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An eagle-eyed gamer has spottedRed Dead Redemption 2’s Collector’s Edition selling for a ridiculous price online, six years after the game’s release. The overall sentiment was mixed over whether thisRed Dead Redemption 2Collector’s Edition is worth the eye-watering price in 2024.
Gamers are no strangers to expensive special editions. For many years now, developers have attempted to entice players to buy the more expensive editions of their games with a mixture of in-game perks and real-life items. Sometimes, these editions represent solid value for money, while other times, they unfortunately don’t. Perhaps the craziest example wasSaint’s Row 4’s Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition, which came in at a staggering $1 million. That included a Lamborghini Gallardo, a Virgin Galactic space flight, and trips to Dubai and Washington, D.C, among other things, so it’s certainly not the norm.
While shopping around at Walmart for someBlack Friday gaming deals, a Redditor stumbled upon a six-year-old relic somehow still in stock:Red Dead Redemption 2’s Collector’s Box. This themed metal box comes with a treasure map, an in-game weapons catalog, a pin set, playing cards, a collectible challenge coin, a bandana, 12 cigarette cards, and a double-sided puzzle. All in, the Collector’s Box comes in at $1,300, an eye-watering price considering the value of the items. It isn’t clear exactly why the price is so high, although it’s likely because of the rarity of finding all the items together at once unopened.
While some claimed they would purchase theRed Dead Redemption 2Collector’s Boxif they had the spare cash, many felt that it did not represent great value for money, with one going as far as to call it “a box of junk,” while another pointed out that people could instead “buy almost 3 real life Lancaster repeaters with that amount of money.” Some of the items in the box are definitely cool collector’s items, but $1,300 is definitely a steep price to pay, even if unopened versions of the box are difficult to come by nowadays.
Six years on from the release of theRed Dead Redemption 2Collector’s Box, and gamers are no closer to receivingRed Dead Redemption 3. Rockstar’s workload onGrand Theft Auto 6means that any development on a sequel is likely to be minimal at this point, but Rockstar notoriously keeps its cards close to its chest when it comes to things like this. In the meantime, theoriginalRed Dead Redemptionhas been a big hit on Steamafter its recent PC release, so it could be a good time to revisit the 2010 title.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater, Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang are forced to flee. With federal agents and the best bounty hunters in the nation massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal and fight their way across the rugged heartland of America to survive. As deepening internal divisions threaten to tear the gang apart, Arthur must make a choice between his own ideals and loyalty to the gang who raised him. From the creators of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of life in America at the dawn of the modern age.
