Star Trek Blu-ray to include code for bonus STO costume
by William Dobson 
Sep 29th 2009 at 10:00AM
Filed under: Sci-fi, News items, Star Trek Online
Trekkies should be getting a nice little extra in their box for the Blu-ray release of Star Trek - Season 3, according to TVShowsOnDVD.com. The box set's publishers CBS and Paramount have given retailers this sweetener to add to their product descriptions: "For a limited time, sets will include an exclusive free offering in Atari's Star Trek® on-line game. Each set will include an insert that includes a unique code that will allow game players to outfit their avatar in an exclusive Admiral's outfit available only with this offer."
Is it worth it to go and pick up the the Blu-ray set when it releases on the 15th of December just for the Star Trek Online Admiral outfit? No, probably not. Then again, it sounds like the BR releases of the previous seasons have been crammed full of other bonuses and Easter eggs, so the next installment may well be an excellent purchase for fans anyway.
[via Joystiq]
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Venekor said on 10:31AM 9-29-2009
I hate all this cause people like me who like to compete a game to 100% or whatever will never be able to get all these items because otherwise we'd have to spend loads on all these extras. It's like in SWG when they released a Digital download and retail version with different bonuses and it's like oh FFS. You get it in WoW too where if you go to Blizzcon or something you get bonus pets. All it does is makes items in the game meaningless and just becomes a big bloated mess of promotional stuff. Just makes me quit the game because if theres like an achievement I can't get or a pet I can't get because i can't afford to go to Blizzcon then I just think "whats the point?".
Thats why I loved the old days better because everything in the game you could get in the game and now all they do is try to milk everyone.
I thought oh yeah Fallen Earth are developers for the old timers and all they did is the same thing with all these stupid promotional items and Champions Online you have to buy several copies of the game to get everything.
If you do that for your game it just puts me off.
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TheDrago said on 12:49PM 9-29-2009
Good grief, want some whine with that?
It's called capitalism, chief. Cross-promotion to get people to buy the Blu-Ray so they can get cool stuff with the game. If something like this actually and honestly puts you off, STOP PLAYING GAMES.
Seriously, getting pissed about something like this is pathetic. you just looking for attention or something.
Renko said on 10:54AM 9-29-2009
Is that the remastered version with new special effects?
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ABRaquel said on 11:46AM 9-29-2009
All BR seasons of Star Trek, The Original Show comes with the option to view with or without the new special effects (you can actually change on the fly to check the difference which is quite cool)
CCon99 said on 12:56PM 9-29-2009
I hate promotions like these, where they offer in game items you'll never be able to get as rewards to another product or attending a convention on the other side of the world. Even if the item is purely cosmetic, it just makes the game come off as really really desperate.
That's not to knock the Star Trek Blu-Ray sets, they are truly awesome and one of the reasons to buy into the format. The Star Trek sets should be the staple of how to remaster a movie/series into the HD format (and I'm not just talking about the new CGI effects which are a nice bonus, the real payoff is how clean the live action looks).
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Myria said on 4:05PM 9-29-2009
Star Trek: The Marketing Generation?
Not that I'm complaining of surprised, it's been clear that the Feringi were in charge of the Trek universe for quite some time now.
Doesn't leave much room for hope where the game is concerned, though.
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