Stranglehold 360 collector's edition less collectable than PS3

Midway may have aready announced an "exclusive" PS3 Collector's Edition for Stranglehold, but Xbox 360 is still getting its own special edition of the game. So how does releasing a collector's edition for 360 make the PS3 exclusive? Well, missing from the Xbox 360's bonus disc "jam-packed with extras" is the 1992 John Woo film Hard Boiled. This is going to be released on the same Blu-Ray disc as the PS3 game if you buy that version.

Xbox 360's slightly undercooked (not hard boiled) features list is after the break.

[LSDARBY]

lol

[PS360WII]

So it won't have the movie. That's fine 360 still gets the game though right

[genix13]

however I think this a perfect example of how BR can be used for extras in games and the like. Wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing more bundles like this in the future.

[weekapaugh]

good ole DVD9...

[BIadestarX]

ohh wow... I think every xbox 360 owner should be depressed by now. WHY! ohhhh why! we are not getting the "jam-packed with extras" is the 1992 John Woo film Hard Boiled".... this is the most anticipated game of the decade!... seriously.... keep it.

[BBsin]

hmmm..... seems like you are getiing very defensive over this news. the bottom line is that the ps3 collectors edition of stranglehold is better than the 360's version. you don't have to downplay that fact with a "oHHH I don't care I'm not going to get this game anyways!, who cares no one wants this game" reply. but that's typically what fanboys do, and I know you do that for just about every topic that has to do with the PS3. you should just see this topic for what it is, ( the CE stranglehold is better on the PS3 than 360) and leave it at that. You don't have to share your fanboy "keep it" statement to defend microsoft, because either way ,360 fanboys like yourself are not the ones that are being offered the better CE in the first place.

[Why o why]

you know us ps3 guys like things for FREE. its the same price just take the article for what it is. The game looks like a max payne ripoff to me but the blu ray has given the ps3, on this occasion, an unfair advantage to the ps version to somebody who has both systems who might consider getting it (grammer)

[AuburnTiger]

To say that this game is a rip off of Max payne is like saying Gears of Wars is a rip off of Killswitch.

[Rims]

Good to be a PS3 owner. 8)

[JPomper]

So any word on multiplayer yet? No? Nothing? This game slipped right off my radar and I won't even consider it as a purchase without multiplayer.

[eclipsegryph]

Why?

[JPomper]

Once I beat the singleplayer, I'll be done with it. Multiplayer is where I get the meat of my money's worth.

[eclipsegryph]

Huh, I've never heard of that before. Thanks for filling me in. To each their own, I suppose.

[Captain Tuttle]

Because they'll be much less of them made...there just aren't as many PS3's out there as there are 360's. Scarcity=collectibility.

[VaeVictus]

Very similar to a 360 that lasts longer than a year. :-)

Hold on to that bad boy, b/c there aren't many out there.

[Captain Tuttle]

Good point! There's probably only 20 or 30 left in the world!

PS...I'm on #2.

[VaeVictus]

I'm with you there man. My new one is almost a month old. (fingers crossed)

Man, the 360 fanboys have really hit my bubble total hard. Such a sad state of affairs gaming has become.

[Fart_Bubbles]

before it had a chance to red ring on me, funny thing is my kid doesn't even miss it and he was the only that used to play it.

[Loudninja]

Already, you know its sad whenn people never have anything postive to say about the PS3, and its contenet

[Bathyj]

I'm a fan of the movie. Woo/Fat is up there with Scorcese/Deniro. The game looks good and should hold me til a next gen Max Payne comes out. Now wheres that bloody FragFX controller for PS3?

[ben hates you]

i won't be getting this game i have my eye on some other gems, this year!

[Silver360]

No way!! Now really who cares. It isn't that serious.Truth be told Stranglehold might not get purchased until it's price drops. There are so many other games to buy and catching this game 6 - 7 months after release doesn't bother me.

Edit: below it isn't about there being good news for the ps3 in this article. This article is specifically about the short changing of the 360 version. Really it isn't even ps3 news.

[Fart_Bubbles]

the 360 shortchanged itself, if it had the space Im sure they would offered it aswell.

[makatak]

Its like xbots don't know how to respond when good news, I mean genuinely good news comes out for the ps3. I just hope none of them jump off buildings after E3

[Macdory]

We just haven't had much practice is all ... :)

[funkysolo]

But M$ sells points in 1200 increments, so go figure. xbox live rulz cough cough

[THE_JUDGE]

Where did you get that from??? I also read that Hard Boiled in out of print and this is rare to get the movie!

[SwiderMan]

I'm not very interested in seeing the movie, but knowing that the PS3 version has it for the SAME special edition price makes me want to buy that version instead. I wouldn't care as much if it was DVD quality, but I like seeing high-definition ANYTHING these days when it comes to movies.

Agreed?

[The Real Joker]

I mean HD is nice but wouldn't want to see The Bridges of Madison County on it. I have never seen that movie because it is such a chick flick that I one day my wife was watching it in the living room and I came home and glanced at the Tv and she told me what movie it was. I immediately went to the bathroom and made sure I had not grown a vagina.

[SwiderMan]

Okay, I concur, The Bridges of Madison County and movies like that do not apply, but Hard Boiled sounds like an action-intense film worth seeing in BR. I'd pass on the chance to see it on DVD, but ANYTHING >LIKE THIS< is worth seeings these days when it comes to high-def movies.

[Monchichi025]

The Blu-Ray payer, AKA the PS3 gets a movie, while the videogame system focuses on games! LOL

You buying this for the game or the movie???

[Bathyj]

Thats why I like PS3.

