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[Karma]

I have been replacing those Enviro-Friendly cases with Slim clear DVD cases. I like the slim cases better anyway.

 

[jamesinclair]

Most buyers KEEP the cases. Making a shitty flimsy "environment friendly" case might just encourage people to throw them out! If they went all the way with cardboard boxes it certainly would (look at all early videogames in cardboard boxes: rare, because people tossed them in the trash!)

Wow, it's a repeat of the last thread all over again.

It is NOT about reducing landfill waste. Thats dumb, there would be no change.

Its about the damn PRODUCTION. Plastic isnt free. Electricity to make plastic isnt free. The oil used to make plastic isnt free. By reducing plastic in a game case by 10%, thats a HUGE reduction in the amount of plastic needed to make these cases. How many games are sold per year?

Theres also a much smaller benefit when it comes to shipping. When you have your megaship carrying 1 million boxes, that small amount of weight difference will result in less fuel used. Small, but it's a saving.



RE: DSi cases. They made a brand new case for the system but kept the GBA slot? That's like a slap in the face to those who love their GBAs and DS add ons.

 

[Meier]

Fuck.

 

[The Elite]

I for one don't give a shit.

 

[ZAK]

Funny, I was just thinking of giving up on using Wii game cases and just keeping the discs in a disc holdy thing. The cases are starting to take up a lot of room. It's annoying for transport, anyway, and I have to do that pretty often...

 

[drakesfortune]

Envirofriendly? Bullshit. BULLSHIT! These fuckers got greedy, cheaped up the cases. These new cases SUCK BALLS! Fuck them and these greedy bastards couching their new profits in the bullshit "green economy". What a load of crap, it's the cheap economy, and that's it. All those pennies add up when you're selling 100 million of something. I think GM should make a "green machine" SUV that's as big as a hummer, put in some organic cloth seats and call it a day. 2mpg? Who cares, it's got the mother fucking green ass organic seats yo! It's green!!! They can even paint little recycling symbols on the rims and say that they're even promoting recycling! They're SO GREEN!

The only "Green" cases are the 360 ones, and that's because they are literally the color green.

None of these corps...NONE of them give a shit about being green. They just care about the color of money. And I don't blame them, but it pisses me off that they're cheaping up the cases and giving us a bullshit phony reason, like the green movement.

 

[Xeke]

The hell are you guys doing with your cases that you're actually concerned about damaging the games while they are in the cases?

 

[ElFly]

Uuuugh, this is so retarded.

 

[alr1ght]

Envirofriendly? Bullshit. BULLSHIT! These fuckers got greedy, cheaped up the cases. These new cases SUCK BALLS! Fuck them and these greedy bastards couching their new profits in the bullshit "green economy". What a load of crap, it's the cheap economy, and that's it. All those pennies add up when you're selling 100 million of something. I think GM should make a "green machine" SUV that's as big as a hummer, put in some organic cloth seats and call it a day. 2mpg? Who cares, it's got the mother fucking green ass organic seats yo! It's green!!! They can even paint little recycling symbols on the rims and say that they're even promoting recycling! They're SO GREEN!

The only "Green" cases are the 360 ones, and that's because they are literally the color green.

None of these corps...NONE of them give a shit about being green. They just care about the color of money. And I don't blame them, but it pisses me off that they're cheaping up the cases and giving us a bullshit phony reason, like the green movement.

 

[Threi]

ugh its things like these that make me want to give up on this hobby.

Next gen im gunna be a PC only gamer to avoid the massive screwjob these companies are doing with these game cases. I sincerely hope they go bankrupt for this.


ugh.

 

[BocoDragon]

Wow, it's a repeat of the last thread all over again.

It is NOT about reducing landfill waste. Thats dumb, there would be no change.

Its about the damn PRODUCTION. Plastic isnt free. Electricity to make plastic isnt free. The oil used to make plastic isnt free. By reducing plastic in a game case by 10%, thats a HUGE reduction in the amount of plastic needed to make these cases. How many games are sold per year?

Theres also a much smaller benefit when it comes to shipping. When you have your megaship carrying 1 million boxes, that small amount of weight difference will result in less fuel used. Small, but it's a saving.

Well I said as much in earlier posts. I know it's about reduced production. But again: Why the recycle logo, in that case? That has nothing to do with production.

I would have just made it a peace sign to appease the hippies.

 

[Kintaro]

Well, if there was ever anything to support the digital distribution of games, this was it.

Good thing I'm giving up on game purchases. =x :lol

Shitty cases.

 

[Black-Wind]

Wow . . . this made "he who shall not be named" so mad that he says it aint gonna update his blogz anymore.

