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They recently announced the first physical release for a Disney+ original: WandaVision is coming out later this summer. Looks like a beautiful steelcase with a

They recently announced the first physical release for a Disney+ original: WandaVision is coming out later this summer. Looks like a beautiful steelcase with a slip and character cards and postcards and more... but no actual physical disc. But they're marketing it as if it was a physical disc release... https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-disney-plus-steelbook https://thedirect.com/article/marvel-studios-disney-plus-ste...

kaetemi 3y ago
That is some next level rip-off. A box of goodies of the level that you'd get for free at a convention. I hope nobody buys those.
- CameronNemo 3y ago
  It's Disney. Someone will buy it.
- nyjah 3y ago
  This is what gaming companies are doing for their collectors editions. They charge people hundreds of dollars for a cheap plastic figure and a game case with a 4x5 sheet of paper with a code on the back. It’s all shameful.
  - Hamuko 3y ago
    The "Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Secret Agent Gear Collection" is basically a collector's edition for the Phantom Liberty expansion, except it doesn't even come with a game code. https://gear.cdprojektred.com/en-eu/products/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-secret-agent-gear-collection https://gear.cdprojektred.com/en-eu/products/cyberpunk-2077-...
    - dharmab 3y ago
      There's a weird reason for this- digital copies get access from hour one of the release, while physical copies had to ship. So you had this weird situation where the biggest fans of the franchise didn't get to play the game until a day or three after their friends.
  - pessimizer 3y ago
    "Geek culture"
  - AniseAbyss 3y ago
    [dead]
hyperhopper 3y ago
Then it's literally not a "physical release". It's just fan accessories/memorabilia. There is no difference between that and a tshirt
- depsypher 3y ago
  A tshirt is better, at least you can wear it.
  - unixhero 3y ago
    A bluray you can wear offline in the childrens room. You don't have to worry about parent mode on, is internet working, kids breaking the connection.
    - fxtentacle 3y ago
      But the special thing about that steelbox is that it's literally an EMPTY bluray box. The text says: "Although there are no physical discs included ..."
      - unixhero 3y ago
        Ah really, I missed that. That sounds worthless in my view Like having empty folders on a computer.
      - flir 3y ago
        What a bizarre artifact. There's something almost cargo cult about it. I wonder if it counts as a skeuomorph.
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
paulryanrogers 3y ago
This is insane. It's literally a "steelbook", apparently a disc-case phenomenon, yet with no book or disc inside. Just an (nearly) empty case with ... ads inserts inside? Disney must think very little of their audience or be pandering to shameless collectors.
- robbiet480 3y ago
  (It's the latter)

kaetemi 3y ago

That is some next level rip-off. A box of goodies of the level that you'd get for free at a convention. I hope nobody buys those.

CameronNemo 3y ago
It's Disney. Someone will buy it.
nyjah 3y ago
This is what gaming companies are doing for their collectors editions. They charge people hundreds of dollars for a cheap plastic figure and a game case with a 4x5 sheet of paper with a code on the back. It’s all shameful.
- Hamuko 3y ago
  The "Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Secret Agent Gear Collection" is basically a collector's edition for the Phantom Liberty expansion, except it doesn't even come with a game code. https://gear.cdprojektred.com/en-eu/products/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-secret-agent-gear-collection https://gear.cdprojektred.com/en-eu/products/cyberpunk-2077-...
  - dharmab 3y ago
    There's a weird reason for this- digital copies get access from hour one of the release, while physical copies had to ship. So you had this weird situation where the biggest fans of the franchise didn't get to play the game until a day or three after their friends.
- pessimizer 3y ago
  "Geek culture"
- AniseAbyss 3y ago
  [dead]

hyperhopper 3y ago

Then it's literally not a "physical release". It's just fan accessories/memorabilia. There is no difference between that and a tshirt

depsypher 3y ago
A tshirt is better, at least you can wear it.
- unixhero 3y ago
  A bluray you can wear offline in the childrens room. You don't have to worry about parent mode on, is internet working, kids breaking the connection.
  - fxtentacle 3y ago
    But the special thing about that steelbox is that it's literally an EMPTY bluray box. The text says: "Although there are no physical discs included ..."
    - unixhero 3y ago
      Ah really, I missed that. That sounds worthless in my view Like having empty folders on a computer.
    - flir 3y ago
      What a bizarre artifact. There's something almost cargo cult about it. I wonder if it counts as a skeuomorph.
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]

paulryanrogers 3y ago

This is insane. It's literally a "steelbook", apparently a disc-case phenomenon, yet with no book or disc inside. Just an (nearly) empty case with ... ads inserts inside? Disney must think very little of their audience or be pandering to shameless collectors.

robbiet480 3y ago
(It's the latter)