Ratatouille for Xbox RARE???

[dylan0228]

How rare of a title is this? It was released in June of last year & I have not seen very many anywhere. Just out of curiousity.

[TonyTheTiger]

Microsoft enforces a mandatory minimum print run so out of the entire Xbox library you're talking very very few titles which would hit the genuine "rare" status. When talking about a game like Ratatouille, a popular Disney/Pixar movie, I'd say the odds of it being rare or even uncommon are zilch. It's possible, though I don't know for sure, that because the Xbox was already essentially dead at the time of release Microsoft didn't enforce any minimum print runs or lowered it thereby making it a bit harder to find.

[diskoboy]

Not rare.

My local Best Buy has several copies in the bargain bin.

[Leo_A]

How's your local BestBuy's bargain bin prove its not rare? lol

[dylan0228]

I can`t find any available online either!

[PapaStu]

It was one of the last games (if not the last) released for the Xbox.

Not many places got it to sell in the first place.

[Poofta!]

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[Bojay1997]

It was one of the last games (if not the last) released for the Xbox.

Not many places got it to sell in the first place.

Actually, it was and still is a Gamestop exclusive, so on the one hand you are correct, that not a lot of places got it to sell, unless you include the largest video game chain in the United States. They still have plenty of copies in store and on-line by the way.

[norkusa]

Completed Ebay auctions show only 1 copy for sale in the past month, if that tells you anything.

[ProgrammingAce]

The game was garbage and there's little demand for it. Just because it isn't all over ebay doesn't mean it's rare.

That being said, all three manufacturers loosened their print run requirements in the final days of their consoles. There were some really low print runs for some of the final titles, especially on the GC. Although nintendo was the most likely to give a variance on the print run throughout the console's life. Sony was the most difficult to get a variance.

[TonyTheTiger]

Maybe it's harder to find when placed up against other Xbox titles. Late releases on consoles tend to turn out that way. But I still think that the words "rare" and "Xbox" don't mix together all that well, if at all. It may be rare in the same way that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is rare. Not exactly something you'll find in every store but certainly obtainable. And with Ratatouille? Probably obtainable for pretty cheap.

[packratshow]

Well Ratatouille for the original Xbox is a EB/Gamestop exclusive so that has to count for some rarity, eh?

http://gameoftheblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/late-gen-releases.html

[Bojay1997]

Did everyone just ignore my earlier post???? It's still in stock on-line at Gamestop, brand new for $20. It's also still available at most of their store locations for $20. This game is not rare in the sense that you can buy it in virtually every city in America and over the Internet. Could it become "rare" someday when they finally sell out? Maybe. Checking Ebay for a game is never a good indicator of whether it's rare or not. Lots of lower end games don't get put on Ebay because there isn't enough margin for the seller to make anything off them, even with inflated shipping. Chulip was a Gamestop exclusive and you would be hard pressed to pay more than $10 for a new copy which is how much Gamestop is still selling it for.

[diskoboy]

How's your local BestBuy's bargain bin prove its not rare? lol

About 7 copies.

Actually, you'd be surprised how many Xbox games they have left on the shelf.

[packratshow]

Did everyone just ignore my earlier post????

Yes.

Yes we did.

[esquire]

About 7 copies.

Actually, you'd be surprised how many Xbox games they have left on the shelf.

Are you sure this is not the 360 version? According to 2 other posters and a link they provided, this game is supposedly a EB/GS exclusive for the original XBOX.

[s1lence]

Yes, I would consider it a rare title mainly because it was a gamestop exclusive.

Its not the last Xbox game though, that goes to Halo 2 (The Greatest Hits) release.

[Bojay1997]

Yes, I would consider it a rare title mainly because it was a gamestop exclusive.

Its not the last Xbox game though, that goes to Halo 2 (The Greatest Hits) release.

Since when could a title be considered rare if it is still available on-line and in a large chain of stores brand new at a discount price?

[otoko]

I'm pretty sure that could happen to any game.. Several ways to become rare such as being last in the market and not being high in demand. That will equal a smaller production run and thus the game will be rare"r".

