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Honestly, I would have caved on today's CEs for $59.99 apiece lol. Still itching to pull the trigger here during the 5pm sale.

hey does the La Mulana 20pg instruction manual not come in the SE version?

I don't believe it does which is a shame. It was the only contents of the CE I was interested in. I love the inclusion of soundtracks but La Mulana's music is not something I'd ever listen to on its own.

 
I’m just glad that the reseller hype has died down and those us that really want these releases can get them pretty easily. Now that 95% of past releases can be had on eBay for basically retail including CEs, I can get some past releases I missed out on when resellers were stalking LRG releases hoping to retire off them.
 
Expect an email if you were on the Night Trap PS4 waiting list. Each email contains a unique code that will reduce the price of our Night Trap listing to its regular retail price. Just add it to your cart here: https://limitedrungames.com/collections/sold-out/products/limited-run-74-night-trap-ps4?variant=43337253827 and enter the code at checkout. The $74.99 price that is listed is just there to make sure copies of the game stay in stock for people with the discount codes.
Any updates for Plague Road/Oceanhorn waiting list?

 
Wait, the La Mulana CE has a manual that would, like, go in the Vita case, but the normal one doesn't?

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Wait, the La Mulana CE has a manual that would, like, go in the Vita case, but the normal one doesn't?

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No, the manual is oversize and odd shaped, so it won't fit in the Vita case which is why it wasn't included in the standard edition.

 
Nope not a standard manual
Damn, that sucks, as I didn't even know this had a manual offered. I would have liked to have it, but not at the CE price. And since it doesn't fit in the case, another reason not to be to disappointed.

If the manual doesn't fit in the case, is it really a manual? LOL

 
Damn, that sucks, as I didn't even know this had a manual offered. I would have liked to have it, but not at the CE price. And since it doesn't fit in the case, another reason not to be to disappointed.

If the manual doesn't fit in the case, is it really a manual? LOL
Thats basically every big box PC game

 
I also really, really, really prefer PA's style of CEs. A smaller, high quality, reasonable package with an artbook and a sound track or something like that. People just don't have room for these huge monstrosities.
and its usually around $35. and PA is known for scalper prices.

 
2064 looks interesting but I'm really not a fan of running pixel art games on the PS4. Apparently there will be a Switch port, so am holding out on that if a physical version ever happens.

 
I thought these were limited? Still available after 5 minutes. :bomb:
You'll live. :roll:

After being on the fence about Nex Machina earlier, I decided to get a copy after noticing it was available last night. As of this posting it looks like there are still some copies available. A lot of people are speaking highly of it, so I'll give it a shot.

 
Will there be a standard edition bundle for vita games on Dec 1st? Low print runs and allowing 2 copies of each seem like it’s going to be really hard to get both in while still checking out
 
Not to hate, but yes the Play Asia limited editions are the perfect format and my favorite of all the small batch series. You can always get $3 off your order and $4 shipping from PA. Also, the preorder system at PA makes everything stress and frustration free imho. All of my games have been shipped in a box and covered in bubble wrap too.

Stickers, soundtrack, game, manual, and numbered card all kept in a standard size beautiful outer box. All of the releases look beautiful on the shelf. I'm out of the LRG game at this point, mainly due to the infinite release schedule (besides my Skullgirls and Windjammers), but I am so excited for the continually expanding PA releases.

PA versions of Cursed Castilla and Ghost Blade HD are my top 2 favorites.
 
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Yeah, I'm super hyped for the Vita version of Cursed Castilla. I still can't believe everything that is included for $35, it's fuck ing Insane! LOL
I laugh that lrg sold the same type of items for 65 yesterday , yet play Asia does it for 35 with only 5 dollar shipping and better packaging .

Plays Asia is new to the game of limited games and does it better.
 
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I agree with everyone else here about the PA CE boxes, they're really well done and feel like premium products at budget prices. I'm not a fan of the LRG "big box" CEs, much prefer the smaller PA style. I had a huge collection of older big box PC CEs, getting rid of those because they're annoying (although the artwork on some of them is very cool).
 
