Fable 2 Collector's Edition now cheaper, less desirable

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Oct 1st 2008 at 4:00PM }

Curse you, "supply chain issues!" You can blame them for the undignified nerfing of the Fable 2 Limited Collector's Edition, which will now ship sans Fate Cards, adorable Hobbe figure and splendid, premium box. Thankfully, the reduction also affects the package's price, which will go down by $10 to $69.99 (£39.99 for our UK chums). It will still include a "making-of" DVD and the bonus in-game dungeon, weapon and Spartan armor.

To make up for the loss, Lionhead Studios has offered a downloadable Fable soundtrack. To obtain the tunes, visit sumthingdigital as of October 6th and enter "FableCollection" as a promotion code.

Tags: Collectors-Edition, Fable-2, Lionhead, Lionhead-Studios, Nerfed, We-Really-Wanted-That-Hobbe

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

kinshadow @ Oct 1st 2008 4:09PM

From the website:
"The promotion code you entered expired on 09/29/2008 .
However, please take advantage of one or more of our current promotions!"

Fuck You

kinshadow @ Oct 1st 2008 4:13PM

I checked the source link and there is a blurb at the bottom of the article:

"This will be available beginning October 6, 2008 @ 9am PST."

Talk about your misleading error messages.

Chroma @ Oct 1st 2008 4:12PM

I preordered back when to get the pub games. So I loose a bunch of give-me's and get a soundtrack, that looks like anyone can download, and that I'd be lucky to listen to once. Based on how much I played pub games before the xbox rrod-ed, it wasn't worth it.

BananaBoat @ Oct 1st 2008 4:32PM

That it can be downloaded by anyone, whether they pre-ordered or not, really is a kick in the ol'pants isn't it? It's not even a perk for having pre-ordered, it's just a gigantic "up yours!" to the pre-orderers.

Atleast I got to enjoy the pub games. I feel your pain though. That "Collector's Edition" pre-order just turned into a day-of cancel and purchase of the regular edition.

Ethan @ Oct 1st 2008 4:15PM

So is it going to normally be £30? £35? The premium version's RRP looks very standard to me.

RazorD @ Oct 1st 2008 4:34PM

It's actually just dropped the limited edition RRP to the same price as the standard edition - not that you can find anywhere with the limited edition available now in the UK (apart from play, who are still charging £45..)

Bob M @ Oct 1st 2008 4:16PM

This is absurd and ridiculous. If they have supply chain issues, all they need to do is ship the added premiums after the fact to everyone who pre-ordered. I have had this game pre-ordered for over three months and less than three weeks before it ships, they decide they can't print five cardboard cards, a small box and a happy meal toy sized action figure? This is incompetence and stupidity of the highest order.

Jon2309 @ Oct 1st 2008 4:17PM

Does this mean current orders will be reduced?

theturtle363 @ Oct 1st 2008 5:35PM

yeah I wanna know that too, I preordered and paid mine off as soon as it was possible too. You'd think if it was a supply issue they'd still let at least a few through to the first buyers

Erluti @ Oct 1st 2008 4:20PM

At least it'll be $10 less.
I really wanted a Hobbe figure on my cube's desk though.

tim @ Oct 1st 2008 4:24PM

What a bunch of fucking bull shit. They should have had all that done long ago, to avoid this issue. Yay music download, at least they could have put it on a damn CD.

Chroma @ Oct 1st 2008 4:32PM

Yea, your preorder only reserves your copy. You'll pay off the rest when you pick it up.

shyguysamurai @ Oct 1st 2008 4:39PM

This is very disappointing. The Hobbe figure was a big draw for me, a collector of useless things.

Ah well, I can still pretend to be Master Chief as I try to not catch the black plague...

Joshua @ Oct 1st 2008 4:41PM

I ordered mine from Amazon when it was posted as 67 bucks.

I thought I was getting away with a deal here.

Turns out they ended up screwing it up anyway.

Haggard (Mr.ESC died for our sins) @ Oct 1st 2008 4:45PM

£40?

That's the price of regular console games here..

alex @ Oct 9th 2008 2:31PM

we get riped off over here so im gonna say its goin for £55

Dirty @ Oct 1st 2008 4:48PM

Im pretty sick of limited editions. All they are is a publisher throwing in a bunch of useless crap and slapping an extra 20 bucks on it.

Shagittarius @ Oct 1st 2008 4:57PM

I prefer the premium packaging of the collectors editions as well as all the little extras included.

But this is really crap, will cancel my pre-order of collectors when I pick up a standard edition.

dinosaur @ Oct 1st 2008 4:54PM

i thought the collectors edition was $69.99 in the first place? so is it just $60 now?

Mr. Cantu @ Oct 1st 2008 6:06PM

It was $79.99 before, unless you got a deal somewhere.

nomadic0ne @ Oct 1st 2008 4:55PM

Awww.. DAMNIT!
*sigh*
Well...I'll be downgrading my preorder to a regular edition.
The collector's edition now is not worth it to me...even with the reduced price.

Poor quality Lionhead. Poor quality.

(and I agree that if it is only supply issues, send the stuff later...)

Bookdust @ Oct 1st 2008 4:56PM

Sweet, no more junk and a reduced price! All I want is the in-game content.

