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It looks like PS3 cover banners are going blue
- Thread starter Takao
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The wording rather gives away your window of experience on the matter. Yes, if you've never had a job dealing with customers, it's nice to imagine they all walk around with any vague modicum of knowledge about things. It's a good thought, it's ideal, but unfortunately, it's not reality.
"My grandson wants the new *checks note in hand* Madden."
"Which system?"
"What?"
"Well, there's Playstation, Xbox, Wii..."
"I think he has a Playstation."
"Okay. Playstation Three or Playstation Four?"
*blank stare*
There's a significant portion of game sales that occur through someone who's not invested at all. Buying a game is stepping into an alien world to them.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Thats because people had no idea if the WiiU was a new console.
Anyone can recognise the difference between numbers.
Goldrusher
Member
They're here!
(well, in America they are)
(not my pics)
(well, in America they are)
(not my pics)
Goldrusher
Member
Two more...
Still nothing in Europe.
Still nothing in Europe.
It was hard enough to calm my OCD. I once attempted to place the Spider-Man font games on a different shelf but it just took up much needed room. Although, I still refuse to have a Greatest Hits copy of a game. Just can't stand the red. But this... ugh. I like the blue, it looks good but damn my shelf is going to look so chaotic.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
The 3 gives it away.
Or the huge, empty chunk of transparent plastic on the top.
This is one of the reasons I'm going full digital on ps4. They changed the box design of ps3 games 3 times. It just doesn't make for a consistent looking collection. Its a stupid thing to be picky about but it still bothers me.
Benzychenz
Member
I saw that Deception IV game here in Australia and it still had the black banner so looks like we dodged a bullet here in PAL land.
*wipes sweat off forehead*
*wipes sweat off forehead*
adamantypants
Member
I still prefer the original branding with the spiderman font. I would care more but I don't buy PS3 games anymore
Chinpoko_Master
Member
They should've stuck with black. Blue is so ugly.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Well they technically changed it twice. Changed twice and had three versions, but I can see the confusion.
That's more important really, it's easy to overlook ONE number being off when everything else stylistically matches, but the big clear bit at the top is a dead giveaway while in a store.
But I still think it's stupid, it's going to generate confusion among more ignorant consumers (and don't underestimate them), may even throw off a few more informed ones for a moment at least when not in a store and without the full case shown, and just seems like pointlessly tinkering with brand identity at a point where it's in vain unlike in 2009 when the generation was still very active and Sony needed to show they were cleaning up their act. It'd probably have been OK if the PS4 were fully BC as you could argue that signifies a new Playstation era period and even if you made a mistake so long as you had the current console you could play it, but when it's NOT cross compatible it's just dumb.
But I've already been saying this sort of stuff earlier in the thread. And it's kind of a shame NO ONE is going with Black as it and White are the best neutral colors for a cover, yet now no one seems to care... outside of 3DS games anyway.
I did the same thing. I went to walmart and it was placed right under the ps4 games. I was about to buy it until I realized it was ps3. Sony made a bad decision with the color change.
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah why use a different font?
sixteen-bit
Member
My Deception 4 has plain black text on plain white background like PAL PS2 games.
makingmusic476
Member
So I'll have a single ps3 game on shelf that's blue. Great.
And store shelves are going to start looking as disorganized and terrible as they did in 2009.
Should've left well enough alone.
And store shelves are going to start looking as disorganized and terrible as they did in 2009.
Should've left well enough alone.
blankempathy
Member
Black was synonymous with Playstation brand. Dunno why they ditched the black banner for the ps4. They've been using it since the ps1 days.
Probably because this was Blue.
They want to return to the glory days of the PS2 afterall
Also I think they've been using Blue in their ads for a few years now
JaseMath
Member
What is this, like the 3rd change? C'mon Sony...be consistent in your branding FFS.
The only reason this looks good is because the CC lends itself well to the header. That will not be the case in 95% of the covers.I have to admit, I welcome this change. It sure looks good when done correctly, though there are some games where it might clash. The Last of Us, for example. But done right...
mmm.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I remember being a shelf whore over a decade ago. Now I've got to laugh at you OCD types. 
I still appreciate a good case design, or branding... but when it changes and you have several eras of cover (a la Genesis), I think it's actually pretty neat.
I still appreciate a good case design, or branding... but when it changes and you have several eras of cover (a la Genesis), I think it's actually pretty neat.
entremet
Member
They actually are being consistent by changing it to blue. All their branding matches across platforms now.
I remember being a shelf whore over a decade ago. Now I've got to laugh at you OCD types.
I still appreciate a good case design, or branding... but when it changes and you have several eras of cover (a la Genesis), I think it's actually pretty neat.
It has been interesting watching the first design get slowly taken over by the second design in my collection. I wonder how many blue ones I'll end up with.
Probably not as much because PS3 releases are going to start slowing down.
Vane_MagicCity
Banned
Apparently Sony also realizes that the color of the banner is important.
PS3, PS4, Vita, Blu Ray Movie cases, Wii U.
Pretty damn sick of blue myself.
Good. This is stupid
Unknown One
Member
Make the PS4 banner black!
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
Member
This will be good.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Did they learn nothing from the Wii/Wii U/3DS/DSi/2DS situation? this is a bad idea. So many games get bought as gifts, gifts are kept secret by the gifter, the gifters tend to not be gamers, giftee often knows the absolute bare minimum about what the giftee wants, grabs the newest or cheapest version of _______, and bad end. Yeah, it's not the worst thing ever, but it's probably the most confusing thing they thing could've done with the labels aside from getting rid of them entirely.
Keeping the PS3 label black was probably their best bet. It looks uniform with the PlayStation labels, but at first glance, it definitely different.
Anyone know if there's been any eye-tracking studies done with video game covers? I'd be willing to bet that, depending on the color used for the label, people's eyes go first to the label (not the type in the label), then the game title. Those discs posted above are essentially identical and I'm willing to be the boxes are too.
Keeping the PS3 label black was probably their best bet. It looks uniform with the PlayStation labels, but at first glance, it definitely different.
Anyone know if there's been any eye-tracking studies done with video game covers? I'd be willing to bet that, depending on the color used for the label, people's eyes go first to the label (not the type in the label), then the game title. Those discs posted above are essentially identical and I'm willing to be the boxes are too.
blame space
Banned
but how will my games look on my shelf?
I agree. Who's idea was this?
This will be the nightmare of tired Gamestop employees everywhere.