Why I hate the new video game cases

So that's my PC game collection and it really bothers me that 15 games in the new DVD cases take up twice as much space as about 40 games in the old CD cases. It just really bothers me that because game publishers can't wrap their heads around the fact that the DVD cases take up so much unnecesary space just to hold 1 or 2 discs and a skinny manual I'm pretty much out of shelf space and will now have to start keeping new games unorganized on my desk or wherever. It just seems that they're trying to make the new games appear more console-esque with similar packaging for whatever reason but they can't even get the size right as the DVD cases are twice as big as any of the console game cases. *sigh*

/rant

Well, you could always discard the cardboard boxes and put all your discs in a folder.

But it is hard to throw away something so neatly packed, isn't it? :D

Well, you could always discard the cardboard boxes and put all your discs in a folder.

chandu83

Blasphemy!

Besides, it's much more convenient to have my entire collection all in front of me at once. Plus, it's totally h4rdc0r3 keeping all the orginal game cases.

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Well, you could always discard the cardboard boxes and put all your discs in a folder.

loismustdie47

Blasphemy!

Besides, it's much more convenient to have my entire collection all in front of me at once. Plus, it's totally h4rdc0r3 keeping all the orginal game cases.

Very true :D I didn't discard my original box covers either. I had to keep them.

[QUOTE="loismustdie47"][QUOTE="chandu83"] Well, you could always discard the cardboard boxes and put all your discs in a folder. chandu83

Besides, it's much more convenient to have my entire collection all in front of me at once. Plus, it's totally h4rdc0r3 keeping all the orginal game cases.

Me too. I have the boxes for very old ones in the attic, while the disks are in a folder :)

Just can't bring myself to chuck out the old boxes. Still have the original boxes for XCOM, Descent, X-Wing, Wolfenstein 3D. :)

lol. sorry about the bother..

but i have been throwing those boxes away for years now..

with all my games, cds, and dvds...all i use are cd binders..

have a 200cd on thats about full now..

lots of space saved

EDIT: yes throwing away boxes is blasphemy and evil...but i live in small rooms

and i usually never keep the manuels after skimming through once or twice

lol. sorry about the bother..

but i have been throwing those boxes away for years now..

with all my games, cds, and dvds...all i use are cd binders..

have a 200cd on thats about full now..

lots of space saved

EDIT: yes throwing away boxes is blasphemy and evil...but i live in small rooms

and i usually never keep the manuels after skimming through once or twice

Loopy_me

I like them. What I hate is when I'd buy a game, which consisted of a bunch of CD's in paper sleeves, in a box.

In the UK, we've been using standard-sized DVD boxes for about the last five years. I think it's a fine size. It also means i can keep all my DVDs, PC games and PS2 games - as well as any future consoles I buy, in one large collection and it's all standardised, same sized boxes with similar appearances.

The jewel cases always annoyed me, especially since they weren't big enough to house the manuals and I always ended up losing them, but those giganto boxes on the right of your picture seem bad too. We sometimes get large boxes for special games, like Max Payne 2 came in a large box like the one in your picture, but most of the rest are small, standard DVD size.

All things considered, I like the way our box system works, but those giant American boxes seem stupid and watseful. I can't really see why any publisher would support such absurd boxes, besides trying to somehow instil the belief that by buying a large box, the customer is somehow getting more. That and, I suppose, Americans tend to like things big.

I take all the disks out and put them in slim jewell cases. I keep the play disk with the cd key written on a piece of paper taped to the inside of the case seperate. I put these in my play cd holder and all the rest of the extra disks in holders on shelves. I have a s-load of them. I try to buy dvd's so I can cut down on disks but it's not always possible.

I've also thrown out all my old boxes but the dvd type coversI keep. At least until I run out of room.:)

i persoanlly love the big fat boxes for some reason.. no idea why but i do.
I can actually read what they are from a distance, or if they are all lined up I can see what i have.
I'm sick of slim jewel cases. Put CD's in those, not games.

I always wondered why DVDs can't come in cases about the same size of CD cases, as both discs have the same size... Is it that the extra storage size needs more physical size? Will we get ultra big cases with Blu-Ray discs??

Stupid and impractical, that's it for me!