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[Marcus Estrada]

The Resident Evil series definitely has a big following. Characters like Leon are famous even for many who've never played a game with him in it in their lives. However, probably only the biggest Resident Evil fan out there would ever consider grabbing this newly unveiled Premium Edition. Unlike the kind of "ultimate" or "collector's" editions we tend to get here, this Japanese one truly deserves the title of Premium.

While it comes with a few phone cases, the real prize is a replica of Leon S. Kennedy's jacket. It's a rather stylish leather jacket and unfortunately leather isn't cheap. Neither is this edition, which asks affluent gamers to spend 105,000 yen on it. That approximates to $1,300. Oh, you also get Resident Evil 6 for PS3 or 360 with the edition too. Still, it's obvious the majority of the price comes from that darn jacket as well as apparent rarity.

It seems like such an egregiously priced edition would never make it to our shores, but that's fine. How many of us here are really clamoring for that? At least the jacket comes in a variety of sizes (from small to extra large) unlike the bonus shirts we sometimes get with games that tend to only be extra large.


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[Ludono]

I would have dropped a few hundred on that, over a thousand though? No way.

Then again Japanese games / special editions are always ridiculously expensive. Even their normal editions cost a good $20-40 more than here.

A pretty nice CE I've gotten was the Alan Wake CE because the book it came with really added to the story of the game. I also really like the Disapearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Preimum edition. One of the pricest CE I owned but I think it's worth it. Maybe I'll post pictures?

[Number 905]

Somehow I'm thinking Capcom may have done something like this before. Or maybe I'm thinking of a Diesel crossover for Devil May Cry 2 that wasn't a preorder edition and just clothing.

[SeveranceZero]

That's quite an expensive CE lol! I'd probably be interested in the jacket though not for that price...I'm sure they will get plenty of sales though. Collector's will always collect...

[SeveranceZero]

Collectors*

[Kezins]

I never buy collector's editions of any game when it first comes out. Nearly every collector's edition ends up drastically reduced in price within 6 months. It's actually cheaper to buy the game by itself and then buy the game again with the collector's edition way down the road. I've done that with several games.

[DrPixel]

Well, collectors WILL collect if they want to. I doubt many will buy that though because of the price, so the jacket will probably end up becoming a tad rare. For over $1000 though, that's just too much. I don't think a simple jacket and a few phone covers merits a purchase of $1000, even if it IS Resident Evil-themed.

[Ludono]

I never buy collector's editions of any game when it first comes out. Nearly every collector's edition ends up drastically reduced in price within 6 months. It's actually cheaper to buy the game by itself and then buy the game again with the collector's edition way down the road. I've done that with several games.

Mass Effect 1 would like to have a word with you sir.

[Iddeenkhai]

Mass Effect 1 would like to have a word with you sir.

And Mass Effect 2 too.
I was just thinking of getting all the CE version of Mass Effect until I saw the prices.

[Ludono]

And Mass Effect 2 too.
I was just thinking of getting all the CE version of Mass Effect until I saw the prices.

I have the CE for 2 and 3 but one is just a bit too much. Maybe if I win the lottery I'll get it, it WOULD be nice to have the complete set.

ME2 CE is still relatively affordable, at least for the PC version. I managed to snag my 360 version for $30 somehow.

[Iddeenkhai]

I have the CE for 2 and 3 but one is just a bit too much. Maybe if I win the lottery I'll get it, it WOULD be nice to have the complete set.

ME2 CE is still relatively affordable, at least for the PC version. I managed to snag my 360 version for $30 somehow.

Wha? How did ya get that cheap? Most that I saw was a couple hundred dollars. The used ones were also more than $50.

[bink]

The jacket isn't even all that easily identifiable. On the street, it probably just looks like any other leather jacket. I wouldn't drop that much money on something like this. Sure, you pay for novelty, but this just doesn't seem novel enough for that cash.

As a side note, it was very odd looking at this Japanese webpage. To me, it looked like "squiggly squiggly squiggly...OH English word ""Club96"...squiggly, squiggly".