What is with the new 360 cases?

ghostmind · (11-04-2009, 04:39 AM)

Feels like I am going to punch a hole through the cover just prying the disc out. Seriously Microsoft, did a few square inches of plastic save you that much?

Andronicus · (11-04-2009, 04:40 AM)

ECO friendly...less plastic, prob saves money too with the sheer numbers of games being sold

BocoDragon · (11-04-2009, 04:41 AM)

I want to see pics of these... I've heard bitching about them from more than one source.

SailorDaravon · (11-04-2009, 04:41 AM)

It's an environmental-saving thing IIRC. Other companies do it to, I think a lot of DVD (movie) releases use them now. Not specific to games, although I don't think PS3 cases use them.

Spasm · (11-04-2009, 04:42 AM)

This is why you keep those preorder cases from Best Buy.

ghostmind · (11-04-2009, 04:45 AM)

Da Fuck?

LiK · (11-04-2009, 04:45 AM)

they could make the cases smaller like with the PS3, but i guess it's too late for that

Mifune · (11-04-2009, 04:46 AM)

Do you people run over your game cases with your car? Store them underneath your consoles?

What difference does it make if they're not as sturdy as they once were?

Wario64 · (11-04-2009, 04:46 AM)

At least we're not getting paper sleeves.

Drkirby · (11-04-2009, 04:47 AM)

Have you noticed that just about every 360 game has its own type of case? There are so many slight variations of the damn thing, Mircrosoft must make the companies get there own cases, or just keep switching it depending on what is the cheapest.

ghostmind · (11-04-2009, 04:47 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

At least we're not getting paper sleeves.

I think that's the next step. Then DD future.

Blueblur1 · (11-04-2009, 04:48 AM)

Originally Posted by ghostmind:

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Da Fuck?

That looks terrible. Fuck the Earth; I want sturdy cases dammit.

BocoDragon · (11-04-2009, 04:50 AM)

Good lord.

Originally Posted by ghostmind:

Make it stop :(

LiK · (11-04-2009, 04:50 AM)

FYI, Brutal Legend uses that new case

user_nat · (11-04-2009, 04:50 AM)

What games use this? None mine do. Unless it's just a US thing.

HUELEN10 · (11-04-2009, 04:50 AM)

Originally Posted by Drkirby:

Have you noticed that just about every 360 game has its own type of case? There are so many slight variations of the damn thing, Mircrosoft must make the companies get there own cases, or just keep switching it depending on what is the cheapest.

Have you seen Wii cases? They are all over the place! Do any of you have pics of the slight variations in 360 cases? I am curious to see, and in return I could take pics of Wii cases.

Wario64 · (11-04-2009, 04:50 AM)

Originally Posted by user_nat:

What games use this? None mine do. Unless it's just a US thing.

DJ Hero US version uses it

GillianSeed79 · (11-04-2009, 04:51 AM)

At least we're not getting paper sleeves?

Someone please post a pic of Lost Odyssey's cluster fuck of packaging.

Saterium · (11-04-2009, 04:52 AM)

Originally Posted by user_nat:

What games use this? None mine do. Unless it's just a US thing.

DJ Hero and Brutal Legend have it in Canada too.

BocoDragon · (11-04-2009, 04:53 AM)

Originally Posted by HUELEN10:

Have you seen Wii cases? They are all over the place! Do any of you have pics of the slight variations in 360 cases? I am curious to see, and in return I could take pics of Wii cases.

Ohhh... I wanted to ask this. A year ago I bought a used No More Heroes from Future Shop... they usually have them all shrink wrapped and such, and it's not likely that it spent much time in the wild... but the case, while a white DVD style, doesn't have Wii imprinted on the inside.... Could this be the case that it actually came in? Or did it get swapped for a generic white case at some point?

Epic Tier 3 Engineer · (11-04-2009, 04:54 AM)

Plastic cases ruining the Earth, you say? I spend $60 fucking dollars for a game, which I proudly display on my shelf. I want a nice sturdy case, at the very least. And I'd also like a cardboard sleeve.

If you want to complain to someone about destroying the planet, go whine to Coca Cola, who does more damage every day than DVDs and games sold in a year. And those things get deposited straight into the trash.

That is, if this really is some eco-friendly nonsense. If it's a cost-cutting procedure, it's even worse.

