Everything That Is Wrong With The New PS3 Box Art. What It Shouldve Looked Like

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#1 TheArmyGuy48
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It is just a damn shame, especially with how good the PSP game box arts always are, as well as the system packaging. Why did sony put so little effort into their PS3 box arts? This will forever boggle my mind.:cry:

The PSN logo should have "Playstation Network" in small text underneath the logo, with the logo bigger.

also, they should have incorporated the face button (triangle, square, ETC) embedded into the background in a watermark fashion, like the PSP voucher above does.

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This is a bundle of the PSP. This box looks amazing. like it actually took time.

Look at how cheap and uninspired the PS3 box is compared to the PSP system packaging. You can tell the PSP marketing team put lots of time, money and effort into their box. That box makes me want to buy another PSP. That PS3 slim box is completely unenticing.

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This picture above is a mock-up Ive made, based off of that GTpsp Voucher :D

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#2 jakehouston88
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Whatever, it's just the box.

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#3 Moto1971
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probably to be proportionate to the blu-ray cases.

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#4 Severed_Hand
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Isnt the round thing on the inside the important part?
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#5 SilverChimera
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i think people are too picky. does it really matter? as long as the games are good, it's fine. but yes, i prefer the second layout over the first. but i couldn't care less about it.
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#6 spinecaton
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My only complaint with it is that the text is not centered, instead it rests on the bottom of the graidant bar leaving the top completely blank and blank. Centering would have made it much more appeallling

Again this is not centering like a paragraph center but moving all the text up a little bit so you don't have so much wasted space.

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#7 ReaperV7
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omg are people ill??? How about care whats INSIDE the box....not OUTSIDE of the box.

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#8 The-Magus-D
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They changed the layout of the PS3 box arts? I like it better on the side...but its fine like that.
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#9 _SWAG_
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doesnt matter the ps3 is the best system with the best games and online thats free they can make the ps3 $599 again and have nothing but the title on the game box and it would still sell

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#10 TheArmyGuy48
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Added more pictures for comparison.

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#11 dragonfly110
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people keep saying to focus on the inside of the box, but tbh I enjoy looking at boxart, its the part of the physical game media that attracts me the most. I enjoy it very much. I do agree on some aspects of the game box complaints too, mainly the fact that the upper bar is simply a gradient.

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#12 Ninten007
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Yea man I agree. Sony should stop spending money on developing games and spend it all on making better looking boxarts.

Seriously whatever happened to dont judge a book by its cover?

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#13 Stats_
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doesnt matter the ps3 is the best system with the best games and online thats free they can make the ps3 $599 again and have nothing but the title on the game box and it would still sell

_SWAG_

It would sell ...Just a lot less then last gen+ waggle and a console which breaks every 10 minutes.

Very impressive ...

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#14 Maqda7
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Because box arts are only cases that hold the game that you bought and not pieces of art?
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#15 aaronmullan
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Aren't they only placeholder boxes? I'm pretty sure it's still on the side.
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#16 Rikusaki
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Damn. Is that the official Ratchet and Clank Future AT boxart? He looks amazingly hot.

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#17 Stats_
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Yea man I agree. Sony should stop spending money on developing games and spend it all on making better looking boxarts.

Seriously whatever happened to dont judge a book by its cover?

Ninten007

Or they could ahve saved the 20 cents it took them to do this re-design, and spent nothing keeping it as it was.

Which was great btw

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#18 whackedjob213
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Damn that Ratchet Box Art looks sick

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#19 TheArmyGuy48
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Damn. Is that the official Ratchet and Clank Future AT boxart? He looks amazingly hot.

Rikusaki
yes, thats the official box art.
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#20 bronxxbombers
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Am I only the only one who doeasnt care?
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#21 n00bkid
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OH NOES! bad covers mean the games are gonna be teh JUNK! news to me.
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#22 G-O-M-J
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the ps3 is having an identity crisis, the brand is a mess.
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#23 aaronmullan
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Actually, seeing the full case, I don't think it looks that bad. Sure, I miss the old one with it's right and top bars, but well.
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#24 Wasdie  Moderator
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I usually don't comment like this, but wow you are really streatching it to find ways to bash the PS3...

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#25 trakem
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I think the PS3 box art is fine, though I will agree that the PS3 Slim box art could use some work.

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#26 TheArmyGuy48
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I usually don't comment like this, but wow you are really streatching it to find ways to bash the PS3...

Wasdie

um, im a cow just to let you know.

I just dont get how their marketing for the PS3 could be so bad, when the PSP and PS2 marketing was perfect.

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#27 zbdyx
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[QUOTE="TheArmyGuy48"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

I usually don't comment like this, but wow you are really streatching it to find ways to bash the PS3...

um, im a cow just to let you know.

