Do you like the Greatest Hits version of games?

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#1  Edited By Wolverine

Do you not like getting the greatest hits version of games or does it not bother you?

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#2  Edited By joronimo

I'm turned off by the box art, mostly.

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#3  Edited By jeremy.hasse

I actually kind of prefer the platinum hits on the newer 360 releases.
 
 http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/05/greatnessisearned580px.jpg 

With the silver packaging and the small green bar running across the top. Something about the silver cases is appealing. I have quite a few of them, kind of want to collect them as long as i can trade in or sell my original versions for as much or more, which has been the case so far.

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#4  Edited By Aetos

Don't really care to much. Prefer to have the normal version if I can get it though.

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#5  Edited By themartyr

Back when I was rocking a PS2 and was a broke kid, I basically only got games when they were platinum :-( 
 
How times have changed, oh wait, I got older but am still broke. Damn.

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#6  Edited By Rave

I like them when they include all the DLC or new content on the disc, I guess those are more game of the year editions. I think Paradise GOTY had some of the newer content on disc. Box art doesnt bother me to much though I never look at the cases when they are on the shelf.

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#7  Edited By flaminghobo

I have a number of Xbox Classics games and it really annoys me that the box art is so overshadowed by a big ugly grey outline.

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#8  Edited By Chummy8
@Rave said:
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I like them when they include all the DLC or new content on the disc, I guess those are more game of the year additions. I think Paradise GOTY had some of the newer content on disc. Box art doesnt bother me to much though I never look at the cases when they are on the shelf.

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Exactly. It almost makes me want to wait until they release an all in one disk.  I bought Fallout 3 when it came out and haven't gotten any of the DLC.  Now that the all in one is out, i really want to go back and try out the stuff I missed. 
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#9  Edited By edge426

if they are cheaper than the regular version it does not really matter.

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#10  Edited By valentin_rad

silver cases = cool 
ugly boxart = fail 
enough said.

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#11  Edited By mtcantor

Honestly do not care UNLESS I am purchasing a game for collecting purposes.

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#12  Edited By Rave
@TekZero:
For me Im still rocking the original 20gig 360 (though not an original 360 its my 5th :P) and all that DLC takes a shit ton of memory so I like it when its on disc and no install. IThe lack of memory on my 360 is actually a factor for me now buying games if there isnt really a difference between PS3 and 360 versions and I think I might want DLC I usually buy for PS3 now since I have 160 gigs to use up.  
 
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#13  Edited By wyld

They don't bother me, because most of the time I own the greatest hit before its a greatest hit.....Therefore, I do not buy greatest hits.....greatest hits

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#14  Edited By aleryn

They don't bother me.  And I also think the Platinum Hits packaging is better than the normal style for 360 games.  Just looks great.
 
If you want to see ugly Greatest Hits packaging, look up PS1.  The stuff they use nowadays is gorgeous in comparison.

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#15  Edited By Pazy

I prefer the original box but I dont really care either way. Really I just want a consistent looking shelf but both Ps3 and Xbox 360 games now have new designs that make them different so that is no longer a reality. So if I get a box with a different case it doesn't matter as a long as I get the game, but if I have the choice I would take the normal.

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#16  Edited By zidd

I try not to buy them. Due to most platinum hits games on 360 being games on demand i usually buy it that way.

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#17  Edited By Gargantuan

They are usually cheaper and/or have more content so fuck yeah I like them. I don't care about the boxes.

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#18  Edited By RobotHamster

Doesn't matter to me as long as it's cheaper.

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#19  Edited By bhhawks78

Unless I'm trading the game on goozex the case could be a picture of literal shit, I couldn't care less.

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#20  Edited By bhhawks78
@Gargantuan said:
" They are usually cheaper and/or have more content so fuck yeah I like them. I don't care about the boxes. "
...why?  Games on Demand are usually 2-3 times more expensive than disc copies.
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#21  Edited By louiedog

I prefer them. I don't like the box art as much, but as someone who doesn't care about the boxes and only sees the spine, it doesn't matter. What I do like is paying $20-$30 for the game and all DLC.

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#22  Edited By sixdemonbag

 
If I'm interested in a game, but not interested in it enough to pay more than Greatest Hits price I'll pick it up while they're marked down and the stores are getting rid of the inventory.  PS games are great because for the most part they just put a red Greatest Hits sticker over all the black in the packaging. 
 
I display most of my games so the change in color really sticks out to me.

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#23  Edited By NickLott

The new 360 hits box art is way better than the original ones.  
 
But if you guys want to complain about bad Greatest Hits box art, you guys have nothing compared to Dawn of Sorrow:  
 

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#24  Edited By DetectiveSpecial

The PS3 Greatest Hits cases make me physically ill. They look like Chinese knockoffs of actual PS3 games.

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#25  Edited By iam3green

they are good. i don't care about what game is new or not. the thing i like is game of the year editions. they are great because it give the DLC for the game.