7 Disappointing Collectors Editions You'd Definitely Want a Refund For

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  • @outcastkatsuki
    @outcastkatsuki 7 днів тому +1453

    I think the main thing is that most collector's editions don't even contain the physical disc of the game anymore, which is just ridiculous.

    • @eldragonrojo42069
      @eldragonrojo42069 7 днів тому +145

      There's collectors editions I've seen that don't include the game at all which I will never understand

    • @RoryStarr
      @RoryStarr 7 днів тому +73

      Most physical disks of a game don't contain the game anymore anyways.

    • @NormanReaddis
      @NormanReaddis 7 днів тому +60

      As a collector. This is really disappointing. I'm starting to grew tired of modern gaming especially when the new PS5 pro is digital only.
      I'm sticking with my switch or if the next switch still have cartridge.

    • @yanguskhan8513
      @yanguskhan8513 7 днів тому +66

      yeah, they dont give you a physical disk, but they give you a steelbook case. like wtf do i need steelbook case for a disc you dont even give me, when i pay $200 or more for the collector's edition?

    • @moritakaishida7963
      @moritakaishida7963 7 днів тому +25

      ​@@RoryStarr if you're on Xbox
      Developers with a brain still put the data on the disc
      If you need an internet connection to install a physical disc, you're being scammed

  • @Forestmarko
    @Forestmarko 7 днів тому +722

    RE: Fallout 76 power armor edition:
    It actually gets better! The Game-Stop edition was also subject of recall as the cloth padding on the inside of the "power armor helmet" was actually moldy and dangerous to breath.
    A truly legendary launch for Bethesda :D

    • @spaceageGecko
      @spaceageGecko 7 днів тому +30

      Not really Bethesda's fault on that one, chronicle collectibles was to blame.

    • @PrimeCo129
      @PrimeCo129 7 днів тому +54

      It had Sixteen Times the mold detail.

    • @coyoteartist
      @coyoteartist 7 днів тому +18

      Not to mention, you couldn't really see out of it anyway if you got one that wasn't going to kill you.

    • @StoneAgeWarfare
      @StoneAgeWarfare 7 днів тому +25

      @@PrimeCo129 4 times the size of cancer growths

    • @basvanheumen4231
      @basvanheumen4231 7 днів тому +53

      I remember Fallout 76 recieving additional trouble when it sold Nuka-Cola Dark bottles. It was a no-name brand rum in a low quality plastic case, didn't look like the one from the game. The website had a bunch of fake 5 star reviews on it too. It costs $80, which is very steep for a plastic bottle with an unknown rum inside of it. This Nuka-Cola Dark thing happened after the whole canvas bag thing as well.

  • @InertFoxtrot117
    @InertFoxtrot117 7 днів тому +459

    What made the fallout 76 release even worse was that Bethesda sent out the canvas bag to reviewers so they could hype people up for it, then sent out nylon bags

    • @leonmanville5257
      @leonmanville5257 6 днів тому +10

      I was thinking about posting about this too.

    • @angelganon8213
      @angelganon8213 6 днів тому +20

      And all it did was show me not to preorder anything from them in the future

    • @lordofthepatrick
      @lordofthepatrick 5 днів тому +9

      Don't forget that they also leaked all the information of anyone who signed up to get the canvas bad

    • @DaBoaringDragon
      @DaBoaringDragon 3 дні тому +5

      @@angelganon8213You should never preorder anything, especially these days.

    • @radagastaddams3703
      @radagastaddams3703 День тому +3

      plus the helmet was full of mould & Bethesda told people not to wear it. Things haven't got better tho & they wonder why the games industry is a burning wreck.

  • @barneymiller7894
    @barneymiller7894 7 днів тому +336

    If Bethesda has taught us one thing it’s this: You want cool Fallout gear, you go to Etsy 😂

    • @madalice5134
      @madalice5134 7 днів тому

      Yeah, honestly fanmade merch on Etsy has been consistently better than official merch for years. If the official stuff is any good, it's ridiculously overpriced. I've gotten a lot of FF merch from Etsy for really great prices and it feels good to support small businesses and independent artists.

    • @PaladinCasdin
      @PaladinCasdin 7 днів тому +12

      Or Obsidian. I still have my Platinum Chip from the F:NV Collector's Edition sitting on my desk.

    • @hrodga
      @hrodga 7 днів тому +11

      @@PaladinCasdin I still have my Fallout 1 and 2 user manuals from Interplay, but that was from back when you got that kind of stuff included with the standard game.

    • @PaladinCasdin
      @PaladinCasdin 6 днів тому +2

      @@hrodga Never bought a disc version of the OG Fallouts, I had a friend that had them. I do still have my OG copy of Neverwinter Nights though - the manual is 224 pages. I have the Baldur's Gate 2 manual somewhere too, which is even more. 😅

    • @hrodga
      @hrodga 6 днів тому +2

      @@PaladinCasdin I had NWN too! My favorite items that came with the base game were in "Return to Zork", though. It had a sweepstakes winner letter that kind of set up the premise of the game and an Encyclopedia Frobozzika that included the answers to some copy protection questions that came up in the game.

  • @hamishfox
    @hamishfox 7 днів тому +577

    Oh man, I remember the fallout 76 controversy. Bethesda really fumbled the bag on that one.

    • @megawix1227
      @megawix1227 7 днів тому +27

      Underrated pun

    • @Dabariah
      @Dabariah 7 днів тому +8

      Fairly rated and overused pun but still funny

    • @andrewbyrne2173
      @andrewbyrne2173 7 днів тому +5

      Boo!

    • @ladygrndr9424
      @ladygrndr9424 7 днів тому +6

      If that one wasn't included, I was going to be disappointed. My husband had friends who got burnt on that one.

    • @trevorshaw-mumford2150
      @trevorshaw-mumford2150 7 днів тому +5

      Not to mention the nuka cola rum! (Not part of the collection but also not as advertised)

  • @gezblair
    @gezblair 7 днів тому +299

    I was not expecting that Geralt statue. Looks like that poor Spanish Jesus the woman did a number on.