HUELEN10 · (11-04-2009, 04:54 AM)

Originally Posted by BocoDragon:

Ohhh... I wanted to ask this. A year ago I bought a used No More Heroes from Future Shop... they usually have them all shrink wrapped and such, and it's not likely that it spent much time in the wild... but the case, while a white DVD style, doesn't have Wii imprinted on the inside.... Could this be the case that it actually came in? Or did it get swapped for a generic white case at some point?

It is most definitely the actual case!

Hold on people, let me take some shots, and upload them for ya'll to see! No reason why it should take longer than 15 minutes.

Remember, I have a fuckton of cases!

speculawyer · (11-04-2009, 04:55 AM)

Originally Posted by Epic Tier 3 Engineer:

That is, if this really is some eco-friendly nonsense. If it's a cost-cutting procedure, it's even worse.

Worse . . . it is a cost-cutting procedure that is pushed as being 'eco-friendly'.

BocoDragon · (11-04-2009, 04:57 AM)

Originally Posted by Epic Tier 3 Engineer:

Plastic cases ruining the Earth, you say? I spend $60 fucking dollars for a game, which I proudly display on my shelf. I want a nice sturdy case, at the very least. And I'd also like a cardboard sleeve.

If you want to complain to someone about destroying the planet, go whine to Coca Cola, who does more damage every day than DVDs and games sold in a year. And those things get deposited straight into the trash.

That is, if this really is some eco-friendly nonsense. If it's a cost-cutting procedure, it's even worse.

Sure.. they save a tiny fraction of a cent and there is an insignificant amount of plastic used. I'm sure it does add up. But game cases aren't the type of thing that are likely to be thrown away, ever. I suppose those sports games that sit at gamestop and never get bought get thrown away after a number of years... but 99% of games either go on a person's shelf, or for the most rejected titles, get left in someone's basement. They aren't going into landfills. No one's going to recycle them.

Originally Posted by HUELEN10:

It is most definitely the actual case!

Hold on people, let me take some shots, and upload them for ya'll to see! No reason why it should take longer than 15 minutes.

Remember, I have a fuckton of cases!

Ahh thanks! I'm glad someone out there is noticing this tiny little thing which was bothering me!

EazyB · (11-04-2009, 04:58 AM)

My roommate got one of those cases with Brutal Legend. Makes the case awfully cheap feeling but I guess if it really does that much for the environment it's not a big deal. Thing is, in the same package he received two full, old style cases which only had Fallout DLC cards in them.

Drkirby · (11-04-2009, 04:58 AM)

Originally Posted by HUELEN10:

Have you seen Wii cases? They are all over the place! Do any of you have pics of the slight variations in 360 cases? I am curious to see, and in return I could take pics of Wii cases.

I'll fetch the camera.

Charmicarmicat · (11-04-2009, 04:59 AM)

Just be thankful we don't have Dreamcast-style cases anymore. You only had to look at them and they fell apart

Epic Tier 3 Engineer · (11-04-2009, 05:01 AM)

Originally Posted by speculawyer:

Worse . . . it is a cost-cutting procedure that is pushed as being 'eco-friendly'.

: (

I'm still waiting for the day when I get charged more for video game cases because they're eco-friendly.

BocoDragon · (11-04-2009, 05:01 AM)

Originally Posted by Charmicarmicat:

Just be thankful we don't have Dreamcast-style cases anymore. You only had to look at them and they fell apart

You mean those UK ones?

In most territories they are standard jewel cases. While those are fragile pieces of shit.. they look nice, and the thing is, I can still walk into HMV and buy a replacement jewel case to this day.

onken · (11-04-2009, 05:02 AM)

Originally Posted by Charmicarmicat:

Just be thankful we don't have Dreamcast-style cases anymore. You only had to look at them and they fell apart

Yeah man they were terrible. Saturn cases too, they either didn't close properly at all or you had to use a chisel to get the damn thing open.

ghostmind · (11-04-2009, 05:02 AM)

Originally Posted by Spasm:

This is why you keep those preorder cases from Best Buy.

Wish I had some - Sneak King makes the sacrifice this time.

whitehawk · (11-04-2009, 05:03 AM)

Originally Posted by ghostmind:

Da Fuck?

WHAT!? I haven't bought a 360 game recently, so I've never seen this. Please tell me this won't be on all games from now on.

HUELEN10 · (11-04-2009, 05:06 AM)

Originally Posted by Drkirby:

I'll fetch the camera.

Thank you kindly! BTW, I just took the shots, and am uploading the Wii ones as we speak!

