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Watch Dogs is out soon on May 27. The reality of gaming today is that not only do gamers have to decide which platform to buy it on, they also have to decide which edition to get. In addition to the $60 standard edition, Watch Dogs has nine other special editions of varying prices and content.

Some of these are only available in certain territories. That at least clears up some of the confusion.

First there is the special edition which gives PlayStation players the White Hat pack here in North America. But there is also a special edition for Australia and New Zealand where the White Hat pack isn’t a PlayStation exclusive. It’s also the only edition that contains the Chicago South Club Pack.

Then there is a Vigilante Edition for Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia that has its own content and packaging.

The Uplay Exclusive Edition is only available from Ubisoft’s Uplay shop.

The Limited Edition is for North America and includes content that the Special Edition doesn’t, but is also missing one content pack that the Special Edition has.

The Deadsec Edition is for Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia again and includes some of the content from the Vigilante Edition plus bonus content of its own.

The Digital Deluxe Edition is only for PlayStation and PC and includes a bunch of bonus content packs -- although one of them is a PlayStation exclusive.

The Uplay Deluxe Edition is only available from the Uplay store for PC and comes with that pack that was a PlayStation exclusive in the Digital Deluxe Edition, plus one more bonus pack.

Finally, the Gold Edition is only available from the PlayStation Store.

Choice is generally a good thing, but is this getting out of hand? Share your thoughts in the comments.