Collector's Editions getting out of hand! (An open request to video game publishers)

[Gemini-Phoenix]

What annoys me is, this month (November) sees a lot of the year's biggest releases, most of which have an expensive £100+ CE. Nintendo have also decided to release some of their biggest titles of the year this month as well, but I can't buy them because all of my funds have been zapped by these CE's

I can't even buy any "normal" games because these greedy publishers are taking advantage of my collecting nature!

And every year seems to keep getting worse and worse! There was a time when you'd maybe get a handful of SteelBooks or DigiPaks a year, but now it's as if there's a new CE released every week! I breathed a sigh of relief during the summer when it calmed down and I could actually browse eBay at my own leisure trying to get hold of all the great "normal" games I missed

I absolutely dread to think what 2012 is going to be like for CE's! Fingers crossed that game publishers take a step back and ease off on the CE releases

[Solemn_In_Berlin]

I can live with not being able to buy every CE release. I don't buy collector's/special/limited non-regular editions because they're limited or they're called 'collector's editions', I buy them because they appeal to me.

For instance, I bought the Gran Turismo 5 Collector's Edition and the Driver San Francisco Collector Pack for two reasons: I'm a diecast collector but more importantly, I have always been and will always be a fan of these two franchises. In contrast, I'd never buy a Call of Duty CE even for the price of the standard edition because I'm not into FPS that much to begin with, but the bigger reason is because I despise Call of Duty.