Super Rare Games, one of several companies fighting to keep the world of physical games alive and well, is kicking off a bumper week of deals, competitions, and reveals.
Perhaps the most exciting news for physical collectors is confirmation that the publisher's next physical Switch game will be revealed tomorrow, Wednesday 9th September. It sounds like it'll be a crowd-pleaser, too; the press release says, "if our Twitter mentions are anything to go by, it's one you've been waiting for".
On top of this, Super Rare Games promises "deals, competitions, teases, and some other small surprises" throughout the week, and it'll also be sharing its plans for the rest of 2020–including info on how many more games will be released and the Collector's Editions you can expect to look out for. Make sure to keep an eye on its social media channels.
So, those deals we mentioned? Get a load of this:
FREE SHIPPING on any order that includes The Gardens Between: Collector's Edition or Smoke & Sacrifice! (Excludes orders that contain Dandara)
Two Tribes Collection has been added back to the store! Only 23 copies have been put on sale from units previously held for customer service
50% off all t-shirts - only 100 of each design printed. Once they're gone, they're gone
25% off trading card binders - protect, organise, and display your Super Rare card collection
Taking advantage of that shipping discount? Chroma Squad, Old School Musical, SteamWorld Heist, and Little Inferno have limited stock remaining
All of these offers are set to end on 13th September, or when stock runs out, of course. You can buy all of these games and browse the Super Rare store right here.
Do you collect physical indie games? How many do you have in your collection? Let us know with a comment.
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I only have Earthlock from Super Rare Games, bought from Ebay.
Another game i considered was Evoland: Legendary Edition but it was too expensive on Ebay until i heard the PS4 version has physical release on playasia by Red Art Games.
I changed my plan to get Evoland PS4 version as the price was cheaper based on preorder price on playasia.
You can see that they're struggling to offload their stock of The Gardens Between Collector's Edition, and of Smoke and Sacrifice. They produced too many of each of these.
I'd like Gardens Between on cartridge, but I'm against "collector's edition" releases on principle. What do? :x
@jimtendog Agreed. I've done it for proper indie classics like Shovel Knight on Wii U and Journey on PS4, but they both cost £20 each and in the case of Journey came with Flower and Flow which are also great, so didn't really feel like a rip-off.
I only get the physicals of games I actually wanna play. So far this year super rare hasn't done anything I'm interested in. My wallet has been quite happy so far.
I want Gardens, but cant justify £ 66, just want the individual game not collectors edition as I missed the original release.
Some of Super Rare Games choices are a bit strange, like really random indies that dont sell.
@Ratking Fair point. All subjective I guess. Many of us who paid £50-60 for Breath of the Wild or Mario Odyssey probably feel we got good value for money. Both those games offer more than 100 hours of entertainment (based on my own stats anyway). When compared with a cinema ticket, theatre ticket or most other forms of entertainment in terms of cost per hour, gaming remains one of the best-value pastimes around. Of course this assumes you've bought a great title which gets hours of play, and not dropped £50 on a game which spends years in an unplayed backlog and never gets opened, as seems to be increasingly common these days based on comments on sites such as this, but frankly that's like going to the cinema with ear plugs in and your eyes closed. To be honest, I've been as guilty of impulse purchases as anyone else in previous years, but seem to have done better the past couple of years.
I’m still waiting on Curse of the moon 2.
@TYRANACLES
That's Limited Run Games. It'll probably be this year, as they get usually expedient about releasing anything from Inti Creates or Wayforward since they work with them often.
The only thing I needed and wanted from Super Rare Games was Dandara! Which they finally released now. Got a standard issue copy of the game heading my way now! Very hyped. I enjoy a tough metroidvania meets dark souls title.
I'm happy to say I'm pretty burned out on limited physical releases. I'm happy I got what I got, but I don't see me buying much more of these. Of course I'd make exceptions for something along the lines of Ori or Cuphead 😅
I'm kinda done with this limited releases from all these companies. Haven't picked one up in over a year now.
@Ratking Well to be honest, I was buying Sega Master System games in the early Nineties (for example) for around $50 US dollars... and new games for many systems these days are still about $50 - but $50 now is a lot less money than it was back then. So technically everything gaming is cheaper now than it ever was. Just saying (I know it wasn’t your point
I have been a collector of physical games all my life, but since the PS4/Switch generation I only buy limited editions with some good physical bonus. (Or mario 3d collection for reasons) Most of the switch carts dont even work without a mandatory update so, its like the whole point of a Physical game gets invalidated.
The size and cost creep on physical limited games is a bummer. I don't even mind the upcharge as much as the space these CEs are demanding.
Gardens between was alright for the 90 minutes it lasted. Not worth the purchase.
I thought 'Super Rare' was just a name. I never heard of these games before, so I can't say its false advertising.
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