Daily Q: Do you buy collector's editions?
Category: Features, Posted: 06/11/2008 at 02:01PM EDT by The Q, GamerNode Staff
On Saturday, GamerNode reported the announcement of the Fallout 3 Survival Edition by Bethesda Softworks and Amazon.com. The bundle will include a bobblehead, an art book, a DVD, and a lunch box, all for the low, low price of $120. Judgind from your comments, I would venture to guess that this particular collection isn't winning any popularity contests. But how about others?
Do you buy special/limited/collector's editions of videogames, or do you just pick up the regular retail copy?
I have been playing videogames for about 20 years now, and I can honestly say that I have never purchased a single special edition game. It just doesn't make sense to me. I'm interested in what goes in the console, and would probably ditch the box and manual if it meant getting a discount price on the game content. (Ok, maybe not. That's a bit extreme.) Besides, I'd probably get to see all that bonus stuff online at some point anyway, if I wanted to or not.
As for lunch boxes and duffel bags... no, thank you.
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Nope... The only time a special version has even seemed worth it, is when there's a bit more in game content... I think one of the Need for Speed games did this...
Yes, yes, and a little bit more yes.
Yeah, sometimes. Depends on the game and on my current amount of cash.
Never been bothered. It's basically the same game with a couple of easter eggs that you can usually find on youtube or if its stuff to read, thats easy to find usually.
I bought a collecters edition of STALKEr but only because they didnt have the cheaper normal one at the time...The case is nice though
nope
id rather have my money than some useless lunchbox
Never. The only special edition I ever even considered buying was Oblivion's. I wanted the septim coin... But in the end, I want the game. I could care less about the crap it may come with.
Hell yeah. Worst one I've purchased in recent memory was the Perfect Dark LE. Oooooofda.
Only when they are the same price as the normal editions. Even then, I hate huge boxes that need their own piece of furniture to hold them, or don't line up with the rest of the titles for that game platform on my shelf.
The BioShock one was nice but I've slowly begun turning away from box set things. All I end up doing is piling all the extra stuff up in my shelves while I play the game.
Yes. Crysis SE fits as well on the rack as 2142 or any of the others so....
Yea it happens, most of the time here in sweden its like it was with C&C3 Tiberium Wars and the Kane Edition, the Kane Edition cost €1 more than the standard version so why not :p
If they are rare? Yes. I usually know if they will be :)