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Remember Halo3 Limited edition- Tin case, Artbook,poster, Making of Halo3 CD,a free game and a Master Chief helmet (Collector Edition only)sold for $70(Rs2510 in India). The Artbook,Poster, free game were boring,useless and garbage.

 

GearsofWar2,FarCry2,Fallout3,Mirror Edge,Dead Space,Fable2,CallofDuty5 developers plans to make extra bucks by launching the Limited,Collector's Edition of their games beside the standard editions (some required to be Preordered)

The extra goodies will be similiar to Halo3 LD.(Some useless ,some must haves)

 

The Collectors Edition of GearsofWar2,DeadSpace,MirrorEdge will be sold for $140,$150,$130 respectively.(ooh so expensive) :shock3: . I really want the chainsaw gun replica so badly....too much money....can't afford it. The SD will be priced at $59.99. The availability of CD,LD in India is unknown

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Remember Halo3 Limited edition- Tin case, Artbook,poster, Making of Halo3 CD,a free game and a Master Chief helmet (Collector Edition only)sold for $70(Rs2510 in India). The Artbook,Poster, free game were boring,useless and garbage.

 

GearsofWar2,FarCry2,Fallout3,Mirror Edge,Dead Space,Fable2,CallofDuty5 developers plans to make extra bucks by launching the Limited,Collector's Edition of their games beside the standard editions (some required to be Preordered)

The extra goodies will be similiar to Halo3 LD.(Some useless ,some must haves)

 

The Collectors Edition of GearsofWar2,DeadSpace,MirrorEdge will be sold for $140,$150,$130 respectively.(ooh so expensive) :shock3: . I really want the chainsaw gun replica so badly....too much money....can't afford it. The SD will be priced at $59.99. The availability of CD,LD in India is unknown

 

According to Amazon.com and Gamespot news....the Amercian prices are mentioned there

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Remember Halo3 Limited edition- Tin case, Artbook,poster, Making of Halo3 CD,a free game and a Master Chief helmet (Collector Edition only)sold for $70(Rs2510 in India). The Artbook,Poster, free game were boring,useless and garbage.

 

GearsofWar2,FarCry2,Fallout3,Mirror Edge,Dead Space,Fable2,CallofDuty5 developers plans to make extra bucks by launching the Limited,Collector's Edition of their games beside the standard editions (some required to be Preordered)

The extra goodies will be similiar to Halo3 LD.(Some useless ,some must haves)

 

The Collectors Edition of GearsofWar2,DeadSpace,MirrorEdge will be sold for $140,$150,$130 respectively.(ooh so expensive) :shock3: . I really want the chainsaw gun replica so badly....too much money....can't afford it. The SD will be priced at $59.99. The availability of CD,LD in India is unknown

 

The Limited Editions are called so becz they are intend to attract customers and lure them. This will help company make more money and also indirectly uplifts the value of the he Brand.

ppl who are not attracted for the dazzling covers/offers they can any how buy Standard ones. Now you decide which one you want to buy.

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I am not sure regarding Limited Editions. I mean essentially its about the disc. The only LE i have ever bought is of Halo 3. After a while i felt that it was a wasteful investment because i hardly ever checked out the contents. Once I was done with the book and used the poster, that LE was useless. I am giving a very hard though about GoW2 SE too because at the end its just the game which matters.

 

These days almost all games are coming out with SE, its a good way of using psychology to sell your product. When one actually buys the product, i think he/she feels more closer to the game. Its not abour rarity i think. Its about finding yourself closer to the particular character or story in some way.

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I am not sure regarding Limited Editions. I mean essentially its about the disc. The only LE i have ever bought is of Halo 3. After a while i felt that it was a wasteful investment because i hardly ever checked out the contents. Once I was done with the book and used the poster, that LE was useless. I am giving a very hard though about GoW2 SE too because at the end its just the game which matters.

 

These days almost all games are coming out with SE, its a good way of using psychology to sell your product. When one actually buys the product, i think he/she feels more closer to the game. Its not abour rarity i think. Its about finding yourself closer to the particular character or story in some way.

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bought halo LE myself. they should bundle a lot of extra stuff into the LE disc than just vidoc's.. maybe loads of customizable ingame stuff and minigames..

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i like LEs.....i dont buy many but i like the idea of them....i dont ever use the contents of my Forza 2 LE but i like just looking at it sitting on my shelf and i didnt mind paying extra for it....i wold never buy an LE of a game im not a fan of though unless it costs me the same or less than a regular copy

 

 

 

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