PlayStation®3 General Discussion

[V00D00CHARL1E]

I for one was very annoyed by the initial announcement of an inferior EU LPB 2 Collectors Edition, but it was somewhat redeemed when they announced it would retail at the same price as the std edition

One important and cool thing to note is that this core Collector’s Edition, with all of the exclusive additional content, has the same recommended retail price (RRP) as the standard edition.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010/11/17/littlebigplanet-2-round-up-grabinator-featurette-collector...

So why are Game selling it online for an extre £5???

http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?&s=LittleBigPlanet+2+(Move+Compatible)

The offical response from Playstation on their blog...

Is there any reason why Game are charging an additional £5 for the Collectors Edition, when it clearly stated on here it would be the same RRP as the Std Edition.

Posted on 8 December, 2010 at 12:59 pm by James Gallagher

I’m pushing for an answer on this, but the basic gist is that we can only provide a RRP (Recommended Retail Price) to retailers, which, in this case, is the same across the two versions. How much they actually sell it for is down to them, which is why prices vary.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010/12/07/the-first-of-many-december-treats-for-plus-members/

[shanethegooner]

It's only £5 more than the standard edition. I don't see how it's a rip off.

[AziLeung]

i'm buying it the collectors edition. think will be worth the money. like guy above, its only £5 more no big deal. the game gonna be awesome...

[chalky83]

Game often put up incorrect prices above RRP before changing them closer to release, they recently had Sly Collection for £40 when the RRP is only £30, they changed it to £30 by the time the game was released.

[jonngizmo]

go and order from lovefilm then you will see a rip off its only £54.99 there lol

[stevewhu]

Game are a joke. as are their trade in prices.

[Deceasednine]

Oh No A whole £5 you better alert somebody.

Its £5 and you get some bonus content for that massive £5 Nobody is making you get it and im sure if you shop around you will be able to find it cheaper

[V00D00CHARL1E]

Its not the actual amount that is the problem.

The US got a real cool collectors edition with book end, etc, and when they announced the EU edition without the extras, just DLC, there was an uproar on the blog

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010/11/09/littlebigplanet-2-collectors-edition/#comments

SCEE went some way to redeeming this when they announced the price would be the same as retail, which for me is a good deal.

Now Game are taking the **** by adding an extra fiver just to boost their profit margins.

[Cpl_H1cks]

I for one am LMAO at alot of you saying its just £5  money is money and if i can save £5 well im all for that so OP you just right bud most of the ppls saying its just £5 get over it they are not the ones paying for  the game its there mum and dad lol .

[stephenc87]

If Game buy the game at the same price as the normal one then it's crappy of them.
If Sony sell the game for more but suggest the same RRP then it's them being crappy instead of Game.