What is not in either edition
No collector's edition, no steelbook, no season pass, no disc.
Only two editions have been announced, and no expansion or story DLC has been announced for
anyone at any price. There is also no disc: the box on the shelf holds a download code, an
early wave of retailer listings implying otherwise was wrong, and a report of a true disc
release later in the year is unverified. The full picture of the boxed product, including why
boxes appear on shelves a week before launch, is on
the disc-or-code page.
One last note on the crowd, because it is the argument most often used to settle this
decision. An analyst estimate put roughly 89% of early pre-orders on the Ultimate Edition. It
is a third-party sample rather than a company disclosure, the analyst behind it expects the
share to fall, and either way it measures what people bought at the moment of maximum
excitement — not whether the extra content was worth
$20 to them once they had played.
The prices themselves, and Take-Two's defence of the entry point, are set out on
the price page; how and where to buy is on
pre-orders. If a storefront publishes an edition detail
that contradicts anything here, tell us — this page changes
with the record.
