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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: gf78 on January 18, 2019, 04:24:00 pm
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As a collector, I value tangible, real-world items I can hold. I think most collectors do. The very definition of "collector" is A person who collects things of a specified type, professionally or as a hobby.
I've always been bugged by digital-only titles. Enough so that it interferes with my enjoyment of said games. It's like a feeling of regret or sadness to me? It's hard to explain. What about game expansions? Adding on an expansion feels like it's not really a part of the game in a way to me. One exception to me was the Witcher III expansions. They came in a box with a set of Gwent cards. It was something tangible. A physical manifestation that even though the actual game data wasnt in the box, gave me something to hold onto. While playing Bloodstained - Curse of the Moon, I thought it would be awesome to see box art for it. Box art to me is like an old record album cover. Somebody poured a lot of time & love into the illustrations. It's why I love art books and sadly lament the disappearance of game instruction manuals, especially some of the Nintendo color ones full of artwork. So I just Googled "Bloodstained Switch cover art." And wow! I was blown away!
So a little research, I found covers for A LOT of eShop Switch games! I went to eBay, found empty Switch boxes for about $1.55 each shipped (I ordered a 10-pack for $15.48 shipped). High-resolution printouts of the covers on glossy photo paper which is about the same weight as the genuine Switch covers is $0.87 each at Office Depot. So for $2.42, I have an authentic-looking box to look at. It may seem silly to some, that's fine. Others with large collections cant spare the shelf space. Understandable. But for me, it strikes the pleasure center in my weird brain.
I'm waiting for the cases to arrive, but here are some of the printouts I have made. Please note that the actual printouts are very clear, crisp, sharp and vibrant. I also have five more that I ordered online before I decided to take a stab at them myself. Will post them & these in cases once everything arrives.
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/fancovers2_zps8x4gpw3r.jpg)
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/fancovers3_zpsivtlxzze.jpg)
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/fancovers4_zpsd1lp1lh1.jpg)
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/fancovers1_zps0y3ohqi5.jpg)
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This is a pretty great idea. I might have to think about doing this for a few games myself.
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Here is a chopped down collage of the covers I ordered online.
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/PhotoGrid_1547847170388_zpsu0d5pqxa.jpg)
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Huge neh
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I love that castlevania style cover for Bloodstained, but I'll just wait to see if LRG does a physical version. As cool as some of those cases are I just dont have enough room on my shelves for empty game cases.
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topspot123 already had and discussed an idea like this, too (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8348.msg140944.html#msg140944).
Like I said there, I actually once wanted to do something like this, but it sincerely is a waste of space. Yeah, they'll make for good shelf candy, but that's all they're going to be. Empty cases taking up space that could be used for something else.
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Big ol' nope from me- I keep my game case space for cases with games in them. If I really needed a physical representation of a game, I'd just print an art card & keep a photo album.
I also have a thing for the items to be offical- just like I spend extra money to get CIB disc games instead of just printing up a cover & buying a disc cheap, I would want my digital representation to not be homemade. So I keep things like promotional flyers, code papers, etc.- but that's it.
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Some of those look really cool, especially the retro Bloodstained one. If you have the space go for it :)
Personally I wouldn’t be to keen on the idea. First off, space issue, I’m currently running out of room, I thought this day would never come, but alas. Secondly as others mentioned I like my physical collection to be official.
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Some of those look really cool, especially the retro Bloodstained one. If you have the space go for it :)
Personally I wouldn’t be to keen on the idea. First off, space issue, I’m currently running out of room, I thought this day would never come, but alas. Secondly as others mentioned I like my physical collection to be official.
When it comes to retail releases, yes - I like to keep it official. Which is why even though some of the prints are alternate art for retail games that I printed because I like them, I wont replace the original inserts. But for a game with no hope of a retail release? I'm more than happy with the custom cases using official assets from the developer/publisher.
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With how much space I got back from trading in a bunch of games, something like this while nice would not help and only take away said space. Also the idea of having empty cases of nothing isnt something that entices me. Even the case I have for Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris which while official doesnt do much for me since its just an empty case.
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I bet you spent more on the case alone than what you spent on Bouncy Bob on the eshop haha!
All joking aside, I think the idea is pretty cool for certain games, I wouldn't do it for all my downloadable titles but maybe a select few. I just lack the space right now for such a project.
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Well for me I'd say definitely no because of space. Although I understand your point about the artwork I feel the same way.So whatever works for you is most important.
