I have never really gotten into Collector's Edition, primarily because they cost too much and the JRPGs I play usually have boring ones that come with a Soundtrack and Artbook.. NO THANKS
I get what you are saying. Yes they are expensive ( most of them) and some of them are not worth it. Sometimes is better to wait until GameStop makes a sale for a game and the CE of that same game many times get a discount too.
JRPG games do that a lot I've heard. At least some of them are just free when you upgrade because of your pre order.
Another thing I wanted to say. Have you guys read the news about the Game-.less CE of Wolfeinstein New Order?? It was posted here on PSLS and I could not believe it. I dont know if that same thing has happened before but I dont really get it. The CE looks cool but with out the game then that would mean an extra 65 dollars plus the 100 dollars of the CE alone. So for me that would turn like in very close to 200 bucks. That is expensive.