> Around here, in Germany, it was 12-18 months ago. EA was the first to > announce that cardboard boxes are "outdated" and subsequently published > new games only in DVD cases. Others followed shortly after.
I noticed this, when I was over in Germany in April. There was a store in France that had some older stuff in boxes (got two European variations of Zork Nemesis for $8 apiece), but all the new stuff was in DVD cases. The Simon the Sorcerer 3D I ordered from U.K. was the same way. > Interestingly, although the manufacturing costs for manuals and > packaging probably dropped considerably after this strategy, the prices > for games stayed the same and with the introduction of the Euro even > increased by roughly $5. That's the worst part of it. They decrease their costs but don't pass any savings on to us. (Same way movie theaters piss me off by showing 10 commercials before a flick while ticket prices remain constant.) God, I sound just like my dad. B-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