I just dont get how their marketing for the PS3 could be so bad, when the PSP and PS2 marketing was perfect.

Did you make the one where it says"What is should look like".If so,and no offence,that one looks uglier than sony's new one
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#28 XanderZane
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i think people are too picky. does it really matter? as long as the games are good, it's fine. but yes, i prefer the second layout over the first. but i couldn't care less about it.SilverChimera
I've been saying that about the XBox 360 for the longest time, yet cows still complain about RROD. lol!! It's all about the games.
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#29 dragonfly110
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I usually don't comment like this, but wow you are really streatching it to find ways to bash the PS3...

Wasdie

tbh, I dont think he is, I (and appaerantly him too) am very very observant and picky about my boxart, and I agree that this specific redesign does look LQ,

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#30 Microdevine
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Whatever, it's just the box.

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yep. who cares, the games are what matter.and i think the box art for the new rachet and clank looks awesome. not the little stuff.but like the main art.
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#31 Zaibach
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[QUOTE="SilverChimera"]i think people are too picky. does it really matter? as long as the games are good, it's fine. but yes, i prefer the second layout over the first. but i couldn't care less about it.XanderZane
I've been saying that about the XBox 360 for the longest time, yet cows still complain about RROD. lol!! It's all about the games.

You need the console to play the great games....if it doesnt work, said great games are useless

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#32 SpinoRaptor24
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[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

I usually don't comment like this, but wow you are really streatching it to find ways to bash the PS3...

TheArmyGuy48

um, im a cow just to let you know.

I just dont get how their marketing for the PS3 could be so bad, when the PSP and PS2 marketing was perfect.

That new PS3 slogan is laughably bad.
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#33 TheArmyGuy48
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[QUOTE="TheArmyGuy48"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

I usually don't comment like this, but wow you are really streatching it to find ways to bash the PS3...

SpinoRaptor24

um, im a cow just to let you know.

I just dont get how their marketing for the PS3 could be so bad, when the PSP and PS2 marketing was perfect.

That new PS3 slogan is laughably bad.

I actually like the "It only does everything" campaign. I just hate the new game art, and the system packaging.
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#34 Quaker-w00ts
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WOAH! is that the real box art for R&C!?

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#35 Androvinus
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I think it looks bad and i will pretend it doesnt exist until a game is released with it
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#36 Filthybastrd
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Wow, that means so little to me. If any consumer buys their product based on box art, they should probably just ave their damn money,

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#37 Brickz187
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I'm so happy that all of you are sitting there staring at your gamecases instead of playing the actual game. Must be very exciting :roll:

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#38 Sword-Demon
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:|..... really?

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#39 sexxxyboy
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so this is thinking outside the box
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#40 njean777
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Am I only the only one who doeasnt care?bronxxbombers

no i dont :)

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#41 Lionheart08
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omg are people ill??? How about care whats INSIDE the box....not OUTSIDE of the box.

ReaperV7

Slow day my friend. Lack of AAAes can do that. DOn't worry though, NPD day will be here sooner are later. :P

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#42 KratosTwin
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I think the new box art looks great.

Also the system box will look better depending on what games come out in future bundles.

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#43 VendettaRed07
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I like the black white and blue theme better

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#44 clone01
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Added more pictures for comparison.

TheArmyGuy48
why is the box art important?
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#45 BPoole96
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I like the new look of the boxes. Sony seems to be in stepping it up this year, and I think they are going for new changes. The lack of consistancy was most likely intentional

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#46 LookAnDrolL
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I'm gonna use the good'ol "Can you play art boxes?"
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#47 AsadMahdi59
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i dont see why they changed it at all tbh but its not a huge deal i guess

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#48 Androvinus
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[QUOTE="clone01"][QUOTE="TheArmyGuy48"]

Added more pictures for comparison.

why is the box art important?

its like the difference between a hard copy and digital. when you look at your collection, you want to see how beautiful it looks. its the same reason why we as humans decorate anything. why make your house looks so fancy? all you need is a bed, bathroom ,fridge and 4 walls. but its our nature to feel good when we have something that looks good
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#49 deactivated-594be627b82ba
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i don't care that ppl don't care about it, i agree with tc it's horrible. the way it was before was way better

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#50 clone01
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[QUOTE="Androvinus"][QUOTE="clone01"][QUOTE="TheArmyGuy48"]

Added more pictures for comparison.

why is the box art important?

its like the difference between a hard copy and digital. when you look at your collection, you want to see how beautiful it looks. its the same reason why we as humans decorate anything. why make your house looks so fancy? all you need is a bed, bathroom ,fridge and 4 walls. but its our nature to feel good when we have something that looks good

i understand that point, but for a console? i may keep my console box, but who displays that?