What goes well with a new game? A free old game

The game industry may never stop making overly elaborate special editions for its products, but in recent years, developers and publishers have offered alternatives to “cat helmets” and night-vision goggles by giving away full versions of older games with the purchase of newer ones.

We recently reported about Capcom’s plans to include the complete Resident Evil library (via digital download codes) with new Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 copies of its upcoming survival-horror game Resident Evil 6 this fall, but Capcom is not alone. Other companies have been releasing similar package deals for a while now.

[Caligula]

I think I'll probably get the RE6 special edition. I would't mind having a version of RE2 I can play on the go -- yes, I know I could just spend $6 and get it now.

I'm also a horrible person and spend way too much money on Resident Evil collector's edition stuff.

[roblef]

But that makes you a collector, so it's ok. ;)

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

Haven't read the article yet, but I have to agree with the headline. Getting a free copy of AC1 with my copy of Ac:Revelations was definitely a nice bonus.

Okay. After reading the article, I have to agree. Free games would be worth the price of buying a special edition. The only condition would be that I actually want the new game. If GTAV came with free copies of all the GTAs from the PS2, then I'd preorder that. As for Resident evil, I've never been terribly fond of that series anyway. It is a great deal for anyone who is, though.