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Yamas
  
| | #1 posted April 26, 2008 at 8:36pm (EDT) |
What do you think? Will this be worth a lot later or end up being worthless?
mackey wrote:
> One day you'll see the trade: bill gets: $50 Walmart
> Gift Card, BoB gets: GameTZ.
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DR_SPOCK
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| | #2 posted April 26, 2008 at 8:44pm (EDT) |
Limited to 50. Already worth millions, better get your preorder up on Amazon.
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Yamas
| | #3 posted April 26, 2008 at 9:18pm (EDT) |
Ya
mackey wrote:
> One day you'll see the trade: bill gets: $50 Walmart
> Gift Card, BoB gets: GameTZ.
Check out the GameTZ Freebie Forum |
DefaultGen
 
| | #4 posted April 26, 2008 at 10:21pm (EDT) |
Why would likely the most popular game of this generation so far be limited? I know BioShock was, but this is GTA4 we're talking about 
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NINTENDOMASTER
 
| | #5 posted April 27, 2008 at 12:03am (EDT) |
I doubt this is going to be limited, pretty much every store is carrying it and for it to be such a big title doubt they would limit it.
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seanner
 
| | #6 posted April 27, 2008 at 1:10am (EDT) |
It's another Legendary Edition, except this one isn't too much more money and actually comes with something you can use. I'm sure it's not limited as in there will probably be several hundred thousand produced, but they will sell out quickly. |
Roy
| | #7 posted April 27, 2008 at 1:43am (EDT) |
My guess is those burger king 360 games will end up being worth more than gta 4 LE. |
DefaultGen
| | #8 posted April 27, 2008 at 4:28am (EDT) |
Rock Band Special Edition is going to be rare. Go to all major retailers and pick up the 124 or so copies they each have.
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AlphakirA
 
| | #9 posted April 27, 2008 at 7:17am (EDT) |
The only thing that might become 'rare' is the exclusive license plate each individual retail has. I know Amazon has there own, but from what I understand GameCrazy has one completely different. With GameCrazy paling in size, it might be your best bet to grab it from there if you do go for the SE.
Rent from me!! |
DefaultGen
| #10 posted April 27, 2008 at 7:42am (EDT)
edited April 27, 2008 at 7:42am (EDT) |
I can't see the plate or other CE crap outweighing the decline in price over the game over time (ie. if you purchase it now, in 5 years the game will be worth $10 and the CE crap won't be worth the buy-in). As a rule I never buy CE crap unless it's crap I actually want to keep, regardless of it's worth.
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DR_SPOCK
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| | #11 posted April 27, 2008 at 1:42pm (EDT) |
Limited edition, only 500,000 copies available!
These LEs are a joke.
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Yamas
| | #12 posted April 27, 2008 at 2:22pm (EDT) |
Yeah,
This one looks to be mass produced. I'll stick with the reg.
mackey wrote:
> One day you'll see the trade: bill gets: $50 Walmart
> Gift Card, BoB gets: GameTZ.
Check out the GameTZ Freebie Forum |
Iced
| | #13 posted April 27, 2008 at 3:17pm (EDT) |
This is no worse than DVDs having "special editions" that you can find everywhere. I don't believe they're calling it a limited edition, so it's really just a way to get more money out of the consumer by offering crap that likely no one will ever use (like every other special edition on the planet). |
DR_SPOCK
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| | #14 posted April 27, 2008 at 4:37pm (EDT) |
Iced wrote:
> This is no worse than DVDs having "special editions" that you can
> find everywhere. I don't believe they're calling it a limited edition,
> so it's really just a way to get more money out of the consumer by
> offering crap that likely no one will ever use (like every other special
> edition on the planet).
Yeah. I should offer Special Edition shipping on my eBay sales. Throw in a sticker or something.
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DefaultGen
| | #15 posted April 28, 2008 at 3:04am (EDT) |
DR_SPOCK wrote:
> Limited edition, only 500,000 copies available!
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> These LEs are a joke.
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All CE's are a joke because they contain nothing a collector would want if it wasn't artificially limited in production. Give me an actual beta disc of the game, hand drawn artwork, or some other thing the developers actually used, that would make a CE worth buying, and every one would have to be unique.
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AlphakirA
| | #16 posted April 28, 2008 at 3:08am (EDT) |
Crackdown did it right, and that wasn't even a CE 
Rent from me!! |
Sartori
 BTRs
| | #17 posted April 28, 2008 at 5:43am (EDT) |
Adam wrote:
> Crackdown did it right, and that wasn't even a CE
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And what did Crackdown do? |
AlphakirA
| | #18 posted April 28, 2008 at 5:45am (EDT) |
They gave away the beta for Halo 3. To me at least, that was worth the purchase more than half of these 'extras' that we'll never use
Rent from me!! |
Sartori
BTRs
| | #19 posted April 28, 2008 at 5:46am (EDT) |
Oh.... ... . . ..
Meh. |
Nick
| | #20 posted April 28, 2008 at 10:24am (EDT) |
I think we're all just lucky that Crackdown turned out to be such a great game.
Even when I was paying full price for it when it came out I totally had low expectations and figured they were just tricking me into purchasing a crappy game because I wanted the Halo beta so bad. |
SmarmySir
| | #21 posted April 28, 2008 at 12:11pm (EDT) |
Same here. I ended up LOVING Crackdown. The most fun achievements in a 360 game to date.
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Sartori
BTRs
| | #22 posted April 28, 2008 at 1:17pm (EDT) |
I might try Crackdown today. |
synthetic1
| | #23 posted April 28, 2008 at 1:22pm (EDT) |
Sartori wrote:
> I might try Crackdown today.
You should, it's awesome. |
Sartori
BTRs
| | #24 posted April 28, 2008 at 1:24pm (EDT) |
Well, I don't want to overload on "genericsandbox game" too much if I'm playing one tonight.
But.. I did pull the game all the way out and put it in the vicinity of my 360. Maybe!!! Might just Brawl the afternoon off until GTA. |
metsfan718
| | #25 posted April 28, 2008 at 2:40pm (EDT) |
SmarmySir wrote:
> Same here. I ended up LOVING Crackdown. The most fun achievements
> in a 360 game to date.
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Do you play all games for achievements? If yes then thats really gay. |
SmarmySir
| | #26 posted April 28, 2008 at 2:43pm (EDT) |
Um, no. I was just saying that it had some very fun achievements. Stuff you actually want to do, not crap like "replay the game on a different difficulty" or "kill 10 million opponents online by shooting them in the left eye."
Ban metsfan/phillycool.
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Nick
| | #27 posted April 28, 2008 at 3:41pm (EDT) |
Tim is completely correct.
Crackdown had sweet achievements. You got them for throwing stuff far, climbing the tallest building, blowing things up, etc, stuff like that is way more fun then difficulty and online achievements. |
ENIX
  
