CD Projekt RED Comments on Xbox One Exclusive Collector’s Edition Items Following Heated Response from Consumers

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kupomogli said:

CD Projekt RED has issued a statement following the less then desirable reaction to the Xbox One version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt obtaining some exclusive items in its version of the collectors edition. Nevermind the fact that Microsoft has heavily promoted The Witcher 3 at every event, including E3 and Gamescom.

 

We are also providing special pre-order items for certain retailers around the world, including Witcher comic books, posters, steel books or medallions. Funnily enough, we did not notice any heated comments on the pre-order specials.

 

Yeah, because gamers across all platforms are free to pre-order from any retailer. If you (CD Projekt) don't know the difference then you're not very smart, or you're just PR BS'ing again.

I wonder how much MS paid for the exclusive Collector's Edition? It can't be all that cheap to provide all the extra goodies, and there will only ever be a small propotion of gamers who buy Collector's Editions. So I do wonder how these arrangments reall make sense. Also, MS advertising a game for you is reward enough for MS given they will be presenting it as being a "for Xbox" pretend exclusive so it's benefitting them as much as CD.