Does Limited Run Games Have A Problem? 

Do you sitll buy Limited Run Games? Lemme know!

I don’t like that LRG takes such a long time to send their products.

I want them to change their MO and rename themselves UNLIMITED RUN GAMES.

They sure do now

I think the most scummy thing I've seen from them recently was this collectable replica sword/letter opener. Can't remember which game it was off the top of my head. Once they got everybody's money and closed pre-orders, they went and did a complete redesign on it, so now people aren't even going to get the collectable that was sold to them.

i absolutely despise limited run games. disgusting company imo. just let someone else print the games in a less limited capacity.

They are partially responsible for ruining collecting games for me

I’ve felt burned by LRG recently. The Star Wars games. Paid $40-50 for each(tax and shipping included) when you can currently buy double packs of most of them for 20 bucks.

Before even watching this, I just want everyone to know I got $800 tied up in LRG pre orders. Yes I'm stupid.

Careful. The owner of the Limited Run will see this, get mad and cancel your orders.

the only thing limited run games does now, is to create more scalpers....they pretty much dropped the game preservation motto at this point

Yep. They hold onto your money for a year plus. They’ve expanded. They can front preorders

we really need the KATANA ZERO physical release that Limited Run keeps pushing back to the future

I literally though they stole my money and even forgot about it, I was surprised i had a package I didn't even knew of what it was... they took 11 Months to skip my Zombies ate my neighbors Switch collection copy. Never buying from them EVER AGAIN

I like limited run, but they release too many games at once now, and it's difficult to pick up everything you want, despite the open preorders. I've skipped on a few releases here and there that I wanted simply cause I can't keep dropping $300+ every month on switch/ps5 games. But it's thanks to LRG that my Switch game collection has gotten as large as it is now

All I want in a physical release is a manual and often that is missing

Still waiting on any word on Gaiares. Their shipment has been just sitting in their warehouse for weeks. Castlemania shipped their copies a while ago.

I ordered Scott Pilgrim and the vinyl in Feb, 2021. It’s still sitting unshipped.

What truly sucks is when you order a game from them and then Amazon or Best Buy puts that same game up for preorder 2 weeks later. You can't cancel, you've paid more and the LRG version will arrive MONTHS after it's available from Amazon etc. You've just come out on the losing end.

They do now. Count me out.

I do order from Limited Run, but the amount of games that I purchased from them has dropped off. I have a huge back catalog of pending releases that I haven't received, I ordered the Castlevania Anniversary collectors edition and it took over a year to get. I'm definitely getting more selective in what I buy from them

I’ve ordered a few things from them in the past. I hardly order from them anymore. The turn around is so inconsistent. Sometimes you get a game in 6 months, sometimes it could take a year. I think that’s a bit much, considering they take your money upfront. It really killed my desire to buy from them anymore. Unless it’s something that I really want in my collection & has some sentimental value, I just don’t purchase from them. Not worth it to me.

I think LRG problem is their taking on more then they can handle. They can barely ship out games in a timely fashion and they also want to sell other merchandise like shirts, stickers and pins. I think a preorder window of a month is too long and should be a week or two. I just recently got my order of wind jammers 2 in the mail when I've had the game two months ago from signature edition games. I'll only order a game from them if it's exclusive and something I really want. Right now I'm still waiting for two more orders from last year. I understand they are running a business and in business you always want to keep growing and making more money but customer satisfaction is also important.

My biggest issue is their strict no reruns on the numbered releases. All it does is create false scarcity and the only ones benefiting from that are the resellers. Let's be real here, if people are buying them for 500+ $ on ebay there is clearly enough interest to make a reprint.

I'm a regular buyer from LRGs but I have to agree about the hit or miss stuff. Although I might disagree about the delayed releases most of the time. I would much rather have a fully patched game on my cartridge than a game I get early then need to digitally patch later. Kind of defeats the purpose of owning physical in the first place. Just look at bloodstained .. that game is unplayable unpatched. I would have much rather waited till the final patch then get the physical release.

