Well I just bought 2 games

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:01 am

Grudge wrote:
I read somewhere that the most compelling reason was that they could fit more titles on the retail shelves.

makes sense

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:27 am

mayhap, production is still cheaper though. cut down on the prices then, faggots :A

Post by **obsidian** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:44 pm

DVD cases are a win/win situation for distributers - cheaper to manufacture and smaller for shipping and shelf space. Consumers pay the same price (if not more these days).

I still like the boxes. I actually miss the giant boxes that they used to have. I remember getting Starcraft and Homeworld in big full size boxes with a big fat manual, quick reference cards, and a bunch of other stuff. It was all part of the incentive to buy the game.

Post by **bitWISE** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:01 pm

obsidian wrote:DVD cases are a win/win situation for distributers - cheaper to manufacture and smaller for shipping and shelf space. Consumers pay the same price (if not more these days).

I still like the boxes. I actually miss the giant boxes that they used to have. I remember getting Starcraft and Homeworld in big full size boxes with a big fat manual, quick reference cards, and a bunch of other stuff. It was all part of the incentive to buy the game.

I like the DVD cases. Now they just need to jump to DVD storage.

Post by **obsidian** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:18 pm

If Quake Wars comes out as a special edition DVD in a tin case, I'm buying it.

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:39 pm

In other news: Well I just bought 1 game

Post by **Don Carlos** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:02 pm

News just in : I was thinking about buying a game !!!

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:06 pm

They didn't have COD2 there so I didn't get it.
I'm thinking about buying 2 gigs of ram.

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:53 pm

hah, the generic q3w response to any ww2 game thread is "oh just what we need, another ww2 shooter". yet everyone buys it :icon32:

i recently bought Full Auto. great game, although the majority of the intardnet would make you believe otherwise

Post by **DiscoDave** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:54 pm

If anyone is up for some BF2 tomorrow send me a pm

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:21 pm

MKJ wrote:hah, the generic q3w response to any ww2 game thread is "oh just what we need, another ww2 shooter". yet everyone buys it :icon32:

i recently bought Full Auto. great game, although the majority of the intardnet would make you believe otherwise

I was a bit fed up with the WW2 barrage a while ago, but it's been a couple of years since I played a WW2 game now. CoD2 got such good reviews and I wanted a game which would take full advantage of my new, shiny computer, so it fitted the bill perfectly.

I've played the first couple of Russian missions, and it's been great so far. Nothing new or particulary inventive, but good, solid action.

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:46 pm

Eraser wrote:You still get games in those big awkward cartboard boxes across the pond do you?

what's so awkward about them? small dutch hands, perhaps?

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:44 am

Eraser wrote:You still get games in those big awkward cartboard boxes across the pond do you?

Actually, the two I bought are in DVD cases, they are just twice as thick as a normal one. I think all the newer ones are out in DVD cases now.

Post by **Grandpa Stu** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:47 am

the last game i bought was quake 4 when it first came out. before that only god knows.

Well I just bought 2 games

*thinks really really hard*

thinks really really hard