Key insights
- Piglet's Big Game for PS2 is selling for over $300 on eBay due to its spooky gameplay and connection to Silent Hill.
- Social media users rediscovered the game and compared its sound design to the Silent Hill composer, driving demand.
- The game's limited availability and positive review scores contribute to its newfound popularity and high online prices.
A surprisingly scary one PlayStation 2 Game about Piglet, one of the main characters of Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood has skyrocketed in price on eBay. After being largely forgotten, it seems Piglet's big game has a surprising level of creepiness for a PS2 children's game that continues to attract gamers after all these years.
Piglet's big game is a movie game that came out back in 2003 for PlayStation 2, GameCube, GBA and PC, although with some major differences between the various platforms. As is often the case with piglet-related conspiracies, the little creature must try to combat his own fears while trying to help his friends. In the case of this game, it's about diving into friends' dreams to free them from their problems.
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Now, the scary part Phew The game has been largely forgotten and copies are sold out on eBay. In October, copies of the game were rarely sold and were often included as part of a purchase of multiple games. Normally the price never reached $20, but at the time of writing the game's price has risen to as high as $300, with numerous copies selling for hundreds of dollars and the remaining copies selling for up to a thousand US dollars -Demand dollars.
Why is a Piglet PlayStation 2 game suddenly so valuable?
Recordings from Piglet's big game began going viral in early November after social media users shared brief glimpses of the game's gameplay and soundtrack. While the entire game is apparently not scary, Piglet's journey through Owl's dream takes place in a spooky library similar to the Spencer Mansion or another resident Evil Locale. The frightening gameplay benefits from impressive sound design, but the biggest rise in its popularity is probably due to an unusual connection silent Hill.
Social media users have pointed out that one of the Piglet big gameThe titles of “s” seem to sound very familiar to fans of silent Hill Franchise. One track in particular, Foreboding 1, sounds like it uses a sample silent Hill Series composer Akira Yamaoka also used while working on the series. OSTs. Combined with the game's surprisingly positive review scores upon release, this has led to many fans of scary games wanting to try out the game, dubbed Baby's First Survival Horror.
Although the hype probably won't last forever, copies of the game are still expensive on eBay at the moment, regardless of whether gamers are looking at the PS2 or GameCube versions. As a game that has been largely forgotten, copies of the title appear to be quite limited. It remains to be seen whether the price will continue to rise from here or whether it will start to calm down again.
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 was Sony's direct “sequel” to the original PlayStation and is considered one of the best-selling and most popular consoles of all time. With a catalog of fantastic games, it held strong against the GameCube and Xbox in the sixth generation of the console wars.
- brand
- Sony
- Original release date
- October 26, 2000
- Original MSRP (USD)
- $299, £299
- Weight
- 4.85 pounds
