^^These LE's nowadays drive me crazy. They drive up the prices like that, and yeah, sure, I might be able to understand it if it were for some better extras. Like how Ni No Kuni had that full spellbook which actually has a use in-game, or how Drakangard 3 had a fully-translated book of short stories. Or even how the newest King of Fighters has a full three-CD, 60-track soundtrack and 144-page art book.
All of these were $99.99 or less. I can totally do that. Great extras, reasonable prices.
The Berseria one has a translated prequel novel, and that's great... but then it's also packed with a bunch of 8-bit keychains, chibi figures, a "starter strategy guide" (not even a full one; who the fuck ever needs help with the beginning of a Tales game?), and a "special selection" music CD (a nice way of saying it's incomplete, probably a meager ten tracks or so).
The novel is cool, but the rest is all pointless junk and/or neutered versions of stuff that should be cool.
For $150.
Ugh.
Bums me out, because I used to be the guy clamoring for more LE's for series that I liked (Tales being one of those)... and now we get them, but they're all packed with overpriced nothingness.
And as much as I love Namco, they're absolutely the worst about it.