I laugh that lrg sold the same type of items for 65 yesterday , yet play Asia does it for 35 with only 5 dollar shipping and better packaging .

Plays Asia is new to the game of limited games and does it better.
PA CE of Alchemic Jousts was $17 at launch
 
I do like the size of the PA releases. They’re compact and fit on the shelf well. The price is also more palatable. The problem for me is that the packages are pretty plain and I don’t really care about the extras.

The LRG CE have amazing artwork though and that’s something I like to have on display rather than stuffed on the shelf.

I don’t really care for soundtracks though, so paying more than double the price is a tough pill to swallow.
 
It was stated that due to PlayAsia not being US-based, the prices they pay for product development is much lower.

Will agree 100%, though. The uniform look, compact design and consistent extra goodies of PlayAsia's offerings is the current standard limited releases.

 
You'll live. :roll:
After being on the fence about Nex Machina earlier, I decided to get a copy after noticing it was available last night. As of this posting it looks like there are still some copies available. A lot of people are speaking highly of it, so I'll give it a shot.
I guess my facetious sarcasm didn't transfer well via text.
 
Play Asia is definitely killing it on their releases.
Play-Asia has been around for a long time, and I certainly order from them fairly frequently. Excellent c/s, and some really cool sales now and then. Have never had a problem with buying from them. As for these limited releases, interesting that PA also has Wonder Boy -- at a cheaper price ;-)

 
Interesting the La-Mulana EX CE is still available while the standard copies sold quick.  I think the split between the 2 versions should've been at least 2:1.

 
Probably because the CE is expensive and a good portion of the customers would rather just buy the Standard :lol:
Yeah, that was a lot of extra green for mostly non interesting items. The poster was the best item, but folded, not so much.

EDIT: I would have been happy to pay for the poster on it's own, and have it sent rolled in a tube. Having them folded in these CE pretty much renders them useless, but I have framed a few over the years where the creases are in good spots, and not easily seen.

 
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Personally, I don't see what the big deal about these box sizes is all about.  I got rid of my shelves and stack LRG big box releases on the floor.  Actually, I'd prefer poster-sized boxes so the poster inside doesn't have to be all rolled up.  The box could even have a plastic window showing the poster full-size, then I could hang each release on the wall.  Since I'm cheap, I'll just nail the box in place or something.

 
Personally, I don't see what the big deal about these box sizes is all about. I got rid of my shelves and stack LRG big box releases on the floor. Actually, I'd prefer poster-sized boxes so the poster inside doesn't have to be all rolled up. The box could even have a plastic window showing the poster full-size, then I could hang each release on the wall. Since I'm cheap, I'll just nail the box in place or something.
Works for you but for the most of us we don't keep out games on the floor.
 
Be advised that if the package gets lost in transit, PA Customer Service takes forever to settle it.
This! Play Asia customer service sucks ass. When an item shows up 2.5 months after getting a tracking number is absurd. Trying to get more information on the delay was riddled with just wait replies.
 
Pretty sure I've voiced this here before but I'm not really a fan of LRG's CE boxes either. The size is awkward like a big box PC title and I don't like the fact that they don't include any console branding on the box. They'd fit right in with an old school PC collection but look odd with a PS4/Vita collection imo. Also seems to me that CE runs should be closer to 1500 rather than 2500 for most titles.

 
Yeah, that was a lot of extra green for mostly non interesting items. The poster was the best item, but folded, not so much.

EDIT: I would have been happy to pay for the poster on it's own, and have it sent rolled in a tube. Having them folded in these CE pretty much renders them useless, but I have framed a few over the years where the creases are in good spots, and not easily seen.
Only poster I took the time to get framed is the Persona 4 Dancing All Night Pre Order Poster from Gamestop. It looks like. :lol:

 
Man, I've never seen the vinyl struggle so bad to sell either.  And those tshirt sales are just sad - they've said "only 4 left" since early Friday morning.  Goes to show that some games just deserve a standard release with nothing else as their fanbase isn't big enough to support all the extra items.

