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Title: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: seether on July 10, 2020, 06:19:35 am
https://blog.playstation.com/2020/07/09/first-look-box-art-for-upcoming-ps5-games/

(https://blog.playstation.com/tachyon/2020/07/msm-mm-1.png?resize=789,1024&crop_strategy=smart&zoom=1)
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: telekill on July 10, 2020, 08:41:34 am
I understand why they kept the blue plastic, but I think it would have looked better to go with a semi transparent black plastic.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: mark1982 on July 10, 2020, 09:03:46 am
I understand why they kept the blue plastic, but I think it would have looked better to go with a semi transparent black plastic.

Couldn't agree more, like a smokey black transparent casing, would have been perfect for the white strip on top imo.

Here 's a mock I created.

(https://i.imgur.com/6iwYBwk.png)
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: jce3000gt on July 10, 2020, 09:20:09 am
I agree.  ^ That looks much better.   
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: telekill on July 10, 2020, 11:29:43 am
I understand why they kept the blue plastic, but I think it would have looked better to go with a semi transparent black plastic.

Couldn't agree more, like a smokey black transparent casing, would have been perfect for the white strip on top imo.

Here 's a mock I created.

(https://i.imgur.com/6iwYBwk.png)

That's pretty sexy actually.... Nice work.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: dhaabi on July 10, 2020, 12:22:03 pm
As unanimously mentioned above, the current design could have been executed so much better. I know that throughout the PlayStation 4 era, Sony adopted blue as their branding color. However, at the dawn of the PlayStation 5, it seemed to me that they had now begun to adopt black and white, which, ultimately, has a much sleeker presentation. The mock-up that mark1982 provided exemplifies my thoughts, as something as simple as the case color proves to be the biggest problem.

With the current design, I'm getting a lot of mixed messages with the colors. A problem that may or may not be commonplace is the trend of non-gamer shoppers getting PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 titles mixed up, as both game cases' dimensions and colors share far more similarities than differences. This, especially, would be problematic during the PlayStation 5's early years. However, maybe this reason alone in keeping the two generations' cases so similar was Sony's plan due to planned backwards-compatibility.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: seether on July 10, 2020, 12:26:37 pm
They’re probably sitting on millions of blue plastic cases so didn’t want to change to black.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: telly on July 10, 2020, 12:37:25 pm
They’re probably sitting on millions of blue plastic cases so didn’t want to change to black.

That's what I was thinking too, haha. Maybe they will change it later on.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: vivigamer on July 10, 2020, 01:17:54 pm
Nice job on the Black case, that is the 1st thing I thought upon seeing it!

I don't mind the white, it's a little too bold but okay.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: Raiksha on July 10, 2020, 07:00:52 pm
I am just afraid the white will be that offwhite/grey/beige/weird stained color that old electronics turned back in the 80s... :)
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: aliensstudios on July 11, 2020, 11:44:02 am
Neat. Can't say I expected anything too revolutionary. I don't think it looks that bad personally, the blue cases will look better with artwork that isn't all dark like Spider-Man's.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: dakooldood on July 11, 2020, 12:35:56 pm
Box art for Godfall was shown too.

 (https://i.imgur.com/rhp4gvX.png)
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: retromangia on July 11, 2020, 02:59:51 pm
Good god that's boring. They need Mark on their creative team ASAP!
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: pzeke on July 13, 2020, 12:41:03 am
I don't like the white strip/label, but hey, the console is white, so I guess that's how they're rolling.

They’re probably sitting on millions of blue plastic cases so didn’t want to change to black.

Yup, pretty much.
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: sworddude on July 14, 2020, 06:34:52 am
isnt ps5 going to have digital only consoles

Could be the first gen in wich physical is going to be killed off, Physical will be the minority in terms of sales.

IMO the white line at the top isn't the greatest choice. they should pick black or dark blue I'd say with white letters I'd say
Title: Re: Box art for PS5 games first look
Post by: dakooldood on July 14, 2020, 11:31:49 am
isnt ps5 going to have digital only consoles

Could be the first gen in wich physical is going to be killed off, Physical will be the minority in terms of sales.

I'd doubt it. Xbox One had a digital only console. I think it's just to provide a cheaper option for people who are casual gamers. If you only play Madden and Call of Duty then you probably don't care about collecting and you don't need a ton of hard drive space, so why not get the digital only console?