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Originally Posted by Treehouse_Ryan
That's sort of just a standard value proposition, though, isn't it? If you like the oversized box of stuff, you have to pay to have it shipped (and if you don't like the box of stuff, then you're off the hook). Whether there's a game or not, physical goods cost money to move around the world.
I get that it's more ideal if the game is in the box, but that raises a number of problems for us and costs you more and gives you fewer options. I think options trump the weirdness of the idea, but the more I read about this today the more I feel like maybe I'm wrong.
My strong feeling is that the people buying these editions are the biggest fans of the games (and some OCD collector-types). Those people want to play their games _immediately_ and probably pre-ordered it as soon as it was announced. I don't want anyone to not get their game on day one or have to pay crazy shipping fees to have a giant box sent overnight or hassle with canceling other pre-orders. That doesn't do anyone any good (except UPS I guess). After release date, we can bundle these together and just ship them in the same box for the same rate, but messing with a die-hard's ability to play a new game is not something I want to be a part of....
This cuts out a number of logistical nightmares for us, but also satisfies a really wide number of situations for you guys:
* Really looking forward to playing this game at midnight? Grab it locally, and maybe trade in some stuff to get it for less money.
* Like stuff but don't want to play the game? You're covered.
* Want to play the game, but prefer to have it digital? You don't have to buy a disc you don't care about.
* Want to play the game but have a backlog? Wait till it drops in price, or wait for a GotY if there is one, but don't let that stop you from having the CE if you like it.
* Really want both but don't live in the US? Get your region-appropriate game locally and only pay international shipping on the part you couldn't otherwise get.
* Like the game but don't like this stuff? Cool, just get the regular copy....
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I really really like that progressive way of thinking, I hope you guys do the same for the mass effect 4 CE, it makes the edition less expensive.
I don't see anyone complaining about steelbooks coming without the game, on the contrary the same guy calling this a piece of merch is the same one complaining when he/she has to buy the game 4 or 6 times to get all the steelbook variants for X game. IMHO
Keep up the good work ryan.