[diskoboy]

Are you sure this is not the 360 version? According to 2 other posters and a link they provided, this game is supposedly a EB/GS exclusive for the original XBOX.

No. It's the Xbox version. The only 360 game they had in the bargain bin was Pirates of the Caribbean.

[Vectorman0]

Taito Legends 2 was also a "Gamestop Exclusive" and you see that everywhere now, so I wouldn't doubt it may have made its way to other stores.

[esquire]

Taito Legends 2 was also a "Gamestop Exclusive" and you see that everywhere now, so I wouldn't doubt it may have made its way to other stores.

Well, that's the thing nowadays. "Exclusive" no longer means "only for". Exclusivity only lasts for a period of time, such as with the GTA series.

[mnbren05]

My local Gamestop has half a dozen copies for sale brand new, the Game Crazy has a few used copies, and I really do not see any reason to call this game rare. Maybe uncommon but certainly not rare.

[xtremegamer]

I would not consider this rare yet, it might be, but not yet. It is still readily available.

[Superman]

I think when some people are searching, they are probably like me - they don't even know how to spell Ratatoule... Ratatule... Ratatulee...

[mnbren05]

Interesting side note, one man asked me to rent for the PS2 "Ratville". Needlessly, I looked for Ratville and ended up giving him Ratatouille. (Most of my co-workers know this man personally and have even adopted "Ratville" as his new nickname)

[TonyTheTiger]

I would not consider this rare yet, it might be, but not yet. It is still readily available.

The thing is, unless some crazy event happens and there's a massive destruction of many many copies, something doesn't just become rare. It just is rare based on the number produced. That being said, this probably isn't going to be anything near rare. Just being a Gamestop exclusive doesn't mean a whole lot when Gamestop is a huge retailer. There are 4 in my mall alone, each under a different brand name; EB Games, Software Etc., Funcoland, Gamestop. Last I checked, there were over 5,000 Gamestop stores. If each one got 10 copies that's 50,000. Gamestop could easily move 50,000 copies by itself and probably more. That's not a very high number, especially compared to something like GTA which sells in the millions, but it's still not particularly rare. Uncommon at best.

[Bojay1997]

The thing is, unless some crazy event happens and there's a massive destruction of many many copies, something doesn't just become rare. It just is rare based on the number produced. That being said, this probably isn't going to be anything near rare. Just being a Gamestop exclusive doesn't mean a whole lot when Gamestop is a huge retailer. There are 4 in my mall alone, each under a different brand name; EB Games, Software Etc., Funcoland, Gamestop. Last I checked, there were over 5,000 Gamestop stores. If each one got 10 copies that's 50,000. Gamestop could easily move 50,000 copies by itself and probably more. That's not a very high number, especially compared to something like GTA which sells in the millions, but it's still not particularly rare. Uncommon at best.

Well, rarity is really a many faceted calculation as you have pointed out. Part of it is the initial print run, combined with factors like sales and desireability by collectors. For example, a game with a limited print run that is neither desired by the public or collectors (Chulip on the PS2 for example) is not "rare", it just had a limited print run. On the other hand, a game that got a much larger print run that was popular and is coveted by collectors in new condition could be considered "rare" simply because there aren't that many available to the people that want them.

[TonyTheTiger]

See, I'm not sure about that. Just because something is in demand and people hold on to their copies doesn't make it rare, just hard or expensive to obtain. That's where the concept of perceived rarity comes into play. People talk about Chrono Trigger as being rare when we know it's no such thing. It's rare as far as they're concerned because they can't walk into a Gamestop and buy a copy. But it's not rare when compared to other games. Likewise, imagine a situation where every copy of the Donkey Kong Country Comp Cart is on the shelf of a single store. I walk into that store and think "Damn, this thing is common as dirt." That's my perception but it's not the reality of the situation. It really comes down to how you define the word "rare."

[Matt-El]

in demand does not equal rare.


Understand that, and you oughta be fine.