Zavvi to start selling previously released game steelbooks

[SwiftDeath]

So I have it on pretty good authority that what Zavvi is doing with Dark Souls is not a one time event but something Zavvi intends to release every once in a while.

Not sure on the frequency of releases but basically Zavvi will be releasing new steelbooks for previously released games.

Exact details haven't been revealed but I imagine they will focus some of their effort on older games that didn't have a steelbook release. My opinion of course

So what are your thoughts about this?

Do you like the idea of even more VG steels?

I do but I'm rather mad when it comes to VG steels

[rapister]

well this is good news if they make them nice!

[vhal_x]

I have heard this too, I kinda hope it's true, although I certainly hope that they make the releases limited to one per month at most, as their current "minimum 4 per month" movie steelbook releases are almost crippling me >.< xx

[SwiftDeath]

Yes Zavvi certainly seems to be releasing the most steelbooks from what I can tell

Really touting themselves as the home of steelbooks too lol

I hope they keep it to 1 a month as well but we'll see

VG steels have become so much more common now

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

Yes Zavvi certainly seems to be releasing the most steelbooks from what I can tell

Really touting themselves as the home of steelbooks too lol

I hope they keep it to 1 a month as well but we'll see

VG steels have become so much more common now

Now if they'd just be more common over here in the states!

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Now if they'd just be more common over here in the states!

Hmm steelbooks are picking up in the states but not very much

There has been consistent blu ray steel releases in the US for awhile I think but VG steelbook releases are less common for sure

Germany and Canada have the biggest interest in steels probably due to having steelbook factories in those countires for the longest amount of time

I think germany had the first steelbook factory

I would love if the US starting getting more steelbooks like the ni no kuni steel

[Cosmic_Link]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Now if they'd just be more common over here in the states!

Zavvi ship to the states. You guys get different steelbooks from Zavvi compared to what we get though. International customers get the much more common "concave style" steelbooks.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by Cosmic_Link

Zavvi ship to the states. You guys get different steelbooks from Zavvi compared to what we get though. International customers get the much more common "concave style" steelbooks.

Grrrrr

*Off to order more copies of the dark souls steel

I think 20 or so should net me a single mint copy right?

They better not screw it up

[kennyrh]

I think it's a crap idea. Just look what has hapened to Bluray movie steelbooks. Once upon a time they were only released for current films and became quite collectable - now every movie and his dog has a steelbook and it's just unsustainable for the average collector with a budget.

If this is just gonna be the odd release then fine but if they're gonna just flood the market then people who already have the game who just happen to like steelbooks are gonna be royally pissed off and die-hard steelbook collectors are just going to see it as a devaluation of the hobby.

It looks like just another attempt to squeeze the last drop out of current gen before the new machines arrive and i can live without it ta very much.

[Madigan]

This is why I stopped collecting steelbooks in general, I only buy the ones for my favorite franchises, but I'm glad steelbooks are more common in VG.

I think the dark souls steel will be rare in the future, they pulled it out of nowhere, the hype for that game is dead and nobody cares about it.