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Rule of Rose, one of the rarest PS2 games, is plummeting in value following the discovery of hundreds of sealed copies. As the second-rarest PS2 game in existence, complete copies of the forgotten horror game sell for close to $600, but prices are now dropping.
Rule of Rose gets cheaper
Second only to From Software’s Kuon, Rule of Rose was released in late 2006 for the PlayStation 2. The game was criticised for its portrayal of children fighting through a survival horror setting with backlash causing the game’s UK release to be cancelled.
Before release, politicians claimed the game featured erotic scenes of virtual children and sadomasochistic scenes. These claims were false, but the game was still banned in multiple regions.
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Over the years, the PS2 horror game has become an unholy grail for collectors with many paying almost $600 for the game. However, copies are now selling for just half that after Italian eBay sellers allegedly found a lost shipment of the game still sealed.
Additionally, all of the game’s newly discovered copies are the rare UK version of the game. Published by Italian games publisher 505 Games, the UK PS2 copies may have been produced in Italy before being shipped to England.
Copies of Rule of Rose on eBay have now been sold for £231.94/$303.58, half the value of a complete physical version. This has caused collectors to worry about prior investment in their copies as their value has now been slashed.
More common than you think
While still uncommon, sealed copies of old games, trading cards and other items are discovered all the time. However, sometimes these discoveries are fake, usually in the sealed Pokemon cards market. Nevertheless, these types of discoveries do happen, and they can have huge ramifications on collector’s prices.
For more game collecting news, find out why physical versions of Astro Bot are so awesome. If not, read about why musicians are upset at Rockstar over GTA 6.
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