You call it a BR player because a console that can do more than play games, and do it well, is inconceivable to you.

Let me ask, does your phone take pictures or play music/video? Does that make it any less of a phone?

[SKUD]

Thats pretty phreakin kool. Makes me want to get the CE as well. Most other CE games are really crappy.

[sheng long]

I know which version i'm getting. I'll probably only watch the movie once, but that's besides the point. I buy a game and get a free movie.

[gokuss122002]

....and it begins...Dev's will start to take advantage of the "useless BluRay". This additional storage leaves unlimited possibilities: multiplat games telling the "same story" essentially, but EXCLUDING very useful elements [missions, dialouge, details...etc(or a prequel movie with background info)]from spacially-challenged disc formats, i.e. "The Why" yadayadayada happenned, or "Where" such and such went after... or "How" What'sHisName got the.... At the risk of sounding like a fanboy or starting a flamewar, but couldn't they just use "advanced compression techniques" to add the movie. (*snickers*)

[Why o why]

thats the second time ive had to laugh today. I SALUTE YOU

[sonarus]

never saw the movie but trying to expand my blu ray collection so def gonna buy it. It kinda sucks that the 360 special edition got shafted though. They should have at least set the limited edition price lower than the ps3 one. oh well not like this game is gonna be all that great i jst like the idea of diving around in slow mo shootin stuff

i agree bumnut collectors editions are a waste of money but am pretty sure u preordered halo 3 legendary or some other collectors edition off halo. DVD 9 may be fine for now but if sony starts releasing 18GB games that prove they cant be done on the 360 then you will see dvd-9 is jst ok and blu ray is ideal. It really is common sense

[SwiderMan]

Agreed with everything you said. It doesn't hurt to grow my Blu-Ray library; $10 for an HD movie isn't bad. I don't think that the money is worth the "extras" listed for the 360 version. Why can't they just include these things in a "bonus features" submenu and price it normally?

[bumnut]

this makes me think that bluray is not important for games. you get a film on the same disc (wow)

to me this shows that dvd 9 is fine for games because the extra space is been used for a film (the game fits fine on a dvd9)

i think it would be a rip off if both collectors editions cost the same and one has more content than the other, but i never buy collectors editions because they are a waste of money.

[RelloC]

Not to seem defensive or anythng, because coming with a free movie is awesome, and HD is that much better but.... have any of you seen Hard Boiled??? Not even being FREE + HD can make that movie worth watching twice.

[DrPirate]

:( too bad you didn't like it. As an action movie, I always considered it top notch. I really enjoyed Hard-Boiled.

[Bill Gates]

EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS LESS on a 360.

xbots = stupid.....hahahaha

[nice_cuppa]

no 360 owner i know is interested in this game.
there are much bigger fish to catch.

and i can see dmc syndrome hitting this.

360 fans tend to be online,will hear of this and think " i will not support this as its half assed on my system !"

if they want to do a special edition it should be the same as ps3's version or don't call it special edition.

i would suggest the movie on dvd/hd-dvd free with the game.

with the movie and the game on the same disc on ps3 will the picture still be 1080p ?

if anyone knows i would appreciate the answers.
(please no fanboy comments from either side !)

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I could be wrong here...but Sony very well could own the rights to this movie...hence the "special" inclusion for the PS3.

[genix13]

I don't think you will be able to watch the movie on anything but a ps3, this is due to the movie being bundled with the game, else they'd just put the movie on a separate BR disk.

[SwiderMan]

You make a good point, but I don't think that the PS3 content would make the Blu-Ray movie unplayable in a normal standalone BR unit. If this machine costs $600 and BR standalones a little less, I'd expect, nay, I'd demand it to be able to decipher the movie content and play on any unit.

[Kyur4ThePain]

The fact that the movie is on the disc in addition to the game is cool.
Just don't expect the movie to be true hi-def, as I highly doubt the original master is any better than DVD quality.

[anh_duong]

i never understood these special edition versions. i mean what is the point of owning one of only a limted 300,000 releases.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

First off, props to Sony for stepping up and getting the movie into the disc as a bonus to a PS3 owner. Honestly...its a very nice perk for $10 more.

That said, while I do want this game. I can honestly say I never looked at this game as one that deserved "collectors edition" status. Just like Lost Planet...good game...but collector/limited edition? I don't think so.

This game will be good, but I was planning on getting the plain old vanilla version of it. If you really like the movie Hard Boiled...then pay your extra $10 for the movie if you own a PS3. Personally...it wasnt that great of a movie to make me want to own it.

[drtysouf21]

Sony is starting a trend that they are going to take advantage of if a game is multiplatform i can see sony doing more of this Like the next spiderman game or something. Not saying Microsoft can't do something similar (GTAIV) but in this case its the same price where as GTAIV we'll have to pay for the extra content.

[DixieNormS]

they are trying to tell me that every PS3 owner who buys this game is going to buy or allready has a 1080p T.V.? Please. I bet that not even half of the dudes that purchase the LE will even care about. Either way its a free movie non the less. So in other words, the PS3 version will be a better buy, but didn't we allready know that?

[Covenant]

Who cares about a few extras?

Just give me the game.

[Testo]

Sorry that people can't see it.

So what hard boiled, crap right!?

How about Spiderman 1-2-3... along with the game, not bad.

Transformers...!
Pirates...
Halo... ops!

If it could be done with Halo you would be going crazy over this news.

[ApocalypseShadow]

bluray is just better.

more sound
more voice
more textures to stream
more music
more languages
more content

bluray FTW again!

[KingJFS]

It amazes me that people care this much about an included movie when the *games* will be identical.

[ApocalypseShadow]

the content won't.