Putrid Pete, on 10 September 2019 - 11:31 AM, said:
I'm really having seconds thoughts on getting the big box edition. The shipment alone costs 25 dollars to be shipped to my third world shithole. That's the same asking price for the digital edition of the game alone. I can use a courier service to ship it to a US locker and then have it brought here for much cheaper, but I don't know... I'm still considering it.
Where would that be? I'm asking because I'm kind of in the same situation. 25$ may not be a big deal in 'the West' but for us eastern folk, it kind of is. Part of the reason why I don't buy as many video-games as I used to - they all cost 20$+ on the internet (and most, if not all cd-stores in town have closed) which is too much when translated into my country's currency (considering my salary as well).*
Anyway, is there any real point in buying these box-sets to begin with? Other than some collectable junk that'll just gather dust around the house until it becomes expensive enough to be resold on e-bay or amazon, it's really useless, no? And yes, I know some box-sets have flash disks and whatnot, but still.
*In case anyone wonders, my current salary is ~150$, and a video-game at a physical store used to cost ~4$ (new releases and dvd's would cost up to ~12$), and Ion Fury currently costs 12.49$ at GOG (and Steam as well, apparently). So go figure!