Can't help but think this is a great idea. Most collectors' editions I've wanted to actually buy I've wanted after already playing the game, at which point buying the game again is redundant. The price is very steep for sure, but I wouldn't mind the collector package being separate from the actual game.
Wolfenstein: The New Order Panzerhund Edition Costs $100, Doesn't Include Game
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It all seems like so much fluff after remembering this thing.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/126707-Saints-Row-IV-Unveils-1-Million-Special-Preorder-Edition
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/126707-Saints-Row-IV-Unveils-1-Million-Special-Preorder-Edition
Collectors edition of what? Without the game, it isn't an edition of the game, it's just associated paraphernalia. You literally need to include a game in it for a collector's edition of the game. If they don't advertise that as a collector's edition of a footlocker, there are going to be some pissed people with a legitimate beef when they find no game.
Did anyone actually buy that? I'm genuinely curious. The difference is, I'm pretty sure someone at Bethesda actually thought someone would be willing to pay for a $100 box of feelies, while the $1 million Saint's Row preorder was probably just a marketing gimmick.-Dragmire- said:
Exactly.SecondPrize said:
You don't see a Pikachu stuffed cuddly toy advertised as a "special collector's edition" of a Pokemon game, or one of those vinyl big-headed figurines of Final Fantasy characters as a "Collector's edition" of Final Fantasy whichever-number-the-character-is-from..
That's exactly why I stopped buying physical collectors editions, especially after I moved out from home and had to start lugging my posessions around every time a lease didn't get renewed. Out of all the random junk you get with those eiditions, I think the only thing I ended up using to a proper extent was the shirt I got with Half Life 2. Everything else is sitting in a giant plastic container in storage somewhere.Gorrath said:
I don't buy Bethesda's excuse here, it seems like a silly resolution to a non-existent problem. If you're worried about customers having to wait, just email them a download key on release date. There, problem solved! Maybe I should work in Bethesda's marketing department.
Unless of course, it was just a thinly veiled excuse to charge people extra money. But come on, what are the chances of THAT?
Sooooooooo... it's just a box of promo crap?
That's like... when you're a kid and you buy a bunch of happy meal toys, I mean they're nice and all but they're not what you're supposed to be here for...
I really hope this thing doesn't sell very well, it could set a very dangerous precedent for others to try the same crap, I don't want to see this kind of business model becoming the norm anytime soon.
That's like... when you're a kid and you buy a bunch of happy meal toys, I mean they're nice and all but they're not what you're supposed to be here for...
I really hope this thing doesn't sell very well, it could set a very dangerous precedent for others to try the same crap, I don't want to see this kind of business model becoming the norm anytime soon.
There's no ripping off here as far as I can tell. No in-game content in the special edition, which I am a big fan of, and why not allow players to buy the extras separately? It's their prerogative and the more buying freedom they have the better. I wouldn't pay anywhere near that for it, so I wouldn't buy it, but if some would then they can do as they like. The reason I hate the plague of special editions, collector's editions, preorder editions, whatever other shit they come up with, is making the player feel like they don't have the full game, and that can come from as little as alternate skins or an exclusive weapon. Whenever the editions offer only material goods and fan items, or earlier access to content that can be earnt in-game anyway, aside from being annoying I have no objection to them.
In this case the ball is squarely in the consumer's court and if they think it's a good value proposition, whatever.
In this case the ball is squarely in the consumer's court and if they think it's a good value proposition, whatever.
Exactly. I think people complaining about the price or the fact that it's largely pointless tat are rather missing the point. Lots of people already spend that much money buying t-shirts, posters, badges, miniatures, and so on, so there's really nothing at all new or interesting about it from that point of view. The only issue that's at all relevant is that they're advertising it as a special edition of the game, rather than simply as a bunch of branded tat. And whether that is actually an issue depends entirely on how clear they make it that the game isn't there. If it pops up on Amazon mingled in with version of the actual game and would be easy for someone to accidentally buy without noticing it's not the game, that's a problem. But if you have to go out of your way to buy it deliberately (it's not currently on Amazon at all, but versions of the game for every platform are), then I don't really see an issue at all.SecondPrize said:
On a vaguely related note, I can't help once again being amused at how much console gamers get screwed over. Price for Xbone/PS4 version - £50. Price for Xbox360/PS3 version - £38. Price for PC version with significantly better graphics and controls - £27. Half the price for a better version. Madness.