Comments on: The Sad State Of PC Game Collectibility http://sggamers.net/2004/04/21/the-sad-state-of-pc-game-collectibility/ Your Singapore Gaming Community Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: ZeroEx http://sggamers.net/2004/04/21/the-sad-state-of-pc-game-collectibility/#comment-25 ZeroEx Mon, 03 May 2004 14:57:14 +0000 http://sggamers.net/2004/04/21/the-sad-state-of-pc-game-collectibility/#comment-25 It aint wat it used to be... come to think of it... with what they're giving now, there isnt a reason to use those big card board boxes anyway... might as well use DVD casing and reduce the price to $29.90 :P It aint wat it used to be… come to think of it… with what they’re giving now, there isnt a reason to use those big card board boxes anyway… might as well use DVD casing and reduce the price to $29.90 :P

]]> By: Sheylara http://sggamers.net/2004/04/21/the-sad-state-of-pc-game-collectibility/#comment-19 Sheylara Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:06:37 +0000 http://sggamers.net/2004/04/21/the-sad-state-of-pc-game-collectibility/#comment-19 I remember the good old days when it was a real thrill to open up a new PC game box and find all the goodies inside! You're so right. Nowadays the magic is gone. They've cheated us of the excitement! But it's marketing and commercialism. You CAN get nice goodies - leather bound manuals and cloth maps and cool trinkets - if you pay another $100 to get the limited or collector's edition! bleh, I say. :P I remember the good old days when it was a real thrill to open up a new PC game box and find all the goodies inside! You’re so right. Nowadays the magic is gone. They’ve cheated us of the excitement!

But it’s marketing and commercialism. You CAN get nice goodies - leather bound manuals and cloth maps and cool trinkets - if you pay another $100 to get the limited or collector’s edition!

bleh, I say. :P

]]> By: Qube http://sggamers.net/2004/04/21/the-sad-state-of-pc-game-collectibility/#comment-18 Qube Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:26:51 +0000 http://sggamers.net/2004/04/21/the-sad-state-of-pc-game-collectibility/#comment-18 yea.. i agree on that.. it seems that the significance of these "extra" items has declined ...perhaps even faster than the the rate at which gaming-culture is becoming more mainstream... getting a quick buck and faster entry into the profit zone.. but heres something i just thought of.. games are getting more and more expensive to produce, programming, debugging, all the fancy bells and whistles, state of the art graphics... i wonder if there really is any funding left to even create leather maps. the majority of the consumers are attracted to the game that has the biggest and best graphics, gameplay and what have you (probably in that order).. and probably not for the shiniest packaging it came in. you know what i think its partly our fault for demanding so much from games in general these days.. yea.. i agree on that.. it seems that the significance of these “extra” items has declined …perhaps even faster than the the rate at which gaming-culture is becoming more mainstream…
getting a quick buck and faster entry into the profit zone.. but heres something i just thought of..
games are getting more and more expensive to produce, programming, debugging, all the fancy bells and whistles, state of the art graphics… i wonder if there really is any funding left to even create leather maps.
the majority of the consumers are attracted to the game that has the biggest and best graphics, gameplay and what have you (probably in that order).. and probably not for the shiniest packaging it came in.

you know what i think its partly our fault for demanding so much from games in general these days..

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