Topic: Do you think the DS game cases are excessively large?

[Ian Sane]

"Like I said, the plastic cases are good, but why do they need to be so large?"

The case functionally replaces the box and adds extra collectable-friendliness.  Ideally it has to be the same size as the box it replaces or else all the existing box problems come back.

[Chozo Ghost]

@PartyBear: I think a lot of paper and lumber comes from tree farming these days rather than from virgin forests. Trees are cut down, but they are replanted so they can be harvested again in the future. I don't think that is much more environmentall harmful than the forest fires which take them down anyway. Plastic is more destructive to be made and never biodegrades, but that wasn't really what I was arguing.

@Ian Sane: I don't see why it couldn't be both a tiny plastic case, but still be inside a large cardboard box. Wouldn't this be the best of both world's? I actually have most of the cardboard boxes that my SNES, N64, GB, and GB games came in. Even have 1 or 2 NES cardboard boxes still, but most of those were thrown out because I just didn't save them back then.

My point is, if you take good care you can keep a cardboard box in great shape over a long period of time. I don't really have to keep opening or closing them because I keep the games inside the sleeves, cases, or third party storage solutions I have for them. I do keep the manuals in them, and that keeps them in good shape but I very seldom look at the manuals anyway.

[King of Twitch]

Isn't it a little late to be debating this  

[mantidor]

I like the case, but the position of the both cartridge holders is just WRONG.

Since I'm poor and I cannot waste money in fancy cartridge carriers, I carry them all in just one case, unfortunately the little card holder is horribly placed, if I put two carts at the left they don't fit by just a tiny ammount, so they sometimes get in the way of the manual when the case is closed, making it difficult to close tightly, while if you put two carts on the right they end up with a tiny excess of ammount that goes waisted. They could have forseen this and move the damn thing one milimeter to the right and problem solved! the case becomes a 5 card holder.

They could even move it all the way down and it could hold an extra cart, then move the GBA slot to the far right and you get another one! why they didn't think of this!?