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Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition will be ‘very limited’

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has offered a quick reminder to those of you hoping to nab a copy of the hotly anticipated Prestige Edition of Modern Warfare 2 – the $150 USD collector’s item will only be available in extremely limited numbers, so either get in early or go home empty handed.

Speaking with IGN, the community boss stated, "We’ve already been asked by retailers to up the production numbers due to demand, which we immediately denied.”

"We decided from the beginning that we want this to be for the hardcore fans and early adopters. The fact that it is actually limited is one of the coolest parts, which is why we’ve individually numbered every copy."

Elsewhere, Bowling divulged some of the team’s earlier plans for the Prestige Edition, including the idea of including fake flashbang grenades and a set of dogtags before finally settling on the idea of night vision goggles.

"We had a lot of really cool ideas, but nothing ever topped night vision goggles. We started out small and the longer we spent going around the table and asking the community for input the more and more insane it became," he said.

"It started out with just a cool stylized case with a fake flashbang and some dogtags, but everyone does dogtags and cool cases. We wanted something that blew you way."

Finally, he reiterated that this rare edition of the game won’t be back for a second run once the original batch dries up. "It was important to us that this be a true collectors’ edition and as such, we do one run, and it’s finished. The Prestige Edition is NOT something you’re going to be seeing on the cheap 2 months after launch,” concluded Bowling.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is due out on November 10.