Author Topic: Why no 360 cover uploads?  (Read 4582 times)

January 24, 2009, 01:12:24 AM
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satoshi_matrix

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Hey guys. I was looking through the Xbox 360 covers and I noticed that nothing has been uploaded since Oct 25 last year. What's going on? Why hasn't any new covers been uploaded...? Not trying to sound whiney, but it seems a rather long pause for what is a very current system.
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January 24, 2009, 01:28:18 AM
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I'm sure Snowcone would let you be an admin if you asked.

January 24, 2009, 02:32:23 AM
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I should be able to add a few during this weekend.

I have about 5 (from several artists) ready to be added
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January 24, 2009, 03:24:29 AM
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I suppose we shouldn't throw around the admin status too easily....

You know the more admins we are the more chances will be that covers get added which are sub par quality wise!

To the topic:

I suppose there haven'T been added many 360 covers because

1. it is a current gen system and it's much less interesting to preserve covers for games which are new and everyone has a cover anyway....

2. There is always much crap uploaded for current gen systems... I dunno why but people tend to just scan in the 360 covers and uplaod them as final without even bothering to check quality/resolution....

3. There is always the thought in the back of my mind that those covers will be used by software pirates to cover their downloads....

I personally would be all for scrapping the current gen systems and just make our cover site a site for everything except(360,Wii,PS3,DS,PSP) or just custom covers in these sections....

But hey that's just me....
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January 24, 2009, 03:56:44 AM
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Could'nt agree more. A quick scan reveals 360 & Wii to be far more popular than any other systems (including PS3...not been cracked yet).Why would that be?  I know not everyone taking them is a pirate (i made one and have D/L one myself) but customs and requests only on current gen systems would be a safer way to go. I think more Admin's may be necessary, membership here is increasing very rapidly.

January 24, 2009, 04:00:01 AM
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Hey now, I don't pirate games for my 360 but I do buy a lot of used games and used games don't always have their original cases or covers, so let's not be to hasty in removing any thing from the site.

January 24, 2009, 05:11:21 AM
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I think it's important to preserve these covers while they ARE current gen.

Think of all the pristine covers we would have right now if someone had been preserving say NES or Coleco when they were current gen.  I know the technology wasn't there to do it at the time, but all the more reason to take advantage of what we have now.


Also I've been in need of many PS3 covers which i've either downloaded or created - there's no reason that people weren't in a similar situation to me but requiring them for 360  (Although i do agree it's probably more piracy related)
« Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 05:13:29 AM by sheep2001 »

January 24, 2009, 06:18:58 AM
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Its only an opinion, i dont think that removing next gen stuff will ever happen. I know people have very valid reasons to come looking for next gen covers. As i said, i made a Bioshock for myself and D/L Oblivion, both because i had collectors editions that dont sit well on the shelf. Point taken about the preservation side of it sheep.

January 25, 2009, 03:40:46 PM
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Well, I would like to become an admin if possible. I know the difference in quality and would like to help the site out as possible. The reason why I want 360 covers is that I buy games from a local shop that places stickers on the inserts themselves. Removing them is NEVER satisfying so I always resort back here to replace them entirely. I'm a fairly cheapass gamer, so i rarely am willing to spend the $60 price for a brand new title, so the majority of my 360 games needs replacing in this manner.

The covers I'm looking for include

Call of Duty 5
Dead Space
Fable II
Fallout 3 [the custom one someone here did]

The same shop does the same thing to other consoles as well, the PS3, PSP, DS and Wii, Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube. I buy them because they're cheaper and thus I have this problem.
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January 25, 2009, 08:16:05 PM
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oh god I hate stores that do that. Biggest pain in the ass. I just bought 8 used xbox games (getting 'em before gamestop stops buying used xbox games) Took me so long to get all the individual stickers off of the cases, then to delicately peel them off the inserts. Seriously whoever thought of that should be kicked in the shins.
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January 25, 2009, 09:17:58 PM
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Ok wow, I'm going to be blunt here, but the argument that we shouldn't host current gen scans because "pirates will use them to cover their downloads" is the biggest bunch of crap that I've ever heard.

In no way does having current gen covers on the site encourage piracy. I don't even see how you made that connection. I can almost guarantee that most people downloading those covers are doing so for the same reason the rest of us are: because we bought a copy used without the case or our own case is damaged and we want a high quality replacement. Not hosting them because they have the potential of being abused is absurd. That would be like banning pencils because they can potentially be used as a deadly weapon.
 
Also, someone mentioned that the ps3 is behind simply because piracy isn't as easy on it. Here's a news flash: piracy isn't quite as rampant or widespread as it seems. The PS3 is in third place because of its high price point and lack of worthwhile (in the average consumer's eyes) exclusives. I can guarantee that piracy has little do to with it. If that were the case, the Dreamcast might have actually sold systems!

EDIT: One last thing, I don't think it's any of our business what people do with the covers on this site anyhow, regardless of if they're using it to case pirated games or not. I know that TCP is officially against piracy, and I'm fine with not allowing things like say, emulated SNES games getting custom ps2 covers (though I think we should allow covers for unreleased games and repo carts and such, but that's a different story). However, we can't just not allow retail covers in certain section simply because someone MIGHT use it to cover pirated games. If you're going to do that, we might as well not have retail covers at all.


« Last Edit: January 26, 2009, 04:53:23 AM by AppleQueso »

January 25, 2009, 10:42:12 PM
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I have several 360 covers to upload, but I have yet to get around to it, because I'm lazy, and tend to procrastinate on that kind of thing.

January 26, 2009, 05:52:44 AM
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I think I'll look into getting a cheap scanner soon, I have 30+ 360 games, I'm pretty sure I have a few covers that aren't on the site, and I need to contribute a bit more round here.

January 26, 2009, 01:11:02 PM
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Satoshi,

I've made you an admin with the goal of helping us catch up on the current gen stuff. If you have questions, ask me or one of the other admins.
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January 26, 2009, 02:31:44 PM
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Always care about the quality satoshi when uploading stuff!!!!!! Please be as eagle-eyed as you can be and adhere all our standards!!!!

Quality is the most important thing nothing else!!!!
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