With the rising mainstream popularity of video games it shouldn't be hard to imagine that licensed games can be million-sellers, but news like this just doesn't seem to fit. Selling a million copies on 360 alone, and 4 million across all platforms, the Ratatouille game will now be added to the 360's Platinum hits at a cost of $19.99, where it will undoubtedly sell even more. Which is a bit of a bad thing, as the game was not in any way well-recived by reviewers who found it to be average at best. We say if you're going to make a money-grabbing tie-in game at least make it solid, as other wise it's just an excuse for others to attempt the same thing. And likely fail, resulting in shelves of cookie-cutter-crap.
*Sigh* Ratatouille game goes platinum
With the rising mainstream popularity of video games it shouldn't be hard to imagine that licensed games can be million-sellers, but news like this just doesn't seem to fit. Selling a million copies on 360 alone, and 4 million across all platforms, the Ratatouille game will now be added to the 360's Platinum hits at a cost of $19.99, where it will undoubtedly sell even more. Which is a bit of a bad thing, as the game was not in any way well-recived by reviewers who found it to be average at best. We say if you're going to make a money-grabbing tie-in game at least make it solid, as other wise it's just an excuse for others to attempt the same thing. And likely fail, resulting in shelves of cookie-cutter-crap.
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3-11-2008 @ 9:36PM
Zon said...
I liked the game, good to hear that some other people besides the reviewers also liked it.
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3-11-2008 @ 9:36PM
Scott said...
Ratatouille is indeed crap on the 360. For some reason, of the platforms that this game was released on, the 360 version came out busted.
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3-11-2008 @ 9:47PM
Big Filth said...
should gears of war be platinum by now? they still sell that fucker for 60 rocks. thats some BS
Ratatouille FTL
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3-11-2008 @ 9:48PM
nerrrrrrd said...
kids will play crap and parents will pay $20 for it.
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3-11-2008 @ 9:50PM
Macroy said...
I find it much more disturbing that the new Sonic game is Platinum.
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3-11-2008 @ 9:56PM
HurricaneShizz said...
this game rocks... if you haven't tried it, go buy it for $20 bucks. my girl got it for herself and i couldn't help but play it too. its awesome.
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3-11-2008 @ 10:02PM
rockeranimefreak said...
when the frack is gears one going to $20? gears 2 is right around the corner! :X
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3-11-2008 @ 10:18PM
Deck said...
So pathetic. I think there could be other games (Gears like everyone is saying) that deserve Platinum more than Ratatouille. I mean, come on!
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3-11-2008 @ 10:18PM
mike said...
You know platinum releases are not for us, the consumers benefit. They are there to squee out every last penny from a game. If they were for our benefit, all games would become PH as soon as they hit 1 million, like gears of war. See gears of war still sells at a higher price, so why lower it? Ratatouille most likely sold 1 million, and sales slowed dramatically now. So they roll it out for PH and they get to milk a few more dollars off it. Look at halo 2. Took them until after halo 3 came out to make it PH, cause only now the sales have finally slowed down for it. Thus its time to scrape the bottom of the barrel with a platinum hits release.
Dont excpect Gears of war to go PH until at least a month before Gears of war 2 comes out, if not later after its out.
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3-11-2008 @ 10:23PM
AoE said...
... Mike just hit the nail on the head.
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3-11-2008 @ 10:24PM
Tony said...
There's far worse games for kids and I guess families to enjoy. Can't love everything.
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3-11-2008 @ 10:25PM
45nm said...
Meh alot or bad games make it to the Greatest/PLayers/Platinum hits so this wouldn't be much of a surprise..although I wish Microsoft would change their platinum hits design for the 360, IT LOOKS TERRIBLE, like they somehow went a step backwards..Loved the old one for being different (and silver :) , but this looks like some high school student splashed a layer of grey, then pasted an even smaller (then original PH) pic of the game as last minute photoshop project. Why?!
My two cents....
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3-12-2008 @ 7:00AM
Boff said...
I tried the demo.
Twice in fact - just in case my initial impression of it being utter shit was wrong.
My initial impression was confirmed.
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3-12-2008 @ 9:01AM
xx THRILLH0 XX said...
How are the cheevs? Easy 1000 or what?
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3-12-2008 @ 12:33PM
Chance Morgan said...
Boff: I agree. I tried the demo and it was barely even playable.
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3-12-2008 @ 2:16PM
Doug said...
"Average" is a bit of a stretch. "Lame" and "Dull" seem to be better adjectives.
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3-14-2008 @ 1:50AM
99charlie said...
how did this pile of #$^$ sell that many copies? i played the ps2 version, it was awful
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