    • @richardgreathead5735
      @richardgreathead5735 7 днів тому +24

      Give that painting the name it deserves: Chewbacca Christ

    • @LamanKnight
      @LamanKnight 7 днів тому +19

      @@richardgreathead5735 In Spanish, you could condense that name into "Chewbaccristo."

    • @rarapas
      @rarapas 7 днів тому +5

      The "Ecce Mono" restoration was hilarious! That poor painting though!

    • @richardgreathead5735
      @richardgreathead5735 7 днів тому +15

      @@rarapas apparently it brings in alot of tourist revenue so every cloud has a silver lining

    • @melodysymphonystar
      @melodysymphonystar 7 днів тому +3

      The irony that he looks somehow worse than 1st game Geralt with the horrifying face melting bug is not lost on me.

  • @DoctorWhoFanatic
    @DoctorWhoFanatic 7 днів тому +168

    My teenage years were the golden age of special editions. For like 10 quid more you got art books, in universe items, collectible tokens. Great examples are GOW 3, ACIII and Halo Reach and then for 25 more you got a massive statue for some of them! So much better back then.

    • @Banquet42
      @Banquet42 7 днів тому +7

      There was a brilliant Resident Evil attache case that one if my mates got. Can't remember which game it was for though.

    • @LazzyVamples
      @LazzyVamples 7 днів тому +1

      I have that CE for both GoW3 and AC3. They truly were fantastic, though the GoW3 one is my favorite of the two.

    • @DoctorWhoFanatic
      @DoctorWhoFanatic 7 днів тому

      @@LazzyVamples I do love it but I just love the Washington diary and that join or die coin has been on my bedside tables ever since!

    • @HoneyedToast
      @HoneyedToast 7 днів тому

      Not only special editions but pre orders. I remember getting so many cool things for preordering games. I still have my Uncharted Watch from preordering at EB games (gamestop now). It's good quality too

    • @dungeonsanddobbers2683
      @dungeonsanddobbers2683 7 днів тому +9

      I remember (PC) gaming in the 90's, where most of the stuff you get in a Collector's Edition these days were just in the box...as standard.

  • @DMRetroLP
    @DMRetroLP 7 днів тому +100

    Ah, the "Geralt under the effects of eight different witcher potions and concoctions simultaneously" statue, the perfect companion for your alchemy playthrough. Our guy's not feeling so good.

    • @Iluvatar8
      @Iluvatar8 6 днів тому +2

      Huh.... Have to re-check mine when I'm back home in a few months cuz I can't remember it being that ugly. Never had a place to properly showcase it so didn't take it out of the box much.

    • @kattastic9999
      @kattastic9999 6 днів тому +3

      That deathly pallor and sickly, pulsing veins with dead black eyes is a GOOD LOOK

  • @meryl1389
    @meryl1389 7 днів тому +276

    "Dirtier than three rounds of mud wrestling with a water hag"
    This is why I love oxbox.

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 5 днів тому +2

      My friends back in high school used to call multiple of the OG Xbox in one place “Xboxen.”
      So can I call the Outside Xbox crew “Oxboxen”?

  • @dainbramage9508
    @dainbramage9508 7 днів тому +183

    For the infinity stones, how hard would it have been to just get like some cheap plastic crystal fish decorations and shove some LEDs in their bases?

    • @Suno-ta-sei
      @Suno-ta-sei 7 днів тому +38

      Or just use glass that has been smoothed down into the shapes of the infinity stones and then implement a light in the base as you state and they would look shiny be made of real "stone"

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 7 днів тому +19

      Plastic orbs you freeze in place of using ice cubes looked better than what they gave buyers 😂

    • @durrell246
      @durrell246 7 днів тому +9

      Apparently too hard for Capcom.

    • @dionstewart7394
      @dionstewart7394 7 днів тому +16

      ​@durrell246 I mean it's understandable for a small indie company like Capcom.😂

    • @sinteleon
      @sinteleon 7 днів тому +5

      It honestly looks WORSE than a cheap chinese knockoff. :P

  • @Michael_Lindell
    @Michael_Lindell 7 днів тому +411

    The fact that it's been a busy time at Outside Xtra has not gone unnoticed. Or unappreciated.

    • @whosjulez1157
      @whosjulez1157 7 днів тому +7

      What happened?

    • @JohnWilliams-cr2sz
      @JohnWilliams-cr2sz 7 днів тому +15

      I uh, I haven't noticed them being busier. What'd I miss?

    • @CantankerousDave
      @CantankerousDave 7 днів тому +21

      Without the duo of Ellen and Luke doing their own goofy thing, there really isn’t much to differentiate it from the main channel.

    • @sixuk902
      @sixuk902 7 днів тому +18

      ​@@CantankerousDavebut it's purple!

    • @proto-geek248
      @proto-geek248 7 днів тому +5

      It's Time for WORK, Boys 👍

  • @dorksanddragons
    @dorksanddragons 7 днів тому +169

    I know a lot of discord names are about to change to "Geralt of Rizzia."

  • @GhengisJohn
    @GhengisJohn 7 днів тому +88

    I think Capcom could have prevented half the outrage over the appearance of those infinity stones if they had included a large chocolate rabbit in the bundle and promotional imagery.

    • @TheOctavian316
      @TheOctavian316 7 днів тому +19

      How hard would it have been to make them a bit smaller and from resin? I mean, people making their own sets of dice for DnD manage all sorts of cool things.

  • @ArchOfWinter
    @ArchOfWinter 7 днів тому +60

    Disappointing size aside, the Halo 3 helmet has a really good build quality. It looks better than the wearable one we got years later.

    • @tjpr8r1
      @tjpr8r1 7 днів тому +8

      I really liked it as well as the special features DVD. I had that helmet for years as a decoration.

    • @jardex2275
      @jardex2275 7 днів тому +12

      It looks like a good CE, in my opinion. Maybe it's because I've seen so many of those Lego Star Wars helmet busts, but I wouldn't expect a wearable helmet unless it explicitly said it was wearable.
      I suppose on Microsoft's part, they could have shown the helmet displayed on the stand in prerelease images.

