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4690124 No.4690124 [Reply] [Original]

>early ps1 games have long box cases made of either cardboard or plastic
>suddenly cases all become CD-ROM jewel cases
>go back to plastic DVD cases once the PS2 comes out

Why the hell did they change the case design? The early long boxes where comfy as fuck

>> No.4690136

Because jewel cases are cheaper because they're already mass produced, and it's much more economical to store & ship, and ultimately display units that are 1/6 the size of the longboxes.

>> No.4690138

>>4690136
/thread

>> No.4690151
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>>4690124
I remember a story/rumor that Sega of America bought out the remaining stock of the plastic long boxes available, in hopes to screw over Sony and give themselves an edge in the US market. So to adjust, Sony switched over to the cardboard/plastic long boxes, before ultimately using the much cheaper CD jewel cases.

>> No.4690152

>>4690151
Just as well. Those plastic longboxes were brittle garbage.

>> No.4690698

>>4690124
Wasn't this only the case in America? Besides the jewel cases the PS uses are shit

>> No.4691335

>>4690698
Please point to me jewel cases that AREN'T shit.

>> No.4691424

>>4690151
That's silly. Sega was struggling, and they probably had many leftovers from the Sega CD.
Sony could have manufactured their own longboxes if they needed to (in fact I believe the longbox for PS are a bit different from the SS, but I might be wrong).
Anyway, the answer is because it was cheaper.
At that point in time CDs were common enough, most people actually preferred the normal jewel CD cases, since you could store them in CD shelves and stuff.
Also, at that point longboxes were kind of synonymous with overpriced CD systems, like Sega CD, Saturn and 3DO.
So from both a financial stand point and a marketing one, it was a good decision.

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>>4690151
>Costco brand tequila

>> No.4692786

>>4690124
>comfy
You need to go back.
>>>/v/

>> No.4692956

>>4690698
Wasn't there two different shapes in Europe for their Playstation cases?

>> No.4692968

>>4691434
My father in law buys costco gin

>> No.4692974

>>4692956

Ne, we just had a thick jewelcase with playstation branding on the front part of the spine. Saturn had long boxes, though. Don't know if they switched those.

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>>4690152
Yeah, I am hoping the rumors are true someone is remaking a whole bunch of them. Mine are pretty scratched up from shelf use.


>>4691424
Silly, yes. Stupid even, but that's Sega. They were really desperate to get any edge over their competition at the time. As you can see the initial long boxes are all the same. Sony went to a plastic game holder with cardboard cover once Sega bought out the remaining stock (before the Holiday season). An example would be the original release of Resident Evil in the US which had that type of box. I think 3DO boxes were just a long cardboard box, but inside a standard CD jewel case


>>4691434
Yeah, it's a lot and doesn't cost much. Also notice the Korean ramen. I have to settle for as cheap as I can get them at my wage. Holidays are getting more and more tough.

>> No.4693281

>>4691335
normal ones, like Mega CD, PCE CD, Neo Geo CD etc.

>> No.4693594

>>4691434
Yo dumbass Costco booze is like premium brands in a Kirkland bottle. The Kirkland vodka is literally grey goose it's from the same factory and same batch. I don't even drink but I know this shit. You can keep being a dumb goyim and buying brand name shit though

>> No.4693616

>>4693594
>buying discount shit which might be laced with poison by schlomo shekelbergerstein

>> No.4693642

>>4693616
It comes from the same matches dumbass only difference is the bottle. Costco is a gentile company too if anything schlomo is watering down grey goose because he knows stupid goyim like you buy things for their brand names.

>> No.4693646

>>4693642
Batches not matches sorry

>> No.4693658

How many of these games never got a Jewel Box reissue?

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>>4690136
In the UK (and I guess other PAL countries) we had 'fat' jewel cases, similar to Dreamcast games.

I can't remember if we had long boxes initially. I never had any.

>> No.4693846

>>4693797
Yeah, we had the fat boxes in Spain for the manuals in 5 languages.