I definatly hear the frustration. I think that LRG's has been bringing us physical titles that we never would have gotten without them. For that I apperciate LRG very much. I don't enjoy the long turn around time BUT I do think that the current envirorment we are living in ( i.e. post Covid ) has really put stress on production times from these companies/manufacturers. I do see some of your points I just think there is more too it or things that are out of thier control. I do enjoy buying retro games and phyical games.

I loved Limited Run when they first launched. I still buy some of the games today if there is an interest in a digital only title that I absolutely need physically. I think for that reason alone, I’ll always LIKE Limited Run. I don’t blame them at all for making money and getting big. That’s the point of it all isn’t it? But Limited Run doesn’t seem to be very limited anymore.

It really is conditional. If its a great indie title where you know this is your only shot to get this game physically. Then yeah I'd spring for that.

I still order from them from time to time I like their methods that they print digital exclusives. But the problem they have now is they have way too many games to handle. They need to focus more on the games that people have pre-ordered and waited for a long time to make sure they're shipped properly. I have been waiting on a copy of Castlevania Lament collection for over 6 months and River City girls zero.

I get a few games here and there from LRG if it’s something I really want a physical copy of.

Agree there are to many releases from LRG! But strictly limited is even worse with sending products you ordered! It nearly feels like a Ponzi scheme with them.

I do like their Collector’s Editions (especially the Shantae games), I’ll say that.

Virtually every limited run games release I've bought became readily available on PlayAsia and BestBuy months ahead of LRG.

The turn around time issue started when the pandemic hit and with factories still being overwhelmed it not surprising that things haven’t gone back to normal yet.

For me, the turn around time is the concern. It takes FORVEVER to get something you ordered. It has made me shy away from buying from them multiple times.

"At its core, theyre a good company" Ooof. Didnt age well

They charge too much for shipping. So many times I have thought "this is a bit too high a base price for a physical of this indie, but I'd quite like it", then I get to the shipping page and it crosses what I'm willing to pay in total and I nope out of there.

They need to hit the brakes a bit but they have done good, fix the delivery time and slow down

Happy to see this video cover my same issues with LRG. Collector’s editions for the majority of their games is ridiculous. They nailed me on that action figure as well!

Still waiting on my bloodrayne copy, it’s been 9 months.

Like my order from 14 months ago that still hasn't shipped lol yea they're garbage.

I absolutely hate their turn-around times for games. Almost all the games of late have taken over a year to deliver. Some took so long to deliver that I actually forgot I bought the thing. It showed up on my doorstep and I was like "wth is this?". That and their games used to be worth a lot more on the resale. I remember in the early days, you were almost guaranteed to double your money selling an unopened lrg on eBay. Now, even if you have a collector's edition, it doesn't sell for more than $35-40 higher than you originally paid. Then you have to tack on the ebay fees etc. It's not worth it anymore. I straight up stopped ordering games from them unless it was something I just really wanted in my collection. And even that is wearing thin, due to those INSANE turn-around times. Plus B.S stuff like their River City Girls 2 pre-order. I'll be damned if I was going to order that and wait 9-10mo when PlayAsia is selling a version (full english) of RCG 1+2 on the same switch cart!! Full physical! It's not even exclusive to lrg. And you get two games in one. LRG in my opinion have fallen so far over the years, I'd be surprised if they ever redeem themselves again.

the only limited run game i needed was Celeste. Thank bob im not into limited edition games. I collected limited edition 4k movies now from about 5 different boutique companies. The problem is there isnt enough competition for them to actually be a better company. To me, the perfect number for a limited item is 10,000. Trust me, 10,000 isnt alot at all when you sell worldwide...

Some pre-orders I forgot I ordered...like I just got my castlevania one. Forgot I did that one I think last year.

I really love super rare games there games arrive so fast

This aged very well XD

So many of their titles are starting to hit Best Buy that I’d rather just wait for them to get it in stock and order from Best Buy.

Nah, Strictly Limited Games is a nightmare. Literally takes OVER 2 YEARS to get a release.

Bill and Ted is lowkey going to be a sought after Nintendo switch release .. just watch

I’m still waiting for them to announce more information about a physical version for Katana Zero. It was announced and I don’t think anything else has been said about it for over a year.

Rgt looks like he ready to throw the hands

It's gotten more expensive, and more than half of my stuff is damaged.

