10 Video Games Supposed To Release On Other Consoles

10. Perfect Dark Zero

Perfect Dark was one of the N64's last truly great games, and its immense critical and commercial success ensured that Rare soon enough got to work on a follow-up.

What would eventually become Perfect Dark Zero began development for the GameCube with a team of just 10 people, but with Nintendo having a 49% stake in Rare, the developers were free to be acquired by whoever gave a desirable offer.

In 2002, while Zero was in the early prototyping stage, Microsoft purchased Rare, causing the game to switch development from GameCube to the Xbox, with Microsoft planning for it to take full advantage of their groundbreaking Xbox Live multiplayer framework.

Though Rare managed to get 50-player online matches running with major technical compromises, the decision was ultimately made to again shift the game to another console, this time to Microsoft's impending Xbox 360.

At this stage, Perfect Dark Zero was reportedly about a year away from being ready to release on the original Xbox.

In the end, the game hit stores as a 360 launch title, and despite scoring broadly positive reviews, most fans and critics agreed it fell short of the high bar set by its predecessor.