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Three Retail Versions of Halo 3
Gamasutra reports on the three versions of Halo 3 you can now preorder from Gamestop and EB. Aside from the 'normal' edition ($5), you can also spring for the collector's edition ($10) with videos and such. For a down-payment of $25, you can pre-order the 'Legendary' edition. From the article: "The Legendary Edition will come on four discs and will include all the content of the Collector's Edition plus unspecified extras and a Master Chief helmet replica. The release date for all three versions of the game is listed as November 1st, 2007 - although no official announcement on a date has been made by Microsoft and the date is likely a placeholder by the stores."
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The summary is a bit confusing; 5 dollars for Halo 3 !!!!oneleven!!
From the article:
The basic edition of the game is priced at $59.99 with pre-orders requiring a $5 deposit.
Ok, I don't really want to go into a rant about the ridiculousness of 3 versions of a single game.
However, I really don't think that Microsoft would be making a good move if they waited an entire year after PS3 and Wii's launches to release this next installment. If they can get Bungie to produce an A-Class game by the time Square releases XIII, it would be the ideal time to release.
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry.'" -Gary Larson
Howzabout shutting the fuck up. The world is already brutal enough without assholes like you disparaging how people choose to enjoy themselves on their off-time.
Mod down people who tell people how to mod in their sigs
A Master Chief helmet... its what I've always wanted!
An inflatable Halo sex doll? Must be from an unannounced XXX edition.
Perhaps you haven't yet realized this is /. you're posting on.
In recent years, many companies have started distributing "Collector's Edition" versions of their games. These versions are generally $10-30 more than their regular version counterpart. Is a pewter figurine and a cheaply printed map really worth the extra cash? Are the sales figures for these price-inflated special editions really that good? I admit that I have little insight into the economics of the game industry, yet I can't help but wonder about their pricing. If the movie industry can spend 100 million on a film, yet still profit by selling DVD's at $14.99-19.99, how do game companies justify their pricing? I know that's not a terribly good analogy when you consider theater money, but my point stands. Apparently $49.99 wasn't enough, so now we're migrating towards $59.99. Are $60 games with $80-$100 special editions going to be more common in the coming years? Will consumers become fed up with the current price model anytime soon? Will we see another "video game crash" at some point? Only time will tell, I suppose.
Some of us like to do both - though not usually at the same time. I did play super tetris while receiving oral sex once, though. I got my highest score of all time, no pun intended, although I do not remember what it was - didn't seem that important. Still, most women you could find that would let you engage in both activities at once have no self-esteem and while they can be fun for a weekend there's nothing to build a relationship on there.
I do know one loser (by my standards, though possibly not by yours after reading this) who regularly irc'd and had sex at the same time, but the woman who obliged him was seriously damaged goods. It's sad that women like that usually end up with assholes who abuse them, but I'm long since past being done with them, since they tend to decide to "upgrade" once you've repaired their self-esteem to some kind of average human baseline. This is, as far as I can tell, what happened to my last relationship. This time I have a woman who believes in herself and the difference is palpable.
Regardless; when my woman is away on a trip, I have lots of time to let final fantasy tactics kick my ass. When she comes back, I put down the controller and pick up the whipped cream...
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Its the hot coffee version. XXX is so 90s.
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
I think I'd prefer a Master Chef helmet. I'm hungry.
Why do they keep stratifying their products? Different versions of the 360, different versions of live accounts, like 6 different versions of Vista and now 3 different Halos. I find the whole thing very annoying.
You are so boring that when I see you my feet go to sleep.
Does anyone know of links that show the replica helmet, especially its actual dimensions? I looked at Gamestop.com and they have yet to provide any images or dimensions for the helmet. Although either would be a nice addition to a Halo fanatic's collection; there's a big difference between a wearable replica and an e.g. 2/3 scale. ;)
-- I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist. It's not my fault that life sucks so much. --
Just wondering ...
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Yes, I'm sure this seems a bit silly. However, Halo 2 sold many millions of copies. I'm sure that die-hard fans would shell out more money for a "legendary" edition, and I'm sure they've been asking for more. The way I see it, Bungie is just responding to what people want.
And here I was thinking Microsoft had finally figured it out: I have bought CDs and games I didn't even care about just because it was only a few bucks. Brand new things priced at $50 on the shelf I'll download and pick up later at less than half the price, because who doesn't like rummaging the $10-$20 bins for games a few months old? Nearly every game or CD I own was purchased cheap or used.
If they sold downloads of the game for $5, I would buy it despite the fact that I don't even like Halo just to check it out for a measly few dollars.
Domestic tabby or Siberian tiger?
Sometimes my arms bend back.
the standard (aka "only") version of the game came with stuff like this. Remember the cloth maps that came with Ultima?
economics of game production isn't really working out. Games are more expensive to make but sell for the same price and to an audience that isn't expanding very quickly and is splintered between lots of different platforms. So, games have been getting shorter and trying to increase the price via the back door (different pricing for the more-money-than-sense crowd), as there's lots of consumer resistance to jacking up the base price.
that the "Legendary Edition" also includes a lifetime supply of celibacy.
Mmm...taste that sweet, sweet milk gained by milking the cash-cow to its last drop.
-Nano.
I'm highly amused by the fact that you seem to think FFXIII will actually be out by November of next year.
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I'm afraid the PC is still the only platform that has the FPS genre "down."
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden
They are not too expensive.
Might even get some hand-to-hand utilities on the cheap as well.
Maybe they'll offer a streaming Halo 3 Live! Basic for people who just want to deathmatch and don't care about the "story" or "plot".
- chrish
When she comes back, I put down the controller and pick up the whipped cream...
Ugh, whipped cream? I mean I enjoyed your post and all, you seem like you have a good attitude towards women and sex, but seriously, whipped cream is the kinkiest thing you can think of? For crying out loud thats like soccer-mom sex 101. And do you sometimes do it <gasp> doggie-style?
Come'on man get some whips and clamps, lay out the plastic sheets (or lay under a glass table, your preference) and really let the proverbial shit fly.
Your, uh, your wife, does she go, eh, does she go, eh?
She's been around a bit, been around?
know whatahmean, wink wink, nudge nudge?
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!
Collector's Edition
In the past I have engaged in such activities but my love for my lady is no less because she is not into such activities - but she isn't.
And no, I don't use whipped cream. Sugar is bad. It's just a cliche that tells the story. Personally it always makes me think of the Digital Underground song Freaks of the Industry - Get back to my mission, break out the whipped cream and the cherries / then I go through all the fly position / my head under her leg under my arm under her toe / she says I love it when you scream, baby let yourself go (etc)
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
What's disturbing about capitalism? Let's see here ...
...
1) Companies make regular edition of game
2) Company realizes they can throw in a few extra items ("making of" videos, figurines, posters, etc.), and bump the price a bit higher
3) Hordes of gamers buy the collector's version
4)
5) PROFIT!
If #3 didn't happen, then I can guarantee you that the company will think much less about doing #2. The fact is, there are a lot of gamers (myself included) which DO like the extra items and polish of the collector's and limited editions. I just recently purchased the collector's edition of Final Fantasy XII, and was satisfied with what I got: a bonus video disc, and an uber-cool tin container for the discs. If I didn't like what was offered, then I would have just ordered the regular version. Simple enough.
As long as said companies don't cut out the first option, buying the game without all the specials, then what's wrong with collector's editions?
-- jchenx