Platinum Game Covers

[ryodi]

I never buy Platinum / Player's Choice games because I hate the bland silver spines that mess up the all white spines of my PS2 collection and just look bland next to the multicoloured Gamecube spines. The image on the actual disk which is normally just the name on a silver background looks rubbish as well and reminds me a promo copy. I'm such a snob when it comes to these things.

[MikeRox]

If a Games any good i actually throw away the case and just keep the DVD/CD in a Carry Case.

Do you have problems with scratching your discs to buggery? I tried it with my DC games at one point, though I didn't throw the boxes out, it just took up less room having a CD wallet in my room rather than 24 cases. But I found that the discs got marks on them every time I took them in and out of the wallet and my DC eventually started to have problems reading the discs

[Rick]

Do you have problems with scratching your discs to buggery? I tried it with my DC games at one point, though I didn't throw the boxes out, it just took up less room having a CD wallet in my room rather than 24 cases. But I found that the discs got marks on them every time I took them in and out of the wallet and my DC eventually started to have problems reading the discs

No mate. They generally don't get put in until i've finished the game anyway, as i tend to go through them one at a time. But i've got one of those 240 disk cases which has a really soft backing, maybe that helps.
Its not like they get taken in and out every day either. The game usually stays in the drive until i've finished with it. Only exception is PC games, as they need reinstalling when the OS gets reinstalled.

[lostn]

I don't mind the American 'greatest hits' stuff as it's really minimal, just a little strip.

But the UK Sony 'Platinum' and XBox Classics stuff is horrible, and I avoid if at all possible.

Yeah but that little red strip looks like a blight on the shelf with your non-red strip cases. It really stands out, and it's embarassing, as if telling me, I'm too cheap to buy games and can only afford them when they're budget priced.

If a game retails at $50, but the original label is out of print and the budget labelled edition is priced at $20, I'd rather pay $100 for an original print. No joke. Or just pirate the game. There's no way I'm buying budget labelled games. A peelable sticker would have been enough. There was no need to butcher the disc and cover art. It's sacrilege.

This topic is hilarious. Not buying games that are cheaper because of the artwork.
I couldn't give two ****s. I'd buy it if it was a good game, even if it just came in a black box with the title printed on it.

If a Games any good i actually throw away the case and just keep the DVD/CD in a Carry Case.

The only butchered case or disc I would accept is if it had 'Kodak' or 'Verbatim' written on it.

[Ratso]

This used to bother me very mildly on some level, until I found that an apparently (to the untrained eye) completely random 'jumbled up' game shelf, filed alphabetically by developer (not publisher, and not paying heed to format), looked far more enticing and organic than clinical row upon clinical row of uniform box types. Saturn next to N64, Platinum PSone next to PC DVD or even chunky old Amiga box from the early 90's - whatever.

I find it particularly bizarre that someone would be more concerned about not having the Platinum PSone Final Fantasies than they would having PAL FFs at all. I was much happier when I bought a green 'Player's Choice' flashed NTSC FFVII. That way I get a far superior, 16.7% taller screen image and swifter gameplay, which after all, I will spend 70 - 120 hours looking at rather than the occasional glimpse of the plastic and paper spine.
The art and enjoyment existing mainly as it does in the code of the game, not the mass produced discs, cases and sleeves.

[Wools]

Honestly dont care, really.

The PS2 and Xbox are the worst because it smears a boarder around the entire front buy the original PSone platinum cases were really lovely.

I'm not snobish enough to not buy the game over it though.

[gunrock]

Tell you what ****s me off though: I have both PAL Platinum and US Greatest Hits versions of God Of War and the US one has a full colour manual and all (probably the original). In PAL land we get crappy B&W with terrible contrast, so poor that some of the images are not distinguishable.

Costs more too (due to exchange rates). I paid 14.99 GBP for Platinum and 19.99 USD for Greatest Hits.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

The PS1 Platinum cases were well designed, just changing the sleeve and the bar at the bottom to a platinum color from the normal black, they weren't too instrusive. However, whoever designed the PS2 and X Box ones needs to be shot, they are as bad as those crappy PC budget title covers, truly shocking.

[x0dus]

The PS1 Platinum cases were well designed, just changing the sleeve and the bar at the bottom to a platinum color from the normal black, they weren't too instrusive. However, whoever designed the PS2 and X Box ones needs to be shot, they are as bad as those crappy PC budget title covers, truly shocking.

Ye but they also changed whatever art or design is on the disk to a generic platinum design. And for games like Final Fantasy which has a different picture on each disk, its kinda stupid that they felt they had to do this.

I just wish they would change it so it looks more like a seal of approval (like a small peelable sticker) rather than 'BUY THIS CHEAPER VERSION NOW!'