Thursday, January 26, 2012

Value added? Terraria being shrinkwrapped

The best Super Nintendo game never made?

I don't understand marketing but I've seen enough MacBook Pros to know it works.  So when I read Terraria—a year-old game that's already sold more than 1 million $10-or-less copies and is practically given away during Steam sales—will soon be available in a retail box for $30, I wasn't baffled by the apparent superfluity.  No, I assumed the same marketing genius that brought us the five-blade disposable razor is at work here and certain to strike gold again.

Oh, except Terraria Exclusive Collector's Edition is exclusive to both collectors and the English.  If you're in the colonies and want to be overcharged for the posters and keychain, you'll need a pal across the pond.  That's a sticky wicket.

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