[Maven]

Play does seem to get their fair share of special editions. Game & Game station get a few like GOW trilogy but mostly some standard slipcase they charge extra for. Same for shopto, they get the occasional steelbook. The main surprise is HMV. With the retail music industry in decline due to the internet & downloads they seem to be turning their attention to the games industry. This was firstly shown with Modern Warfare 2 & the Prestige Edition, now Heavy Rain & no doubts a few more in the pipeline for this year.
Although Play are not the greatest when it comes to service, I'm glad to have found Bioshock 2 special edition there as it will save me paying import duties when ordering from Gamestop & over exaggerated eBay prices.
Also it shows that the divide between the distributions of collector’s edition either side of the pond seems to becoming more neutral. When I first started collecting PS3 titles Europe seemed to get shafted whilst America was pampered. Although Europe still doesn't get such good collector edition treatment, it's a hell of a lot better!