Greatest Hits/Player's Choice/Best of/etc. Labels Thread

[Anonymous No.9797930]

Man these all look ugly as shit, what do you guys think about these kinds of labels? Does a game being a greatest hits print affect your game collection at all?

[Anonymous No.9797939]

I had a few greatest hits PS1 games as a kid so I don't have a negative association with them.

[Anonymous No.9797956]

>>9797930
What's the actual reason for doing this? Why not simply make a reprint? Why not make the label less obnoxious? What was the purpose of desecrating the original artwork or making it 10x smaller than the original, if the actual game contents are exactly the same?

[Anonymous No.9797958]

I remember the platinum stuff for ps2 and yes, i disliked it back then as i do it now. Not only the cover was worse but the game cd/dvd looked like some cheap copy you could buy from some scammer for 2 bucks. I think that was when i realized companies dont give a shit about customers and how the whole console wars thing was retarded.

[Anonymous No.9797961]

>>9797956
Or fucking making the resale value in the future a 10th as valuable. It's an industry wide troll

[Anonymous No.9797965]

>>9797956
Because fuck you, goy. Nintendo actually made decent Players' Choices that aren't offensive to the senses.

[Anonymous No.9797969]

>>9797965
>Nintendo actually made decent Players' Choices that aren't offensive to the senses.
You mean, "used to."

[Anonymous No.9797972]

>>9797969
Even that's better than neon green.

[Anonymous No.9797974]

>>9797972
fair enough. what about the red greatest hits labels on the PS2/3?

[Anonymous No.9797975]

>>9797974
Those are also pretty atrocious. It goes
>original Nintendo
>Xbox Platinum
>Basedny anything

[Anonymous No.9798000]

>>9797974
I actually liked the red labels

[Anonymous No.9798003]

>>9798000
they aren't as bad as the gamecube or ps1 greatest hits labels but I still think they can stick out pretty badly sometimes.

[Anonymous No.9798005]

>>9798003
>but I still think they can stick out pretty badly sometimes.
That was the point. But you have to step in at a certain point and say "No, I won't be taken in by the catchy colors." Easier said than done for children, though.

[Anonymous No.9798012]

>>9798005
>But you have to step in at a certain point and say "No, I won't be taken in by the catchy colors."
That's true. Although sometimes I'll see a game I'd like in a mom and pop store and have to decide between getting it or making the collection look a little worse with the greatest hits label.

[Anonymous No.9798015]

>>9798012
>he still shops at Mom and Pop
I hope you know Pop personally, because otherwise you're getting a shit deal.

[Anonymous No.9798016]

>>9798015
I do, and the deals are still shit 90% of the time.

[Anonymous No.9798024]

>>9797930
I avoid them as much as possible but I won't sperg out about it. If I find a complete GH game at a good price I'll get it.

[Anonymous No.9798071]

>>9797956
Playstation was for the bottom of the barrel gamers, so obviously you want something that sticks out like a sore thumb to catch their attention.

[Anonymous No.9798085]

>>9798071
Those wounds will last your whole pathetic life, tendie

[Anonymous No.9798092]

>>9798071
>bottom of the barrel
I love programming you automatons. You might also know me as "I accept your concession" and ironic ™posting.

[Anonymous No.9798093]

>>9798085
>>9798092
cope more dudebros

[Anonymous No.9798119]

>>9797969
Blame canada for the french bullshit
>>9797974
I kind of like the PS3 ones tbqh

[Anonymous No.9798125]

>>9798119
>Blame canada for the french bullshit
the french part is even in parts of canada where french isn't spoken. 3DS games also had little speech bubbles to show if a game was playable in english and french.

[Anonymous No.9798127]

>>9798125
Yeah the Quebecois are a fucking cancer on Canada, they should just let them go, and then declare war and take the land back.

[Anonymous No.9798131]

>>9798125
>>9798127
Yeah, french are a bunch of stuck-up faggots. You know what's worse? Kikes.

[Anonymous No.9798140]

I would prefer to swap out the ones I have now.

[Anonymous No.9798142]

>>9797969
can't imagine why they didn't just slap a sticker over the plastic.

[Anonymous No.9798146]

>>9797930
I go out of my way to buy black labels.

[Anonymous No.9798147]

>>9797930
Why do people complain about this?

[Anonymous No.9798150]

>>9797930
Lowers the value of the game, also tells everyone "I'm a noob"

[Anonymous No.9798154]

>>9798071
>highlighter yellow better than neon green
why

[Anonymous No.9798160]

>>9798154
The jews murdered JFK, bombed the USS Liberty, and bombed the Twin Towers.

[Anonymous No.9798169]

>>9798160
ehehhehehe lois look its a schizo thread

[Anonymous No.9798172]

Kike.

[Anonymous No.9798187]

>>9798169
Why are the jews so powerful? Did the holocaust even happen? Why are we giving you so much power, jew?

[Anonymous No.9798195]

>>9798150
People still pay for games?

[Anonymous No.9798196]

>>9798195
Jews still think they're humans?

[Anonymous No.9798209]

>>9797956
To advertise a permanent discount. Also
>if the actual game contents are exactly the same
Not always the case. Silent Hill 2 Greatest Hits has the added content from the Xbox/PC release that wasn't in the black label PS2 version. Pretty sure there are some other Greatest Hits releases that, if not include bonus content, then at least include bugfixes and shit.