. . . 0_o . . . but that guy was never stable IMO.

 

[Somnid]

Jesus Christ, why do you guys care? I think it's fine to use less plastic, what the hell are you guys doing to your games anyway?

 

[Nome]

So that giant recycle logo is going to be in all my game cases now? D:

 

[kylej]

Envirofriendly? Bullshit. BULLSHIT! These fuckers got greedy, cheaped up the cases. These new cases SUCK BALLS! Fuck them and these greedy bastards couching their new profits in the bullshit "green economy". What a load of crap, it's the cheap economy, and that's it. All those pennies add up when you're selling 100 million of something. I think GM should make a "green machine" SUV that's as big as a hummer, put in some organic cloth seats and call it a day. 2mpg? Who cares, it's got the mother fucking green ass organic seats yo! It's green!!! They can even paint little recycling symbols on the rims and say that they're even promoting recycling! They're SO GREEN!

Every little bit counts. Keep raging against that machine.

http://chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

 

[silverbullet1080]

I do too, but even so, storage cane become an issue. With regular boxes, I can just stack and stack away in boxes, knowing the discs are safe. With these, and yes, I have used these horrible cases on DVDs before and never will deal with those again, the weight of the cases makes them cave in, making so that the disc can get scratched during travel. Surely people like me who go to and from home and dorm and those that move a lot know what I m talking about.

I just put them in paper sleeves and stack them in my closet.

 

[Nabs]

Wow . . . this made "he who shall not be named" so mad that he says it aint gonna update his blogz anymore.

. . . 0_o . . . but that guy was never stable IMO.

lmfao

 

[Drkirby]

Why do DSi cases even have a slot for GBA games?

So once they run out of Black DS cases, they can continue to sell them as GBA/DS/DSi cases? They realize there are OCD people who will want to put all there GBA games in cases. Heck, they most likely realize there are OCD people who really want all white cases for the already cased GBA games.

 

[HUELEN10]

So once they run out of Black DS cases, they can continue to sell them as GBA/DS/DSi cases? They realize there are OCD people who will want to put all there GBA games in cases. Heck, they most likely realize there are OCD people who really want all white cases for the already cased GBA games.

Oddly enough, unlike with DS cases, NOA does not sell DSi cases. :O

 

[Somnid]

For those of you so worried about it, stock up on replacement cases now:

http://tinyurl.com/yffsbgk

Tiny URL'd because the link is 5 lines long.

 

[RPGCrazied]

reduce the cost of games then too.

 

[Brazil]

Worst thing to come out of this gen. By FAR

:lol

I love GAF overreacting.

 

[BocoDragon]

For those of you so worried about it, stock up on replacement cases now:

http://tinyurl.com/yffsbgk

Tiny URL'd because the link is 5 lines long.

Good advice.

Although I'm not worried about finding Wii cases into the future. That's one system whose library is gonna get dumped on the secondhand market, and finding cases will be a cinch. So many casual owners of that machine... so much potential to forget about it in the 2010s. Mark my words.

 

[chaostrophy]

If these companies want to use less plastic, you'd think they'd first get rid of those awful plastic packages that controllers and other accessories come in...you know, the ones that people cut open and throw away, rather than the cases that people keep their games in permanently.

 

[BocoDragon]

If these companies want to use less plastic, you'd think they'd first get rid of those awful plastic packages that controllers and other accessories come in...you know, the ones that people cut open and throw away, rather than the cases that people keep their games in permanently.

Nintendo did that already. Like, a month ago.

Wiimotes, nunchuks and such come in cardboard now.

When I saw that I was actually quite happy about it. I knew it was the Wal-Mart environment-friendly packaging connection at work. But I was mostly happy because bubble packs, by their very nature, MUST be thrown out (they're total junk once they've been opened)... while at least a cardboard box might be saved by collectors, or recycled by normal folk.

 

[Drkirby]

Nintendo did that already. Like, a month ago.

Wiimotes, nunchuks and such come in cardboard now.

And I love it. I don't think the Classic Controller is in cardboard though.

 

[BocoDragon]

And I love it. I don't think the Classic Controller is in cardboard though.

I bet it will be.

 

[Kintaro]

Why not just go whole hog? Move everything to recycled cardboard cases? Use recycled paper for instruction books?

Why act like you're going green? Just commit to it.

 

[HUELEN10]

For those of you so worried about it, stock up on replacement cases now:

http://tinyurl.com/yffsbgk

Tiny URL'd because the link is 5 lines long.

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST!

I'm possibly taking one for the team so you don't have to.

