Poll: Collector's Edition: Your Thoughts

[Jaebird]

With more and more games having "Collector's Editions" with physical merchandise, do these publishers really believe consumers will shell out their hard earn (and someone else's) money for impractical junk?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as the night-vision goggles, and Batman: Arkham Asylum will come with a 14-inch Batarang (among other things); and now it's be revealed that Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will have an Army helmet and dog-tag to go with it. And let's not forget Fallout 3's lunchbox and bobble-head, and Halo 3's severed, shrunken head of Master Chief [insert dry laughter].

What I want to know is how far will this go? Will we see a life-sized, posable statue of Samus for Metroid Zero Prime Fusion 6: The Search for Metroids?

But I guess one could look at this as a testament of fandom; a reward for dedication toward your favorite franchise, while damning the economic status.

I for one will be getting the Collector's Edition for Batman, because I am that much of a Bat-fan to do that. That's just me.

 

[Hazy]

Throw in a "Making of" or something extra that's worth buying, and I'll consider it. Otherwise: No dice.

 

[Cama Zots]

I usually buy them, but I regret it after wards. Except for Halo Legendary, I do not regret that purchase

 

[Lyri]

I do want the night-vision goggles promised with MW2, however normally collectors editions just aren't my cup of tea.
I have no use or want for the extra stuff, I really don't want a figurine or a lunchbox.

 

[TxMxRonin]

The last Collector's Edition I bought was for Resistance 2 cause it had a behind the scenes dvd, a chimera figure, a multiplayer weapon skin, and a preview of the Resistance comic book. And that was $70. Stuff like that will make me buy it, but "full functioning NVGs" wont. I like to see how the game is made and stuff like that. Or throw in the soundtrack, BlazBlue did that. Do you know how much it costs to get a Guilty Gear soundtrack on the internet?

Or even better, put a behind the scenes disc with every game like they did with God of War II just cause they can.

 

[cthulhu257]

I want the Infinity Ward night-vision goggles, but if they're only $150, I doubt they'll be very high quality.

 

[muffincakes]

In an effort to save you all the trouble, Infinity Ward's NV Goggles are LED goggles. Basically, it shines out a LED light which can be picked up in infrared. That is why they are so cheap. Real NV goggles do not shine out any light of their own. Unless you just want the snazzy IW logo, or would love to have Soap's creepy head watching you all of the time, don't waste your money on the CE.

Also, unless a CE has something useful or entertaining, ie. behind-the-scenes footage, the soundtrack, extra content, etc... I try not to waste my money on it.

 

[soren7550]

Me and my younger brother are pooling our money together to get the Prestiege Ed. of MW2, and my older brother is getting it as well. (both parties were sold on the idea of getting NVGs.)

A collector's ed. has to have something that I actually want. Mass Effect 2 will most probably be the exception, seeing as I'm a huge fan of the first so I'll probably try to get the C.E. regardless of what it comes with.

 

[Kpt._Rob]

I buy collector's editions when I like the stuff that comes with em. I'm getting the collector's for Arkham Asylum, and I quite liked the Big Daddy that came with my copy of Bioshock (although it fell off the shelf a couple months ago and the drill fell off. Poor handicapped Big Daddy). And soundtracks tend to appeal to me too. But I never go out of my way for a tin case, or art book, or making of DVD, because none of those ever really seem worth shelling out the extra money for.

 

[Jaebird]

For me and my decision to get CE for Batman, the Batarang aside, I would like to have the DVD with interviews of the voice actors and the journal. And if the journal is an art book in disguise, then it's still just as good, in my opinion. As someone who likes to draw, art books are always fun to look through.