Saints Row The Third Platinum Pack

Only in Stilwater would a headset designed exclusively for looking ridiculous be considered a premium collector's item. The Saints Row The Third Platinum Pack on PlayStation 3 takes the series' gleeful absurdity and packages it in a way that no other franchise would dare attempt.

The crown jewel is the Exclusive Custom Molded Saints Row Headset, and before you get too excited, it's not compatible for online use. That's not a flaw. That's the joke, and it's exactly the kind of commitment to chaos that makes Saints Row collectibles so endearing. You also get the exclusive in-game soundtrack and the Professor Genki Hyper-Ordinary Pre-Order Pack, because nothing says "collector's item" like a fictional game show hosted by a homicidal cat mascot.

Saints Row The Third was the moment Volition fully embraced the insanity, leaving any pretense of seriousness in a ditch somewhere on the highway. The Platinum Pack captures that energy perfectly. A headset you can't actually use online, bundled with content themed around the franchise's most unhinged character. During the PS3 era, when every publisher was trying to out-prestige each other with leather-bound art books and bronze statues, Volition gave us a novelty headset and dared us to love it. We did. For Saints Row collectors, this is pure shelf personality. It doesn't try to be classy. It tries to be Saints Row, and it succeeds completely.