Announced during the Uncovered: Final Fantasy XV event last week, the Ultimate Collector's Edition of Final Fantasy XV is one hell of a package, bundling the game with a figure, physical copies of the upcoming movie and anime, and a slew of other bits and pieces. Unsurprisingly, the expensive limited edition sold out incredibly quickly through Square Enix's online stores, with only 30,000 units being produced.
And, of course, some of those who managed to place an order in time have already posted their yet-to-be-delivered item on eBay. Current listings are asking for up to £420, which is over £200 more than the retail price. As we draw closer to the game's September release date, we'd fully expect to see these prices increase, too.
Dare we ask if you managed to grab an Ultimate Collector's Edition for yourself? Start clearing some shelf space in the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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greedy eBay "entrepeneurs" - I hate 'em !
If they wanted to stop this all Square Enix had to do was not make it limited edition. They are just getting snapped up by people wanting to make money.
Its so annoying to miss out on a special edition because your at work and cannot sit there all day hitting the refresh button on your web browser only to see someone who's only pleasure is to have so they can sell it on at double the price.
I've ordered one and thought to myself that if I have a change of hearts I will just sell it unopened for a good return on investment, however that is not going to happen (and I've never done it and condemn the practice, of course).
@Draythedestroyer And the companies don't care cause they've sold them all anyway. Its a f****d up move.
SE better make more
I've got mine ordered and hell will freeze over before I part with it!
Wait. There was another collectors edition? What the hell am I doing with this other thing then. Doo doo...
Yeah I got one. I don't understand why square just don't limit it to one per account, it would stop the greedy eBay scum. That way they wouldn't need to make more.
I could have ordered one... But I thought I'd rather buy three other games.
You should've seen how many were sold already
All I want is the noct statue
Two things to note: one, the game's producer(?) has said that they're at least looking into printing more of these to satisfy demand, as well as taking action against abusive preorders.
Two, any listing right now is in violation of eBay's presale policy (http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/pre-sale.html), which states that all sales must "be available for shipping within 30 days from the purchase date", and even uses video games as its example.
So if it makes anyone feel better, I encourage everyone to report any listings of the ultimate edition as a policy violation for the next, what, 5 months or so, and I wish everyone who wants one the best of luck in catching a break with Square's potential restocks.
They should just limit them to just one per-customer. Sure people would find work arounds for that but at least its a little bit more troublesome.
Its cheaper to purchase the Ultimate Edition but at the same time I'm sure the action figure, and art book will be available separately at some point.
@NomNom I wil gladly sell it to you, have no need for it at all.
Of course people buy more than one. But it's their fault for allowing it.
Ive never bought a collectors edition of any game cuz it jus seems like wasted dollhairs. But since ive started following (obsessing over) this game since it turned into xv (thank god cuz 10 years is too long to care) i told myself i would buy the collectors edition. Unfortunately i was working at the time only to get home and find out its all gone. Honestly i could care less about a doll, im a grown man its bad enough im still playing final fantasy games and such. At least give me the art books, the movies, soundtrack, and dlc n whatever else non doll related. Dammit Squaresoft take my money!!
@SonuvLiberty My thoughts exactly, but will find a way to get rid of the doll
I wont be spending 270 Euro for a game. I love my CE Editions but this is to little to make me spend that amount. Look at the Tales series games for 99 Euro you almost get the same stuff without the book. And a book even the most awsome book wont be more then €50.
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