Would you have done the same?

I have about 150 PS3 games now, it's pretty crazy just how many I have. In March I went out to the GAME firesale and picked up 20 of them, in the pile was Killzone 2 Platinum version. Well today I was about to play it, looked at it and put it in my cupboard. I then went on eBay and picked up Killzone 2 for £6, non platinum edition, because other than that I have no Platinum games.

Would you have done the same, or am I just weird?

I vote for weird.

Why do horrible designs like that still exist? I would have never bought that ever. It looks like something you'd find in a bootleg Gamestop or something. You did good.

I feel you, I want to do the same but haven't actually pulled the trigger on it yet. I have 150 to 200 Xbox 360 games (not including XBLA) and 99% of them are normal, the couple I have that are Xbox Classics bug the shit out of me, I have had a look online but I'm not paying $10, $15 dollars for basically a new cover. If I had found one for cheaper I might have bought it.

I was however looking into buying a new printer (need one anyway) and just printing out high quality scans from the internet if I could find them. Though the discs are marked as classic too, but that doesn't bother me as much.

Yes you are weird, and yes that's fine in my eyes. I'm extremely anal about my games looking in order on the shelf. The PS3 having the old design, the new one and the GOTY style sleeves drive me nuts trying to arrange them in some semblance of order while keep the sleeve design consistent. Wish they would make it standard to allow you to reverse the covers and have the normal one on the out side.

The Xbox 360 platinums games are just in a nice gray box. With Xbox platinum edition on the top. I probably wouldve done the same. That's too much yellow.

@N7: You see though when I bought it in the shop it was the normal edition, but turns out it was a display case and they put the disc into a Platinum case.

A CRACKED platinum case!

@Hizang said:

A CRACKED platinum case!

Oh shit just got real, you did the right thing.

@Hizang said:

A CRACKED platinum case!

Oh shit just got real, you did the right thing.

no, i vote for weird.

i think you can find a image of the box and then print it out somewhere... i would do that unless the disc also said platinum edition.

@Phr4nk0: @N7: It also had one of those sticker marks where somebody failed to take off a sticker.

How can you own that many games?! I tend to keep my console library very slim. I currently own a single ps3 game(dark souls). Of course I also have a very large steam library, but I can't stand having tons of cases like that.

You did the right thing.

The crazy, OCD thing, but the right thing.

It's what Jesus and I would have done.

Nah, it's fine... I re-bought Viva Pinata because I hated that stupid case most editions came in. Now I've got 3 copies of Viva Pinata (and zero regrets). When I first got my PS3, I went out of my way to get non-platinum editions of games like Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, Killzone 2, etc. If you're gonna have a collection on a shelf... at least make sure it looks pretty.

@Sbaitso: I spend a large amount of my time playing video games, so why not? I'm better though and since that big splurge in March I really haven't bought much else. Those 20 games I bought have also gone untouched since purchase, still going through my current backlog before I touch that.

@mlarrabee: Thats what I thought.

ahah kinda crazy i sell al my games on my ps3 kinda wish sometimes iv keep some of them but i always have my steams i hate boxs

@Hizang: Tea tree oil is your friend. Whenever I get a game the first thing I do before I put it in is spend 5-15 mins (some stickers are the worst) peeling all those bastards off and then using tea tree oil and a tissue to get rid of all the residue.

@Phr4nk0: I am useally good at getting those fuckers off, but I find that if it fails the palm works well.

@Hizang said:

Would you have done the same, or am I just weird?

Let me put it this way ... some of my games didn't even come with boxes.

@egg:

Honestly I have once thought about getting rid of all my box's and just having one of those CD holder things.

You made the right call. I don't know how you could live with yourself if you hadn't done that.

You have way too many Ps3 games, but sure, platinum boxes look like crap so you might as well.

I would vote for weird, but that box art is horrendous. I'll give you a pass, just this time.

Send me all of your PS3 games.