    • @TECHNICALfalcon
      @TECHNICALfalcon 4 дні тому +6

      That halo one looks amazing. Way better than the halo infinite one in terms of looks wise , I’m still hoping to get my hands on the halo 3 one day

    • @EmilyOen
      @EmilyOen 3 дні тому +1

      @@TECHNICALfalcon I have one, and love it❤️

    • @ninjafohhiya
      @ninjafohhiya День тому +2

      I honestly didn't think anyone thought they could wear it. In all the promotions, it was clearly just a statue/game case. I wasn't misled when I pre-ordered it. And it sits comfortably on a shelf behind me still!

  • @ubnubmaster
    @ubnubmaster 7 днів тому +109

    I don’t think number 6 should be on there. It’s true that it’s disappointing but this is one of the few times Warner Bros should be praised for their actions. They easily could’ve sold the product as it was, but refused to sell something that didn’t meet their expectations. Then rightfully gave people their money back and even apologized. Heck most companies would’ve charged people for the costumes to make up for the lost costs. But not only did they give them to the people who had their orders cancelled…they gave them to the whole public! That’s really commendable so much so that it’s uncanny

    • @madquinn13
      @madquinn13 7 днів тому +21

      Yeah but it was still disappointing for the people who ordered it. Just because it was the right thing to do doesn't mean someone can't be bummed.

    • @NickW855
      @NickW855 7 днів тому +9

      It's not commendable when the decision is entirely motivated by weighing the costs of replacing ludicrously fragile statues against outright cancellation. "Sorry, it'd just be cheaper to not send the fucking things at all," is hardly a noble attitude worth praising.

    • @dungeonsanddobbers2683
      @dungeonsanddobbers2683 7 днів тому +8

      @@NickW855 Or they did the hard maths, realised that the Batmobiles were going to have the Batmobile Edition selling at a loss, and cancelled it without completing the purchase from the manufacturers.

    • @sinteleon
      @sinteleon 7 днів тому +14

      Deserves to be in its own list: 7 times developers actually tried to fix their mistakes. Also included in the list: FF14, No Man's Sky, FO76

    • @sinteleon
      @sinteleon 7 днів тому

      @@dungeonsanddobbers2683 Even if it did sell at a loss, it's still worth selling: (1) It's a capped loss since collectors editions are limited anyway, and (2) game promotion. Think of it as advertising.

  • @MichaelWarman
    @MichaelWarman 7 днів тому +48

    The car wasn't the only good thing about Batman Forever: Kiss From A Rose slapped...

    • @tonyb6555
      @tonyb6555 6 днів тому +7

      Kiss From a Rose and Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me over the end titles - if you made it to the end you got a much-deserved treat.
      (Plus as we found out just two years later, it could get worse.)

    • @Eticket109
      @Eticket109 6 днів тому +1

      There was a lot of quality on that soundtrack. The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game was a great track as well.

    • @erakfishfishfish
      @erakfishfishfish 3 дні тому +4

      It also gave us Tommy Lee Jones’s hilarious line to Jim Carrey when they first met: “I hate you. I really don’t like you. I cannot sanction your buffoonery.”

  • @Viktor_Von_Doom
    @Viktor_Von_Doom 7 днів тому +22

    TL;DR - Don't buy collectors editions when you could get any random artist online to get you 10x the quality for half the price.

  • @noonescupoftea8446
    @noonescupoftea8446 7 днів тому +82

    Sweary Jane is even more hilarious than normal Jane 😅

    • @abydosianchulac2
      @abydosianchulac2 7 днів тому +8

      Cue memory of "I can see your generous split."

  • @EricHVela
    @EricHVela 7 днів тому +69

    I got a list for ya: 7 times that companies failed to calm things down. (ME3 original ending backlash, developer response to backlash, backlash to developer response to backlash, developer response to backlash to developer response to backlash, etc.)

  • @arbitterm
    @arbitterm 7 днів тому +27

    I think I was 5 when my uncle told me "If it says collectible, it aint"
    30 years later it's as true as ever.

    • @jardex2275
      @jardex2275 7 днів тому +2

      Yep. Beenie Babies did not pay for my college education, and Funko Pops won't pay for the next generation.

    • @TheBlackSeraph
      @TheBlackSeraph 6 днів тому +2

      Agreed. Once publishers try to make things "collectible" you just end up with A LOT of crap.

    • @zeikers
      @zeikers 21 годину тому

      This is the dumbest comment I’ve ever seen, anything is collectible. Collectible doesn’t mean it’s valuable. Is that the message here? Because people don’t collect something to sell it, that’s the point of the collection, do give value to the person collecting it. Dumb take.

  • @Psalm23_4
    @Psalm23_4 7 днів тому +83

    I have an actual US Army issue duffel, or C-bag. Got it from an army/navy store for $20. Its 3 times the size of that nylon abomination.

    • @CubanSpartan
      @CubanSpartan 7 днів тому +20

      And for like $1.50 they could've spray painted the text on there with a stencil. Just shoddy execution compounded by corporate greed.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 7 днів тому +11

      As a guy in the military, they're actually kinda shit for carrying things, too. Put anything even moderately heavy in them and they dig into your hand.

    • @iowasucks9494
      @iowasucks9494 4 дні тому +2

      @@daviddaugherty2816for some reason we had a supervisor who insisted we do bag drags with our 72 hour bags every week until he could “treat us like adults”. Not saying it was wrong but there were definitely other ways to assess this… like you know, how good we were at our jobs? But anyway carrying those bags for about a mile to and from work during a korean typhoon was probably the worst way to start and end your day.

    • @night-x6793
      @night-x6793 2 дні тому +1

      I'm not surprised that you'll get a better deal and quality at a military surplus store then a overpriced collector edition set.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 День тому

      @@iowasucks9494 Sounds about right. Treating people like adults is an alien concept in the military. God forbid one of your troops messes up of their own free will. Then it's _your_ fault.

