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like i said those are just MY OPINIONS, we all have different games in our area's where we live.
But the whole point of asking about rarity is to solicit additional and expert opinions, thus determining which games are genuinely rare and which aren't. Isn't it? I mean, just because I can't find Pitfall! in any local thrifts doesn't mean it's rare, or that I should pay $60 for it if I do.

And hezeuschrist (may I call you "heezy to the neezy"?) is right: there isn't a single truly rare PS2 title, and probably never will be one -- certainly not by Golden Age standards, anyway.

-- Z.
I beg to differ. Being CD and DVD based games , they will get scratched up where they won't play or otherwise ruined and will be hard to find. As opposed to carts and hu-cards that will probally withstand much more abuse.
I cannot foresee a day when even the least common PS2 title fetches half as much as, for example, any of two dozen truly rare VCS cartridges. Even the "smallest" print runs of a modern game is multiple thousands of copies. (The smallest run I've heard of in years was Cubivore for the GameCube, at 5,000 copies.)

And are you implying that almost every copy of almost every PS2 title in current release will be "scratched up" to the point where it doesn't play, thus making the precious few untouched copies that much more valuable? That seems incredibly unlikely.

How much are the rarest/most expensive CD games going for, anyway? A couple hundred bucks? Or are there any CD games that rival cart games for rarity/pricing? If I'm talking out of my butt here, please correct me with the quickness.

-- Z.
Boy this sure is a lot of quotes in quotes.
But anyway , It 's kind of hard to forsee the future but what I was pointing out is that the games get scratched and people throw them away. I myself have thrown away at least 60 or so ps1 ps2 dreamcast games. I just don't see them lasting as long as carts. And also who would have thought snes or nes carts would be getting rare ? Most of those had print runs near 100,000 or more.