Sony’s not going to show you the statue that comes with the $149.99 Collector’s Edition of Marvel’s Spider-Man because… Well, it’s a spoiler, apparently. Insomniac Games’ community director James Stevenson explained on ResetEra that the Gentle Giant manufactured statue will be “boxed in a way that says when you can open it to save yourself”.
Essentially this means that if you’ve ordered the pricey package, you’ll be advised not to fully open it until you’ve played a portion of the game. Exactly how far the developer expects you to go before you can ogle your expensive new ornament is up in the air, but no one will get to see it until launch day either way.
It’s a bit of weird one, this. On the one hand it’s going to make for a pretty awesome surprise, but on the other it seems unreasonable to expect people to pay for something they haven’t even seen. Ironically the Collector’s Edition is sold out so it clearly doesn’t matter either way – hopefully the statue itself is good and worthy of all this secrecy.
[source resetera.com]
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Well you see part of it anyway so it's not as if people are going in completely blind but if they were worried about spoilers then why have it in the first place.
So, I just spent $120 for something that needs to stay boxed until I've gotten far enough?
That's far from the dumbest thing I've seen, but still pretty silly.
Also, I've apparently fully paid off the CE despite only paying the abforementioned $120. Either I'm lucky or due for shenanigans.
Thought they said the statue would be revealed during the summer.
They did the same thing with the Arkham Origins CE.
Had a little compartment that advised against opening the package until you beat the game.
@Shepherd_Tallon Nah we wouldn’t do that if it’s a spoiler. To be honest I’m pretty sure I know what this is referring to; there are things from the hands on that we were told not to talk about
@WanderingBullet Now it won’t.
It's Cole MacGrath.
@get2sammyb Oh, well, I prefer to see unboxing videos or at least images of the final statue before I pre-order Collector's Editions. That being said, it's not like I can pre-order it from Amazon (US) anyways. lol
Right now, it's not just Sony exclusives but I've also noticed that games like RDR2 are not available for pre-order as well.
@PS_Nation LOL good one, though more likely to be a Ratchet & Clank cameo .
@ToddlerNaruto That would be so cool!
@ToddlerNaruto so Ratchet and Clank are part of the Marvel Universe now? That's not canon! Well, I suppose if Rocket Raccoon and Groot exist in it...
@PS_Nation I know right? It'd be like a RL easter egg .
@Turismo4GT Damn it, now I want to see Ratchet & Clank vs Rocket & Groot .
I like the idea, but I'm not sure I'd want to drop that much money on a statue I've not seen.
@ToddlerNaruto I’m Groot. ^^
@PS_Nation I AM GROOT !
Its sold out in the USA
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