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[–] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I remember the old pre-millenium video games would come in a giant cardboard box to make buying a tiny floppy disk feel more worthwhile.

Pointlessly inflating packaging should just be illegal, it's pure wastefulness.

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nintendo sells game cases with nothing inside except a code for digital download lol

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

They've done this for awhile. I remember getting something like this for some of the Fallout 3 DLC on Xbox 360 ages ago

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Genuinely a giant cardboard box would be a significant improvement over this. At least it’s not a ton of plastic.

[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I miss the old times of games that came in cardboard boxes with a manual. I have fond memories of buying Icewind Dale and Fallout 1/2 and spending some time reading the manuals. SiN also had a cool manual with a backstory comic that was the coolest shit to me as a kid.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Civ 3 came with a physical copy of the rules/civipedia. It was about 6x4" but was like 300 pages. That book was thicc.

I miss the Blizzard manuals. I spent so much time looking at the art for WarCraft 1 and 2.