[Anonymous No.9798214]

>>9798209
>To advertise a permanent discount.
Indeed, brown-skinned glownigger. You worthless traitor brown nigger.

[Anonymous No.9798662]

>>9797930
>Does a game being a greatest hits print affect your game collection at all?
Never bothered me in the slightest. Besides, there's oddball cases such as pic related in which the updated versions released in GH form.

[Anonymous No.9798701]

>>9797956
Can't speak for every console's rerelease format, but PS1 Greatest Hits were actually manufactured cheaper with black and white manuals and disks so they could be sold even cheaper. GH games were what, like 20$ as a rule? Making them a different color is actually pretty important to differentiate them.

That said I hate PS1 GH black and white discs and they're the sole reason why I only collect Black Label PS1. The green on the shelf doesn't bother me it's the soulless discs.

[Anonymous No.9798713]

>>9797930
>Does a game being a greatest hits print affect your game collection at all?
No because I never sullied my collection with them in the first place.

[Anonymous No.9798719]

PALchads win again

[Anonymous No.9798736]

You all now remember the New Play Control! series. Can't blame Americans or Europeans for this either. The cover style is the same worldwide - barring Pikmin 2 which NOA went their own bizarre route with.

[Anonymous No.9798737]

>>9798736
I had a video about new play control releases playing in the background right when you posted this, good timing
These could've been perfect if they still let you use the gamecube or classic controller with them.

[Anonymous No.9798896]

>>9798662
It doesn't even mention it in SH2
Red suits DMC

[Anonymous No.9798901]

>>9798719
best 21 Euros paid ever.

[Anonymous No.9798909]

value series was even cheaper than platinum series

[Anonymous No.9798912]

early ea classics

[Anonymous No.9798914]

later ea classics from 2001 onwards I think

[Anonymous No.9798916]

infogrames.

>>9797930
I always though collector that doesn't collect greatest hits editions are reseller scumbags and snobs.

Games were mean to be played not to show off.

[Anonymous No.9798917]

codemaster cheap line

[Anonymous No.9798919]

eidos ricochet

[Anonymous No.9798920]

some japanese cheap games line

[Anonymous No.9798923]

Midas

[Anonymous No.9798925]

Midway

[Anonymous No.9798926]

psone japanese books

[Anonymous No.9798927]

>>9798719
I was going to post this.
Never understood why they chose this ugly green in the US. The red one for PS2 is alright though.

[Anonymous No.9798928]

range by acclaim

[Anonymous No.9798929]

simple 1500 japanese

[Anonymous No.9798930]

simple 2000 character also japanese

[Anonymous No.9798931]

ubisoft exclusive cheap line

[Anonymous No.9798935]

virgin white label line

[Anonymous No.9798937]

zoo digital line, this one was 2002-2003 onwards

[Anonymous No.9798941]

>>9797956
bringin new consumers. Also greatest hits line, as greatest hits in music records. Sega did this on Megadrive and Nintendo did too on supernes

[Anonymous No.9798942]

>>9798927
Yeah, US got better PS2 reprints

[Anonymous No.9798954]

>>9798942
both are OK, but I think right one would have look better without that red platinum title at the bottom. (left one has a bit more of soul)

[Anonymous No.9799049]

>>9797930
I don't think green looks that bad.
I hate smaller cover arts with names like "value edition" the most.

[Anonymous No.9799227]

Gold Nintendo>green Sony>red Sony>platinum Microsoft>yellow Nintendo>(non vr) Nintendo selects

The SNES, Gameboy and N64 player's choice just add a tasteful little ribbon, it looks nice even.

The PS1 greatest hits is obnoxious and terrible, but green is my favorite colour, so I've got a soft spot for them.

PS2 and later greatest hits start eating into the boxart and aren't a nice colour

Platinum hits are gaudy and terrible

GameCube and GBA greatest hits look like store brand videogames (pic related)

Nintendo selects are an awful colour, shrink the entire label and have an ugly logo

[Anonymous No.9799327]

>>9798909
Value Series was released after Platinum? I saw one of these for Tekken the other day and I was wondering ehat the ranking was for it. I assume lesser copies for Value Series would be produced, no (probably pretty close to break-even costs at that point)? Final Fantasy VII never got one, for example.

[Anonymous No.9799361]

>>9799327
Yes, it was released in late 2000, at the end of the year or early 2001 in whole Europe.

[Anonymous No.9799370]

The green logo is definitely an eyesore, but what bothers me most is how they cheaped out on the disc art and manuals for the Greatest Hits releases. I get why they did it, but I don't have any in my library for that reason.
Aside from that, I generally try to avoid reissues regardless of the console or region because that typically means that there's more junk getting in the way of the boxart. The worst is when a reissue just has the same boxart but smaller and in a frame.

[Anonymous No.9799423]

>>9797930
You get ten or so games with those labels and place them on your shelf after games on the same console without those and they at least fit together.

Some real shit is randomly different colored cases. My Wii collection is a sea of uniform white, non-players choice cases... until you spot NSMB Wii in the middle of it sticking out like a sore thumb because Nintendo decided its case should be red. Then they did the same on Wii U. A sea of blue until NSMB U + Luigi U and its red ass case.

And don't get me started on games which exclusively launch in/only ever come with the meme which is steelbook cases.