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Originally Posted by Twisted
I thought day one edition meant that they would STRICTLY make only enough copies for those who preordered it..so there would NEVER be a "day one edition" made available for sale after day of release...I thought it was some ultra exclusive thing..because there are some youtubers who are gamers who "freak out" when they find a "day one edition" out in the wild when they didn't pre order it.
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Well that is the general understanding, but not what seems to happen these days. Where it once did use to mean that, it seems to be a phrase that publishers like to slap on first prints to denote them as such. I would much prefer if they would just label them as such, rather than caling them "Day One Editions"
Namco-Bandai are actually one of the worst offenders, where many of their major franchises and licenced titles will have a "Day One Edition" which comes nicely packaged, but where the actual standard Amaray release that follows a year or so down the line ends up being the rarer and more coveted release. That's if the first print "Day One" editions even sell well enough to warrant a second print, which a lot of the time Namco-Bandai games don't get, which a vast majority of them don't - hence why it is so difficult to track down most older Namco-Bandai titles
Take Call Of Duty as a prime example. Advanced Warfare was released with a "Day Zero" edition, where those who pre-ordered got their game a day earlier than everyone else, and were rewarded with double-XP and a few unique in-game items. This edition was intended to give those who pre-ordered a slight head start over those who went to midnight launch events the day after, and these "Day Zero" editions were only intended to be sold before the regular version was released. However, most retailers were stuck with a mountain of unsold "Day Zero" editions, so sold them through on the day of official launch and the day after, thus undermining the whole point of the editions
I received my Advanced Warfare XboxOne console (which came with the "Day Zero" edition) two days late, by which time the double-XP period had expired and I was no better off than those who bought the regular release of the game. Looking at eBay, there are sellers still trying to flog the "Day Zero" edition as if it's something special for collectors, but essentially the only difference worth anything to collectors now is the alternative cover artwork