Did wait a hot minute for the Scott pilgrim collectors edition

I think the "high quality" games have been few and far between since they started. You are correct about the collector's editions. Very few games need a collector's edition. The reason limited run sells them is that there are tons of idiots out there who will throw down 100-200 bucks every week and think they will be bankrolling their retirement by selling them off down the road. This brings me to another issue, Limited Run basically created the modern "sealed game collector". Imagine plunking down the money in order to wait 8 months to over a year only to take the game and put it on your shelf. The sad thing about Bill & Ted is that it was a horrible decision which I'm guessing led to pretty weak sales of that title, which has the effect of FOMO and it will inflate the value based on "collectors".

Honestly with so many releases of high quality games, obscure games, and "so bad they are good" games, why even complain? Something for everyone.

I never supported them before. I know for a fact that I never will now after firing their employee because some nutcase groomer complained and LRG took their side.

Not to mention you have to pay a premium for them to ship your item in an actual box that will protect your games.

I've honestly stopped buying from them. Too much too often, with way too long for shipping times almost across the board. Games they have in the warehouse - have been there for two months at the moment.

Great content, love the transparency! Seeing the behind the curtains, thanks and this is why I subscribed months ago and watch the videos from RGT.

I'm a big fan of Limited Run, literally I set money to one side every month to buy their games. However my only gripe is not knowing whether specific games are getting a mass production in the EU, I personally don't want to miss out on the 'title', so any version will do, but having to panic buy from Limited Run, pay the higher price and higher postage charges just to find out a year later I could've bought it from a EU retailer for half the price is a bummer, especially when I prefer to own PAL versions too.

The only thing I don’t like is that they take too long to release the games. The most I’ve waited is almost two years.

I’ve bought a few games from LRG but like you said the turn around time is off putting. The last game I got was the Scott Pilgrim classic edition and the standard castlevania. If they can speed of despatch time then defo would buy more

I don't care about scarcity or rarity of games. I get excited about playing the sorts of games I love. I don't care about giant collector's editions that I haven't the space or use for. I am a kid of the 8- and 16-bit eras when getting that physical game felt substantial. The idea or the draw of Limited Run Games for me initially was receiving a substantial physical game that had only previously been digital, or a game such as an arcade-only title which had never seen a home release. If only it were that simple today. I am always delighted with what I receive when I order from LRG, but the wait period is pretty crazy. I just received Natsuki Chronicles from First Press Games after more than a freaking year, so this is also an overall limited game company issue. It's all about money now and there isn't a darn thing funny about it. I just hope that checking off that list of digital only and arcade-only titles begging for physical release becomes the priority again.

Bill and Ted on the Game Boy is actually kind of a hidden gem.

The turnaround time is like a hidden Kickstarter without having to pay Kickstarter fees.

I love their FMV titles if it weren’t for them I don’t know if I’d ever discover the genre love that their keeping physical media alive

I have definitely slowed down my business with Limited Run but I still think they're decent people with a good goal. I agree with a lot of what you're saying. Every game doesn't need a collector's edition, the communication could be a lot better, shipping times really suck, etc

I also think another reason why limited run games has physical game releases like bill & ted, glover, night trap and good pizza great pizza is because of competition. A lot of other publishers also release physical editions of their digital games and some use third party websites or their own to ship out their games. Serenity forge, fangamer, iam8bit, special reserve games, red art games, signature edition games, strictly limited games, play asia, super rare games, wired games and funstock have exclusive games and games available in retail.

I did the Scott Pilgrim O.K Edition. It did take over a year. So when it came to Shredders Revenge. I decided the extra stuff for $200 wasnt needed. I spent $150 on Steel Book/ VHS cases for Switch & PS4.

I wish there was a way to find out games they tried to negotiate a deal and just couldn't make it happen.

My main issue is production time. I don't have an issue with the prices of the games themselves, many titles interested me, and I like the collectors editions. If they release something I don't want, I just don't buy it. I couldn't care less about collecting every release or having a full set, or even if more copies were printed later making mine less limited. I just want to own the games physically, and I just get what I want and skip the rest. Never had any issues with the quality of the products, and always found customer service helpful. The new system of open preorders is far better than racing to beat bots. The main issue is how long it takes to get the product. That really is my only criticism.

