[Gunmaster51]

Steelbooks are no longer the niche item they once were. The market is often flooded with multiple steelbooks for the same game in different regions (see The Division for a recent example). Before, only a handful of retailers gave out steelbooks as pre-order gifts or as part of special packages (I remember the good old days of FutureShop in Canada before they closed down lol). Now, almost every major retailer (such as Amazon, Bestbuy, etc.) sells steelbook editions of games. Most official special editions of games also have steelbooks.

I still love collecting steelbooks and have a shelf devoted to them, but in terms of rarity, the new steelbooks are just too main-stream and mass-produced to be considered Collector Items anymore imo. I used to pay upwards of $75 for single steelbooks back in the day. Now, I wouldn't pay more than $30 for most of the new ones.