***Limited Edition*** post
First off let me say that today Metal Gear Solid 4 comes out. MGS4 is a huge system seller for the PS3 and I’m hoping it does gangbusters. Me personally, I haven’t played a Metal Gear game since the Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance port for Xbox. I’ve been told that I missed the best game in the series so far (MGS3: Snake Eater for PS2) but because my PS3 is the 40 gigabyte version I’m without backwards compatibility so I won’t be playing that anytime soon. Needless to say, I’m ready to dive back into some MGS goodness.
Like any diligent gamer I tend to preorder the big games that I want (Grand Theft Auto 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, etc.) well in advance so that I’m guaranteed a copy come the release date. I did the same for MGS4, but for the first time in a long time I denied myself its limited edition. If you don’t know what limited editions are, basically every game these days comes in both the normal boxed form and also a more expensive form that has some additional goodies, be it swag or making-of documentaries, even soundtracks at times. When the limited edition phenomena started the price was usually $10 over whatever was normal, so $70 instead of $60 in most cases. Then, over time, the price has slowly crept up and up until now, where it hovers right around the $90 mark. Sure they’re becoming more and more extravagant for that extra price bump, but still there comes a time when you have to draw the line.
The last limited edition game I purchased was Grand Theft Auto 4. I still remember hearing about what would be contained in the box way back when – a lockbox with duffel bag?? No way! That’s so cool! It’s cool until you get it and you realize you have no use for a lockbox or a duffel bag, and then you have to find a place to put the massive box the game came in. Not only that but you paid almost double for the game just for the extra goods. The extra media is usually pretty nice to have (soundtracks, documentaries and so on) but let’s face it, if you really want it chances are it’ll be up on YouTube the next day for free. That’s when I decided I was going to start kicking it old-school by only dropping $60 on my games from here on in. When I go to pick Metal Gear today I’ll be getting the boring beige edition of Metal Gear Solid 4 but at least I know I’ll be saving some space as well as $25 (enough for a new DS game).
So that’s it really, I didn’t have much to say about it, I’m just wondering if anyone else is starting to get a little tired of all of the limited editions of games these days? Another added bonus is that now all of my games will be able to fit in my DVD stand, I can’t say the same for the massive box that GTA4 came in…
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