I haven't ordered anything from limited run games as they haven't had much I was interested in getting. If I have the option to get a game elsewhere I'd rather do that instead. I have a hard enough time wanting a year for vinyl I couldn't imagine wanting over a year for a video game preorder.

What, you dont like paying $50 more for a CE with a poster and a cd sampler and a pin, then waiting a year for it?

I'm glad someone said something about this. I haven't ordered anything from Limited Run Games in years because the quality of the indie games has gone downhill.

Limited run games needs to fulfill orders first before they release a new game to prevent a back pile of unshipped games. people should never have to wait 6 months - 1 year for a video game to ship

It's true, now that LRG has a larger distribution via Walmart & BestBuy, their company name can no longer be taken literally. I had a discussion in their discord about their rebranding of castle Vania. I pre ordered and received my Castlevania Anniversary Collection and months later, they resold the same game with a new cover on their website. They argued that it was remaining copies that had not been sold so their take was that the games are still limited. But from my perspective, this was bogus. I could not confirm if what they were saying in discord were true, but that was besides the point. It now meant that the version I had which I thought was limited in print, had another box art version which I didn't own. And as a collector, that just made me feel bad, knowing there are multiple versions available. Some kids in discord yelled at me exclaiming I wanted to keep others from owning the games because I wanted only limited prints. You can't make this stuff up. I argued back, isn't that the point? It's limited? I missed out on Celeste for switch when it was released on LRG but I wanted it for my collection so I took to EBAY and purchased it for 300. Others in discord complain about people like me, wanting to collect, and instead claim the games should be available at all times for all customers. Ok, fine, then perhaps rename your company and its ethos. Though, they are doing what the masses want without changing their name or ethos. So, LRG is beginning to slip and become the monster they likely believed they would never be.

If you ordered say 3 games from LRG in one order, They won't ship until the last game drops. If you want each of your games when they come out, you gotta order them individually paying shipping for each.

You know how I feel about them. I haven’t purchased a product from them in about 2-3 years. Their customer service was unresponsive and uncaring to say the least. My experience of purchasing items from them was started to sour after 3 purchases. I haven’t bought anything from them since then. I wish they had or are going to fix their model. Maybe I’ll give them another shot, but, they haven’t done much to remedy their customer service model.

I'm scared because I just bought the Dead space collector edition I'll hear bad stuff from limited run.

I 100% agree. My favourite Limited Run release was Bug Fables. I ordered it on May 2021, and got it on March 2022, almost a year after. The digital version has always been available, but I wanted to wait to play it once I got the collector's edition. The quality of the release was amazing, but the time I had to wait for it... Yikes...

The open pre-orders have a big advantage, but also a small disadvantage in terms of releases, namely they are no longer limited in that sense. It used to be that the releases were numbered consecutively or even had a certificate if it was a Collector's Edition. Now it's just a Collectors Edition release like many 0815 Collectors Editions. You can also see that on ebay, where the open preorder items have far less value or are sold for far less than the limited ones

I used to buy a lot of games from LRG but dialled it back heavily after they screwed me on a couple games that went missing in the post. Contacted them a couple times and their response was essentially "not our problem"

I have done 3 games from them. First was Command and Conquer, which brought it out in high quality graphics. The cool bit, was you could revert back to original graphics.... the difference was insane. It also came with amazing things like a unit art book, a velcro patch for the 2 command and conquer and red alert factions, so 4 patches plus 4 metal pins and a beanie with for patches. It also had a metal cast mammoth tank, which whilst good, needed some paint. It came with three fun plastic pieces, a tesla coil, laser tower which had lights and sounds, as well as a Tiberium plant node with the soundtracks and physical copies of games. Also had tech trees for each faction and poster which I need to get laminated. The second one I am waiting for is KOTOR 1. This one has again, some good stuff with it, and should have been out in late August, which had a change to something I am sure nobody wants, and is currently set to release on 19th November. There was no precise reason given for the product change or the delay, and even after emailing, I still have no real understanding of why it is late. So a bit put out, but it does look like a good investment, especially having a Pazaak deck and lithographs, foil cover strategy guide etcetera. The other game I have pre-ordered was the follow up collectors edition, KOTOR 2, which looks as equally ambitious as the first one, so I am prepped for delays, but with what is in that edition, well, it looks chock-a-block full of goodies and has a second pazaak deck, so yeah, it should be good. Some of these other games I have just randomly looked at, makes me think that they were given a few crates of game merchandise that didn't sell, so they are making a collectors set just to get rid of that stock. Sorry for the long comment, but I wanted to show the point you made about the differences between Premier titles and the non-starters that make you ask why they are doing it.