Classics/Platinum games are the inferior race, we must get rid of them! The covers are always awful.

The "Greatest Hits" edition of video games bother me when I go to look at my video games. I've bought multiple copies of games just to replace the Greatest Hits version. So yeah I think you're pretty normal.

I think you need a third copy of the game. Perhaps the collector's edition. Then you'll have one to play, one put away and one to "use".

The main problem for me would be just owning Killzone. The cover doesn't bother me if it isn't a game I am proud to own. Then I want a none "classic" cover - my Gears of War can stay in that damn cover for all I care.

I think the PS3 is a vastly superior console to the 360, but I have struggled to get much past 20 games so far. I look at the shelves with a huge "meh". I did order 2 new games for the PS3 this weekend though, so I am managing some growth. I just wish more of the JRPG would get a translation and distribution, with a lower price. Most of what I like is never in the shops and damn expensive.

I just checked and I have 6 Xbox 360 and 1 PS3 Classic editions ....... shame on me!

I hate getting platinum games too, it's understandable. I wouldn't buy the same game though just for a picture,

I don't know if I would've bought the game again, but I don't blame you. 
 
I always try to avoid Platinum versions on all systems. They just look horrendous. I spent some time trying to find a non platinum copy of Dragon Quest 8, it took a while but it was worth it.  That era of PS2 Platinum covers were truly awful.

I deliberately looked around and paid more to get the non platinum versions of Uncharted 1 & 2... only ot get home and find the platinum disc inside uncharted 1. At least it isn't on the cover.

I only have one, Infamous, and it came with the Slim I bought. It doesn't bother me. Do the different PS3 logos on the side of the case bother you?

@N7 said:

Why do horrible designs like that still exist? I would have never bought that ever. It looks like something you'd find in a bootleg Gamestop or something. You did good.

Totally agree. Those European box designs for the PS3 Platinum Hits games are so incredibly ugly. I mean, they're so ugly that I would seriously consider firing the person who either designed them or who said "yea, let's use those!" ... they're actively off-putting. Whenever I came across older PS3 titles with a stock photo on eBay or amazon, I double checked that it wasn't that ugly Platinum version.

The US boxes look so much nicer with the red design.

Gallery

I don't give a shit. It's just box art.

@Hizang: Are you saying you are weird because you didn't want one of their tacky re-skins of their boxary? No, you're not. It's retarded that they don't they take this type of thing seriously, but I guess it's just another sign that they don't really care about that percentile of players.

@ck1nd: I mean Platinum games are an alright thing, they show people great games that they may have missed and give it to you at a cheap price. But I don't see why they feel the need to change the box art, it would be easier if they lowered the price of the game.

I would probably have done the same. 
Or just downloaded a High-res version of the boxart and printed it out and used that instead. 

Yep, you're weird. If having a different case bothers you that much, you shouldn't have bought it.

No I wouldn't. That's a waste of money no matter how low the price was just to get a different box.

What are these boxthings and what is their relevance to you?

@PenguinDust said:

I think you need a third copy of the game. Perhaps the collector's edition. Then you'll have one to play, one put away and one to "use".

Collectors editions aren't worth anything in the long run. Just because there are so many produced they aren't even limited now. Collecting games at all is just stupid, I finish a game and sell it online for more than half my money back. PS3 games probably won't work on PS4 anyway.

Would I have done the same? No. But hey, it's your money. To each his own.

How do you own 150 PS3 games and not already have Killzone 2?

@Spoonman671 said:

How do you own 150 PS3 games and not already have Killzone 2?

That's my question.

Don't blame you, that platinum box design is ugly as fuck.

Man, I forgot how much better the European box art was for that game.

What the fuck?

yeah that's kind of weird but whatever. everyone is a little weird.

@Spoonman671: @Cloudenvy: I think I did have it before, but I was at a point where I traded in most of my games if I didn't get into it after a session.

@Hizang: Oh, so you're crazy!