10 Biggest Xbox Fails Microsoft Wants You To Forget

4. Rare's Ruin

Rare was the golden child of the fifth console generation. Its N64 roster was legendary, and helped propel the console to historical greatness despite its technical defeat to the PS1 in its console war. With a games catalogue including the likes of Goldeneye 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and the entire Donkey Kong Country series, plenty of N64 fans made the jump to the Xbox 360 after Microsoft announced that it had bought Rare out. Expectations were high that Rare had a bright future on the Xbox 360. But it was not to be. Rather than continuing to support Rare and help them evolve, Microsoft assigned them to HD remasters or remakes of classic games like Conker's Bad Fur Day, Banjo-Tooie and Perfect Dark. While the games were fine, fans were left wondering when they'd see a true new Rare game on Microsoft's console. The best we got out of Rare in their X360 tenure was Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - an OK-ish platformer that wasn't nearly as memorable as its predecessors. Adding insult to injury, Rare was given the uninspiring task of working on vapid Kinect Sports games for the past few years. The recently-released 30-game Rare Replay bundle for the Xbox One is some consolation (albeit no Goldeneye), but it looks decreasingly likely that we'll see Rare recapture their form from the N64 days.