Let me count the ways I love boxed copies.

Ah, all the questing and repetitiveness of a Bethesda game combined with all the lag and player drama of a MMORPG.

I thought there was talk of splitting the last book into 2. So 8 total.

On the one hand, they're right. Player's don't create the game. Player's don't get a say in the process and don't know the difficulties a profit-driven company like EA. They NEED that day one $10 cash grab so they can meet their quarterly projections. Otherwise the higher ups don't get that bonus.

Like other games in the past? You mean like Shale, Zaed, and others, which were free?

I especially love after 30 minutes of being a lvl 1 adept in a multiplayer match, we get to the last wave and I get disconnected.

Shining Force 2?

Because Apple store has 100x as many apps? Mostly high quality games for very few dollars?

Jill Valentine and Shuma-Gorath, although not really as good as DLC as this. Capcom is bad in its own way though, releasing new versions of games every 6 months instead of updating the one everyone bought. I won't by a new Capcom game for more than $15. It's just gonna get replaced.

I am absolutely ecstatic about this. Now I don't have to mod my Wii to play European games, and pay outrageous Euro costs for this one and Xenoblade Chronicles.

Massive downloads on the PS3 network all at the same time? I see this going extremely smoothly just from past experience!

I'm going to wait until Skyrim CE hits $59.99.. I like it but I know that retailers hate these huge boxes and will want to get rid of them extremely fast

Because these compilation packs are rare in comparison to their counterparts and are worth money to collectors. Collectors who care about boxart (enough to buy EU or JP versions of games) but have already played the games.

:) I just installed a body mod, a hideout mod, a mannequin mod, and a ton of updated armors. With pretty much 2 clicks each (1 to download, 1 to activate) thanks to Nexus Mod manager. I'd have to say this version is definitely my favorite.

Its a port of the English version of the game. The Japanese PS2 version actually had fully voiced cutscenes between characters.

Presumably it keeps the studios in check from releasing buggy code. No one wants to download 5 patches that keep breaking the game, so putting the pressure on the developers makes them more likely to do thorough Quality Assurance.

Yeah 5 is a tad too young to leave in a Gamestop for a few hours. If he was 10, maybe.. a mature 10.

Do appearances for cash, paid for by your non-profit corporation that takes donations to help spread awareness of whatever malady you decide to crusade against.

These arguments are all based on the assumption that $15 Map packs are a reasonable item. My assumption is that call of duty gamers are forced to buy these packs to continue to be able to play Multiplayer with their friends, as a segmented playerbase is a dead playerbase.

I never pay more than a movie night out for a game off of steam because the fact that it is just a really really really long rental.