If they felt notably more expensive to make, then yes.
But a problem with that is trusting every publisher to be honest with that evaluation.

I'm a digital guy, but I'd probably buy a physical copy for display purposes if I really liked the game and the display was artistically pleasing. A couple of the only physical items I've bought relating to the video game industry in the past decades include certain amiibos and art collection books, including Amano's book, and Xenogears Perfect Works.

But again, strictly for artistic purposes. I probably wouldn't play them. And I don't care about/partake in reselling or anything like that.

But I don't know, I'm increasingly getting into terrariums and grow lights... I might even try bonsai. 😄

Well that's kinda right but it isn't really about Collector's Editions which are already a thing but more about if regular physical games became a bit more premium (like very a soft collector's editions you could say). Very cheap TotK CE btw, cost a lot more where I live.

Nope

I'm 100% digital.

I wouldn't mind but would have to offer a few things:

1) The game must be playable right out of the box. Gamers better not have to download a huge chunk the moment they insert the game unless its just an update that fixes a few issues, but does not make the physical game unplayable.

2) Manual books/art books inside the case

3) I always thought this would have been a neat idea rather than slapping on a greatest hits/players choice banner, but have exclusive cover arts. I know steelbook variants do this but say certain games that don't have steelbook versions; their launch copies have like exclusive art, then after some time they change the box art to another art say if the game has reached a certain milestone in sales. As they say; a new paint job breathes new life....something like that. I feel like extremely few games have done this in the past but not enough?

It depends on the game.
I am happy to pay extra on top of a physical release if they include extra goodies, but it needs to be a game/franchise I absolutely love and know I will play a lot.

Ori and the Will of the wisps came with an amazing amount of physical content... And it helped it was an amazing game, that I was happy to pay extra for.

Otherwise I am happy paying an extra $10 for the regular physical release over digital.

1. Playable game right out of the box. If it's big, give me 2-3 discs.
2. A manual
If both those are factors, I might pay $10 more. To pay more than that I would need a more premium case and more extras.

No. They already cost Extra and they need to feel premium. We are all ready being charged for what should be a premium product with little flaws, work as good as it ever will at 1.0. Frankly though, I like it this way cause I save money waiting for sales and often loose interest in a game by the time the sales come so I never waste money (like twice in the last few years) on a day one purchase thst just goes into my backlog. If day one games weee reduced to 60 as standard and were finished and premium at release I may go bavk to midnight releases for every big game that comes out and I won't be able to buy anything close to the amount of games I am able to buy and play now with a 6-9 months lag.

Yes certainly. I go for the steel book edition if available on launch.

I miss the days you would get a color manual, map, art book. It shows the passion developers felt making the game, which gives me the passion to play the game and make the best of my play through. Digital games don't have that feeling.

I'm willing to pay for good collectors' editions. And I don't mean ones with grossly oversized plastic crap selling for $300. Maybe a good artbook, a few small feelies.

For regular editions, I just wish they'd include paper manuals again, with game lore in them. Nintendo's NES games like Zelda, Metroid, and Kid Icarus had such good manuals.