I really hope these slow sales of the CEs will get LRG to realize that maybe they were priced a little high.  Y's Origin CE just seemed of poor quality with how cheap everything felt and how the contents were just flopping around inside the package without being secured.  As other people have already posted it just seemed like a big box PC release.  Hope these two CEs are much better considering the price. I also wouldn't want a 4 disc soundtrack carelessly packed as that could lead to big jewel case scratches.

 
New games put up for 12/1:

Windjammers (PS4) - $29.99 (3800 copies)

https://www.limitedrungames.com/collections/games/products/limited-run-92-windjammers-ps4

Windjammers (Vita) - $29.99 (3000 copies)

https://www.limitedrungames.com/collections/games/products/limited-run-91-windjammers-vita

Claire: Extended Cut (PS4) - $24.99 (2500 copies)

https://www.limitedrungames.com/collections/games/products/limited-run-102-claire-extended-cut-ps4

Claire: Extended Cut (Vita) - $24.99 (2500 copies)

https://www.limitedrungames.com/collections/games/products/limited-run-101-claire-extended-cut-vita

There also is supposed to be a Windjammers CE that isn't listed yet.

 
And those tshirt sales are just sad - they've said "only 4 left" since early Friday morning.
You comment made me curious. Fangamer T-shirts are usually pretty nice.

"Only 4 left" applies to the Unisex size XS

It appears some sizes started with a single digit quality, others do not state a quantity.
 
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Seems odd all the remaining games are hovering at less than 10% since this morning.  With the limit lifted, I figured they would have sold out by now.

 
Man, I've never seen the vinyl struggle so bad to sell either. And those tshirt sales are just sad - they've said "only 4 left" since early Friday morning. Goes to show that some games just deserve a standard release with nothing else as their fanbase isn't big enough to support all the extra items.

I really hope these slow sales of the CEs will get LRG to realize that maybe they were priced a little high. Y's Origin CE just seemed of poor quality with how cheap everything felt and how the contents were just flopping around inside the package without being secured. As other people have already posted it just seemed like a big box PC release. Hope these two CEs are much better considering the price. I also wouldn't want a 4 disc soundtrack carelessly packed as that could lead to big jewel case scratches.
We've sold over 100 shirts. There's no risk on our end since we're selling them on behalf of Fangamer. 100 shirts in two days is actually really good. We've also sold 450 vinyl records - again, no major risk there - there's only 50 left and they'll all sell eventually.

The 4 in-stock shirts are Unisex XS. As you can probably guess, most of our customers wear Large and up.

Things don't always "flop around" in our CEs. The art book for Ys did because it's a large size and occupies most of the tray. Games and soundtracks are always nicely affixed into fitted tray inserts (even with Ys). In response to the Ys feedback we created a fitted sleeve to hold printed stuff so it wouldn't "flop around". The art prints for Nex Machina will be held in one.

For an example of a CE where things don't flop around - take a look at our Wonder Boy CE, which we received overwhelmingly positive feedback on. Things are nicely held in place.

The Wonder Boy CE was $64.99. It came with a soundtrack CD, folded poster, and trading cards. I don't understand why that CE has been so well loved by those that got it, but these similarly specced and priced CEs are being met with so much negative backlash. Is it because Ys was underwhelming and people are judging based solely on that? Is it because Wonder Boy has strong resale value and Ys does not? I just don't get it.

Regardless of what anyone's perception is here, this weekend's CE releases have sold very well - we probably could have printed 100 or 200 less and been fine but we wanted to make sure we could meet demand.

This nonsense where people feel the need to analyze a sale like it was a failure, just because it stayed in stock for more than a few minutes, has to stop. People can't want us to better serve demand while still expecting us to sell out in a minute. The two things are mutually exclusive.
 
