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Saints Row IV Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition

PLAYSTATION 3
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Saints Row IV Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition
Deep Silver8/23/2013REGION 2

They put a replica Dubstep Gun in the box. That's it. That's the pitch.

The Saints Row IV Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition on PlayStation 3 is peak mid-2010s absurdity, packaging a Johnny Gat statue, a replica Dubstep Gun, a functioning doomsday button, and the Commander-in-Chief DLC pack with a Screaming Eagle jet, Uncle Sam outfit, and the Merica-Gun. Volition understood that Saints Row's collector's editions needed to be as unhinged as the games themselves, and the Wub Wub Edition delivers on that promise with the subtlety of a bass drop at a presidential inauguration. The Johnny Gat statue gives the series' most beloved character the display piece treatment, while the Dubstep Gun replica is a conversation starter that transcends gaming memorabilia entirely.

The doomsday button is pure novelty, the kind of desk accessory that makes coworkers nervous and collectors grin. Saints Row IV leaned fully into the "we're not GTA and we don't want to be" identity, and this edition crystallizes that confidence in physical form. The PS3 era was when publishers still took wild swings on collector's edition contents, and Volition swung harder than most.

Complete sets with the Dubstep Gun intact and the doomsday button functional are the ones to chase. This is the collector's edition that proves our hobby doesn't always have to be serious to be worth preserving.