If I had to guess, I'd say these are collector's editions or
other special editions of games.
Not exact matches
Releasing art books for high - profile AAA
games has become more and more common, though in most cases said artbooks are restricted to the collector's
editions of said
games (since no
special editions have been revealed for Red Dead Redemption 2, we know not whether this, or any
other, art book will be included in any
of them).
Other news includes a
special edition version
of the
game for $ 99 which contains an art book, metal case, soundtrack and more.
Next month will we see
special Thanksgiving
editions of games for the Kindle — and even more versions for
other holidays like Christmas and Valentine's Days?
There's been some
other releases in the past with the
special edition of a
game and a couple are available on iTunes, but EA is really taking a strong approach with the music and the
game and it's really refreshing because there was basically no push on my part.
Well there you have it, lots
of cool
games and even cooler
special / collectors
editions to have but don't forget there are plenty
of other games coming out as well and we'll be reviewing as many as humanly possible!
In
other GT5 news, Sony has announced that a Japanese
gamers will be receiving a Christmas present
of 3
special edition cars that were only attainable through limited
edition packs.
This
special edition gold color is purely an aesthetic, it will register to every supporting
game as either
of the
other two Mario amiibo would.
There are no
other special editions for this
game as
of its launch date.
I further reached out to Sony to ask if anymore
of their big exclusive
games will get the honour
of a
special edition controller this year, «So I think it's probably unlikely the
other titles will get their own controllers» So sadly, no Last
of Us themed controllers are currently on the horizon.
Proponents
of books, music, movies and
other forms
of entertainment might protest the apples to organic apples comparison, noting that Activision's
games cost at leas $ 60, and plenty more if a person buys a
special edition of Black Ops or Modern Warfare 2.
We talk about the Nintendo World Championships,
Game of the Year talk, a
special holiday
edition of the Hype Zone, and yell at each
other in the Facebook group.
On the
other hand, these could very well just end up being
special editions of the original
games that don't include much new content.