Poll: What type of packaging do you prefer?

[Terramax]

Hi there,

I know this is a trivial matter but it actually means a lot to me. I have limited space with the games I can hold hence one of the reasons I buy and sell games quite regularly. I also make a tidy profit of buying games cheap and waiting for them to go rare ( I bought a couple of copies of Shadow of the Colossus for £10 new then waited for it to go to £35 new on Amazon ).

Back to my main point, I prefer games to be in jewel case. Small, simple, and pretty throw away. I like to keep boxes, etc in excellent condition, and this is something I don't have to worry so much with jewel case.

Then you get American PC games with their unconventionally big, cheap boxes or the old PC boxes the size of an ultra large dictionary, or tacky boxes (Sega's UK boxes for the Saturn and DC anyone)?

Finally the question: What boxes do you like and why? I doubt this is going to change the gaming industry as we know it, but it might mean a lot to whether people even risk buying a game or not(?)

 

[Anton P. Nym]

I'll go with DVD case, as it allows the printed manual *gasp! the archaism!* to cover what needs to be covered and still be in a legible font size... but it's still fairly compact.

Definitely no to the ginormous non-Euclidean boxes they used to crank out in the aulden days. I don't care how well it stands out on the shelf, it's just too bulky.

-- Steve

 

[propertyofcobra]

DVD case. It's simple, it's sizable enough to hold both a nicely sized manual and the game itself, and it fits easily in storage spaces (something that cannot be said for classic-size PC boxes, for example).

 

[NickCaligo42]

I don't actually keep my games in the old boxes, I keep them in a CD binder. I've got REALLY limited space being that I live in an inexplicably expensive closet that MSU calls a dorm room, and that's the solution I recommend.

On a somewhat related note, what's with the packaging for accessories? You all know what I'm talking about: those packages made entirely of clear plastic that looks like it ought to be able to split open in the middle but is actually fused together at the seam and is so tough that they ought to make space shuttles out of the stuff. The ones you can't open with your hands so you need to go for a knife just to make a brief incision. That's the kind of packaging I DON'T like and wish they wouldn't punish willing customers with.

 

[hipholyte]

I like the good old dvd case.

They can just fit everywhere.

 

[josh797]

apple packaging FTW!

 

[jimmy509]

Other, steam

 

[Nordstrom]

Digital packaging.

 

[defcon 1]

Why do they make PC box's so big? Just takes up space. DVD cases fit memory card, disk, decent sized instruction manual and i in my bookshelf while still exposing the name.

 

[John Galt]

I like those little paper holders with the clear front for CDs. They're good for keeping out the scratches and have that nice open front so you can see the label of the CD. I also prefer old-fashionish sandwhich bags over ziplocks but that's just because I never could seal them all the way as a child.

 

[The Reverend]

Dvd cases are the most practical for me, they stack well, are pretty durable, and can hold all the gubbins you need.

Definitely no to the ginormous non-Euclidean boxes they used to crank out in the aulden days. I don't care how well it stands out on the shelf, it's just too bulky.

Well, technically all boxes are non-Euclidean, seeing as Euclid's postulates can only technically exist in the Platonic mathematical world.

..I think.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

Well, technically all boxes are non-Euclidean, seeing as Euclid's postulates can only technically exist in the Platonic mathematical world.

..I think.

Sorry, I was riffing on the Lovecraftian use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%27lyeh] of the term. And yeah, the contents of those old boxes [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Marathon_2-_Durandal_Box.jpg/250px-Marathon_2-_Durandal_Box.jpg] sometimes left me gibbering in strange, alien tongues...

-- Steve

 

[The Reverend]

Well, technically all boxes are non-Euclidean, seeing as Euclid's postulates can only technically exist in the Platonic mathematical world.

..I think.

Sorry, I was riffing on the Lovecraftian use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%27lyeh] of the term. And yeah, the contents of those old boxes [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Marathon_2-_Durandal_Box.jpg/250px-Marathon_2-_Durandal_Box.jpg] sometimes left me gibbering in strange, alien tongues...

-- Steve

Well I screwed the pooch there. I forgot that another term for Hyperbolic geometry was Non-Euclidean. I need to bone up on my maths =/
And those boxes.. well. Ak gaark zuu b'hal iuy kilom rop!

 

[Hey Joe]

I love a DVD case because of the convenience. I find that jewel cases break too easily, but I have a soft spot for big ol' boxes.

 

[Copter400]

I put a vote down for the DVD case, but the reality is I don't care how things come packaged, as long as it's not clamshell. If you genuinely like that razor-sharp, ten-minute long cluster-fuck of a container, well...you don't. No-one likes that stuff.

 

[Axulciex]

The PC steelbook cases are the best by far.
It seems to be catching on, lots of games with them released recently.

 

[Mister_moi]

for games i choose the DVD case but back-up stuff like pictures and music is mostly stored in jewel cases

 

[KypFisto]

I'm sorry but I just had to go with the nostalgia card on this one. There was just something about getting those encyclopedia sized boxes and reading through all the crap they gave you that still holds a special place for me.