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Poll: Do you buy Collector’s Editions of strategy guides?

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Print vs. Online Strategy Guide poll resultsMy first poll from last week was a lovely success, thanks so much to you readers. (But hellooooo, MidWest voters, where are you?) The end result was pretty much what I expected, and now I’m ready to get started on my Print vs. Online comparisons. First up will be the inFamous Strategy Guide by FuturePress.

But for this Monday, I have a new question for all of you that will kick off my post for TUESDAY. Do you buy Collector’s Editions of strategy guides?

I have to admit, that if there is a Collector’s Edition out for a guide of a series I love, I’ll buy it in a heartbeat. If the Collector’s Edition contains an artbook, then I’ll buy it even if I’m not going to play the game. This is not to say that I like Collector’s Editions more than “regular” editions, or that CEs are better. In fact, I’ve been burned by one CE guide (the subject of tomorrow’s post) in the past that soured my notion of ever getting a CE again. But then the strategy guide for Phantom Hourglass released with its gorgeous hardback cover, leather bookmark, and giant sea chart maps. You can safely assume I got back on the wagon.

Poll: Print or Online Strategy Guides?

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I thought that the best way to announce a new feature I’ll be doing every week was with a poll that encapsulates the feature’s main question: print or online guides? (See the poll in the sidebar.)

There’s been several discussions over the past couple of years about print dying due to online publication. We’ve seen it with magazines and newspapers, and now, more recently, we’re seeing it with books. However, this debate between online and print guides has been around for several years, ever since the creation of GameFAQs. IGN also has a rather large guide section, and several other freelancing sites (such as Hubpages, Squidoo, and Suite 101) encourage users to supply their own guides, much like GameFAQs. While I see the appeal to online guides (especially their price tag), there are some things that print guides just do better. I’m not saying that online guides don’t offer anything better than print; in many ways, in addition to price, online guides have advantages over print.

Before I delve into this topic, I’m curious what the percentage of readers here prefer. Get your friends to vote too and pass this around Twitter and Facebook. The more votes, the more accurate the result will be!

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