Author Topic: Greatest hits/player's choice or black label?  (Read 587 times)

August 14, 2013, 11:07:01 PM
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i cant stand Greatest hits or player's choice it bugs the crap out me. i dont care how rare the game is i wont buy it
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August 15, 2013, 05:17:55 AM
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I prefer Original Release, but I also keep my GH/Plat./Play Choice. I will take what I can get for games I don't have, but also have extras for some.

 I have GH versions of FFVII, FFVIII, FFX and FFX-2. But I also have the original "Black Label" versions for all but FFX as well.

August 15, 2013, 12:21:08 PM
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i cant stand Greatest hits or player's choice it bugs the crap out me. i dont care how rare the game is i wont buy it

To be honest, the larger my collection grows and the older I get, my attitude towards platinum or greatest hits games mirrors this opinion more and more.

August 15, 2013, 07:13:36 PM
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Personally, I don't actively seek out Players Choice/Greatest Hits, however, if I'm shopping for games and I see one which I know is on My 'want' list, I'll pick it up regardless of whether its PC/GH or not, artwork/cases can easily be swapped!

August 15, 2013, 10:01:12 PM
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Really, when I was focused on organizing my games by UPC, I hated Platinum Hits. Every other variation of greatest hits kept their old UPC. Platinum Hits adopted a new Microsoft UPC because they were re-released as a Platinum hit by Microsoft, so the games were out of order, and not even same company but later release. Any game that was PH automatically became Microsoft titles, instead of their original publishers.

Now I just hate looking at the mismatched bars on the spines. Why are PH bars so looooong? They could have made it the same length, just in grey, and the front would specify that it was a Platinum Hits game. But no. Microsoft, I guess, assumed no one would keep the box so they didn't bother lining it up.

Otherwise, Greatest Hits/Player's choice doesn't bother me in the least.

August 16, 2013, 10:32:19 PM
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Its not too big of a deal for me as long as the box and/or cover look like the "normal" release. I don't like ANY of my games sticking out like a sore thumb.

Hence why i made this for everyone years ago (not greatest hits but a good example of what i'm talking about)
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=10319

This cover has been downloaded 328687 times

apparently neither does anyone else ;)

but I hate modern GH (Sony and Microsoft are most guilty) for the sole fact they use cheapo materials (black and white manuals, "eco" cases, plain disc labels, etc) compared to the original release. for SNES though, it never bothered me because all they did was print a gold ribbon and use the gold color in place of the red in the font.