Hogwarts Legacy Collector's Edition leaks, and players balk at $300 price tag

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The Hogwarts Legacy Collector's Edition appears to have leaked, causing some unfortunate confusion over a steep but inaccurate price tag.

After the new dark arts-focused Hogwarts Legacy trailer at Gamescom, Australian retailer EB Games appears to have posted the contents of the Hogwarts Legacy Collector's Edition. As well as the Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe Edition content, which offers mounts, cosmetics, and 72 hours of early access to the game, the Collector's Edition comes with a steel book case and a life-size 'floating' wand that sits atop a base fashioned after a magical tome. The whole package will ship in a Collector's Edition box, emblazoned with the game's logo.

While the EB Games listing appears to have shown up early - the game's official Twitter account suggested the Collector's Edition would be officially revealed today at 06:00 PT/09:00 ET/14:00 BST - it appears to be legit. After the leak, the game's community manager, Chandler Wood, took to Twitter, seemingly confirming the bundle's contents, even while debunking another detail.

That pricing is not correct in USD. You're looking at a conversion of a different region's pricing.August 24, 2022

The EB Games listing says that the Hogwarts Legacy Collector's Edition will set players back just under AUS$500. A quick currency conversion, then, would imply that the bundle will set players back around $350 in the US, or a little under £300 in the UK. That had some players concerned, but Wood confirmed that "that pricing is not correct in USD," and that the conversion of the Australian price is not accurate. The inflated price in the region is a result of a much higher tax bracket, regularly applied to computer hardware and software, including video games, which can