Worth it? Need for Speed: Carbon gets Collector’s Edition

Xboxic.com found out about this tidbit for Need For Speed: Carbon, and we share some of the same sentiments they had in their coverage. Electronic Arts recently announced that they’ll be coming out with a Collector’s Edition of their game, which adds some new content. The question is, given EA’s present record of being a bit too enthusiastic with their moneymaking, is grabbing the Collector’s Edition really worth it?

The Collector’s Edition comes with four new cars, six new races, 10 pre-tuned cars, and a bonus DVD. All in all, that deal might actually be worth it for the £ 55 (US$ 100) pre-order price in the UK. The problem comes in when you take into account their current penchant for selling extra content on the Xbox Live. They started with the Madden 07 tutorial videos and moved into the realm of having people do a double purchase in The Godfather: one purchase for the right to buy a super weapon, and another to get enough money to actually buy the thing.

Instead of coming out with ALL the content available, which might still need unlocking through devoted play, they’re holding back some aspects of the game for a special version. Not only that, but who’s to say they won’t just sell the CE game addons through Xbox Live in the future? That’s right: no guarantees on what we’d assume would be exclusive content for CE owners.  If you feel some righteous indignation, or some outpouring of religious fervor, can we get an “Amen!?”

Xboxic.com found out about this tidbit for Need For Speed: Carbon, and we share some of the same sentiments they had in their coverage. Electronic Arts recently announced that they’ll be coming out with a Collector’s Edition of their game, which adds some new content. The question is, given EA’s present record of being a bit too enthusiastic with their moneymaking, is grabbing the Collector’s Edition really worth it?

The Collector’s Edition comes with four new cars, six new races, 10 pre-tuned cars, and a bonus DVD. All in all, that deal might actually be worth it for the £ 55 (US$ 100) pre-order price in the UK. The problem comes in when you take into account their current penchant for selling extra content on the Xbox Live. They started with the Madden 07 tutorial videos and moved into the realm of having people do a double purchase in The Godfather: one purchase for the right to buy a super weapon, and another to get enough money to actually buy the thing.

Instead of coming out with ALL the content available, which might still need unlocking through devoted play, they’re holding back some aspects of the game for a special version. Not only that, but who’s to say they won’t just sell the CE game addons through Xbox Live in the future? That’s right: no guarantees on what we’d assume would be exclusive content for CE owners.  If you feel some righteous indignation, or some outpouring of religious fervor, can we get an “Amen!?”