  • @Paladin585
    @Paladin585 7 днів тому +31

    On top of the bag debacle, which gets even worse when you find out they gave legit canvas versions to influencers, the helmet itself was also contaminated with toxic mold.

    • @windows95leon
      @windows95leon 7 днів тому +7

      That was actually a different helmet, one to do with Gamestop.

    • @goofyfurball7311
      @goofyfurball7311 7 днів тому +4

      I remember Andy talking about the bag. Can't remember if he had gotten one or was in the group of disappointed customers who got nylon though.

    • @celestialcowboy8337
      @celestialcowboy8337 7 днів тому +4

      iirc they sent one to Markiplier for marketing and he wasn't even interested in the game.

    • @jardex2275
      @jardex2275 7 днів тому +3

      It's annoying when publishers send out inflencer and press packs that have some pretty cool stuff, only for the customers to get meh quality.
      I recall that there was a cool puzzle box sent out for Skywalker Saga's release.

  • @doornik1142
    @doornik1142 7 днів тому +98

    I can definitely see how that transforming Batmobile would have been unreliable. In fact I bet quality tests showed a strong risk that they would break during transit, and that was what convinced them to cancel it.

    • @crapshot321
      @crapshot321 7 днів тому +24

      Most likely. How many times could one transform the Batmobile before it broke? Too many tiny parts for my liking.

    • @decapod10collectables71
      @decapod10collectables71 7 днів тому +24

      I bought one of the Batmobile editions on eBay and, yes, it did break after a while, so I can see why they couldn't release them officially

    • @MrEshah
      @MrEshah 7 днів тому +7

      it might have been partly due to it being unreliable but i'd wager it was more to do with it being more expensive to produce than they had expected.

    • @macdjord
      @macdjord 7 днів тому +29

      At least they were honest enough to cancel it and refund the money instead of shipping junk like the other entries.

    • @dungeonsanddobbers2683
      @dungeonsanddobbers2683 7 днів тому +6

      I think it might be more that the manufacturing costs of the transforming Batmobile were going to eat too much into the profit margin.
      Compare the high quality of that Batmobile to just how _cheap_ the gizzits are in every other Collector's Edition.

  • @nashvontookus7451
    @nashvontookus7451 7 днів тому +26

    I was reminded of the F76 collectors edition on your bad pre-order bonus videos. Very glad you covered it here.
    It's insane that Bethesda did straight up consumer fraud and their first response was "fuck off"

    • @NickW855
      @NickW855 7 днів тому +9

      Very surprising to learn that Bethesda's legal department missed all the classes on contract law.

  • @decapod10collectables71
    @decapod10collectables71 7 днів тому +17

    I actually bought one of the Arkham Batmobile editions on eBay. I thought it would just be loose in a basic box but it came in official, premium packaging. It had everything else that was part of the collector's edition, even had the slot where the game would have been. The Batmobile was great, though I understand why they couldn't have shipped it - the transformation only worked after pressing the button a couple of times, and eventually one of the guns got stuck in the out position, so I can't transform it anymore. Looks great on the shelf still

    •  7 днів тому +3

      And it probably was too expensive to make to boot.

    • @dungeonsanddobbers2683
      @dungeonsanddobbers2683 7 днів тому +2

      This, I guarantee, is the _real_ reason it was cancelled.

  • @opossumprime
    @opossumprime 7 днів тому +16

    At like 2:20 I thought she was gonna say "don't boo me, you wrote it!"

    • @aiodensghost8645
      @aiodensghost8645 6 днів тому +1

      That would've been a really sick last-minute burn

  • @EmporerDragon
    @EmporerDragon 7 днів тому +58

    I would've thought that Dead Island Riptide would've made the list for the bikini torso, but that thing's now apparently enough of a sought-out collectible that it goes for around $300.

    • @xtifr
      @xtifr 7 днів тому +22

      That one was covered in an earlier video about most disturbing items in collector's editions. (Linked in the video description above.)

    • @NameRealperson
      @NameRealperson 7 днів тому +11

      Say what you will about the thing, they promised a bikini torso and they delivered a bikini torso

    • @breakingqueengrace
      @breakingqueengrace 6 днів тому +2

      See, that one isn't disappointing, it's just...tasteless. By all accounts it was exactly as advertised, for better or for worse.

  • @zoe-janesutherland4359
    @zoe-janesutherland4359 7 днів тому +20

    That statue of Geralt makes him look like he's been on a three month drug binge, using his eyeballs as veins to inject said drugs....

  • @wavion2
    @wavion2 6 днів тому +8

    That Halo helmet + stand / dvd holder actually looks pretty good to me. Obviously, it would be awesome to get a full-size, wearable helmet, but that's a pretty unrealistic expectation imo. A motorcycle helmet is like $200. A football helmet can be like $500.

  • @Jonathon_Hennessey
    @Jonathon_Hennessey 7 днів тому +62

    I have a suggestion for a future list video. Seven video game villains who got ignored by karma. These villains never actually get punished for their crimes in the game they come from. An example is Viridi from Kid Icarus Uprising, she's responsible for causing just as much death and destruction as Hades but is never actually dealt with by Pit and Palutena. The most they do is defeat some of her soldiers and two of her commanders and destroy her reset bomb factory.

    • @juliagoodwin9510
      @juliagoodwin9510 7 днів тому +3

      Anyone else hate that trope?

    • @celinnejansson5679
      @celinnejansson5679 7 днів тому +1

      @@juliagoodwin9510 on rare occasions it does work like in undertale where YOU are the villain.

    • @juliagoodwin9510
      @juliagoodwin9510 7 днів тому +1

      @@celinnejansson5679 Fair.

    • @xvgm24
      @xvgm24 7 днів тому +3

      From what I remember, I think Captain Qwark in Ratchet & Clank 1 got off very lightly for the crap he pulled in that game.

