Posted By: zookeeper
Collector Editions - 09/15/11 03:47 PM
I hereby swear I will never buy another CE. Lately I've bought a few and each time I kick myself for doing so. It just seems like a waste of money.
First, I rarely use the Strategy Guide and if I do, the walkthrough is exactly the same. For an SE I can minimize the walkthrough for nearly just as easy access.
Second, the last CE I played was short, not worth the CE price. Even with the bonus content, which usually only adds at most 45 minutes to an hour, I can't see paying twice the price. I could buy 2 SEs instead and get twice the content (of the main part of the game). And if the game IS really long, by the time I get to the bonus content I'm usually getting bored with the game anyway and the bonus just seems like a chore.
So from now on, since Big Fish offers a choice, I will wait for the SE and save a bunch of bucks! I'm all for developers getting paid for what they do, but in this case I feel like the consumer is being taken advantage of. It's hard to pass up on a new game (especially one that gets rave reviews) and they know it. People generally like instant gratification, so that's what makes it pretty easy to sell the CEs. I, for one, am going to look out for my own pocketbook, (not the developers) and delay gratification. As stated earlier, Big Fish offers that choice and I'm taking it.
And now I'm stepping off of my soapbox. I hope I didn't raise any hackles. I only meant to express something I've been thinking about for a long time.
Peace.
First, I rarely use the Strategy Guide and if I do, the walkthrough is exactly the same. For an SE I can minimize the walkthrough for nearly just as easy access.
Second, the last CE I played was short, not worth the CE price. Even with the bonus content, which usually only adds at most 45 minutes to an hour, I can't see paying twice the price. I could buy 2 SEs instead and get twice the content (of the main part of the game). And if the game IS really long, by the time I get to the bonus content I'm usually getting bored with the game anyway and the bonus just seems like a chore.
So from now on, since Big Fish offers a choice, I will wait for the SE and save a bunch of bucks! I'm all for developers getting paid for what they do, but in this case I feel like the consumer is being taken advantage of. It's hard to pass up on a new game (especially one that gets rave reviews) and they know it. People generally like instant gratification, so that's what makes it pretty easy to sell the CEs. I, for one, am going to look out for my own pocketbook, (not the developers) and delay gratification. As stated earlier, Big Fish offers that choice and I'm taking it.
And now I'm stepping off of my soapbox. I hope I didn't raise any hackles. I only meant to express something I've been thinking about for a long time.
Peace.