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Zeus
08-17-2007, 01:54 PM
Limited edition Bioshock faceplates are reportedly fetching big bucks on eBay, with many selling for over $100 and almost all are selling for more than $50 a piece. Apparently, the only way to get your hands on one of the 5,100 available faceplates is to either work at a gaming store and hope you can gain a freebie or become a community member and again ask politely.

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The faceplate is limited to 5,100 units and features a stunning design. The only way to get one? Work at a gaming store and hope you get a freebie, or become a community member and ask politely.

Giveaways like this are a nice incentive to keep gamers interested in the game and to help keep people interacting in the community, but of course whenever the words "limited" and "edition" are put together in this business, they mean one thing: eBay. And those faceplates have been going for quite a lot of money on the auction service. How much? Many have cracked $100, and almost all of them are over $50.


News Source: <A href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/08/17/rare-bioshock-faceplates-bring-in-a-high-price-on-ebay" target="_blank">Arstechnica</a>

XxBigP123xX
08-17-2007, 01:59 PM
i would never buy a faceplate for my 360, only full cases

The_Eggman_1972
08-17-2007, 02:09 PM
i would never buy a faceplate for my 360, only full cases

Me too looks a bit pants if fronts gold or another colour and rest of console is white..

ammmmn
08-17-2007, 02:14 PM
lol soon you will see fake chinees versions ;D

spoogle
08-17-2007, 02:35 PM
That faceplate might be limited but this one isn't

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/931521/BioShock/Product.html

and it looks very similar - if not better

http://images.play.com/banners/931521l.jpg

richbambam360
08-17-2007, 02:38 PM
WHY!!?
never really seen the fascination of faceplates etc,always keep mine neutral you never know when you may have to send it away

Section8
08-17-2007, 03:16 PM
That faceplate might be limited but this one isn't

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/931521/BioShock/Product.html

and it looks very similar - if not better

http://images.play.com/banners/931521l.jpg

This edition of Bioshock with Free Xbox 360 Faceplate has now sold out. Customers who have already pre-ordered this edition will automatically receive the faceplate with their game. The faceplate will be dispatched with the game on the day of release. The standard edition of Bioshock is still available for pre-order

sirjimjom
08-17-2007, 03:23 PM
I got one on hold for me! Helps to have a friend on the inside!!

grapeape
08-17-2007, 05:53 PM
Am I the only one who has never bothered to change the faceplate on their 360. I recieved a Nyko gameface as a freebie when I ordered some accessories online about a year ago...its still sitting in the box. I just cant bring myself to care enough to bother with it.

Xenogears V
08-18-2007, 07:12 AM
:eek:, very cool!.