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Amazon to offer exclusive Fallout 3 SKU
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 9th June 2008
The Fallout 3: Survival Edition SKU will be sold exclusively through
The package, which will be sold only through Amazon, will include the game, Making of Fallout 3 DVD, hardcover artbook and a specially made lunchbox and wrist-mouted alarm clock similar to the Pip-boy used in the game. Oh, and a Pip-boy statuette too.
We contacted Pete Hines to confirm the availability of this package in the UK and were told that unfortunately this package is available only in the US at this time.
"This is an exciting day for Amazon customers and Fallout fans," said Greg Hart vice president of video games and software at Amazon.
"We're delighted to be the exclusive destination for Fallout 3 Survival Edition; this is a great example of the continually expanding selection we offer to gamers."
"We're thrilled to be working with Amazon.com on this exclusive edition," said Vlatko Andonov, president of Bethesda Softworks.
"The Survival Edition offers gamers the unique opportunity to own a piece of videogame history along with a collection of limited edition items – it's the definitive Fallout 3 package."
Are you tempted to pre-order a copy of this special edition package, or do you object to the way that shops are given exclusive products? Either way, let us know in the forums and be sure to check out our in-depth preview of Fallout 3.
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No, and no. Amazon exists almost everywhere after all, and their prices are not too bad.
Of course I'm referring to the Survival Edition, not the Collector's Edition.
Of course they're commercial about it - Bethesda is a company. They exist to make money. That's what companies do. The only way to make money is either charge more for a product (in which case people moan about the price) or make sure that they sell more of that product (in which case people complain that they've sold out).
Errr its Amazon USA... they ship to the EU, the duties might be high, but if you are a fanboy you can still get it. I live in Germany and get all the books I cannot find here in English from Amazon USA (no duties). With the right total amount is cheaper than buyng it from the UK.
stupid amazon
I will be buying the normal CE from wherever I can find it cheapest, because I must have that lunchbox.
I don't see how you can say this. I doubt they got into developing games for the money in the first place, they probably had a vision of a game world that they wanted to create and wanted fans to enjoy. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they want money for their work but I doubt that's at the forefront of their mind. If games can really be considered an art form (and I believe they can), then the developers are the "artists", and most artists don't create art for money.
They exist to create games not make money. I really doubt that if you asked a Bethedsa employee what their company does that the guy would say "Oh we make money." Making money is a side result of their real business which is to make games that people enjoy. Anyway sorry to go on a rant about this but I see people say things like this way too often.
About the statuette, seriously. It should've been a little bit more plump
It's hard to see how they've sold out by offering a collectors edition, tbh.