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I know the new DVD style packaging for PC games is cheaper and gives a more uniform appearance, but i`m increasingly finding that i miss the bigger cardboard boxes, most if not all contained huge manuals, sometimes demo`s and often a booklet on up & coming releases. It made them look worth buying and that you got more for your £30.
Plus my games collection is starting to look a bit lop-sided with DVD cases at one end of the shelf and larger boxes at the other end.
Also, if DVD boxes are cheaper to produce, how come the cost of games has not reflected this????
Who`s making a little bit extra money from all this, i wonder?
Any comments...?
Plus my games collection is starting to look a bit lop-sided with DVD cases at one end of the shelf and larger boxes at the other end.
Also, if DVD boxes are cheaper to produce, how come the cost of games has not reflected this????
Who`s making a little bit extra money from all this, i wonder?
Any comments...?
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christos wrote:
> Good point actually! I haven't seen any though - where can you get
> them from cheap?
Do you know, I Dunno ??? ... Ive been stacking my up of late....
Id guess Argos would be your best bet ... Although they may still be trying to palm off CD holders as DVD holders?
> Good point actually! I haven't seen any though - where can you get
> them from cheap?
Do you know, I Dunno ??? ... Ive been stacking my up of late....
Id guess Argos would be your best bet ... Although they may still be trying to palm off CD holders as DVD holders?
christos wrote:
> I'm annoyed with the new packaging because I know some people liked
> to stack their boxes but I put all the CDROM cases in my CD Rack,
> and now I have to stop as there's no way a DVD case will fit into my
> CD Rack!
Why not buy a DVD rack?
> I'm annoyed with the new packaging because I know some people liked
> to stack their boxes but I put all the CDROM cases in my CD Rack,
> and now I have to stop as there's no way a DVD case will fit into my
> CD Rack!
Why not buy a DVD rack?
BORGDRONE wrote:
But if we all do that anyway, why don`t they just sell
> us the CD & Manuals without packaging anyway????
Because it would look amateurish...
There is a big difference between having a bog box... and appearing professional
What i`m
> referring to is the lack of identity. Do i really want all my DVD
> films, my PS2 games and now my PC games to all look the same? Does
> my book collection look the same with its mixsture of hardback and
> softback novels? No, it does not. Thats exactly the same way PC card
> boxes looked, they had identity and stood out from the little dinky
> N64 boxes or the Sony CD cases
Identity?? ... Why do you need identity in the boxes? ... You go in the shop... look at the front of the pack... if it interests you, you pick it up and take a look ... if it doesnt you leave it on the shelf :)
Besides... distributors often put the worst games in the biggest boxes to make them sell more than they otherwise would..
Hardback and Softback books are a different issue... Hardback books are the original format... and generall cost 3+ times more than their paper back equivelent (which are released 6 months to a year later...
Like I say... if PC titles are themselves are so desperate for identity that they need alternative packaging to make them stand out... then PC games really are in dire times...
The manufactuers covert from
> cardboard to DVD case because its cheaper and unifies the system.
> Which takes me back to an earlier point, now all games boxes will
> look the same as i even expect Nintendo and Microsoft to follow the
> trend when their new consoles appear.
That... and they have been being pushed toward it from the Eco-Kiddies :)
What does it matter if all game packages look the same... If PS2, X-Box, PC, etc... titles all look the same, then amybe it will be the games that sell themselves... and not the packaging?
Cheaper they tell us...
> so why do i still pay the same as when it was cardboard? Another
> person tried to answer this earlier in the thread, but the argument
> seemed not to convince me. The only offset i can think of was to pay
> for the increase in spending on development of new titles and
> preventing piracy.
Naa... I think the cheapness reason is a waste of time... The amount of money saved is minimal (in fact it probably costs more to produce the plastic case than it does the cardboard box...
Maybe the developers and distributors do sell them to retailers a little cheaper (I dunno)... However, I cant see retails lowering the price of the title from 29.99 to 29.97
Also... I have noticed that EA have used the new packaging to hide their recent title price rise of PC titles... Most online game shops now sell EA products for 30.99... whilst other distributers titles still sell at around 26.99
But if we all do that anyway, why don`t they just sell
> us the CD & Manuals without packaging anyway????
Because it would look amateurish...
There is a big difference between having a bog box... and appearing professional
What i`m
> referring to is the lack of identity. Do i really want all my DVD
> films, my PS2 games and now my PC games to all look the same? Does
> my book collection look the same with its mixsture of hardback and
> softback novels? No, it does not. Thats exactly the same way PC card
> boxes looked, they had identity and stood out from the little dinky
> N64 boxes or the Sony CD cases
Identity?? ... Why do you need identity in the boxes? ... You go in the shop... look at the front of the pack... if it interests you, you pick it up and take a look ... if it doesnt you leave it on the shelf :)
Besides... distributors often put the worst games in the biggest boxes to make them sell more than they otherwise would..
Hardback and Softback books are a different issue... Hardback books are the original format... and generall cost 3+ times more than their paper back equivelent (which are released 6 months to a year later...
Like I say... if PC titles are themselves are so desperate for identity that they need alternative packaging to make them stand out... then PC games really are in dire times...