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 7 днів тому

      @@juliagoodwin9510that’s a trope? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this

  • @ink6637
    @ink6637 7 днів тому +26

    I'm surprised Duke Nukem Forever wasn't on this list. That collector's edition came with a bust, a comic, a hardcover book, and some other things, but then you're stuck owning the game Duke Nukem Forever.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 7 днів тому +4

      And to think, for most games releasing a collector's edition without the actual game is a sin...

  • @dfw4866
    @dfw4866 7 днів тому +6

    Hearing Jane say "Eggs? They look like eggs, glowing eggs" in the most British accent possible is forever burned into my memory 😂😂😂

  • @Kilthan2050
    @Kilthan2050 5 днів тому +4

    I remember the days when collectors edition stuff just came with the base game as “feelies”. Like the Ultima series with its cloth maps, ankhs, coins, a moon stone, an interview tape, etc. i still have my cloth maps.

  • @chitt77
    @chitt77 6 днів тому +7

    I was 16 when Halo 3 came out so I drove my cousin who was 12 to the Hastings at 11:00pm because they were opening at midnight for the release of Halo 3 so we both bought the collectors edition. He was so excited because he thought he would be able to were the helmet but I kept telling it was a scaled down version yet he kept insisting he could make it fit. The look on his face when saw it was just a cover for the stand PRICELESS and for the whole ride home he kept yelling at me to go back so he could get a refund while I could barely drive straight I was laughing so hard

  • @LukeStevensPhoto
    @LukeStevensPhoto 7 днів тому +34

    The Saints Row 2 collectors edition was awful. Looked like it came with a fancy replica gun, but it was in fact just a vacuum formed bit of plastic packaging and a crap USB stick.

    • @soulreapermagnum
      @soulreapermagnum 7 днів тому +3

      i don't remember how it was given out, if it was part of the pre order bonus or what, but the desktop skin (or whatever it's called when it changes everything) was pretty cool, it wasn't just a SR2 themed background image it changed everthing, icons, the mouse cursor, the start bar, and whatever else i can't remember.

  • @Draugo
    @Draugo 7 днів тому +15

    I have to say I don't have much sympathy for people who bought that Dead Sapce 2 CE. The image pretty clearly showed the plasma cutter to be the size of the disc so that's what I would have expected

    • @BrandonDenny-we1rw
      @BrandonDenny-we1rw 7 днів тому +3

      Also how big could they assume it to be for the price.

  • @cmdraftbrn
    @cmdraftbrn 7 днів тому +21

    ah 5:05 the great canvas famine of 2018. dark times

  • @milczyciel
    @milczyciel 7 днів тому +15

    I remember that originally CD-Project was considering other poses for Geralt and griffin. They even published photos of them after settling down with the final project and let me tell you, the one of the discarded ones was leagues better that what we got. It basically looked like the griffin was about to get the upper hand, when stricken through the hart by Geralt putting all his mutant strength to push his sword through the beast's chest. Far more dynamic, and menacing. Displaying how hard such fight must have been and how imposing opponent griffins are.
    In comparison the one we ended up with, looks like a cloddish butchering of an overgrown poultry...

  • @Icam_here
    @Icam_here 7 днів тому +5

    Me at the start of the video : that Bethesda "canvas" bag is going to be on the list isn't it
    Me at the end of the video: yay a Producer Jon mention, good to know he is still around with the new studio

  • @oxfanblink4115
    @oxfanblink4115 7 днів тому +8

    2:16-2:20 Finally a joke that’s terrible but gets a reaction after a while 😅😅😅😅😅 You are right though Ellen

  • @BuildinWings
    @BuildinWings 7 днів тому +12

    Sometimes a game completely sucks EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE CHARACTER. I'd love to see you do a video on The 7 Characters Who Carry Their Games

    • @kittyoverlord96
      @kittyoverlord96 7 днів тому +3

      Ohh… like Varric from Dragon Age 2. Granted over the years DA2 has grown to be considered a (very flawed & unfinished) masterpiece but yeah. At the time Varric was one of the few things about the game received positively.

    • @TheWizardMus
      @TheWizardMus 7 днів тому

      Katarina from Fire Emblem: New Mystery of The Emblem.
      Maybe it's just I have trouble connecting with the gameplay for New Mystery but it feels really awkward with a mix of some modern mechanics but not really and some issues from the very start of the series that had already been worked out in earlier games but reintroduced because its a faithful Remake of the second half of FE3.
      She's also just the only character with a plotline(because it's a Remake of a way older game and shes new for the remake) so I personally wasn't connecting with the main plot but I found her plotline really interesting.
      She's really neat and kind of a snapshot of the more modern writing style for the series.

    • @GHOSTRIDER373737
      @GHOSTRIDER373737 4 дні тому

      To me it's Ciri for Witcher 3.

  • @EuanFoulis
    @EuanFoulis 7 днів тому +6

    I worked on the Batgirl movie and ohhhh boy that joke…that hurt…

  • @NemoTheShark
    @NemoTheShark 7 днів тому +7

    You guys actually made me give my Witcher 3 statue a closer look. In all of 9+ years I'd never noticed the bad paint job on his face; I've always just looked at his armour and swords and the griffon, which are quite detailed and look good imo 😆

  • @JevinJohnson-CloudShift
    @JevinJohnson-CloudShift 7 днів тому +24

    14:53 I love how you all just feel like good friends, enough to keep these silly, candid responses in the video! Despite being affiliated with Xbox, there is nothing Microsoft about you!

    • @cookiedudegaming
      @cookiedudegaming 7 днів тому +4

      I don't think they are actually part of Xbox/Microsoft, it's just the name. Might be wrong though.

    • @atlerfed605
      @atlerfed605 6 днів тому

      Andy used to work in the magazine “inside Xbox” then when he left he took the name outside xbox. Not sure what video he said it in, maybe some old qna.

    • @KarySR47
      @KarySR47 6 днів тому +1

      They're not actually affiliated with Xbox, it's just a name.

