Submitted 5 days ago by iamthetot@piefed.ca to games@lemmy.world
https://www.ign.com/articles/150-god-of-war-laufey-collector-box-revealed-no-game-included
God of War Laufey is the next big game to get a collector box without the game itself.
Does two high profile releases make a trend?
If so, I don’t like this trend.
They advertise THE BOX. You got the box. They even put some statue there or something. Why so dissatisfied? :)
Not a new thing with Sony: culturedvultures.com/sony-collectors-editions-wit…
Found this interesting listing during my research: en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_video_game_collector…
Marathon as well: bungiestore.com/products/…/MAC24001-100
Idiots will buy anything
I mean yeah obviously, by now they’ve both the previous gow games 😂
Up until the ps3 era I really enjoyed God Of War, I only bought a ps4 to play the “new” one when it came out and it sucked. I was so pissed I wasted my money on a console to play such a trash game. I’ve not played one since.
How detailed is the statue…
Why? It’s a platform agnostic merch box. If you like the price for the merch, get it, if not, don’t. If anything, it emphasises that there’s no need to preorder the game, even if you want the CE merch.
It’s a single platform game. The idea of a platform “agnostic” merch box is idiotic.
It’s a single platform game so far, and it makes the box viable as an option for people who already got the game and later decide they want the merch, if they don’t sell iut right away.
Even if it had none of those advantages, it also doesn’t make anything worse for the customer.
Even if there’s not a PC version, it works out better to let buyers choose disc or digital for themselves (assuming this game gets a physical release, which I don’t know if it will).
I don’t think splitting the trinkets from the game is so bad, unless this merch box is priced like there’s a game in it. I mean broadly, more modular options are good.
I really really really want to play this game. I won’t though, because fuck Sony.
Depending on how you feel about things, PS5 emulation (wrong word, but gets the idea across) is actually gaining steam now
So give it a little time and play it away from a PS5 console?
That would be awesome
Hasn’t this been a thing for a while now? Some Collectors Editions don’t include the game, because people that buy them usually want to play immediately, but those boxes might only arrive after launch. People would have to buy the game twice, so this way they can get the normal edition first and then “complete” it with the rest of the Collectors stuff.
I think Blizzard has done some stuff, where you get Battle.net credits, when you activate the Collectors Edition code, on an account that already has the digital game. This is a better system imo, but doesn’t make sense for every game. Dunno if this is only for WoW or they still do it though.
zikzak025@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I mean, from Sony’s own mouth, it is. They’re done with discs, it’s the whole big controversy lately. Physical collector editions will be nothing more than a bundle of game tchotchkes that may or may not come with a code to download the game itself.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 5 days ago
This is not just about no physical disc, though. This is about a game’s collector’s edition not even coming with the game itself, physical or digital.
zikzak025@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yep, hence the “may or may not” part of my statement. The practice not entirely new either, since a few publishers have been doing that for a while now as a “platform-agnostic” way to handle collector editions. Just weirder for Sony, since they only have one platform they’re releasing on, but presumably they want it to be interpreted as giving the “choice” (read: opportunity to give us more money) for people to also choose between the standard and digital deluxe edition.
0li0li@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You’re right 100%. To me, it’s the an edition then, it’s a bundle at best.