Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
I doubt companies are deliberately "trolling" fans. I just don't think they take anal-retentive collectors into account in their marketing meetings
Yeah, when you think about how many games get traded into stores like GS without any case at all, it's clear that Joe Public doesn't care what the case looks like. The red probably makes the GH games stand out, so from a marketing perspective I'm sure it works well.
Here are 3 more hideous covers I found in my collection:
Look, it's Not-Jimmy Hendrix, Not-Slash and...ok, you got me.
I'm not sure what freaks me out the most on this cover - the guy on the left's creepy stare, the girl next to him's mouth or that arm. OK, it's definitely the arm.
"What? I have to have that cover done TODAY?!? But it's 4:30, and I have a full night of hookers & blow lined up. Ok, Ok...grab some clip art and...DONE!"