Limited Editions

The term special edition (deluxe edition and collector's edition are also used) is a term generally used as a marketing phrase for releases of popular culture. It is intended to give a product a feel of containing something new, and therefore better than a "regular" edition. more...

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The term is frequently used on DVD film releases, often even when the so-called special edition is the only version even available to purchase(as is the case with the film Pulp Fiction).

Special edition

Collectible popular culture widely employs special, deluxe, and limited edition in marketing, releasing subsequent, improved versions of film DVDs, music and video games. Companies widely use special editions and incremental improvements to sell the same products to consumers multiple times. This has been seen in the 10th Anniversary edition of Titanic, which simply consists of the first two discs of the previous Special Collector's edition, only with new packaging.

With the success of DVDs, special editions of films themselves (instead of just special editions of film DVDs) have also become fairly common. Sharing similarities with the concept of a director's cut (another long-suffering inflation-by-marketing term). These generally feature additional in-movie material. The material may be footage originally deleted from the final cut, or new digitally-created, interpolated content. Unlike true director's cuts, the directors may not have had part in such projects, such as in Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, in which Richard Donner did not help create the new version, just supply the material.

Deluxe edition

Extremely similar to a Special Edition, a Deluxe Edition ensures the fact that new material will be put into the upcoming release, compared to the original release.

Limited edition

In many cases, successful film releases have had items made in limited numbers. These "limited editions" usually contain the best DVD edition possible of a film with special items in a box set, sometimes containing items available only in the limited edition. Items marked thus are often (but not always) released for a shorter time and in lower quantity than common editions, often with a running number (e.g. "13055 of 20000") printed on the products to boost the rarity feel, as the company implies not to manufacture more (occasionally they have been known to break the promise). It is also common to have the item packaged in a special, attractive way, to draw buyers to it.

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