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The video discusses the evolution of World of Warcraft expansion pre-orders, focusing on standard and collector's editions from various expansions. It explores the shift from physical to digital releases and highlights exclusive in-game items and physical rewards offered in collector's editions. The segment covers expansions like The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, Battle for Azeroth, Shadowlands, and classic upgrades such as the Burning Crusade digital upgrade. The speaker ends by prompting viewers for feedback on Blizzard's pricing strategy for future expansions.
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In this segment of the video, the focus is on the pre-order bonuses for World of Warcraft expansions. It discusses how expansions have shifted from physical to digital releases over time. The two main tiers of pre-orders are the standard edition and the collector’s edition, with the latter offering exclusive physical goods and rewards. The video starts by comparing the original World of Warcraft standard and collector’s editions released in 2004, highlighting the contents of the collector’s edition which included a hardcover book, a behind-the-scenes DVD, and an exclusive in-game pet. The segment then proceeds to discuss The Burning Crusade expansion released in 2007, detailing the contents of its standard and collector’s editions.
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In this part of the video, details about various Collector’s Editions of World of Warcraft expansions are discussed. The Burning Crusade Collector’s Edition included an art book, soundtrack, Trading Card Game packs, exclusive cards, mouse pad, in-game pet, and some controversies around the netherwel pet. The Wrath of the Lich King followed a similar model with its Collector’s Edition featuring DVDs, game manual, soundtrack, art book, and exclusive in-game pet, Frosty. The Cataclysm expansion had a 16-month development period and Collector’s Edition included game discs, soundtrack, art book, trading card game deck, and cross-promotion with Starcraft 2 pass.
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In this segment of the video, it is discussed how players who owned Starcraft 2 could redeem codes to receive exclusive portraits like Goblin and worgen Marines from the collector’s edition of Cataclysm. Additionally, World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion had a special in-game pet named Little Deathwing for collectors. The pre-order tiers for Pandaria included the standard edition, collector’s edition, and digital deluxe edition. Furthermore, the video talks about the announcement and release timeline for the Mist of Pandaria and Warlords of Draenor expansions, along with the standard, digital deluxe, and collector’s edition items included in these expansions. It also mentions the introduction of character boosts as a staple in pre-order editions.
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In this segment of the video, the focus is on the World of Warcraft expansions Collector’s Editions, specifically highlighting the changes between Warlords of Draenor and Legion. Warlords of Draenor saw cross promotions for other Blizzard games, including a character boost controversy. Legion had a longer pre-order period, launched with similar pricing, and introduced digital Deluxe and collector’s editions. The Legion pre-orders included exclusive in-game items, such as a mount and pet, and the collector’s edition featured extra physical items like a DVD and a Hearthstone card back. Additionally, the video briefly mentions the pre-orders for the following expansion, Battle for Azeroth, which maintained similar pricing but moved entirely to digital copies.
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In this segment, the video discusses the content and offerings of the Collector’s Editions for “Battle for Azeroth” (BFA) and “Shadowlands” expansions in World of Warcraft. For BFA, the Collector’s Edition included a storybook, a coin, and the soundtrack. The pricing was $30 higher than the Digital Deluxe Edition. Some criticisms included the lack of an art book and the absence of a physical DVD for installation. In contrast, for Shadowlands, the Collector’s Edition featured pins, an art book, and a mouse pad. Shadowlands introduced new tier editions, including Heroic and Epic, with different price points and content offerings. The video also touches on the release dates and shipping details for both expansions.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on the pre-order pricing and contents of the standard and deluxe editions of the classic Burning Crusade digital upgrade for World of Warcraft. The dark portal pass costs $39.99 and includes various perks such as a character boost, gear, and mounts. The deluxe edition, priced at $69.99, offers additional benefits like game time, mounts, and toys. The video also outlines controversies, such as the removal of the slash spit emote and the cost of transferring characters. The discussion extends to the pricing of the most recent expansion, Dragonflight, with different tiers ranging from $49.99 to $129.99, each containing unique in-game items and physical goods. Furthermore, the announcement of Classic Wrath of Lich King alongside Dragonflight is mentioned, with Blizzard adopting a new naming convention and pricing structure for classic upgrades.
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In this part of the video, the speaker wraps up by mentioning that the history video was long and asks for opinions on Blizzard’s pricing for future expansions. Viewers are encouraged to upgrade by liking, commenting, and subscribing to the channel to receive different “editions” of the video.