Borderlands 2 Ultimate Loot Chest Limited Edition & Deluxe Vault Hunter's Collector's Edition announced

[Redmagster]

Trouble is - becomes self-fulfilling as there will now be a mass of multiple orders bought for profit being returned as people fear for profit which will push desirability further down...
ME3 N7 CE all over again...

[goonergaz]

how many of those sold at silly prices actually paid tho?

as stated - lot's of returns as the profit not worth it as this CE has been completely downgraded.

US is the only true CE however @ 53K and with a cheap alternative that's not really all that worthwhile.

I'm so glad the Uncharted 3 Explorer Edition didn't suffer like this...altho it has similar in reverse with the US getting the countless CE whereas EU got the extremely rare EE (was it ever confirmed how many?). Also it was nice that the editions were different enough to get both versions (IMO anyway) - the US had a nice steelbook and I like the fact the chest thing had drawers for the ring/buckle.

[comaamen86]

mmm i would like the steel but not buying a game again for a map steel and chest vault hunters will do.

[kennyrh]

Originally Posted by Vlad

Oh, no, not the Helghast Edition again!
Every time for months, even still now, that I'm in an HMV and see one for ?20/?30 I curse them.

Ah, jesus man . . .don't mention the fucking Helghast Edition. That brings back REALLY bad memories and just makes me all the madder that we're gonna have a similar farce with the Loot Edition.

?100 for the Helghast . . .down to ?60 just THREE weeks later and then dropped as low as ?30 soon after. Similar story with the "sold out" Gears of War 3 CE - stiffed there as well.

The lesson I've learned, at long last . . .preorder fuck-all and sit back and wait. Worked wonders with Skyrim and Max Payne and Star Wars CEs - got them all half-price or considerably less.

Thank god I finally learned the lesson and cancelled my Resi Evil 6 CE

[gu8]

kennyrh is on the money. this was meant to be a holy grail, its a pile of shite, lets be honest!!!

certificate nr 3456754332678787876 of 5787655344365754356778

[Madigan]

Wow gu8 low number you're lucky :O

Mine says 564432874531 x 10^13 of E=mc2

[kennyrh]

Originally Posted by gu8

kennyrh is on the money. this was meant to be a holy grail, its a pile of shite, lets be honest!!!

certificate nr 3456754332678787876 of 5787655344365754356778

Well, when you consider that this was - apparently - sold out everywhere in no time flat . . .rumours of ?500+ on ebay . . .all and sundry scrambling for a copy . . tears and threats of suicide for the unfortunate "too-lates" . . . .

. . .wtf happened ??

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was talking to a serious CE nut who works for GAME and he was recounting all these tales of how 2K wanted to keep this a very "limited" edition and of their desire to produce a seriously collectable CE - turning down pleas to make more, blahdy blah . . .christ, what a load of bollocks.

My suspicion is that the publishers were co-erced into upping the numbers as part of the exclusivity deal in whatever country. To be honest, my blood runs cold when i hear that GAME have procured another "exclusive" because there always seems to be some sort of hassle wherever they - and to be fair, Zavvi - are concerned. Might not be always their fault but that's the way it seems.

I can remember sulking over missing out on the Uncharted 3 Chest because those twats at Irish Gamestop wanted the pre-order money upfront. But at least everything went smoothly with that and all the people that bought it were more than happy.

I suppose the only upside is that all the scalpers stockpiles have now become worthless which means that anybody who still craves this edition can have one.

Not much consolation to the rest of us mugs who must all feel royally fucked over by this time.

[TheVoidDragon]

I remember they said at one point they wouldn't make another batch of the loot chest edition. Guess that wasn't true.

[mosavon]

No version of this is worth paying more than retail, heck i'd even say retail is too much for this piece of shit, the US one is not even limited its 53,000 copies.

The people who paid quadruple must feel quite stupid now.

[Twisted]

dont pay retail..it will probably end up being 50% off retail right after the holidays..they are way over produced worldwide.