Comments on: No Mass Effect Collector’s Edition for CAN, AUS & LA

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:53:22 +0000

What a bunch of fucking shit. I WANT to pay 10 extra dollars and some dumb shits in PR or wherever this decision was made are losing it. Fuck you Bioware/EA/MGS or to whoever it applies to.

By: augustusbot

augustusbot — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:16:15 +0000

I have this game preordered, but I’m about 95% sure when I pick up Call of Duty 4 I’ll be transferring my 5$ from Mass Effect to pay for COD4.

I won’t beat mass effect even if i buy it, so why waste my time. If I get bored I’ll just pay 10$ and read a sci fi novel instead, I’m sure it’ll be more enjoyable.

By: VeteranAssassin

VeteranAssassin — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:57:54 +0000

Maybe the manuals could be distributed digitally. A .pdf could work well and could be printed if one desired.

Although I did want a Big Daddy figurine, I never pick up the special editions; just give me the game. If I really need a special gamer pic or theme, make them availanble for download.

By: enXian

enXian — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:56:05 +0000

i like Kotor games and RPG like Neverwinter

By: James

James — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:42:01 +0000

u sir are a fool, that game was awesome

By: whatev

whatev — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:14:08 +0000

Do you guys seriously spend extra oney on collector’s edition? Who cares? I can barely justify $60 on this game (Not an RPG fan). I hope this is done well and can avoid the pitfalls of games like KOTOR (excessive walking, many BORING sequences).

By: whatev

whatev — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:11:36 +0000

Umm … I’m not sucking anoyone, thanks!

By: thryon

thryon — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:10:06 +0000

Actually for Halo 3, MS released seperate English and French versions.

By: mass9

mass9 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:39:20 +0000

1.066 as of the opening bell this morning.
An all time high.

BUT….

Visa/MasterCard or any other credit card (required for online payments) have their own exchange rate. There’s a spread they’ll maintain, and make $ off each transaction. With a 1.06 dollar, it woudl still be about the same price.

Trust me, I’ve tried to work it out so many ways. This topic is actually DOMINATING the news in Canada, only in regards to car prices.

By: Rabid

Rabid — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:33:06 +0000

My Halo CE didn’t come with a french manual or anything. But since the Canadian dollar is higher than US dollar right now, it would be cheaper to buy it from a US online retailer anyways.

By: mass9

mass9 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:18:04 +0000

Never thought of it that way, but its true. Any/every game I buy has two manuals. One english, one french. Its impossible that this doesn’t eat into the net revenue.

or I could be a tree hugger and cite how many trees are wasted by this practice annually.

Either way, shame that we dont’ get the LCE option. But if you REALLY want it, there’s always eBay, right?

By: thryon

thryon — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:49:09 +0000

I heard the reason that there is no Limited Edition in Canada is because the bilingual problem, where all documentation must be in bilingual. While this does sound plausible, I am skeptical about this as Australia does not have similar requirements (or do they???).

If this is true, I cannot say that I blame the publishers for skipping Canada for such special editions. I remember that Oblivion special edition included a nice book that told some lore of the land, and in Canada, with got two books, one in English and one in French. I can only image how much this extra book cost the publishers. I think we will be short-changed on any special/limited/collector’s editions that contain anything other than physical bonuses (ie. statues, metal cases, pics etc…)

By: Midnight Eye

Midnight Eye — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:48:01 +0000

That is kind of funny since Bioware is based in Canada. Oh well I will still get the game anyways

By: mass9

mass9 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:28:15 +0000

meh.

I just wanted a gamerpic that said “MASS”.
oh well. But really, its not like this should/will stop people from buying the game.

By: enXian

enXian — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:06:04 +0000

I think games sucking right now! they dont count Mexico or Lat. I think my country have a many RPG players and whe all buy a Special Edition of the games.

I have a problem with Orange Box that game is not released officialy yet on my country. Suck EA and Suck the publishers.

By: longlivethenaysethenayseisd3ad

longlivethenaysethenayseisd3ad — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:39:49 +0000

seriously guys, why does it matter about some dumb gamerpics. its always this bull- get a special model thats limited edition ,so only 15 million people have it- then spend extra money on an extra disc with bullshit on it, a doc about fucking voice acting or somethin. BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT. get the regular game and look down with pity on the people who are collecting rubbish to stick in a car-boot sale in a few years.

By: myk83

myk83 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:24:24 +0000

I think I remember reading somewhere that the “bonus disc” is a pre-order thing, that gets you 14 exclusive gamer-pics and a theme or something. But the Collector’s Edition gets you 21 gamer pics and 2 themes, or something like that, so we won’t be missing out on much in Europe. I think the pre-order bonus disc was done to try and keep awareness up in the States what with the crowded release schedule, and as a way to encourage people to buy any version of the game from certain stores (GameStop seems to ring a bell here…).

Whatever the case may be though, it sucks for die-hard fans outside the US that may have wanted the bonus disc, and Canadians, Aussies and Latin Americans are getting royally screwed!

By: Toxic

Toxic — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:19:19 +0000

Odd, the game is made by a Canadian company & we don’t get the collectors edition. Ohh well, my video gaming budget for the month is going towards Assassins Creed

By: H1TCHMAN

H1TCHMAN — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:10:07 +0000

What the fuck? Why? Surely they would want to cash in on this as much as possible. Someone’s blatently made a big mistake somewhere.

By: James

James — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:25:48 +0000

the bonus disc has all the free gamerpics and themes on it and other such stuff that i wanted.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:09:54 +0000

So what’s on the bonus disc anyway? What are we Europeans missing there?