any other game they make to be breathtaking, but time will tell.