Gutspiller
08-08-2003, 10:42 AM
The state of gaming in the PC world is pathetic. Or at least that is how it looks when you walk through the PC game aisle at the local Fry’s Electronics. I know every year someone comes out and declares that PC gaming is dead or dying. That will never happen. But if you walk through a lot of different stores nowadays, you would think that PC gaming is dying.
What is the problem? Packaging for one. Some game makers insist on putting games in huge boxes. Games in big boxes means less shelf space for retailers. The “modern” boxes that most companies use is still a box, and it is still big. Bigger than what the console games are sold in. I’ve received games from online companies, such as Gogamer.com, and many times the package the game comes in is a DVD case. Everything I needed for the game was inside the case. In Europe, that is how games are sold, but why not here? Yes, the artwork on a big box is nice. But it is not artwork that people buy the game for. When music CDs came out, many people complained that consumers wanted the album art. No, they wanted the music. Now try to buy an album, and you will have to go to a used store for very few companies make them anymore. The same thinking that infected the record industry still seems to infect the gaming industry.
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While the small feature is more directed to their own community, I thought I would post it up just for the helluvit and that others might find it interesting.
What is the problem? Packaging for one. Some game makers insist on putting games in huge boxes. Games in big boxes means less shelf space for retailers. The “modern” boxes that most companies use is still a box, and it is still big. Bigger than what the console games are sold in. I’ve received games from online companies, such as Gogamer.com, and many times the package the game comes in is a DVD case. Everything I needed for the game was inside the case. In Europe, that is how games are sold, but why not here? Yes, the artwork on a big box is nice. But it is not artwork that people buy the game for. When music CDs came out, many people complained that consumers wanted the album art. No, they wanted the music. Now try to buy an album, and you will have to go to a used store for very few companies make them anymore. The same thinking that infected the record industry still seems to infect the gaming industry.
EvilAvatar.com (http://www.evilavatar.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=583&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)
While the small feature is more directed to their own community, I thought I would post it up just for the helluvit and that others might find it interesting.