*Sigh* Ratatouille game goes platinum

Sigh Ratatouille game goes platinum

by Terrence Stasse { Mar 11th 2008 at 9:30PM }

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.

Tags: heavy-iron-studios, ratatouille, thq

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zon @ Mar 11th 2008 9:36PM

I liked the game, good to hear that some other people besides the reviewers also liked it.

Scott @ Mar 11th 2008 9:36PM

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.

Big Filth @ Mar 11th 2008 9:47PM

should gears of war be platinum by now? they still sell that fucker for 60 rocks. thats some BS

Ratatouille FTL

nerrrrrrd @ Mar 11th 2008 9:48PM

kids will play crap and parents will pay $20 for it.

Macroy @ Mar 11th 2008 9:50PM

I find it much more disturbing that the new Sonic game is Platinum.

HurricaneShizz @ Mar 11th 2008 9:56PM

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.

rockeranimefreak @ Mar 11th 2008 10:02PM

when the frack is gears one going to $20? gears 2 is right around the corner! :X

Deck @ Mar 11th 2008 10:18PM

So pathetic. I think there could be other games (Gears like everyone is saying) that deserve Platinum more than Ratatouille. I mean, come on!

mike @ Mar 11th 2008 10:18PM

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.

AoE @ Mar 11th 2008 10:23PM

... Mike just hit the nail on the head.

Tony @ Mar 11th 2008 10:24PM

There's far worse games for kids and I guess families to enjoy. Can't love everything.

45nm @ Mar 11th 2008 10:25PM

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....