First Laser Engraved SteelBook

[Wreck]

Just thought you guys would like to know that its finally been announced. I've had to hold my tongue on this for an entire year! But now its been officially announced.

Finally!

https://www.hidefninja.com/community/threads/32910/

This is a great moment for the "Steelbook Collector Community" as now if a studio/retailer is willing to pay the premium they can now officially # all of the steels in a print run. Pretty unique in what they did with the roman numerals on the videogame steel.

I really hope we can get this going with a lot of the blu-ray steels.

 

[justboy]

That will be good for those small runs. I hope the studios embrace this!

 

[Hooltra]

Really great news !!!

 

[Sirjump]

That is great news for the collectors =)

 

[SteelbookAddict]

This will be a great feature, but I don't see too many retailers paying extra for it

 

[karl01]

Just look how much they are charging

 

[Andyington]

But... How will they reprint them 10 times over now.

UK link here
http://www.game.co.uk/en/total-war-rome-ii-collectors-edition-222836?cm_mmc=Facebook-_-Digital-_-ROMESpecEd-_-Link

 

[sanjeebdeb]

thats great for the limited edition steels... i would welcome it...

 

[Andy CYP]

Seems pretty cool. Unless your an OCD collector and just the thought of the numbers not ending with a 0 or a 5 putting you into a state of madness.

 

[riccalouca]

I would totally pay a little more for it to be numbered, but only for steels limited under, let's say, 1k or so.

 

[SlyFondle]

This will be a great feature, but I don't see too many retailers paying extra for it

It won't be the retailer, or even the studio, that pays extra, It'll be the consumer What's the betting Entertainment Store use it on their exclusives and charge £35 each!!?

 

[here2infirmary]

Love the idea, especially the way they've used it here with the roman numerals. Really nice looking collector's edition too. As regards this being on a bluray release, how painful would it be to get a really low number, or a standout one like 1,000, only to notice a dent?
Would like to see it used, but hoping the extra cost is enough to put them off of doing it too often. Maybe low print-runs or perhaps anniversary editions of back catalogue titles.

 

[NazguL66]

this is really cool! Look forward to seeing someone try this out on a Blu-ray Steelbook

 

[Hooltra]

Does they can engrave other things than numbers?
As they engrave roman number, maybe they can engrave something like : "HDN Exclusive Edition #001/500"...

 

[Drum18]

Open the doors to soooo much awesomeness!!!

 

[ESM999]

Did anyone tell people from BluFans about this news??

 

[Wreck]

I honestly think you will see it on 4k runs before anything else. Not sure if they will swing getting X numbered out of the global piggyback.

Its cool cause there will be no debating the run is 4k when it says such.

And yes they can engrave just about anything. I saw some other prototypes in person.

 

[Nick Nameless]

It won't be the retailer, or even the studio, that pays extra, It'll be the consumer

Well, that's obvious, isn't it? But I prefer to wait and see.

 

[GroundZero81]

Epic news

 

[DanielBeal]

Certainly A Great Idea - It'll Increase The Price Of Some Though, As Someone Above Said The Number 1,000 Would Be A 'Must Have' Number.

In A Sense, It'll Almost Start A Lottery With Receiving A 'Must Have' Number!