So check it out — after seeing Marvel Studios drop an absolutely massive **nineteen-inch Venom statue** back in February 2024 (which was easily over four feet tall from base to head, by the way), I expected Insomniac's upcoming *Marvel's Wolverine* release at least some kind of premium collector experience! Yet apparently there isn't one — no official Collector's Edition is showing up on any major retailers' shelves or pre-order pages. Seriously? That feels like such a glaring omission given how carefully crafted everything else about this game seems to be, and it has the community genuinely scratching their heads right now over why they skipped it entirely when you consider what Insomniac typically does with bigger releases — I'm thinking back at *Marvel's Spider-Man 2* with its excellent bonus content and packaging decisions as a good example of where things usually land.
Looking beyond just whether there's or isn't physical collectibles in the box, this conversation is really revealing about how Insomniac fans view what they should be getting for their money when these big titles arrive on PS5 — because it goes much deeper than simply not having a collector variant to brag about and display proudly. There's an underlying expectation here that comes with every major Insomniac release; you want premium treatment, tangible extras like exclusive cosmetics or art books, some kind of statement piece if nothing else. It really makes me wonder what the studio has in mind for Wolverine long-term beyond just delivering a solid standalone game — are they holding back on collector editions intentionally so they can build up to something even bigger later down the line? Or is this genuinely an oversight that will look increasingly strange as time goes on and people who pre-ordered notice everyone else's boxes arriving with extra loot while theirs don't have anything fancy?
Either way, I'm hoping someone from Insomniac chimes in sooner rather than later to clarify what's going on here because the collective groan rolling through Reddit threads and Twitter is loud enough that even people outside gaming seem to be picking up on it. Hopefully this turns out not to reflect a larger pattern toward stripped-down releases or some corporate decision we're about to hear more details about, but for right now I'm just joining my own frustrated murmurs alongside everyone else who was ready to commit serious dollars to getting something extra tangible when *Wolverine* finally ships later.
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/from-19-inches-of-venom-to-nothing-theres-no-marvels-wolverine-collectors-edition-and-insomniac-fans-dont-know-why
Looking beyond just whether there's or isn't physical collectibles in the box, this conversation is really revealing about how Insomniac fans view what they should be getting for their money when these big titles arrive on PS5 — because it goes much deeper than simply not having a collector variant to brag about and display proudly. There's an underlying expectation here that comes with every major Insomniac release; you want premium treatment, tangible extras like exclusive cosmetics or art books, some kind of statement piece if nothing else. It really makes me wonder what the studio has in mind for Wolverine long-term beyond just delivering a solid standalone game — are they holding back on collector editions intentionally so they can build up to something even bigger later down the line? Or is this genuinely an oversight that will look increasingly strange as time goes on and people who pre-ordered notice everyone else's boxes arriving with extra loot while theirs don't have anything fancy?
Either way, I'm hoping someone from Insomniac chimes in sooner rather than later to clarify what's going on here because the collective groan rolling through Reddit threads and Twitter is loud enough that even people outside gaming seem to be picking up on it. Hopefully this turns out not to reflect a larger pattern toward stripped-down releases or some corporate decision we're about to hear more details about, but for right now I'm just joining my own frustrated murmurs alongside everyone else who was ready to commit serious dollars to getting something extra tangible when *Wolverine* finally ships later.
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/from-19-inches-of-venom-to-nothing-theres-no-marvels-wolverine-collectors-edition-and-insomniac-fans-dont-know-why