I'm genuinely very excited for the new Spider-Man game. I literally bought my first PlayStation console to play the first one, so I was getting pretty excited to see what the collector's edition has. Believe me when I say I am very disappointed with what the CE has to offer.

I know I'm in the minority for preferring to always buy physical games, but paying that much money to rent (with extra steps) games never sat right with me; so it goes without saying that I was disappointed to see the CE was digital only.

Then my disappointment changed to confusion when I saw the CE included a steelbook case?! What is the use of that with no game to store in it?

The price point also seemed a little extreme for just a statue and a steelbook. I think I would have been more receptive if they had included an art book, or something similar; but the lack of physical game is a nonstarter anyways.

While the game is still almost certainly a day-one purchase for me, I am baffled by some of Sony's decisions here.