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Regardless of what anyone's perception is here, this weekend's CE releases have sold very well - we probably could have printed 100 or 200 less and been fine but we wanted to make sure we could meet demand.

This nonsense where people feel the need to analyze a sale like it was a failure, just because it stayed in stock for more than a few minutes, has to stop. People can't want us to better serve demand while still expecting us to sell out in a minute. The two things are mutually exclusive.
Amen to that, you guys are finally making enough to meet demand, the OCD collectors need to chill out or collect something else, it's ABOUT THE GAMES, not about rarity or how fast they sell out. I'm glad that after pestering you all this time about it, I don't have to persuade you anymore. ;-) Since you GET IT now.

Also I could have waited till 6PM to grab La Mulana SE, but got the CE instead, why I am a BIG fan of the series (helped KS LM2 and got the LE physical version of that coming too), even though money is WAY tight for me right now, I managed. People were complaining the SE sold out so quick, and I replied the CE was still in stock and IMHO was WORTH the asking price.

I know Josh is going to have a coronary when I say this but every CE I own gets put away after I open it up, look at the contents, take the game out and put it in with my collection. I will do this with La Mulana and just did it with my Summon Night 6 CE, I marveled at how awesome it was then put it all back together, placed it in the shipping box and on the shelf it went & put the game on the PS4 pile with all of the others.

I have no issues with CE box sizes or anything else, I don't have room to display them and am not OCD enough to care about it, the game gets unpacked, cataloged and then put in their respective piles on the shelf, we all collect differently, that's how I do it.

I'm just happy you're doing what you do and will KEEP doing it even with the additional competition you have.

Start rant/

The only negative from the sale this weekend is what someone already mentioned which is Nex Machina wasn't selling better, but as I mentioned to Housemarque I think that has more to do with them getting word out about their games, I knew NOTHING about the last 3 releases coming out (matter of fact nothing since Resogun) so either their PR failed or Sony's did.

It's not the quality of their games, just that people don't know they exist and sadly either don't care enough to go and look for them or aren't bothered enough when they come out to spread the word.

That's the worst thing for them as a company, the industry as a whole and us as fans/collectors. But there's WAY too much competition for our money and attention these days, and some great games get overlooked which is very sad.

/rant

Btw, Any time frame for when Kero Blaster will be releasing? Just curious if it was still 2017 or was pushed into 2018?

 
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We've sold over 100 shirts. There's no risk on our end since we're selling them on behalf of Fangamer. 100 shirts in two days is actually really good. We've also sold 450 vinyl records - again, no major risk there - there's only 50 left and they'll all sell eventually.

The 4 in-stock shirts are Unisex XS. As you can probably guess, most of our customers wear Large and up.

Things don't always "flop around" in our CEs. The art book for Ys did because it's a large size and occupies most of the tray. Games and soundtracks are always nicely affixed into fitted tray inserts (even with Ys). In response to the Ys feedback we created a fitted sleeve to hold printed stuff so it wouldn't "flop around". The art prints for Nex Machina will be held in one.

For an example of a CE where things don't flop around - take a look at our Wonder Boy CE, which we received overwhelmingly positive feedback on. Things are nicely held in place.

The Wonder Boy CE was $64.99. It came with a soundtrack CD, folded poster, and trading cards. I don't understand why that CE has been so well loved by those that got it, but these similarly specced and priced CEs are being met with so much negative backlash. Is it because Ys was underwhelming and people are judging based solely on that? Is it because Wonder Boy has strong resale value and Ys does not? I just don't get it.

Regardless of what anyone's perception is here, this weekend's CE releases have sold very well - we probably could have printed 100 or 200 less and been fine but we wanted to make sure we could meet demand.

This nonsense where people feel the need to analyze a sale like it was a failure, just because it stayed in stock for more than a few minutes, has to stop. People can't want us to better serve demand while still expecting us to sell out in a minute. The two things are mutually exclusive.
You'll never be able to please everyone. Games sell in minutes, people will complain there's not enough stock. Games last a few days, then LRG is dying. I commend you for caring enough to attempt to educate these people, but at a certain point, it just can't be worth it.

