Does size really matter?

Steven

With regard to the recent trend of publishers selling their (P.C.) games in small DVD style cases instead of the larger splendour of the cardboard box, I was wondering what the infinitely wise people of the Games board had to say on this. Perhaps a little poll? A little Plastic or a lot of cardboard? You decide!
Cardboard crew - 7:11 plastic, erm, ppl
Wtf was OJ voting for?

[This message has been edited by Steven (edited 16-03-2001).]

Hobbes

a little plastic. Large boxes look nice but they are just a waste of space, especially when some of the boxes you have break to get at the CD and it's only a CD in the dam thing.

Steven

The thing about the little plastic is that you'd never fit a decent manual in there (flight-sim anyone?) and you'll end up with a whole load of on-line documentation. God I hate that. I have the space, and there's nothing more satisfying than glancing over an atractive box collection (Yes, nothing. I lead a lonely life ) But I'd have to agree that, in general, the tiny plastic lads are the choice for the spacially challenged

[SKT]Raven

Cardboard all the way! I love the damn boxes as they are lol

Lenny

Well its a bastad the way if you want to make a backup of your game, you can't scan a cd cover

azezil

i prefer the new plastic ones! the cardboard ones look good at first but get tattered real easy....especially in my room!!! LOL

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Fidelis

The plastic ones are grand but I'd buy the dvd-cased games as a preference.

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Mills

Definately the DVD-case. It looks so much better and take up less space, plus if you have some DVDs too they look well stored together

davoc

boxes are beautiful, looks like a really solid pruchase you've made when u arrive home with a lovely big box under your arm.
i have a nice collection over my head right now, so i can marvel at them while waiting for snl to refresh some page.
i have a favourite actually, the plutonium pak add on for duke nukem a few years back.lovely coarse card board cover on it , beautiful feel off it the undoubted king of my collection there.

Cake Fiend

Small plastic ones. I just cleared out my fsking WARDROBE full of cardboard.

Q_Ball

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by OJ:
Well its a bastad the way if you want to make a backup of your game, you can't scan a cd cover </font>

LOL OJ, do you make backups of ALL your games? and how much would these "backups" fetch if they were to be sold

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Stephen

The DVD cased ones are better by far.

DrunkLeprachaun

Woo cardboard.

Monty - the one and only

The DVD cases are by far better, now if only they would start doing it that way over here...

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OSiriS

I have to go with the cardboard, although I hate the waste involved since i throw the box away as soon as it is opened, but the dvd cases dont fit in my cd rack:/ If they sold the things as just normal cd cases maybe ...

But there is also the manuals issue, I never read the scanned manuals and have ended up buyin games that i don't play simply because I can'ty be bothered tryin to read a pdf.

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*Harlequin*

Just to add my two-penneth...definitely DVD cases. Less space taken up and fits snuggly next to the DVD collection.

Shiminay

I'm definitely a fan of the DVD, but the thing about Cardboard is, I can stack the contents in my computer desk (there's 2 cd racks and a bookshelf) really easily and I don't have a DVD stacker upper thing yet

Also, there is that gratifying thing about buying a big box and opening it. But, I can fit several DVD cases into my pockets if I go mad in the shops and buy all around me!

Anyway - after this terrible internal debate - I'll go with DVD - you can't fight progress!

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PHB

defo boxs, i have a big ol collection of them from me first game i bought to the latest. PH33R MEH

WhiteWashMan

cardboard boxes go into the bin straight away. dvd cases are much better.

tobi

The cardboard boxes take up too much space for my liken, the DVD boxes are a lot neater and male for a nicer collection

Megatron

Cardboard .... love the stuff
I had a hugh room, but now i've got enough room to stack them really high !!!

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DrunkLeprachaun

I was just thinking; how do they fit multiple CD games into the plastic boxes?

THEY CAN'T!!!!!!!!

Cardboard 1, Plastic -17.

SantaHoe

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....mmmm...
I quite fancy DVD cases with meh games, it's a pain in the tits lugging an almost empty box around town, especially if you want to do other shopping.

But then it's nice to have so much room for screenshots and text on the box.
A smaller case with less info would make me think harder about buying a game... unless I've already played the demo.
But then games that don't get pimped on magazine cover disks are generally shìte anyway.

And another thing! - When you walk into a game shop, you usually look around for the "big boxes", so you know it's the PC section... I don't want to have to read the little signs ffs.