ChuChu Flamingo wrote:Second one is the security lock. I miss Jewel Cases(saturn long cases too)
That's just because of the way they're made. For plastic injection molded stuff, the mold pieces have to be able to pull away and have the plastic part come free when it cools. Generally they try to make molds with just 2 halves as it makes things much simpler. So the cases are molded flat. There's a top and bottom mold piece.
The raised ring helps keep the disc still in shipping so it doesn't become a floater in shipping. The indentions below the ring are so they don't make that whole raised ring solid. That would use more plastic and make the case heavier. If you also notice, anything that sticks 'up and sideways' also has a hole below it so the mold is still able to pull out straight down. The loops in the side for the lock, the clips for the book, and even the little tabs that hold the memory card in. If those holes weren't there, having pieces that slid out would make the mold more complex and expensive. You'd also have more mold lines.
If you look at just about anything made of plastic, the mold was probably 2 halves that could slide straight off each side. Maybe it was at a funny angle and not 'flat', but still. Most stuff that gets complex will end up being a separate piece that snaps or screws into the other.
Some case indentations are better than others. In any case, it should be flat to preserve the artwork. It is almost as bad as those circle push idents on SNES/N64 carts.
A few of my games don't have these indentations. The ones that come to mind are killer 7, mario kart double dash, and a few more. No rings on the inserts on those.Everyone just got cheap. Look at the eco-friendly cases now, these things eat inserts and disk for breakfest.
AppleQueso wrote:I have to say that complaining about the indentations on the backsides of dvd cases is quite possibly the most petty gripe that I have ever read.
I don't know, the eco ones feel pretty flimsy to me. I get the idea behind them, but the few cases I have for games feel less durable compared to the full cases of the games beside them.
flamepanther wrote:Not I. I like my cases shatter resistant! Now, Sega's plastic cases from the Master System and Genesis/MegaDrive era? Those were nice!
god yes. Those cases are the best thing ever. A 100 kg man can step on them and they won't break. Too bad Sega got cheap as well and they stopped using these boxes. I don't like it that my favorite Sonic game has a paper box.
BoneSnapDeez wrote:The success of a console is determined by how much I enjoy it.
AppleQueso wrote:I have to say that complaining about the indentations on the backsides of dvd cases is quite possibly the most petty gripe that I have ever read.
I don't know, the eco ones feel pretty flimsy to me. I get the idea behind them, but the few cases I have for games feel less durable compared to the full cases of the games beside them.
Let me put it this way, you want your video games to stay in as good condition as they can? The cases that are used for most games have these identations that cause not just a small ring, but a whole entire ring on the back of your insert. On the front, their will be two big indentations on the top right and bottom right. Proper storage helps prevent this but not completely.
It's much the same with Vinyl records back in the day, with the actual insert causing damage to the record. Just saying that the cases are shit.
I don't lose any sleep over it, but to call it a petty gripe is simply small time.
CRTGAMER wrote:Maybe another reason for the square supports is less chance of cracking from squeezing the case too hard while closing.
The Japanese cases are nice and compact, just like the Gamecube GBA player disc case. A tradeoff, the DVD sized cases do have nice manuals.
Hate jewel cases, that brittle plastic too fragile.
A shame CD cases didn't have that material used in PS3 or Gamecube GB player cases.
I love the Japanese GCN cases. They look so much better than full size DVD cases. And they make more sense. It's a small console, with small disc-games. So the cases should be small. I know this sounds funny, but I always thought the console would have done a bit better had it differentiated itself a bit more from PS2 and XBox by going with the smaller game cases.
noiseredux wrote:I love the Japanese GCN cases. They look so much better than full size DVD cases. And they make more sense. It's a small console, with small disc-games. So the cases should be small. I know this sounds funny, but I always thought the console would have done a bit better had it differentiated itself a bit more from PS2 and XBox by going with the smaller game cases.
It's a problem with the US market. Microsoft didn't name their latest machine 360 because it has anything to do with a circle - they didn't want their machine to be labeled '2' while Sony's was labeled '3'. People might have perceived their machine as being less than the competition.
I think Nintendo made the same decision with their game cases. They wanted to make sure that GC games took up as much physical shelf space in stores as the competition. Of course, it's kinda hard to say that this strategy worked for them...
The smaller cases would have been pretty cool, from a collectors stand point.
Maybe now Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid has a fanbase?