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I bet you spent more on the case alone than what you spent on Bouncy Bob on the eshop haha!
All joking aside, I think the idea is pretty cool for certain games, I wouldn't do it for all my downloadable titles but maybe a select few. I just lack the space right now for such a project.
I think you are right about bouncy bob! Lol. I have no intention of getting a case for every eshop title. But "bigger" or games that I hold in high regard, it's nice to have a case for.
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Like most others I don’t really have the space. I like the idea, and the art, but I’ve got enough empty spares that I can’t keep empties around that dont serve a purpose other than aesthetics
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I personally wont support digital games. (unless it's free or DLC)
I don't see any point of cases of games you don't own.
It's bad enough buying games that are online only, knowing one day it could be a dead game.
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I can’t think of anything more stupid.
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I can’t think of anything more stupid.
Thanks for the insightful, tactful reply! ::)
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I personally wont support digital games. (unless it's free or DLC)
I don't see any point of cases of games you don't own.
It's bad enough buying games that are online only, knowing one day it could be a dead game.
I fully understand your stance on the matter flea, especially given your collection. I too despise digital games and make few exceptions. When I do, it's an expansion, free, dirt-cheap or in very rare instances - something I really, really want to play. A couple examples of something I really wanted to play would be Bloodstained Curse of the Moon and Cuphead, neither of which will have a physical release.
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I can’t think of anything more stupid.
Thanks for the insightful, tactful reply! ::)
He just wants attention
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I can’t think of anything more stupid.
Thanks for the insightful, tactful reply! ::)
He just wants attention
No, that’s really my opinion on empty boxes.
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I can’t think of anything more stupid.
Thanks for the insightful, tactful reply! ::)
He just wants attention
No, that’s really my opinion on empty boxes.
I get that however how you responded seem kind of hostile
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I do see your point as far as these cases go but if we would take it a step further You could also make a box such as these for your eshop titles for games like a link to the past super metroid you name it It's basicly the same thing.
Still though I think Bloodstained might get a physical copy at some point at least I hope so.
For me personally no matter how great a game is if it's digital only than so be it but an empty box is a no go for me. than just the download only is enough for me. A great example are those empty boxes with those download codes for pokemon red blue and yellow for the 3ds, no thank you just keep it at a download only instead of those extra cardboard boxes.
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If there's anything that makes me feel much more guilty than owning a digital game, its owning an empty game case. It'd always feel wrong looking at a bunch of hollow game cases! Pass from me
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To each their own. It's nice to see what other people think. In an ideal gaming world, digital-only games wouldn't exist. DLC microtransactions would shrivel & die and game expansions would come on a disc/cartridge.
For me, the cases make the digital games a smidge more bearable. BTW...here is my completed Bloodstained case.
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/20190119_135954_zpsg3umf4b2.jpg)
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/20190119_140004_zpsvzrcdane.jpg)
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Digital is a massive turn-off for me, but when the artwork looks like that then I can certainly see the appeal of what you're doing, providing you have room to display them! The Bloodstained one is gorgeous.
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I am a game collector and have been since 1998. If it's not on an actual disc or cart I don't buy it. I have made an exception for Steam but that's it. I don't support the idea of "digital only" at all. It's just enabling the kind of behaviour from people that think a disc is too old to be seen using around their friends, and it gives the industry a way to make you pay for a game that they can remove from the market at any time they wish and make you buy it again or give you a big middle finger if the company folds or has a coup, same happens with movies on Netflix.
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To each their own. It's nice to see what other people think. In an ideal gaming world, digital-only games wouldn't exist. DLC microtransactions would shrivel & die and game expansions would come on a disc/cartridge.
For me, the cases make the digital games a smidge more bearable. [...]
More power to you, gf78 - do whatever makes you happy. It's your collection after all, and you do with it however you like.
Also, badass artwork is badass.
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I wish Limited Games or somebody would do a run of Bloodstained - Curse of the Moon. For those that haven't played it, it's so close to Castlevania III that if the names were Belmont, Alucard, etc you would be playing Castlevania!
As for sworddude's comment about making art for every NES game that is on the service, somebody made a nice piece of work that pretty much covers the NES Online games. The inner/reverse cover is in my first post with Bowser & Jr. playing. The front is red with the main focus looking like the NES game screen when you start it up.
(http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o527/stevengarrigus74/Fan-Made%20Game%20Art/NES-Online-switch-Cover-Art-US_zpsghrn0p4p.png)
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I personally wont support digital games. (unless it's free or DLC)
I don't see any point of cases of games you don't own.
