The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Premium Edition

Bethesda didn't just release Skyrim on every platform known to man. They also made sure PS3 collectors had something worth hoarding. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Premium Edition on Playstation 3 is a loaded package that goes well beyond a standard game-in-a-box.

That Skyrim logo t-shirt alone became a quiet flex in gaming circles, but the real draw here is the full spread of lore-adjacent collectibles. You get six concept art postcards showcasing the frozen tundra and dragon-filled skies that defined a generation of open-world RPGs, plus The Infernal City novel that expands the Elder Scrolls universe beyond what the game itself covers. The world map is the kind of pack-in that hits different when you've spent 300 hours wandering Tamriel, giving your wall some proper cartographic energy.

The bonus disk rounds things out with a five-song soundtrack, a massive 600-page strategy guide e-book, and additional material for the truly devoted. This was the PS3 era at its best, when physical editions still meant publishers cared about what you held in your hands. For Elder Scrolls collectors, this Premium Edition represents a time before everything became a digital code in a standard case.

The combination of wearable merch, printed fiction, and art materials makes this a genuinely complete collector's experience. If your Skyrim shelf doesn't include this one, it's not really a Skyrim shelf.