Collector’s Editions are usually the largest and most expensive packs when it comes to games, including both the essentials and a ton of exclusive goodies. So it came as a great surprise when the players realized that the Collector’s Edition for both Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yotei are diskless, ie, there are no physical discs inside, only a code for a digital download. Naturally, the fans are a bit upset.
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AC Shadows is in but Ghost of Yotei is not? Out of all the ninja games that came out this year AC Shadows isnt even in the top 5.
Ghost of Tsushima ended up being one of the most beloved outings of the PS4 generation, and so topping the adventures of Jin Sakai was never going to be easy.
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Definitely MY game of the year.
All I have left now is to beat Takezo, but that fool is difficult. I’m learning little by little thought, I’ll soon earn the win, and the plat.
So it should upset the fans. This decision, made to seemingly ALL collector's editions, is really baffling. I mean, just eat the costs of putting a game disc in there. It's not like there are millions of Collector's editions. This is one of those things that is so hard to wrap your mind around why it's happening or why Playstation lets it happen. No to mention other devs from other 3rd party games doing this too. But still. Sony should have the damned discs in there.
It is baffling. The one edition that should include game discs. Oh but it has a steel book??? Last gen I believe one was able to submit the code to Sony and get a disc. Which isn’t ideal as one would want to play the game that they bought and not wait for a disc, but do they at least offer that option?
Also, not that it matter much but it’s disc, not disk. If it’s a round object it’s a disc. If it’s something like a floppy, or cartridge-a disk. So ps5 physical games come with discs that get saved on an SSD-which is a disk.
No disc in the C.E. is why I didn't buy Death Stranding 2 yet, I'm certainly not paying full price for a C.E. that doesn't have a damn disc! I'll get it next year during the Days of Play sale for 50 - 60% off, just like I bought the Spider-Man 2 C.E. 4 weeks ago for 50% off.
Unfortunately a lot of people don't seem to understand how to vote with their wallets, which is why we'll keep seeing more of these.
I've seen quite a lot of people who complain about the lack of a disc in the CE and many more about the 2 day early access for the digital-only special edition of Death Stranding 2, only to take the bait and fork out the money anyway.
Your complaints don't matter if you end up buying the product anyway. The moment you do that, you're quite literally telling them to give you more of the thing you're complaining about. It's frustrating to see.
It's kinda obvious why if you use your brain for like 10 seconds.