  • @zacharysmith4856
    @zacharysmith4856 7 днів тому +12

    Those are Easter Eggs... 😅 8:18

  • @CelicaAutocrosser
    @CelicaAutocrosser 4 дні тому +1

    Thank you for mentioning the Batmobile!!!! Not only did they axe the collectors edition days before the launch, they REFUNDED us the money instead of giving us the other special edition. I got lucky enough to preorder that one at least, but that was the last collectors edition I ever bought. Not only that, Project Triforce called us “butt hurt” after we started complaining on their website and the started banning us. I was SO pissed since I am a collector of batmobiles in general.
    Now knowing that SOME people got it, I’m even more pissed.

    • @jgt2598
      @jgt2598 3 дні тому +1

      Wow, makes me glad Triforce went out of business and honestly maybe the game dev had good reason to terminate their business arrangement with them.

  • @connortheandroidsentbycybe7740
    @connortheandroidsentbycybe7740 7 днів тому +9

    12:00 honestly? That's fine, provided they gave people their money back.
    They didn't think it was good enough, so they axed it, so they didn't send it out, it shows integrity. I'm just saying, the rest of the entries could've learned something from em

    • @Kleyguerth
      @Kleyguerth 7 днів тому +5

      Well, the video title is "you'd definitely want a refund for", so it fits the video... But I agree, if they allowed for full refunds, they did the right thing. Sht happens, projects fail.

    • @dungeonsanddobbers2683
      @dungeonsanddobbers2683 7 днів тому +4

      More likely explanation is that the corporate entity got the manufacturing costs back from Triforce, did the maths, realised that the Batmobile Edition was going to cost them too much, and just flat-out cancelled the order, leaving Triforce with a bunch of Batmobiles that they can't sell (explaining why the Batmobiles were in the possession of Triforce and not WB when Triforce went bust)

  • @MikesPortugal-zm4oy
    @MikesPortugal-zm4oy 6 днів тому +1

    As a Portuguese and therefore a cod fan, I confirm we love a cantine that you can actually use

  • @superpyromaniac
    @superpyromaniac 7 днів тому +37

    Was always disappointed that the Halo 3 Legendary edition helmet wasn't wearable

    • @archellothewolf2083
      @archellothewolf2083 7 днів тому +6

      I didn't even get that and I was disappointed.

    • @plehis123
      @plehis123 7 днів тому +5

      Tbh I think it looked great.

    • @rakibul27rabby
      @rakibul27rabby 7 днів тому +10

      I think that one is forgivable. It's still a cool looking collectable. Now if they had falsely advertised it as human sized, and wearable; that would've been disappointing, but I don't think that was the case.

    • @tiacool7978
      @tiacool7978 7 днів тому +4

      @@plehis123 Yea, for me it's not that bad as some others on the list. Also as it was mentioned/shown that it was meant to go on the stand. Definitely disappointing that you can't wear it, but not that bad. Since for me, it feels like a really cool way to store a couple of games, while showing off the "helmet."

  • @InsanityPrevails
    @InsanityPrevails 2 дні тому +2

    Never expected Jane to say "Geralt of Rizzia"
    I really am in the best time-line 😤😤😤

  • @zimattack9994
    @zimattack9994 7 днів тому +4

    Never forget the great canvas shortage if oct 2018 do to that lac of the cavas plants natural pollinators the Canadian house hippo

  • @brandonp7503
    @brandonp7503 7 днів тому +2

    Dead Space 2's collector's edition comes with the noisy cricket version of the plasma cutter.

  • @andrewsutherland7913
    @andrewsutherland7913 7 днів тому +8

    That plasma cutter isn't going to save you from any necro-Morphs. It won't help with necro-Chas, necro-Delilah or necro-Nailbrush either.

  • @LadyBern
    @LadyBern 7 днів тому +1

    The funny thing is that people actually looked into how much it would've cost to have the can as bags va the nylon and found the difference in cost was very minor so there was the belief they just cut corners to make a greater profit.

  • @twmh5767
    @twmh5767 7 днів тому +3

    Wow my Witcher 3 collectors edition is different, paint job was okay not like the one you chose, also came with two decks of gwent cards (2 different factions), and a box signed by the development team, everything is the same! I love it, think it’s the best collectors edition I have. Most disappointing for me was Arkham knight, preordered the Batmobile edition but a week before release the edition was recalled because the Batmobile was to dangerous 🙄
    Edit: Oh you mention it!!!!🙌 and you mention it with Witcher as well, and oh my god is that really why it was cancelled. Now I’m even angrier 😡

  • @donaldrezell5475
    @donaldrezell5475 19 годин тому +1

    I remember the Halo 3 helmet. I still thought it was bad ass. Plus, you could remove the screws holding in the center filler, making yourself a helmet that was not only uncomfortable, but couldn't be seen through. Hillarious and amazing.

  • @jaypruett9503
    @jaypruett9503 7 днів тому +3

    Oh, Fallout 76's duffel kerfuffle. That one sticks out

  • @shanegibbens
    @shanegibbens 5 днів тому +1

    Ngl was expecting each collectable to be a bestheda one lol. You had the canvas bag incident with fallout76, the nuka dark glass bottle incident, the pipboy incident for fallout 4, starfeild collectors edition with the functional yet dead watch...

  • @eddythefool
    @eddythefool 7 днів тому +9

    I find collector editions to be overall annoying because then i have to make room for all the extra junk. Then there's the cursed collector editions with no game included.

    • @TNEQL
      @TNEQL 7 днів тому +8

      You DON'T have to make space for them... because you don't HAVE to buy them...

    • @eddythefool
      @eddythefool 7 днів тому +2

      ​@@TNEQLtrue, except when there's one thing that you want from it so now you have to deal with all the extra stuff

    • @goofyfurball7311
      @goofyfurball7311 7 днів тому

      Who sells a collector's issue of a game without the game???

    • @gilded_lady
      @gilded_lady 7 днів тому +3

      ​@@goofyfurball7311it's starting to pop up, maybe even DA Vsnguard?

