Ubisoft has announced that they'll be taking ten dollars off the price of the Splinter Cell: Conviction special edition package in North America, bringing its price down from $80 to $70. The decision was made when it was discovered that, in a random sampling of units, a number of the included USB drives failed to function.
Speaking to Gamespot, a representative from Ubisoft would not say what percentage of the drives are affected. They did state that the bonus materials intended to be on the drives, including concept art and a making-of documentary, would be made available for download this coming Thursday, April 15th.
A shame that some drives are defective, but good for Ubisoft for getting right out in front of this issue and doing something about it. USB thumb drives may be a dime a dozen and I know that this news wouldn't necessarily affect my decision to purchase, but when you promise a feature and can't deliver on it, this is the right thing to do.
Splinter Cell: Conviction CE cheapened by defective USB drives [Gamespot AU via GamesIndustry]
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6:00 AM on 04.12.2010 | 
I will still never buy a limited edition anything though. Even if it contains Pokemon stickers and/or some sherbet
On another note. The special edition of alan wake is also being sold at the same price of the normal edition.
That is really how special editions should be, special merely because they are harder to find.
Give me a new case, booklet, and/or CD for the same price as normal to reward me for preordering, or going out at launch to pick it up.
Don't force me to pay more for a few pieces of unwanted content, or art books and figurines and crap.
Where's my $10 for this piece of shit Pipboy3000 clock that eats through a fistful of double-A batteries in 30 hours at the maximum!?!?
Shit's still got DRM from Hell. Yeah, you fuckers go pat them on the back some more why don't cha...
We got some in at the store I work at and opened one to see all the goodies inside (one of the copies a staff memeber pre-ordered) and it didn't have the comic book at all. A cursory glance at the other copies revealed the same...unless it's actually in the steelbook, it ain't in there at all.
on another note. Does anyone know if this affects Canadian pricing too?
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