To accompany the release of Fallout 3, online retailer Amazon offered a $130 version of the game that included a clock resembling the must-have accessory of every vault dweller, the Pip-Boy 3000. The clock was the only difference between the Survival Edition sold on Amazon and the regular Limited Edition sold in stores. That means that the clock ended up costing those that ordered it about $50. That’d be a small price to pay for the one of a kind item, you know, if it worked.
You may remember seeing this Pip-Boy clock a few months back as part of the Fallout 3 Survival Edition package, which was a little rich for some gamers’ tastes at $130. Still, a lot of people did buy it, and those people are starting to speak out about it — in specific, the clock, which sounds a little bit as if it was made in Taiwan by five year old slaves.
Posts have started to pop up on Bethesda’s forums about the clock’s faults, which seem to range from messy paint and scratches to total failure to operate straight out of the box or after a few days time. The clock does come with a warranty card, but — get this — you have to pay for the clock to be repaired AND you have to pay $10 for return shipping. Classy, right? — Destructoid
I was about 30 seconds away from ordering this package when it went up for sale and then I remembered that I don’t need to spend $50 on a clock. I love Fallout 3, I enjoy looking at clocks when I need to tell the time – I just don’t need to merge those 2 things together.
