Mass Effect 2 Collectors Edition

dmcg · 22 Dec 2009 at 03:03

Quick question , does anyone know if the UK are going to get shafted again like the Dragon Age collectors edition? By that I mean not fitting the full description from the official website like the DA cloth/tin case

Limenote · 22 Dec 2009 at 03:19

i would imagine it is retailer specific? i dont know about the da issue but i do have a preorder held with **** for the collectors edition, what was the deal with dragon age?

Cutshaw · 22 Dec 2009 at 08:13

About DA, there was no metal box and no cloth map.

I'm going to wait till there is something set in stone before i preorder it myself, if they do give us the finger again, then it's regular edition for me.

davejm · 22 Dec 2009 at 15:21

To be fair, the Dragon Age Collector's Edition was the same price as standard; so it's not as if we were shafted too hard. Still, it would have been nice to have the option of better stuff even for a higher cost.

The Mass Effect 2 Collectors Edition is a GAME group (GAME, Gameplay) exclusive that is £10 more expensive (£40) but it includes a comic, hardcover art book, making-of DVD, ingame armour and membership to some sort of online ingame content feed.

Cutshaw · 22 Dec 2009 at 15:29

DA:CE was a Game excluse and it was £10-15 more, at least up until I cancelled the preorder, which was only a few days previous to launch.

davejm · 22 Dec 2009 at 15:49

Yeah it was a GAME exclusive, but it was the same price as the standard edition by the time it launched.

I bought a copy instore on the morning of release (due to the Steam fiasco), and it was the same price (£30) both instore and online as the standard edition.

dmcg · 22 Dec 2009 at 16:15

davejm said:
Yeah it was a GAME exclusive, but it was the same price as the standard edition by the time it launched.

I bought a copy instore on the morning of release (due to the Steam fiasco), and it was the same price (£30) both instore and online as the standard edition.

DA ce was still £40 at release

davejm · 22 Dec 2009 at 16:24

It was £30 instore (I know, because I bought a copy). I thought they'd also discounted it online at that point, but I guess not.

dmcg · 22 Dec 2009 at 16:31

Either you was lucky to get it for 30 or the price was wrong , I still have my email from the 20th nov

Qty MediaID Description Price Total
1 343169 Dragon Age: Origins GAME Exclusive ... 39.99 GBP 39.99 GBP

DELIVERY: 0.00 GBP
TOTAL: 39.99 GBP

but its still not the point it didnt match the description from the official website

davejm · 22 Dec 2009 at 16:40

I must admit I was surprised that it was only £30 when I bought it. They only had the standard edition on the shelf, but I asked for the CE and he got one from behind the counter and said it was the same price as the standard edition.

It's a bit strange on their part to sell the game £10 cheaper instore than on their website though. It's usually cheaper online.

Fair point on the website description though. It was a bit of a balls-up in truth, and it would have been nice to have had the cloth map and tin case.

In this case (Mass Effect 2) I think we're getting the same content in the box as everyone else.