Devolver Digital's super stylish beat 'em up, Ape Out, is being treated to a lovely physical release on Nintendo Switch.
Limited to just 3,000 copies, the release is going up for pre-order later today over on Special Reserve Games' website. It comes with a Steelbook, special outer box, reversible jacket, instruction manual, and more, all available for $44.99:
STEELBOOK®
Highly collectible embossed metal case
Additional inside artworkSWITCH CARTRIDGE
Includes critical updates, patches, and DLC
Packaged inside the Switch game case
SHIPS IN A SPECIAL RESERVE BOX
Multiple textures and processes
Makes a great shelf display and protects your game!SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED GAME PACKAGING
REVERSIBLE JACKET ARTWORK
32-PAGE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
Inside the shrink-wrapped game packaging
If you haven't heard about Ape Out before, let us assure you that this is one of the finest offerings on the Switch eShop. In our 9/10 review, we praised its frenetic gameplay, strong art direction, and its even stronger jazz drum soundtrack, even going as far as giving it a spot on our list of Switch eShop hidden gems.
These limited run games always sell out fast, so make sure to keep an eye on Special Reserve's website if you're interested in picking this one up. Good luck!
[source specialreservegames.com, via nintendoeverything.com]
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Stuck at work behind a firewall for most of the day. I hope I'll be able to place an order once I get home. Their previous releases Pikuniku, Heave Ho, and The Swords of Ditto are still in stock, so I think my chances are good.
Do these increase in value with them being limited runs?
Might be worth starting to pick some of these physical editions up.
They put 300 pre-sales live last night and sent a link via their Discord. Managed to secure a copy yesterday
@Magician
The Swords of Ditto is actually sold out, there was a stronger demand for it on both Special Reserve Games and Limited Run Games.
I'm eager to get Ape Out pre-ordered today when the window opens to the public.
@RupeeClock
Ah, my fault. I just glanced at the website and saw that the Mormo's Curse $200 option was still available. Not that the standard edition was out of stock.
Couldn't see a link to add to basket so I guess it's sold out already. Not that I was going to get one - being UK based I don't think the game is worthy of how much it will cost me, I'd be buying just for collecting's sake.
I've tried the game, but only briefly, maybe even only one run. I liked the idea of it beforehand but the playing experience left me a bit underwhelmed.
@gcunit
Pre-orders haven't opened yet, that's all.
Special Reserve Games' site doesn't make it easy to know when pre-orders will open, nothing like a countdown timer is provided like on other boutique sites.
@RupeeClock Oh I see. Thanks for setting me straight.
As long as they tell us the percentages left to buy also helps.
@Mr-Fuggles777 Absolutely. I srill regret missing out on some Switch physical releases (Wandersong will be mine some day), because your only other choice is floggers on Ebay.
@Chlocean might start picking them up then. Although it might feel like scalping if I'm only buying them to turn a profit at a later date.
@RupeeClock
It did say that pre-orders opened 12:00 PM CT. I don't remember if it said so directly on the site, which it should have, or if it were on their Twitter channel.
However I rushed in to get one, fearing they would sell out in minutes, but as always they're still available the following day. I'm unsure as to whether these Limited Print companies tells the truth as to how many copies actually are available. I suspect that they report a way lower number than they in fact have, just to make people enticed to buy. I don't like it at all. It's an unclean tactic. Sadly I still suffer from FOMO, so I'm always on the losing side regardless of what I do.
@Aneira
The risk of a game selling out is real, this was the game for Hotline Miami Collection for example.
These sellers are open about how much stock they truly have, it becomes a matter of buyer speculation of how high the demand will be, but the safest course of action is always to place a pre-order at the earliest availability.
In this case, it seems that the demand wasn't too high.
Special Reserve Games don't disclose their remaining stock numbers with the same level of transparency as Super Rare Games though.
@RupeeClock
Depends if the numbers of stock left is truthful, which I highly doubt. Super Rare Games stock usually goes to under 10% within the first hour and then stays there for weeks. Could be truthful... but I see profit from faking these numbers. Makes potential buyers dig in before thinking twice.
I have to say that I prefer the way Limited Run Games and Iam8bit does it. Open unlimited pre-orders for a set period.
I do get why other people dislike it, cause it means they don't have the games in stock and you could wait up to a year before receiving your purchase. But I've never been in a rush to play a game, so for me it's better. I do think Super Rare Games does a far better job with the extra stuff contained with each release and as I'm European too, they are cheaper for me... or was cheaper... darn Brexit.
@Aneira
I don't think they're deceitful, I think what you're seeing is a reflection of the rush to purchase a limited quantity item, but the available stock outweighs the demand.
This happens a lot on Strictly Limited Games for example, they have wave 1 orders open and they sell out, and then they have wave 2 orders and they sell a significant number, but not out totally.
Limited Run Games and iam8bit didn't always operate on open pre-orders, it was not always the option. They had to order limited quantities of games because they didn't have much money to work with. It could be a reflection in the change of how the platform holders manufacture their games, for example Nintendo Switch games have a minimum order of 1000 copies, and in increments of thousands.
It's also worth mentioning that Super Rare Games are an anomaly in that they don't even sell the games until they have them in their warehouse. So they always have to estimate what the demand will be and order a number that they think reflects that.
One of their biggest mistakes was manufacturing 5,000 copies of Smoke and Sacrifice. They have been struggling to offload that stock for over a year.
This is as compared to other boutiques that will put up pre-orders for games awaiting manufacturing, and make you wait months for the order to be fulfilled.
@RupeeClock
Yeah, so what have we learned from the Smoke and Sacrifice incident? Only make deals with games that are actually good games.
I purchase a lot of Limited print games, but not all of them. I am in no way a collector that must have a complete set. I only buy if the games are good and worth the coin. That's why they should think carefully about which games they actually choose to publish.
Sadly this strategy doesn't affect publishers like Limited Run Games with their open pre-orders. That also reflects their lineup. Some real crap in between.
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