13th March 2011, 4:46 PM
I don't keep games in cardboard boxes either. They're just too big, I'd need a lot of shelving just for game boxes, way, way too much (particularly for the PC boxes, but for consoles as well). I keep the games and boxes separately, boxes in the basement. I don't keep Genesis or SMS games in their cases either, those cases are large and it'd take up a lot of space if I did that... I keep some DVD-style case games in their cases, but not all. Some are in cases, some in CD holder things. For the PC I keep them in their jewelcases (or papersleeves, or for a few DVD cases).
As for cardboard, as I said it's not that bad in terms of durability, really, as long as you don't treat the boxes too badly.
Quote:I'm very utilitarian. Durability is a lot more important to me than any concept of a better "looking" case. Transparency is neat, but it isn't worth it at all to have that at the expense of that sort of fragility.It's not like all jewelcases break, I have plenty that still work... sure they are less durable, but they don't ALL break or something.
As for cardboard, as I said it's not that bad in terms of durability, really, as long as you don't treat the boxes too badly.
Quote:At any rate, most jewel cases have their transparency made moot by the paper inserts blocking the view of the disk anyway. At that point, it really makes no difference to me.But the manual art is going to look nicer than the disc art, usually... why would you prefer to look at the disc than the manual? Huh?
Quote:I will at least say this. MS's green color choice for their XBox game cases does look a little silly.No way, I like Xbox cases. Green is my favorite color, I'd say their color is a plus. :)