 

[BocoDragon]

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST!

I'm possibly taking one for the team so you don't have to.

I totally 100% understand why this bothers you.... but I'm just gonna accept the new reality. Wii games comes in cases which suck ass. Oh well. I'm not gonna replace them with "real" cases.

If you're a good collector there's no risk of damage to anything anyway.

 

[daegan]

I just don't get why it makes more sense to take the plastic out of the disc area instead of everything BUT or just make the plastic slightly thinner? This makes no goddamn sense and is the worst idea ever.

On a $10 dvd sure, on a $60 game you can get bent if you want to be cheap on the packaging.

 

[Dan]

I maintain you're doing something really wrong if you're ever concerned about ripping that cover when grabbing an eco-case or pulling a disc out.

 

[Somnid]

Why not just go whole hog? Move everything to recycled cardboard cases? Use recycled paper for instruction books?

Why act like you're going green? Just commit to it.

Every little bit counts. Going completely green means all games go DD. I'd like it but many Gaffers would go ape-shit.

 

[BocoDragon]

I just don't get why it makes more sense to take the plastic out of the disc area instead of everything BUT or just make the plastic slightly thinner? This makes no goddamn sense and is the worst idea ever.

I think a lot of it has to do with Nintendo looking like they're doing something for the environment.

Looks good to Wal-Mart, Greenpeace, and the public. That's why there's a big "recycle" logo.

Again, Greenwashing.

 

[jamesinclair]

Well I said as much in earlier posts. I know it's about reduced production. But again: Why the recycle logo, in that case? That has nothing to do with production.

I would have just made it a peace sign to appease the hippies.

With this I agree, the recycle sign is a bit out of place.

Then again, theres no universal symbol for "this product uses a lighter production model that emits less carbon and uses less fossil fuels"

 

[daegan]

I maintain you're doing something really wrong if you're ever concerned about ripping that cover when grabbing an eco-case or pulling a disc out.

It's so easy to do. It's even easier when it's done for you by a hyperactive employee. :/

 

[soldat7]

We are moving closer to digital distribution domination, and this is your evidence!

 

[Allan Holdsworth]

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST!

I'm possibly taking one for the team so you don't have to.

Waiting to see the results of this.

I'm wondering, as I don't live in the US and have to import everything game-related. if a Wii game could get damaged shipped in a padded envelope? If so this is gonna suck really hard.

 

[HUELEN10]

Waiting to see the results of this.

I'm wondering, as I don't live in the US and have to import everything game-related. if a Wii game could get damaged shipped in a padded envelope? If so this is gonna suck really hard.

With squeezing it down like the box storage scenario I presented earlier, absolutely. If I were shipping one of these, I'd offer to open and swap boxes, or just ship it in a nice box with some padding.

It happened to me with DVDs, I'm not gonna let it happen to my games! At least they fixed one thing though, it seems that the center hub is made in such away, along with little teeth at the disc's edge, that it will not fall out off place if you have it packed up well, so no scratching or bent/warped/torn art!

 

[Totobeni]

I just wonder how long it will take before the Eco-friendly PS3 cases hits ,because Sony shifted to Amaray ( who actually makes Eco-friendly cases )instead DuBois.

 

[Relix]

Let's see what DVD I break now =P

 

[Amory]

Whatever. Looks stupid.

Honestly if I'm going to pay $50-$60 for these games, I want a case that doesn't look like it's all chopped up. Just my opinion though.

 

[Dooraven]

What do people do with their cases that make them actually fear that the disc would be scratched? Mine just stays on the shelf until I take the CD out to play the game.

 

[grandjedi6]

This makes me happy

 

[Xeke]

What do people do with their cases that make them actually fear that the disc would be scratched? Mine just stays on the shelf until I take the CD out to play the game.

Because gaf over reacts on everything, especially the crowd that is obsessive over the condition of eveything.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

They better not touch the DS cases.

DS cases are the fucking worst. They feel like bricks of plastic. I'd love for them to slim up.

 

[HUELEN10]

DS cases are the fucking worst. They feel like bricks of plastic. I'd love for them to slim up.

Um, we HAVE the slim ones. have you seen a EUR case?

 

[djdac]

Just a little info, I ordered 5 Wii cases from Nintendo last week and just got them yesterday. They were all the regular Wii cases and not the eco friendly ones.

 

[HUELEN10]

Just a little info, I ordered 5 Wii cases from Nintendo last week and just got them yesterday. They were all the regular Wii cases and not the eco friendly ones.

Hmm, this conflict with my friend's statement, in a good way of course. BTW, he ordered 2 3-paks.