PlayStation 4's Largest Consumer Market Sees Collectors Penalized the Most

Collector’s Editions are the holy grail of the gaming world and finding one can be a tough task even when publishers conspire against you with region exclusivity.

[psychobabble]

I just got a warning that this site link contains Malware. Anyone else getting this?

[Balsanoid]

Same.

[Hoffmann]

http://n4g.com/news/1801821...

The topic is adressed you can find N4G's blog about it on the uppler left corner on the frontpage

[psychobabble]

Cool, thanks. That may be true, but I'm still not clicking anything that has a Malware warning just as a precaution.

[Eonjay]

SCEE, SCEA and SCE all have different regions that they are catering too. Some of SCEs content doesn't even make its way to the States or Europe. Even more interesting is how cover art can change from one region to another. Therefore, it stands to reason that some special edition packages may appeal to one region more than another. I don't even know if the different SCEs even collaborate on special editions games packages.

But thats what it means to be a hardcore collector.

[CNPalmer]

I completely agree with a lot of this. It is a very odd marketing strategy though especially when you have these marquee titles that have a huge worldwide following that you would not even give those markets the opportunity to purchase a special or limited edition. There are many other publishers such as Ubisoft that does the same thing, Watch_Dogs DEDSEC Edition & AC Syndicate Big Ben Edition are just 2 that come to mind right away. Other franchises like Dragonball Z won't even see a release of a special edition here just because the market doesn't dictate one but those are some of the coolest CE's I've snagged personally. I appreciate the comment & definitely like your perspective.

[Chocoburger]

Tried to read the article but the page is blank? :3
Edit: The link is wrong, the correct link is here:
http://www.psnation.com/201...

In the N4G URL there is the wrong date, "10/05" when it should be "10/07"

[Dark_Overlord]

I'd say that all markets get penalised in some way.

Japan get some amazing collectors editions that never leave the country, but fail to get others (e.g the Order, Until Dawn etc)

USA gets a load of JRPG collectors editions and physical copies of games, that are only released digitally in Europe.

Europe gets physical editions of games that are only available digitally elsewhere, but misses out on physical editions that USA gets.

Either way, Sony (and 3rd parties) need to start making all editions available to all gamers regardless of country. Sadly it'll never happen though :(