    • @eddythefool
      @eddythefool 7 днів тому

      @@gilded_lady I was going to bring up an old example since I didn't know they were still doing it

  • @SarimDeLaurec
    @SarimDeLaurec 6 днів тому +1

    While I now realize that my Geralt statue indeed has a botched face, what was more of a disapointment was the fact, that you could not install the game straight from the DVDs.
    I had to rip the file from the DVDs and correct the path of the files manually to install the game.
    I think even if my internet would not have been down at the time, it was still faster than german internet would have allowed to install from GOG.

  • @andybrown4284
    @andybrown4284 7 днів тому +5

    At least it was only the wrong material for the bag, not like bugthesda shipped mouldy helmets for people to wear

    • @spaceageGecko
      @spaceageGecko 7 днів тому +2

      That was actually down to gamestop not using the right materials for it, not really Bethesda's fault on that one.

  • @SadThrash
    @SadThrash 7 днів тому +2

    There is some seriously next-level pun work going on in these section titles. Love it. 😄

  • @gwts1171
    @gwts1171 7 днів тому +6

    My band were going to release a Collector's Edition of one of our old albums that is actually shorter. Over the years a couple of the tracks haven't held up that well. We thought it would be funny, but it never happened.

  • @quicksilver2140
    @quicksilver2140 3 дні тому +1

    Number six hit home hard, one of the very few collectors editions I actually purchased, only for it to be ripped away. I remember standing in EB Games just staring at the worker who told me that I am not getting the Batmobile that I paid $250 dollars for months in advance.

  • @Michael_Lindell
    @Michael_Lindell 7 днів тому +5

    Joke's on them, I collect refunds!

  • @yamibrian3099
    @yamibrian3099 День тому +1

    I remember the gamestop employee was so smug when the Batmobile edition was sold out and told me he would sell me one but I had to pay it off now. I was grinning as I walked in after they were all canceled. 😂

  • @Alsebra
    @Alsebra 7 днів тому +8

    To be fair to the replica plasma cutter, most people don't even look at the scale if it's given. Fewer people would've been upset, yes, but there still would've been a backlash from those expecting one they could fool around with.

  • @soulreapermagnum
    @soulreapermagnum 7 днів тому +2

    13:43 speaking of, i miss the memorabilia shelf you guys used to have.

  • @bluecat3338
    @bluecat3338 7 днів тому +5

    9:03 they’re talking about Master Chief being instantly recognizable, but (granted, as someone who plays neither game) I am unable to distinguish Master Chief and Doom Guy from each other without some sort of outside context. Even with outside context I don’t always get it right. Thought this was Doom Guy at first.

    • @chrislevack405
      @chrislevack405 7 днів тому +1

      Halo sucks.

    • @jacobangel9621
      @jacobangel9621 5 днів тому +1

      That's crazy are you 12?

    • @Kilthan2050
      @Kilthan2050 5 днів тому +1

      @@jacobangel9621i’m 42. The first time i saw Halo i said, “They ripped off the Doom Guy.” 20 years later, its still clear as day they just took Doom Guy and gave him a little more armor.

    • @Kilthan2050
      @Kilthan2050 5 днів тому +1

      @@chrislevack405it both sucks and blows at the same time.

    • @chrislevack405
      @chrislevack405 5 днів тому

      @jacobangel9621 I'm 36 and I totally agree with Kilthan. Halo is bad.

  • @mrheroprimes
    @mrheroprimes 2 дні тому +1

    To be fair the dead space two plasma cutter being smaller than human hand was probably deliberate considering the toy gun laws that many countries have especially in the US where you'd have different states having their own regulations on it and a set of guidelines that would require it to look as ridiculous as possible.

  • @verdandex
    @verdandex 7 днів тому +1

    I remember one of the first special editions ever released, the Lunar 1 and 2 remasters for the PS1. They came with little figurines, the soundtracks, some gorgeous hard cover manuals, and 2 had a little medallion like one the characters. I wish I still had them in my possession, but I left them in storage at my sister's house, a whole hemisphere away. 😢

    • @MLBlue30
      @MLBlue30 6 днів тому +1

      Didnt one come with a map? I think there were hand puppets for Alex and Ghaleon.

    • @verdandex
      @verdandex 3 дні тому

      @@MLBlue30 that's right, there were maps. The hand puppets were for some limited edition that was even more money I think, I didn't have those.

  • @user-zf2ru4eq4w
    @user-zf2ru4eq4w 5 днів тому +1

    Just to also point out; Dick Grayson in a Batman movie also said that chicks love the car when he stole the Batmobile at a time he and Bruce didn't see eye to eye. So must be true.

  • @lotus-prince
    @lotus-prince 6 днів тому

    I knew about the MvC one and forgot about the Fallout 76 one. Can't believe I forgot about it, too, as the helmet had mold that could just straight-up kill you if you wore it for long enough.
    An honorable mention goes to Xenoblade Chronicles X. Generally a cool CE, but the USB stick that came with the OST had something on it that would mess with your drive letters, potentially messing up your entire PC.
    Also, shoutout to Prima's Dark Souls 3 strategy guide, which came with an awful solid piece of plastic that was kind of shaped like an estus flask.

  • @sirennightshade4977
    @sirennightshade4977 7 днів тому

    OMG we actually got the Dead Space plasma cutter! We found it hilarious and we still have it and sometimes point it at each other (me and my husband, for context). It's so tiny and dumb, we love it. XD

  • @WhiteLama
    @WhiteLama 7 днів тому +2

    I had no idea I was supposed to be disappointed by my Halo 3 Legendary Edition.
    😅
    Teenage me and soon to be 35 year old me still think it looks amazing.

  • @NicCageFan
    @NicCageFan 6 днів тому

    I need a "Don't Boo me, I'm right!" reaction GIF right now.

