Mortal Kombat

[twistedsymphony]

obviously any CE purchase is a gamble if you're looking for something that will appreciate.

If this new MK game sells like gang-busters and suddenly everyone and their brother are playing fighting games again then I'm sure the TE and KE will appreciate in value. Honestly though I don't see that happening.

limiting the TE to 20K units will do a lot for it's value, but at the same time you can still pre-order it so clearly the demand isn't there... at least not yet.

For comparison

the Scarborough Fair Gun replica in Austrailia was limited to 5000 units across all platforms
the Survival Edition of Fallout 3 was limited to 10000 units across all platforms
and the Slimer Edition of Ghostbusters was limited to 6500 units across all platforms.

The Gun Replica was technically $0 to start (as it was a pre-order bonus) and now fetches $150
the Survival edition was $120 to start and is now about $200
and the slimer edition was about $120 to start and now about $100

20K is an interesting area where, it's certainly limited (most CEs are made in the hundreds of thousands) but it's not clear if it will be limited ENOUGH to really hold it's value.

[Mike1888]

Found this! Says Future Shop Exclusive and appears to be just a steelbook, and comes with the reptile skin.

http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/produ...88e56bde79en02

Also, the TE appears to be only $130 on Futureshop.ca, so I cancelled my $175 (Including $25 shipping) from Gamestop.com

[gurpswoo1]

Nice find Mike, I will add it to the database soon.

Thanks

Edit: Release added to database link here

[evilvort3x]

i had seen this a few days back but thought it was posted here. My bad.

[Knoell]

A steel book now too? What the hell, I can see why you wouldn't include the Kollectors edition in the Tournament Edition, but now I am going to miss out on the steel book if I don't buy both the kollectors and the steel book editions. Ugh they are killing me.

[gurpswoo1]

Agree, it a strange predicament the publisher has put us in. Over saturating the market with 3-4 different edition is only going to make demand less.

I agree with Gemini, 20K is the max they should manufacture, even then fighting games don't tend to hold their value. The exception being the Marvel vs Capcom series or very limited Collector's edition such as the Street fighter 2 Turbo limited Edition on Snes.

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony

The Kollector's Edition will likely be worthless in a few months. Just look at the Xbox 1/PS2 Mortal Kombat KEs... they can still be bought new in some places for around $20. Similarly the MK vs DC CE and SFIV CEs are all significantly devalued.

Thanks for the info As the kollector's edition is the only one I'm passing on, its nice to know it will be cheap soon after. The PS2 Armageddon steelbooks fetch usually at least over $80, and the MK vs. DC KE (PS3) seems to be at $150 - $200 on ebay and amazon, which is pretty good imo.

[Knoell]

Good point gurpswoo1. Looks like I will cancel my order for the Kollectors edition and pick it up later when its cheap.

Does Future Shop not ship to the US? I know it is a Canadian store, but I would think they would allow purchases from the US on their website. When I try creating an account it won't let me move forward until I put a canadian zip code in.

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by Knoell

Good point gurpswoo1. Looks like I will cancel my order for the Kollectors edition and pick it up later when its cheap.

Does Future Shop not ship to the US? I know it is a Canadian store, but I would think they would allow purchases from the US on their website. When I try creating an account it won't let me move forward until I put a canadian zip code in.

I live in Canada and ordered it, but I'm 90% sure there was an option for U.S.

[gurpswoo1]

Yes currently they only ship inside Canada.

I would make a thread in the wanted section for someone in Canada to help you out.