Limited Edition of Doom Includes Game Box That, Itself, Plays Doom (engadget.com) 11
Limited Run Games is releasing physical editions of Doom and Doom II, including a $666 "Will it Run Edition" that features a literal game box capable of playing Doom. Engadget reports: It costs $666, which is a nod to the devilish source material, and is being kept to a limited run of 666 copies. It comes with the aforementioned screen-enabled game box that runs Doom, but that's just the beginning. The combo pack ships with the soundtrack on cassette, a certificate of authenticity and a trading card park with five cards.
It comes with a couple of toys based on one of the franchise's most iconic enemies. There's a detailed three-inch Cacodemon that connects to a five-inch base, which looks pretty nifty. There's a smaller handheld Cacodemon that, you'll never guess, also runs Doom. This edition is available for Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The PC version, however, ships with a download code and not physical copies of both games. Preorders start on April 18 and end on May 18, with a release sometime after that.
It comes with a couple of toys based on one of the franchise's most iconic enemies. There's a detailed three-inch Cacodemon that connects to a five-inch base, which looks pretty nifty. There's a smaller handheld Cacodemon that, you'll never guess, also runs Doom. This edition is available for Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC. The PC version, however, ships with a download code and not physical copies of both games. Preorders start on April 18 and end on May 18, with a release sometime after that.
Yeah (Score:2)
No.
There is nothing here worth that price
Re: Yeah (Score:2)
You can see into the future of what a collectable will be worth later on?
No one is arguing the materials that make up the special edition and the IP included are worth $666.
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Absence of mass-production (Score:2)
There is nothing here worth that price
Given the extremely small-scale production, the actual worth of the content of box isn't what's driving the price high.
Yes, there are mass-produced retro-handhelds that can play Doom for very cheap.
But companies selling them usually push multiple thousands of units.
They can basically sell the devices close to material costs, with very thin margins, and thanks to the big numbers of units sold, they'll still recoup the investment that went into designing the handheld and fixed costs setting up the production
Artificially limited editions (Score:2)
will never gain my interest.
Even as nifty as it all sounds, price tag excluded.
Plays Doom, huh? (Score:3)
*ducks*
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I haven't seen that phrase here in years!
Even if you want it (Score:2)
It will probably take Limited Run 666 months to ship it...
It's a bit of a meme. (Score:2)
I am also not a big fan of some of their business practises, as they will try and dark pattern you into buying box or shipping insurance.
I've regressed back to the philos