It's bad enough buying games that are online only, knowing one day it could be a dead game.
This.
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Not something I would do, but they look great. I have some PC games that came with codes only inside the case, and cuphead on XB1...so I have collected a few empty cases.
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I personally wont support digital games. (unless it's free or DLC)
I don't see any point of cases of games you don't own.
It's bad enough buying games that are online only, knowing one day it could be a dead game.
That just happened with the Carmageddon Forums. The Carmageddon franchise got sold off, and the purchasing company didn't want the forums or care to renew it, so they just let the domain expire, and a decade's worth of forums and community was wiped out with it. Anything digital with no tangible copy to play offline is at the will of the publisher/developer/licensee. I mean Gabe Newell could ragequit the internet tomorrow and close Steam if he chose to.
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On one hand it's something that makes it feel like you own a game and can actually show it off in the collection and I would love to do it for Bloodstained. On the other hand though I get pissed at companies when they do this kind of thing (original release of Ducktales remastered, Tomb Raider (forget the whole name off the top of my head)) and it also seems like the most unnecessary braggadocio you can do.
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On one hand it's something that makes it feel like you own a game and can actually show it off in the collection and I would love to do it for Bloodstained. On the other hand though I get pissed at companies when they do this kind of thing (original release of Ducktales remastered, Tomb Raider (forget the whole name off the top of my head)) and it also seems like the most unnecessary braggadocio you can do.
Trust me, it has nothing to do with bragging. Lol. Two main reasons for me.
1: Its a tangible, physical representation of something I love. I hate download only titles. Again, I understand when it's some tiny 2-man development team. The vast majority of indies are doing it because they love gaming and without a publisher with money, who can afford to make their own physical games? On the other hand, dirty shit like Capcom, EA & Activision have been pulling where only half of the game is on the disc/cart with a voucher code for the rest is greedy bullshit. It's simply to curb sales of used games and consumers are the ones to get screwed. I would love to have all the Mega Man games on Switch. But I'll be damned if it doesnt piss me off to no end that half of them aren't on the carts. Especially since all 20 (or whatever) Mega Man & X games probably take up 10 megabytes of data total! Same with the Crash & Spyro games. Making you download the 2nd and 3rd games is simply a way to stop people from buying used. Screw these guys.
2: I love artwork. I can stare for hours or spend hours pouring through art books. The game case art was something that an artist worked on for many hours. I like to look at it and it deserves to bee seen.
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Generally speaking, no, I don't have a desire to own cases for digital games. There is one exception however and that's Cuphead for the XBOX One. The only reason it's the exception is because there is an actual case that was made with a voucher code inside. What sucks for me is that I had already purchased the game before I knew they were going to make this so in order to obtain it I would have to find someone who bought it and is willing to part with it or buy the case and be stuck with a 2nd code. :-\
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That castlevania artwork is amazing though!
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topspot123 already had and discussed an idea like this, too (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8348.msg140944.html#msg140944).
Like I said there, I actually once wanted to do something like this, but it sincerely is a waste of space. Yeah, they'll make for good shelf candy, but that's all they're going to be. Empty cases taking up space that could be used for something else.
Thanks for the long memory! Anyway, if any of you find this idea interesting and you want to learn more, I guy I subscribe to on YouTube made a recent video about this too.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qLXvZ04l69c/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEZCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAwsIARUAAIhCGAFwAQ==&rs=AOn4CLBaNcw_qaJUhC5xkH0uTMcpEh44Yg) (https://youtu.be/qLXvZ04l69c)
Digital games have existed for a while. I'm not sure what about the Switch in particular has sprouted this kind of movement!
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No. You obviously want physical copies but paying for digital distribution is a vote against physical copies, making your own cases gives the developer even more of an excuse to not give their games a physical release.
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No. You obviously want physical copies but paying for digital distribution is a vote against physical copies, making your own cases gives the developer even more of an excuse to not give their games a physical release.
I fail to see the logic in this since we have cases of games getting physical releases due to the popularity of the game digitally. Minecraft, Shovel Knight, anything that has gotten a physical release from companies like Limited Run Games.
braggadocio
Trust me, it has nothing to do with bragging.
Trust me I mainly just wanted to use the word braggadocio in a sentence.
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I don't get the money and the time to do this tbh. Plus I got like 200 digital games so it's not happening lol