| | #28 posted April 29, 2008 at 3:32am (EDT) |
There's a difference between Special Edition, Limited Edition, and standard releases but most people (the retailers and devs included) don't seem to know the difference anymore. There was a time when Limited Edition actually meant it was limited...like, a certain number less than 250,000 made...and Special Edition basically should mean it's got more content (hardware or soft) than the standard version and with a slightly better price. the DVD market ruined the term Special Edition long ago. and now, even Limited Edition doesn't mean anything unless there's a serial stamped on it (#6000/100000) because you can "limit" your Limited Edition to 1,000,000 produced and technically it's still limited...to a million. |
Richie
 
 
| | #29 posted April 29, 2008 at 3:35am (EDT) |
DR_SPOCK wrote:
> Limited to 50. Already worth millions, better get your preorder up
> on Amazon.
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hahaha
Sometimes, I absolutely love you Cantero
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DR_SPOCK
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| | #30 posted April 29, 2008 at 4:34am (EDT) |
ENIX wrote:
> There was a time when
> Limited Edition actually meant it was limited...like, a certain number
> less than 250,000 made...
I'm sorry, but < 250,000 does not constitute "limited." That is a HUGE number. . .
Not questioning your figure, Enix, but rather publisher's notions of "limited."
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AlphakirA
| | #31 posted April 29, 2008 at 5:17am (EDT) |
To answer your question, GTA4 right now isn't coming in til May 1st on Amazon due to all the orders tonight, the special edition is still ready to ship as we speak.
Rent from me!! |
ENIX
| | #32 posted April 29, 2008 at 6:37am (EDT) |
Yeah, I know 250,000 is not exactly "limited", but since 250,000 copies of a game sold is between average and below-average, I'd say that could at least fit into the legitimately limited category. |
Stiler
| | #33 posted April 29, 2008 at 6:43am (EDT) |
Mass Effect, Bioshock, those are about the only two recent LE's that were...actually limited.
Ever since Halo 2 I have never trusted buying an LE/SE if I buy it for the purpose of it's "limited" collection, rather I simply buy them if I think it's worth it/has something I want to keep.
I knew when Halo 3 came out with their LE/Legendary that neither of those would actually be...limited, and man was I right, the Legendary is cheap as hell now compared to when it was released and I feel sorry for all those people that paid 100+ for it.
I don't expect GTA4's LE to really be Limited that much, but I had $80 worth of unused gift cards for circuit city that I never used nor really thought I would since I never go there, but decided to use them on this and with the lock box and art book it's a couple of things I'd like to keep.
It'd be nice though if limited editions were actually limited. Somethin like <25,000 woulda been a good range I think. |
DefaultGen
| | #34 posted April 29, 2008 at 7:19am (EDT) |
<1,000 or it's common 
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Soxicide
| | #35 posted April 29, 2008 at 7:32am (EDT) |
Good thing it's "Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition", so all this talk of LE just is wasted time. 
New topic title - "GTA4 SE - Not limited at all, but pretty Special!"
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synthetic1
| | #36 posted April 29, 2008 at 10:43am (EDT) |
Anyone else pick it up yet? I gotta say, it's one of the swankier SE's I've seen in a long while. The art book especially is rather nice. |
Nick
| | #37 posted April 29, 2008 at 11:27am (EDT) |
Yeah, the special edition is actually pretty cool.
I'm surprised at the quality of the duffel bag. |
Yamas
| | #38 posted April 29, 2008 at 5:24pm (EDT) |
Called my CC, They were out of regular edition hahaha
mackey wrote:
> One day you'll see the trade: bill gets: $50 Walmart
> Gift Card, BoB gets: GameTZ.
Check out the GameTZ Freebie Forum |
Feeb
| #39 posted April 29, 2008 at 8:10pm (EDT)
edited April 29, 2008 at 8:11pm (EDT) |
I got the PS3 SE... I'm disappointed in the soundtrack and artbook. IMHO not worth the extra $20. Hope the game's better.
f'n correction, I paid 89.99 for this, so $30 more... absolutely feeling ripped. |
DefaultGen
| | #40 posted April 29, 2008 at 10:09pm (EDT) |
The box for the SE is worth the $30 alone. Reminds me of Lethal Enforcers. Almost.
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