Why don't we get Special Edition boxes?

http//www.toysnjoys.com/...

Japan gets a huge amount of Limited Edition or Special Edition games repackaged.  This is a great way to put out more copies of a game, preventing "rare RPG on Ebay" syndrome.  The US has released "greatest hits at cheap prices," but these are often very selective titles from a couple companies, rather than something for fans.

Notable special editions include the Ps1 era squaresoft titles (FF7, PE, XG, etc), ZOE, Xenosaga, FF1+2, etc.

The US gets, um... Halo 2.

The obvious response is lack of demand,  a limited special edition is by definition limited in supply, and demanding to fans who want to collect a game or own extras.  It provides additional copies that are available, but still limited.  As opposed to buying a price gouged version of the regular copy online because an initial low production.

We are starting to.

Or have you forgotten about Halo 2,Mortal Kombat,Madden,Doom 3. Plus we are starting to get better pre-order goodies rather than a shitty mini poster,or a white shirt that anyone could make.

Granted I think it was PSM or EGM that said it was just publishers seeing if we'd pay $50+ for a game.

three words: working designs, bitch.

But then I'd have to pay for a Working Designs full-script-rewrite localization. That was acceptable and all ten years ago, when nobody was translating this stuff, but now? I'd rather have Atlus bring over a game, even without the $30 extras package that WD puts in.

Also, don't risk buying from Toys N' Joys, their service is very hit-or-miss, from what I hear.

people who buy an unlimited box when theres a limited box are fags

>>2
Very true. I'm becoming of the opinion the best thing I got from Silent Hill 4 was the soundtrack, where a whopping 14 tracks out of 20 are US exclusive. Sure there's 5 different mixes of Your Rain, but I still like it.

>>4
...Atlus needs to run off more fucking copies. Every goddamn time they bring out something I can't find the thing. Well, it's not as bad now since I can read their website for releases, but back in the day they were pretty annoying with that.

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