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| BerzerkJ:
I thought I would throw this out for discussion.... Why did the PC gaming industry go to double wide DVD cases? Aside from a wider spine to print, there is no more viewing room, the spine is usually pretty simple anyway. It just seems to me like it is a colossal waste of space. I'm sure the single width ones are cheaper to manufacture. You can get single width cases that can hold 8 discs, and 6 if you want to stick in a manual. Most games are 1 these days, some 2. I get really irked when I buy a game in a double wide case, it has one disk and the manual is on the disc.... Anyone else thoughts? |
| Doom:
I'm guessing you're talking about STACKpaks, which are terrible. I'd at least rather have spindles or something. They're probably more expensive to produce and ship, so I don't know why they do it. Meanwhile, on the console front, they went close to perfection and then ruined everything with the slats in the plastic. |
| BerzerkJ:
Ya, console cases are basically DVD or DS. I don't have a PS3 or blue ray so I am not sure if PS3 cases are the same height as DVD cases. What do you mean slats in the cases? You mean special snap in spots for particular game types? |
| argobeat:
--- Quote from: BerzerkJ on July 29, 2010, 09:24:55 AM ---Ya, console cases are basically DVD or DS. I don't have a PS3 or blue ray so I am not sure if PS3 cases are the same height as DVD cases. What do you mean slats in the cases? You mean special snap in spots for particular game types? --- End quote --- PS3 cases are slightly thicker than their Blu-ray movie counterparts. However, All Blu-ray stlyed cases (Including PS3/HD DVD (failure ;)) are shorter than standard DVD cases. Idk, I'm a big fan of Blu-ray styled cases, they're just neat! ;D As for the slats in DVD cases, do you mean the brand new "eco-friendly" cases. Ugh, let's not get me started on those. :-X |
| AppleQueso:
most newer pc games I've seen have been in standard DVD cases |
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