FIFA 13 Collector's Edition

Capcom and zombies get all the glory, but EA Sports quietly dropped one of the PS3 era's most loaded collector's packages. The FIFA 13 Collector's Edition on PlayStation 3 came with a competition-sized ball, an EA Sports Football Club bootbag, a FIFA cap, an EA Sports flag, and a star metalpack game case, plus a stack of FIFA Ultimate Team digital content including an ADIDAS Star Team, 24 Gold Packs, a Special Gold Pack every week for six months, and 10,000 EA Sports Football Club credits. That's not a collector's edition.

That's a full kit sponsorship deal. The metalpack case gives this genuine shelf presence among PS3 collections, with a premium finish that standard plastic cases can't match. The competition-sized ball and bootbag push this into the territory of functional sports gear, items that actually got used on pitches around the world.

The cap and flag round out the branding package with the kind of EA Sports identity that defined an era of gaming. Sports game collector's editions are chronically undervalued in the collecting community, and FIFA 13's package is a prime example. The sheer volume of physical goods in this box rivals editions that cost twice as much from other publishers.

For PS3 collectors who appreciate the breadth of the console's library beyond the usual action and RPG suspects, this is a fascinating piece of gaming history from a franchise that dominated an entire generation.