Final Fantasy: 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box announced

[CollectingCanuck]

450 dollars for a bunch of games that are either abandonware or collecting dust in bargain bins? Lol I would think twice about paying that if the artwork was handpainted

In all seriousness though I am having a hard time grasping how anyone is actually excited about this. But then again I guess it comes from a region where people rave over 1300 dollar replica jackets so I'm not surprised

[Ryu Kazama]

It's Japan. That price is pretty decent given this fact. Still mighty expensive, I know.

Think back to FF Type-0. That was $200 just for that. Their Bravely Default edition is also high priced. None of this stuff is cheap in Japan and it's worse for SE's products (who charge above standard RRP for standard edition games, too).

They are old games, yes. But what the heck do you expect? On one hand someone moans they're not remastered and another someone will moan they're not the first format versions (NES, SNES etc). Can't keep 'em all happy.

Japanese products just aren't cheap. Games, music, movies. They're all expensive. That's how Japan is.

You also need to factor in they're using all new Amano art. As far as I am aware, this guy isn't cheap to hire (he's a freelancer now I recall). Not saying this alone justifies the cost but it does add to it. In the end it's a piece made for the fans to commemorate a milestone. By including all core FF games in one box is already a giant step better than the SF25th Anniversary box (love both as much as each other).

[CollectingCanuck]

^: Indeed Japanese knickknacks are expensive, which is why I made the analogy to the Resident Evil Jacket. With that said, however, value judgement with respect to collectors' items often leads to highly differing evaluations.

On one hand there is probably the die hard fan who sees this as the ultimate expression of everything they love about the series, boxed into a lovely set that they will fondly look back on for years to come. On the other there will be those who see a thinly veiled rip off where old assets are strung together and packaged with some useless trinkets, because they know fans and collectors will buy it anyway XD

I do love Square Enix games, though. They did a fabulous job with Sleeping Dogs and I can't wait for Hitman!

[Xmo]

I've never seen a CE for $450 retail before.
Beautiful artwork though.

[geralds]

Originally Posted by Xmo

I've never seen a CE for $450 retail before.
Beautiful artwork though.

Resident evil 6 Japanese retails for like $1,600 so it is alot more then this.