Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General Anyway to upgrade to Collectors Edition

So like lots of other hard core fans I got the early release and love it so far.

However I am concerned there isn’t a way to upgrade to the collectors edition.

Am I missing something?

Seems like it would be very bad business to make your most loyal fans buy a second copy of the game if not needed.

Let me know. Thanks.

Curious about this too myself.

Yeah, seems very unfair that the most loyal fans, who supported the game since day one, have no way to upgrade their purchase to the collector's edition but instead having to buy another identical copy of the game.

I would also say that since EA was sold to us at full price, a discount on the collector's edition would be appreciated.

D:OS2 collectors edition included 2 copies of the game, and those weren't even included in the box, you got them in advance. I doubt they are gonna build a system to track if you've purchased the game beforehand and then give out discounts, it would just be too much manual work.

There are 25k copies available (15k with the magic the gathering packs) and based on my receipt, at least 3131 have been sold. If you really want one, I suggest purchasing it now and then canceling later if it's not an acceptable price without a discount.

I'd like to buy one too but I don't need 2 copies of the game at all... spending 280€ may be ok to me (it is already a lot) but 340 is really too expansive...

Well you could possibly try selling the key. I'd guess 40€ is a realistic ask if the game costs 60€, so you'd only take 20€ hit.

Well... it hurts A LOT but I have bought it... The 4 boxes of BG1 and BG2 on my shelf needs a box of BG3 next to them.

I really hope players that have bought Early Access will have additionnal rewards.

Im just gonna give my second key to my girlfriend

Yes I would like to have the option to upgrade as well...

Of course checking who has paid for the early access would not be a manual operation, you can bet they have a database of current customers that they can poll.

Steam and Larian accounts are actually linked, so wouldn't really be too big if an issue I believe.

I can understand upgrade options for editions that add extra digital content (dlcs, soundtrack, digital artbook...), but in this case, it's a limited edition and it only contains physical items.

It makes sense not to be able to upgrade because of this.

But a deluxe edition that contains things like the soundtrack and a digital copy of the artbook? I would love that!

Got it!!!

Yea it has a lot of people bent out of shape. I would hazard to guess a very significant amount of people who would be end users and be the types to buy a CE have already purchased the EA version.

It also contains a digital steam code of the game which is the part that has people skizzled.

As I plan to put thousands of hours into the game (already over 700 in EA) I'm not going to cry if we don't get some kind of bonus for buying both EA and the collector's edition. I bought the collector's purely for the Diorama. And will be giving the game code to a buddy. Granted I would love it if we get some sort of incentive for buying both but, we'll see I guess.

I just passed 400 hours in EA play throughs so it was $60 well spent for me. The collector's edition is not a necessity. You don't have to have the CE to play the game at all, it's just something extra for collectors like me. Having played the first two games in 1998 and 2000 and having CEs of both those games, I choose to pay the hefty price.