Kaiswil2 @ Oct 1st 2008 5:02PM

yeah F-That. Imagine not getting a Big Daddy but instead a set of puffy stickers.

Viridium @ Oct 1st 2008 5:57PM

My Big Daddy... I love it SO much!

Arnon @ Oct 1st 2008 6:16PM

Yeah except that was worth buying the LE over..

Even with the Terot cards + $1 keychain, this would not have been worth another.. $20?

I'm so happy they took that stuff out.. it actually makes sense.

Intangible 360 @ Oct 1st 2008 5:15PM

I'm pissed, I think I'll just rent the game instead now and cancel my preorder. This supply chain issue excuse is obviously not accurate.

Rhamsey @ Oct 1st 2008 5:26PM

bloody christ, this sucks ass. i wanted those things, and now i get some soundtrack... i can download that illegally if i really wanted it. you cant download the cards, or figure.

Anticrawl @ Oct 1st 2008 5:29PM

Atleast now I have a proper reason to not waste all that extra money.

G-Nitro @ Oct 1st 2008 5:30PM

Well, time to cancel my pre-order on Amazon. hopefully they don't charge me for the pub games. But hell, it isn't my fault they got rid of everything worth paying the money for.

dark_inchworm @ Oct 1st 2008 5:31PM

There goes ol' Lionhead, once again yanking away things it's promised...

I'm still gonna buy this and I'm still gonna have a damn good time. But man. As a hoarder of gaming memorabilia, this is a swift kick to the groin.

bak @ Oct 1st 2008 5:40PM

For once, I agree with the bitter-nets. Yeah, that really sucks. I don't get every collector's edition that comes out, but for big games like this I do. Oh well, 10 more bucks for Gears and Little Big Planet...

Turkish Superman @ Oct 1st 2008 6:05PM

Molyneux was right when he said this game would make people cry.

Mr. Cantu @ Oct 1st 2008 6:10PM

I'm actually not hurt by this. All I really wanted was the bonus in-game dungeon, weapon and Spartan armor and now I can get that for $10 less (which I can put towards Gears2). I wasn't interested in the cards or the hobbe (because it looked a bit like a happy meal toy).

Arnon @ Oct 1st 2008 6:11PM

Good.. they took out all the useless shit that was going to collect dust (i.e. terot cards, keychain).

Now for an extra $10, you get in-game content, 'The making of' DVD and the soundtrack..

Not to mention people wont be paying $10 for the useless stuff that was originally in here.

Arnon @ Oct 1st 2008 6:37PM

Also, Lionhead doesn't make the keychain and Fate cards.. in fact, I'm sure they had nothing to do with the L.E.

Snowblind @ Oct 1st 2008 7:04PM

Meh, I'm not particularly bothered by this. The "Fate cards" were never interesting, and although I'm a little disappointed about missing out on the Hobbe figure, it's not that big a deal.

At least it costs the same as the regular edition now, it'd be pointless to buy the regular version.

brickwalker0 @ Oct 1st 2008 7:09PM

im still confused.

what do we do if we pre-ordered it from a store and payed it in full? does the store credit us back?

kaiswil2 @ Oct 1st 2008 7:42PM

They better or I'd putting my foot to the display stands and start screaming they stole my MONEY!

How mad would all of you guys be if say they pulled this bait and switch with Fallout's Bobble Head? Cheap or not most of these Chinese stamped lead painted trinkets of crap turn out to be the most sought after items by video gamers, well not all of the time.

Perhaps it was a supply issue or maybe its a cushioning to the blow they are going to take when they don't meet expectations, i.e Too Human...

I on the other hand smelt this smelly Moulinex fish when he proclaimed how good it was and how emotional touching it was. And all that other BS fun stuff.

I'll make this wager. In my opinion if lets say it's as emotional as "Grave of Fireflies by Isao Takahata" then i'll drop the coin and pick this up. And write him a letter thanking him for that splendid moment in my life.

Kaiser

Arnon @ Oct 1st 2008 8:56PM

Yes because not only does Lionhead make games.. they have a secret factory in the corner of China that makes all these pieces of crap.

Lol.. the official article states that Lionhead themselves have nothing to do with what is going on in here.

"Microsoft Adjusts Contents & Pricing for Fable II Collector's Edition (Update)"

Joe @ Oct 1st 2008 7:13PM

Please tell me this is just in the UK because I preordered the collecters for the goodies not this junk. I will happily pay the axtra ten dollars I already was planning on it.

Envoy @ Oct 1st 2008 8:16PM

I'm confused...anyways regular edition ftw!

Arnon @ Oct 1st 2008 8:47PM

CE ftw..

$5 more(after tax) for:
-Fable 2 DVD with new 'Making-of' feature.
-In-game content:
*The Hall of the Dead’ Dungeon
*The Wreckager’ Legendary Cutlass Weapon
*Spartan armor and energy sword

ftw.

wickedpheonix @ Oct 1st 2008 8:28PM

Haha, sucks for everyone who pre-ordered off Amazon for $66 and thought they were getting a good deal :P

Brandon @ Oct 1st 2008 8:50PM

Sucks for me. I had this pre-ordered on Amazon for the regular edition back in November 2007 when they had it mispriced for $47.99. I had both on order for a while and then when I got the limited edition one for $66 I canceled the regular edition. Thanks for screwing me Lionhead!