The manufactuers covert from
> cardboard to DVD case because its cheaper and unifies the system.
> Which takes me back to an earlier point, now all games boxes will
> look the same as i even expect Nintendo and Microsoft to follow the
> trend when their new consoles appear.
That... and they have been being pushed toward it from the Eco-Kiddies :)
What does it matter if all game packages look the same... If PS2, X-Box, PC, etc... titles all look the same, then amybe it will be the games that sell themselves... and not the packaging?
Cheaper they tell us...
> so why do i still pay the same as when it was cardboard? Another
> person tried to answer this earlier in the thread, but the argument
> seemed not to convince me. The only offset i can think of was to pay
> for the increase in spending on development of new titles and
> preventing piracy.
Naa... I think the cheapness reason is a waste of time... The amount of money saved is minimal (in fact it probably costs more to produce the plastic case than it does the cardboard box...
Maybe the developers and distributors do sell them to retailers a little cheaper (I dunno)... However, I cant see retails lowering the price of the title from 29.99 to 29.97
Also... I have noticed that EA have used the new packaging to hide their recent title price rise of PC titles... Most online game shops now sell EA products for 30.99... whilst other distributers titles still sell at around 26.99
Its true, i also place the box on my shelf and keep the disk stored elsewhere.
But if we all do that anyway, why don`t they just sell us the CD & Manuals without packaging anyway????
What i`m referring to is the lack of identity. Do i really want all my DVD films, my PS2 games and now my PC games to all look the same? Does my book collection look the same with its mixsture of hardback and softback novels? No, it does not. Thats exactly the same way PC card boxes looked, they had identity and stood out from the little dinky N64 boxes or the Sony CD cases
The manufactuers covert from cardboard to DVD case because its cheaper and unifies the system. Which takes me back to an earlier point, now all games boxes will look the same as i even expect Nintendo and Microsoft to follow the trend when their new consoles appear.
Cheaper they tell us... so why do i still pay the same as when it was cardboard? Another person tried to answer this earlier in the thread, but the argument seemed not to convince me. The only offset i can think of was to pay for the increase in spending on development of new titles and preventing piracy.
But didn`t do the same thing when we had card boxes???
But if we all do that anyway, why don`t they just sell us the CD & Manuals without packaging anyway????
What i`m referring to is the lack of identity. Do i really want all my DVD films, my PS2 games and now my PC games to all look the same? Does my book collection look the same with its mixsture of hardback and softback novels? No, it does not. Thats exactly the same way PC card boxes looked, they had identity and stood out from the little dinky N64 boxes or the Sony CD cases
The manufactuers covert from cardboard to DVD case because its cheaper and unifies the system. Which takes me back to an earlier point, now all games boxes will look the same as i even expect Nintendo and Microsoft to follow the trend when their new consoles appear.
Cheaper they tell us... so why do i still pay the same as when it was cardboard? Another person tried to answer this earlier in the thread, but the argument seemed not to convince me. The only offset i can think of was to pay for the increase in spending on development of new titles and preventing piracy.
But didn`t do the same thing when we had card boxes???
BORGDRONE wrote:
Well, you know what i mean... You could
> walk into a Special Reserve shop and spot the PC games section a
> mile off because we had different packing, ie: the cardboard
> box.
But if the DVD box contines, the shops will look monotone
> with only the signage giving away their position...
lol... I kniw... but surly its whats inside the box that counts?
After I've taken the game out of thae packaging... I'll stick the box straight into storage... (generally within an hour of getting home with the title?)
Well, you know what i mean... You could
> walk into a Special Reserve shop and spot the PC games section a
> mile off because we had different packing, ie: the cardboard
> box.
But if the DVD box contines, the shops will look monotone
> with only the signage giving away their position...
lol... I kniw... but surly its whats inside the box that counts?
After I've taken the game out of thae packaging... I'll stick the box straight into storage... (generally within an hour of getting home with the title?)
Armitage Shanks wrote:
> BORGDRONE wrote:
Thats why the cardboard box was special - it WAS
> the
> PC`s trademark!!!.
If thats the case... then the PC is
> in SERIOUS trouble
:)
Well, you know what i mean... You could walk into a Special Reserve shop and spot the PC games section a mile off because we had different packing, ie: the cardboard box.
But if the DVD box contines, the shops will look monotone with only the signage giving away their position...
> BORGDRONE wrote:
Thats why the cardboard box was special - it WAS
> the
> PC`s trademark!!!.
If thats the case... then the PC is
> in SERIOUS trouble
:)
Well, you know what i mean... You could walk into a Special Reserve shop and spot the PC games section a mile off because we had different packing, ie: the cardboard box.
But if the DVD box contines, the shops will look monotone with only the signage giving away their position...
BORGDRONE wrote:
Thats why the cardboard box was special - it WAS the
> PC`s trademark!!!.
If thats the case... then the PC is in SERIOUS trouble
:)
Thats why the cardboard box was special - it WAS the
> PC`s trademark!!!.
If thats the case... then the PC is in SERIOUS trouble
:)
The cardboard boxes were good but after a while they rip and that is why I'm looking for DVD cases. I have about 50 PC games and they all came in cardboard boxes. So you can imagine how much space that would comsume.
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