10 Expensive Video Games Nobody Wanted
8. Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
Conker, the furry foul-mouth, is an endearing little bugger. Starting off all twee on the Game Boy Colour, he found his success when Rare went R rated with Bad Fur Day. Or so you'd think, but it's not as rosy at it seems.
Bad Fur Day did find success when it was released on Xbox in 2005, as part of Microsoft's acquisition of Rare. Yet the same can't be said for the original release on the Nintendo 64 some four years prior.
It was predicted to shift big, as R rated games on the N64 were few and far between. The hype was there, with its game website (remember those?) recording a lot of traffic. Hopes were high, Rare had a good track record already, so this should have been a hit.
Except... it wasn't. Nowhere near, in fact. High game cost towards the nearing end of the console's shelf life, among other factors, saw this shift less than six digits upon release.
Weirdly, original still copies still fetch a high price now. But not to Rare, who saw this as a commercial failure.