 
We've sold over 100 shirts. There's no risk on our end since we're selling them on behalf of Fangamer. 100 shirts in two days is actually really good. We've also sold 450 vinyl records - again, no major risk there - there's only 50 left and they'll all sell eventually.

The 4 in-stock shirts are Unisex XS. As you can probably guess, most of our customers wear Large and up.

Things don't always "flop around" in our CEs. The art book for Ys did because it's a large size and occupies most of the tray. Games and soundtracks are always nicely affixed into fitted tray inserts (even with Ys). In response to the Ys feedback we created a fitted sleeve to hold printed stuff so it wouldn't "flop around". The art prints for Nex Machina will be held in one.

For an example of a CE where things don't flop around - take a look at our Wonder Boy CE, which we received overwhelmingly positive feedback on. Things are nicely held in place.

The Wonder Boy CE was $64.99. It came with a soundtrack CD, folded poster, and trading cards. I don't understand why that CE has been so well loved by those that got it, but these similarly specced and priced CEs are being met with so much negative backlash. Is it because Ys was underwhelming and people are judging based solely on that? Is it because Wonder Boy has strong resale value and Ys does not? I just don't get it.

Regardless of what anyone's perception is here, this weekend's CE releases have sold very well - we probably could have printed 100 or 200 less and been fine but we wanted to make sure we could meet demand.

This nonsense where people feel the need to analyze a sale like it was a failure, just because it stayed in stock for more than a few minutes, has to stop. People can't want us to better serve demand while still expecting us to sell out in a minute. The two things are mutually exclusive.
Sorry I didn't mean to come off as an asshole or as making fun of your items not selling fast. If anything I would prefer they take longer than 5 minutes to sell in the case where I am unable to be around at the exact time they come up (which has happened only once thankfully). I was just merely shocked at how long it was taking everything to sell, and hope it isn't a start of a trend for your company's sake. My bad on the tshirts - I totally forgot to change the size. I was also suggesting (as many others have here and on the LRG forums) that the slow sales of the CEs was perhaps due to the price.

I am glad that you took the criticism you received from the Ys Origin CE and have put something in place to hopefully ensure it doesn't happen again. I look forward to seeing for myself as I did order the new CEs (after much debate about the price) and I look forward to how they turn out.

Speaking of pricing, you have always said that LRG's pricing model follows a $10 above digital standard with a $24.99 base minimum. If that is the case then why is Windjammers currently listed at $29.99 when the PS4 digital release is $14.99? Is something else going to be included that raised the price $5 more than what it would have normally been?

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1482-CUSA06216_00-DOTWINDJAMMERS01

 
Sorry I didn't mean to come off as an asshole or as making fun of your items not selling fast. If anything I would prefer they take longer than 5 minutes to sell in the case where I am unable to be around at the exact time they come up (which has happened only once thankfully). I was just merely shocked at how long it was taking everything to sell, and hope it isn't a start of a trend for your company's sake. My bad on the tshirts - I totally forgot to change the size. I was also suggesting (as many others have here and on the LRG forums) that the slow sales of the CEs was perhaps due to the price.

I am glad that you took the criticism you received from the Ys Origin CE and have put something in place to hopefully ensure it doesn't happen again. I look forward to seeing for myself as I did order the new CEs (after much debate about the price) and I look forward to how they turn out.

Speaking of pricing, you have always said that LRG's pricing model follows a $10 above digital standard with a $24.99 base minimum. If that is the case then why is Windjammers currently listed at $29.99 when the PS4 digital release is $14.99? Is something else going to be included that raised the price $5 more than what it would have normally been?

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP1482-CUSA06216_00-DOTWINDJAMMERS01
The price on Windjammers came down to the licensor. It's more than DotEmu getting paid here so each company involved needed a big enough piece of the pie to make this worth it. The game has a short booklet in the case to help make up for the extra cost.
 
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