Linkhero1 · (11-04-2009, 05:06 AM)

That case looks like ass. I hope it doesn't become standard for all games.

Team Klimt · 05:15 AM

Wow. This is a new level of jaded bitching.

Guess what? Put the disc and booklet in and take another picture. Guess what: ITS EXACTLY THE SAME!

Lighter cases = cheaper bulk shipping. Less plastic used means they can make more cases with the same amount of raw materials. That is by definition more eco-friendly. Yikes! Do you seriously not see that?

Mystery solved.

Dizzan · (11-04-2009, 05:09 AM)

This is great. Stop bitching and embrace sustainable practices.

DD for the win

Zzoram · (11-04-2009, 05:12 AM)

Keep your old cases so you can swap the good new games into the cases of your old crappy games.

Ballistictiger · (11-04-2009, 05:13 AM)

Originally Posted by Team Klimt:

Wow. This is a new level of jaded bitching.

Guess what? Put the disc and booklet in and take another picture. Guess what: ITS EXACTLY THE SAME!

Lighter cases = cheaper bulk shipping. Mystery solved.

Well the OP did state that he was having trouble getting the DVD out so it is an issue. There were cases that made me feel like I was about to break the DVD getting it out.

GillianSeed79 · (11-04-2009, 05:13 AM)

Sega CD and early Saturn cases were freaking huge. Jewel cases fell apart way too easily too. I'd have to say PS3 cases, especially after they got rid of the Spiderman font, look damn sexy on my shelf, while my Wii and 360 cases seem so huge now.

HUELEN10 · (11-04-2009, 05:15 AM)

Damn, 16 pictures take a while to upload. I did make a discovery though: At least 1 of them has to be an Amaray red-tag white case. This is very weird!

Team Klimt · (11-04-2009, 05:17 AM)

Originally Posted by Ballistictiger:

Well the OP did state that he was having trouble getting the DVD out so it is an issue. There were cases that made me feel like I was about to break the DVD getting it out.

That's absolutely ridiculous. They feel and work the same as any other DVD case. All of EAs titles (and now Activision's) are using these cases. They aren't going away and they work just fine.

LiquidMetal14 · (11-04-2009, 05:19 AM)

Originally Posted by ghostmind:

Da Fuck?

WTF is this shit11!??

ghostmind · (11-04-2009, 05:19 AM)

Eco-friendly

Maybe next gen they can wrap the discs in dog shit. It'll decompose nicely while providing fertilizer to mother earth.

Eco-friendly

Linkzg · (11-04-2009, 05:20 AM)

My copy of Brutal Legend is like this. I thought that EA was just trying to recoup as much as they could.

btw, just about eco-friendly plastic stuff, I'm drinking a bottle of water and they made the gap about half the size of normal. For the same price as before, I'm getting a thinner bottle with a smaller cap? The label says it cuts down on 20% of the plastic. I want that 20% of plastic I payed for, fuckdamnit.

Charmicarmicat · (11-04-2009, 05:20 AM)

Originally Posted by BocoDragon:

You mean those UK ones?

In most territories they are standard jewel cases. While those are fragile pieces of shit.. they look nice, and the thing is, I can still walk into HMV and buy a replacement jewel case to this day.

Yeah i meant the UK ones. Horrible things. Strangely enough though i once dropped a game down an entire set of stairs and the case was fine.

Drkirby · (11-04-2009, 05:21 AM)

Other stuff changes in the cases, but this is the easiest to spot, and the biggest variation. The Center Ring:

This is just taking a row of 15 normal 360 cases off my shelf, and this is already 5 variations of the holding ring for single disk games. The 'Arrow' design, the one in the bottom-middle, is the most common from what I am seeing though. And while I would have to get a scale to check, I think the cases are of different thicknesses and weights too.

Who can name all 5 games!

Shalashaska161 · (11-04-2009, 05:22 AM)

Something that has always bothered me about Wii games has been their thing cases. The fact that the 360 is now their footsteps is an unfortunate thing.

Wario64 · (11-04-2009, 05:22 AM)

All multiplatform gamers should just buy PS3 versions of their games now to support superior box cases

SuperSonic1305 · (11-04-2009, 05:23 AM)

It doesn't help that the plastic on 360 cases is so cheap that I always end up ripping a tiny hole into one just trying to take the damn security sticker off.

zero2000 · (11-04-2009, 05:24 AM)

*Buys original Xbox 360 game cases in a bulk of 100*

Take that environment!