We all know those fucking cases. On one hand their nicer to the environment, on the other they don't protect the disc at all, made presumably so that when you go to throw away the game you just payed 60 bones for, you're good to go. Because I'm always throwing away the shit I pay money for!
Anyway, thing is 5, 6 months ago this was, far as I know, a victimless change. But recently my copy of L4D2, which I treat with nothing but care, cracked itself. It's cost me 20$ to get EA to replace it, and if it doesn't arrive back soon I'll miss the launch of the Passing DLC. A temporary issue sure, but what game is next though? Will I put in Brutal Legend one day to find it's broken? Will I decide to start up Assassin's Creed 2 to discover its in two pieces? Microsoft shouldn't get away with this shit.
Anyone else have any games break on them thanks to the environment, or else worried for their games?
Edit: Let me clarify how it broke for those who might not read me later saying so. From what I can tell, it came out of the case bad, with that dumb release mechanism not releasing properly, causing a crack on the inside of the disc, going up into the data. It's not cracked in half literally, but it doesn't have to be. The small crack renders it virtually unplayable.
I know there will be people who just tell you to take better care of them and this won't happen, but I completely agree. I feel like it's a very small annoyance, but when things go the way they did for you, it starts to become a bigger problem. Do we pay any less for the games? Are they $55 instead of $60? No. Therefore, I want my solid cases!
I don't get how this "helps the environment" at all. why not just make the cases out of recycled plastic instead of just giving us less of it? or at least drop the game price some! they are saving money using less, yet we don't get any of that. Blu-ray is doing it now also.
I have wait...70+ 360 games and None of the causes have broken my games, none of the cases have broke because of weakness *a few are broke because of them being packed wrong when shipped* so I don't see the problem. As well none of my 360 games tend to fall out of the little spindle spoke thing...soo...
It doesn't seem that big a deal to me though. It certainly can't hurt the environment, and until I find that the cases do indeed cause the discs to crack, I'm not against it at all. Whether or not these companies want to actually help the environment or are simply doing something to smoothen their public image, at least they're doing something.
I've never had any issues with them. I can understand the possible eye-rolling over their motives and what not but I don't understand the "fail to protect your discs" argument.
Anyone who accidentally snaps a disk in half while opening one should really just learn to be a little more gentle.
I still don't understand how the case made your disc break. You didn't really say other than to say it "cracked itself".
How is that the cases fault? How would a little bit more plastic protect your disc from breaking in half? What are you doing to your cases that you need such robust plastic to protect your discs?
@JokerSmilez: I took it out one day and found a tiny little crack that rendered it virtually unplayable. It wasn't in pieces, but it didn't have to be.
Yeah the inside of my MW2 disc is starting to crack because of that case. It still works, but if all my discs start to do this then theres going to be problems.
I don't see how this hurts a disc at all. I have a few games with this type of case (Dragon Age being the first one I got back when i came out) and the disc is flawless. It really comes down to the person and how they handle their discs.
" I bought a pack of jewel cases and just decided to put my discs in there and store the original cases in a box until I sell them. Eco-backfire.
We should just revert to PS1's format for all optical discs. "
Agreed, they use less plastic than the current cases and don't waste so much space. Plus they don't look as weird without a manual. "
Actually the plastic in Ps1 jewel cases is a Different make and from how I understand it is not nearly as recyclable as current ps3, 360 and Wii cases.
Huh, apparently the cases are 20 dollars for 50 of them. Really shady if this is to reduce the price they pay by less than a dollar per unit. Also, at that price I can't help but wonder if part of it is a thing where it's built to last until the warranty expires.
Damn, that really sucks. If these new eco-friendly cases are as crappy as they seem then I guess I'll have to start buying extra cases. I'd hate to get a game disc scratched or worse just because of some dumb case.
" Huh, apparently the cases are 20 dollars for 50 of them. Really shady if this is to reduce the price they pay by less than a dollar per unit. Also, at that price I can't help but wonder if part of it is a thing where it's built to last until the warranty expires. "
It has more to do with keeping shipping costs down.
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