So, Kotaku has been lead to believe by "Sources within Microsoft who were very close to the (Goldeneye 007) project" that President and CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, is apparently the man to blame for the fact that you won't be playing Goldeneye 007 on your Xbox 360.
The website also points out that this is, "despite a proposed deal from Microsoft that would have seen not only GoldenEye released on the Virtual Console but other, unspecified Rare games... as well".
Released on 'Virtual Console'? Spong thought this whole deal was about Goldeneye 007 appearing/not appearing on Xbox Live Arcade.