Say bye bye to them just as they said bye bye to an employee who posted a personal opinion on her personal twitter account. She was worried about men in the women’s bathroom. BOOM!!! Their philosophy? Women shall have no rights to privacy with this company. They can’t deny it because their actions are proof in the pudding. Bye bye stupid game company.

Bro they scammers they use peoples money for other ventures and when they’ve turned it into more money they finally send out your order

I got Scott Pilgrim for Switch from Limited Run. I heard they got Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (I'm surprised you actually mentioned that game). Did anyone even ask for that game? Wait, are they releasing the N64 version of Glover? Why not put it on a newer console? Over a year? And I thought waiting 3 months for my heavy duty sword cane was bad. I'm glad I got Scott Pilgrim pretty quickly. I don't remember how long it took but it was under a year. They bit off more than they could chew.

If they hold 1000 customers money for a year they can collect intrest on it all and end up with more money. It's all about the Benjamins. I am sure the figure is a lot higher though.

If they were to sell reprints of past titles it would allows gamers to get the games they missed but also drive up value of the first prints.

Just a side rant: It just feels that a lot of the products on their website are just same old same old. Physical game here, stickers here, keychain and artwork here. CD included, posters almost always are there. Maybe a statue. What annoys me is the fact some of them could've went full blown fantastic. SOTN/Castlevania Requiem Ultimate Edition literal specialty is Tom Dubois Art (God Bless his heroic soul), a Keychain, Steelbook, Poster and DVD and little pin badges for well over $200 modern scalper price. The sad part about that product was that Konami were not paying him any money for rereleasing his art. He's confirmed it himself.

They are opening up a retailer in Japan and trying to cut off importers like me that miss their stupid 4 week preorder window and grab Asian English copies. Now they are gonna use the retailer to stop that and be the only place for multilanguage games from outside America. They are ruining physical gaming for everyone

Paid 70 bucks for the regular physical version of Doom Eternal on Switch. I don’t want to keep on dealing with expensive shipping that bumps up the initial price by $10

Or having multiple items in an order but they'll hold on shipping until all games in your order are released..

I still have unfulfilled preorders from 2021 and now it is 2024. I have soo many pending orders (8) that I have basically stopped buying anything from them until they start shipping at a reasonable pace. It’s really sad.

Bill and Ted is what actually stopped me from getting LRG games. Up until then I had a complete numbered switch collection.

RGT, I’m glad you received your version of CVUE…us PS4 owners have yet to receive it!

If they could give an eshop code to download the game, then I think a lot of us might be happier with the wait.

I feel like theyre big enough to offer free shipping at this point, the way theyre dropping games I wouldnt want to pay shipping for each game if i was a collector

I just got shipping notification for Quake. Let's see if it arrives before MVG gets his... The other issue is that some recent releases still have online requirements - the versions of Doom 1 and 2 are the DRM-locked 1.0 versions, and Scott Pilgrim has an entire character locked behind a Ubisoft Connect account. It's now at the point where ordering from LRG has no real advantage over retail copies. I'm still ordering from them, but I'm doing so with full knowledge of what I'm getting into and I'll pretty much be limiting myself to the id Software releases from here on out.

after finding out that Best Buy sells certain Limited Run Games, I've decided to wait instead of doing the pre-orders. Sure, it's a gamble to see if Best Buy will pick it up/have it and the cover art of the game will be different, but it's still a physical game and that's what I care about

The long waiting times and constant new releases worries me that they are over leveraged somehow and are constantly playing catch up. Edit: also bc of the long waiting periods, I don't pre-order either. I just go to the retail store 30 mins away from me and see what they got but I know not everyone has that opportunity.