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Wolfenstein: The New Order "Panzerhund Edition"; $100.00, No game copy.
- Thread starter PartTimeWarrior
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I honestly believe it's the last one. Retailers have enough big ass stupid boxes as is. They are too expensive and take up too much space. Might as well save that space for smaller, cheaper merch that has a better chance at selling.
MrTroubleMaker
Gold Member
neat but, wow, no game
Shmuely Bully
Member
Good lord...why? I can see lawsuits in their future.
Maybe they aim for the market of WW2 paraphernalia collectors and they sure don't want a game.
I'm sure those WWII collectors are chomping at the bit for an authentic cyborg Nazi dog statue.
They covered their butts on this one by mentioning the game wasn't included. It's kind of like when people sell game boxes on Ebay: if you purchase without reading and expect the game it's kind of your own fault.
Shmuely Bully
Member
Oh they'd probably be thrown out, I don't really doubt that, but it's still a ridiculous headache for what from where I'm sitting seems to be no rational reason. Is there really that much demand for something like this?
2 Slice Toaster
Member
Maybe not, which is why they'd be offering it as a separate order and not taking up retail space in the first place?
They wouldn't make a Collector's Edition full of overpriced Chinese-manufactured game junk if there wasn't at least a small market for it. Not including the game as illustrated by a few people in here is silly and the Bethesda community manager's explanation was dodgy at best.
KaiserBecks
Member
Yeah, let's just ignore that this is an actual, numbered, collector's edition. I'd much rather have my ordinary "Day 1 VIP Founders Club Limited Collector's Edition with sweet Digital Content" instead of buying one of these separately whilst looking for a deal on the game itself, because hating is so much more fun.
It's an edition of a product that doesn't include said product.
Messofanego
Banned
KaiserBecks
Member
It's an edition of a product that is likely to end up cheaper overall and doesn't have to be opened in order to play the game. It's win/win for collectors. Of course they could have included a digital copy of the game. But then people would complain about a digital copy in a collector's edition.
test_account
XP-39C²
You have to factor in work hours etc. that it took to create this things as well. It took time and work to create/design these things. I dont know about the value proposition though, that is pretty subjective, but i just wanted to say that there are most costs to this than just the production costs.
Ok, you want to sell it without the game, that's fine.
But 100 dollars for some bonus stuff? Seriously?
Why not make it 50 at the most, nobody would have said a thing.
This isn't, like, a special numbered coin or stamp that might be worth something one day. It's a box of cheap game junk with no game. If it feels important enough to purchase to you, have at it.
Maintenance
Member
Man, this is like rubbing salt on the wound. But I don't want to digress.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Well yeah that part's silly, but this wouldn't really feel as off if it was just the usual $20-40 we might have come to expect as standard to pay for a CE on top of the price of the game, would it? Of course, even then, people paid $150 for that Songbird edition of Bioshock Infinite. It's hard to qualify how ridiculous personal value judgements on luxury items are. It's their money, more power to 'em.
I'm struggling to think who's really the bigger sucker though, someone who wants CE stuff enough to pay $100 on top of the game price and just happens to get the game in a different box, or those of us who've bought $60 games day 1 with half the content stripped out for DLC we'll gladly spend another $60 on.
I guess my point is, it might feel kinda shady, but it just seems just like a new flavor of the same old shady to me.
Zombie James
Banned
Idiotic.
zackmorris
Member
If this is true, this is the worst.
KaiserBecks
Member
It doesn't feel important to me (the little statue is cool though), but the same can be said for almost every other collector's edition. The only chance to make them somewhat valuable is to actually limit the production.
Boombloxer
Member
Why would I buy the gameless version of a collector's edition?
Air Zombie Meat
Member
At first I thought it was ridiculous but it is better than shelling out for a ce and getting the game later than everyone else. It's just a bit of a stretch calling it a collectors edition without a game. It's really just a separately sold collectible with a game box included.
Exactly. The point here is that normally these boxes of cheap junk at least come with the game they represent. As the game is what it is based on and why people buy collector's editions to begin with. But here they expect you to buy it separately and spend $160.00 in order to have both? What are they smoking?
This is what I'd expect the press kit for Wolfenstein to look like. Neat, but to not include the game itself is ludicrous. I've loved past Wolf games, but I don't think it's an IP with enough pull today (compared to something like FF, maybe) that will sell standalone collectible merchandise for $100.
Still, some collector's editions of games (game and merchandise together) have shot well over $100, so maybe this is "choice." It is kind of cool that it can be sold in any region... providing none of the materials or packaging require localized languages other than English.
Still, some collector's editions of games (game and merchandise together) have shot well over $100, so maybe this is "choice." It is kind of cool that it can be sold in any region... providing none of the materials or packaging require localized languages other than English.
shadowstar
Member
No Game
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Final Destination
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Triggerhappytel
Member
Surely they shouldn't be allowed to call this "Wolfenstein: The New Order - Panzerhund Edition" if it doesn't actually include a copy of W:TNO?! I mean, just call it Wolfenstein merchandising collection or something?
You should know better than to say such a thing! This is NeoGAF, someone would have had something negative to say.
Most to all the stuff in the Collector's Edition is probably made in China so it's a pretty ridiculous markup when you consider the game is not even included. With regards to that statue, it's probably polystone which is flimsy and cheap-feeling to me.
Edit: According to the site, the statue is a PVC/Vinyl/ABS mix. Mea culpa!
outunderthestars
Banned
Why would youspend $60 for a shooter with no multiplayer?
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
And so the evolution of 'Collectors Editions' into actual garbage is complete.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
I would have payed $60 for Vanquish.
outunderthestars
Banned
NullPointer
Member
So many reasons.
Oh for certain we'd still say "hey, where the fuck is the game?", but as it stands now we're saying "hey, where the fuck is the game?" *and* "holy shit that's expensive". And by we, I mean me.
Which says absolutely nothing about the game's quality.
Well it's a collector edition. Limited edition would be like having the documents and pins.
Collector edition usually go for 100-200$ if they include a statue. Titanfall Collector Edition box is big like 1 meter high and is 250$. With the game.
Where were you at release?
The game is not made by Starbreeze. It's made by MachineGames, which was founded by Starbreeze founder Magnus Högdahl and he brought some people with him from Starbreeze. However, MachineGames was acquired by Bethesda (or really by the parent company ZeniMax) in 2010 and Högdahl left the company just before the acquisition.
Spring-Loaded
Member
What does that have to do with buying a gameless collector's edition for a game? You could say that someone might be a fan of Wolfenstein mythos, but not this particular game if you wan to answer that question.
Hmm, looks like getting both the Panzerhund edition and the CE Art Book sent to the UK will run me £133... screw it, I'm getting them.
A heads up for the UK folk, Game.co.uk has the Occupied Edition of Wolfenstein for £54.99. Has a 20 page occupied london guide, 3 postcards and a travel card holder. As crazy as it sounds, I'm getting that edition aswell as the Panzerhund and CE art book.
A heads up for the UK folk, Game.co.uk has the Occupied Edition of Wolfenstein for £54.99. Has a 20 page occupied london guide, 3 postcards and a travel card holder. As crazy as it sounds, I'm getting that edition aswell as the Panzerhund and CE art book.
ChoklitReign
Member
That is the worst collector's edition I've ever seen. Those are just goodies you get for donating to NPR.
Well, the system works... ^^