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So I went to preorder GTAIV yesterday and the guy at ebGames asked me if I wanted the special edition.
Supposedly you get a CD of songs from the game, a duffel bag, a metal lock-box, an art book, and a key chain, and the price is $89.99 instead of $59.99 or whatever the regular price of the game is. I'm guessing that lock-boxes and duffel bags have something to do with the game itself, but still.
So...
We're seeing this with games a lot now, it seems. I must admit that I bought the special edition package of Halo 2 that came with a metallic case for the game and a DVD, but it was the only copy of Halo 2 in the store so I didn't have much choice. I can't remember buying a game bundle like that before or after.
The Halo 3 Legendary edition probably takes the cake right now with all the extra crap they jammed into the package to double the price. I don't know if you can consider stuff like that collectible when they make so many of them as to render it worthless.
Since when is the game not enough?
Halo 3 was great, and I'm sure GTA IV will be, too. I could understand a game like Vampire Rain trying to get you to buy it by offering other junk and incentives with the game, because the game sucked, but packaging stuff with good games just seems like gouging.
To make a long story short, I just asked for the regular version of the game.
Is this trend going to continue forever, now? I'm not THAT old (25), am I?
Supposedly you get a CD of songs from the game, a duffel bag, a metal lock-box, an art book, and a key chain, and the price is $89.99 instead of $59.99 or whatever the regular price of the game is. I'm guessing that lock-boxes and duffel bags have something to do with the game itself, but still.
So...
We're seeing this with games a lot now, it seems. I must admit that I bought the special edition package of Halo 2 that came with a metallic case for the game and a DVD, but it was the only copy of Halo 2 in the store so I didn't have much choice. I can't remember buying a game bundle like that before or after.
The Halo 3 Legendary edition probably takes the cake right now with all the extra crap they jammed into the package to double the price. I don't know if you can consider stuff like that collectible when they make so many of them as to render it worthless.
Since when is the game not enough?
Halo 3 was great, and I'm sure GTA IV will be, too. I could understand a game like Vampire Rain trying to get you to buy it by offering other junk and incentives with the game, because the game sucked, but packaging stuff with good games just seems like gouging.
To make a long story short, I just asked for the regular version of the game.
Is this trend going to continue forever, now? I'm not THAT old (25), am I?