  • @NiallJ
    @NiallJ 7 днів тому +2

    I'm getting flashbacks to Skybound and Telltale's TWD collectors edition... it took them about 3 years, but at least they did compensate people eventually!
    Lee and Clem sit on my shelf as a constant reminder of the atrocities of:
    a) the apocalypse
    b) sub-par paint jobs
    and
    c) buying something expensive without first seeing it in person

  • @DementedDistraction
    @DementedDistraction 10 годин тому

    Speaking as someone who works in the toy industry, that batmobile fiasco reeks of WB putting in the orders ahead of time (factories are hesitant to commit to an order unless it reaches a certain threshold which they can deem profitable for them), so I feel WB put out pre-orders before finalizing the deal with their overseas manufacturers, and then once they had samples and pricing set they must've not had enough pre-orders to justify the manufacturing costs for meeting the quality they were aiming to get - and that was most likely before distribution costs came into play.
    So they decided to cut their losses, eat the the investment, and most likely destroy whatever allotments they could.

  • @chainsawsubtlety9828
    @chainsawsubtlety9828 7 днів тому +1

    "Meowster Chief"
    I think that we should commend Ellen for only indulging in a single, cat-themed pun.

  • @SkyScraperC
    @SkyScraperC 19 годин тому

    You guys are helping me cope with coming back from a trip abroad to find that my family has moved houses. Thank you, you guys rock

  • @Naturallystated
    @Naturallystated 2 дні тому +1

    Ha! 😆 The Westek bag being shite is probably the most Fallout cannon thing there! Good thing it wasn't a Vaultec bag; it would have come irradiated! 🤣

  • @Arcane-p3d
    @Arcane-p3d 7 днів тому +2

    I have that Geralt and it's great! The paint job is far better than that. Plus it's not made of plastic, it's made of polystone like Sideshow collectibles. It's also huge.

  • @temzaqueue
    @temzaqueue 4 дні тому

    The jokes are banging like a full auto bazuka on this episode 😂 Thanks for some quality humour time ❤

  • @mkdfan
    @mkdfan 7 днів тому +1

    The collector’s edition for Mortal Kombat 2011 came with a statue in the UK which looked solid in previews but it turned out to be more like a hollow, plastic, squeaky bath toy. That put me off ever buying a collector’s edition again. To make things worse, the US version got really cool MK bookends that would have been more useful.

  • @LoverOfBellies
    @LoverOfBellies 7 днів тому +1

    I'd say the Call of Duty & Fallout explanations are fair enough tbh

  • @BogeyTheBear
    @BogeyTheBear 3 дні тому

    9:07 "Allow me to introduce myself. I am General Kurt Astrophe, and this is my subordinate, Major Desortah."

  • @tomtitherington
    @tomtitherington 7 днів тому

    Tell you what wasn't disappointing, the Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden collectors edition. You get a writing journal with pre painted pictures and a feather and some ink. Plus a ghost!..that last one may have just been a coincidence though

  • @3possumsinatrenchcoat
    @3possumsinatrenchcoat 7 днів тому +1

    FO76 collectors edition actually got worse than that: don't forget the mold inside the helmets discovered after people started wearing them! :)

  • @TheRealComradeOtis
    @TheRealComradeOtis 2 дні тому

    The best thing about this is that Producer Jon is still with y'all.

  • @VitaNocturno
    @VitaNocturno 3 дні тому

    COD: WaW - Activision: We know this is advertised as a "canteen," but how would you like a pointless hollow metal puck?
    Witcher 3 - ...There are no words.
    76 - Bethesda: Who wants some health hazards and a plastic bag instead of the promised canvas bag?
    Marvel vs Capcom - "Infinity Stone? Nah, have an Infinity EGG"
    Halo 3 - "Hey, see this helmet? Not really a helmet~"
    Arkham Knight - "Too expensive to make, we give up"
    Dead Space 2 - Plasma cutter for a child, not for someone old enough to play the game

  • @Damonicus1
    @Damonicus1 7 днів тому

    I'm not sure about other countries, but here in Australia, EB Games actually DID give us a Batmobile for Arkham Knight. Sure, it was the Tumbler. And it was Lego. And it was palm sized......but hey, at least it wasn't a Geralt staue

  • @Apoc5k
    @Apoc5k 3 дні тому +1

    Thank God I've only got one of these, the Halo 3 one and coincidentally it altered my desire to ever order another pre-order collector's edition of anything.

  • @insaincaldo
    @insaincaldo 7 днів тому

    There wasn't really anything disappointing about the collectors edition of Spacemarines, but I remember my friend being pretty mad, when not only had his pre-ordered collectors edition not arrived at our local store in time and he had to wait an additional 3 hours, but I strolled in with him, without pre-ordering, snatched a limited edition and got some exclusive in-game gear.

  • @Andreas_42
    @Andreas_42 7 днів тому

    Meowster Chief hit me unexpected. Well done. 😂

  • @Ding-2014
    @Ding-2014 День тому

    The witcher 3 collectors edition is one of the beat sets of all time. It was only £130 and came with that huge polystone statue, which BTW not all the faces looked like that. It also came with a full size a4 hardback book, steelbook, replica metal Medallion, signed alternate game case, and more.
    Meanwhile the Spiderman ps4 collectors edition was the same price, it came with the worse steelbook I have ever seen, didn't even have the name on the spine. And a 'mystery' statue that they didn't reveal until a few weeks before launch. It was the same size as a game case - tiny! And that's all it came with!

  • @GrandMasterYoW
    @GrandMasterYoW 5 днів тому

    Duke Nukem Forever's collector edition. It came with the standard art book, statue, some poker chips and dice. BUT, get this, it came with Duke Nukem Forever.

  • @ciaranmcguinness8900
    @ciaranmcguinness8900 7 днів тому

    The Fallout 76 Canvas Bag debacle wasn't the only issue of the collector's edition because Power Helmet was also not up to snuff, it looked accurate and you could wear it but it was a health hazard as mould grew inside of it

  • @tevura3943
    @tevura3943 7 днів тому

    And thanks to John for reminding us all of the importance of stretching.

  • @LainKaplan
    @LainKaplan 6 днів тому

    10:04 Derek Zoolander: WHAT IS THIS? (Indignant)
    A helmet for ants?

  • @UniversalCipher
    @UniversalCipher 7 днів тому

    To be frank, The Brave and the Bold cartoon has a transformable Batmobile.