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Soapbox, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?

“Ribbed, for their pleasure.”

sirico, do gaming w Friendly Reminder
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Unless it’s a boycott then you make sure you’re playing it day before release

eezeebee, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?
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Canadian here. We had that pattern too, except for things like Greatest Hits editions which were arguably even uglier.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/6b84a14b-ee7f-4232-bf26-3840be87d235.jpeg

I’m not sure why it’s like that. It does kind of remind me of the grooves in the side of the original PS1 though.

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/d7e34ba0-ff66-40b9-afb4-1f6b715b0553.jpeg

DrDystopia,

We only had the “Platinum” line, just a silvery platinum color instead of the very tasteful green you showcase.

Zahille7, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?

Never seen a CD jewel case before?

DrDystopia,

No, only plastic ones.

glimse, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?

In a fraction of the time it took you to make this, you could have confirmed yourself that these are all the same size

DrDystopia,
Nico_198X, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?
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flux, do gaming w Friendly Reminder
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I understand the hesitation on most games but I will absolutely preorder or day one order for a company like Supergiant, Jeppe Carlsen, Subset Games, Kojima. IMO they never make bad games, early games rarely have issues and I know that I’m supporting them to have garenteeed capital for more development, etc.

Anyone else have game developers that you have complete confidence in day one?

C4551E,

I’ll buy Silksong day 1, as long as it’s less than $50

JackbyDev,

Nothing wrong with buying on day one, but don’t pre order. I get your point, they don’t make bad games, but we’ve seen this pattern often where beloved devs fall from grace. It’s just not worth it. Like they said, they don’t run out of digital copies.

If you really really wanna preorder something physical, maybe I can understand that, but I really only do PC gaming as of now, console gaming for me is pretty rare, so I don’t have much of an opinion on it.

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I’ve only preordered two games in the last ten years, and in both cases I was buying them regardless of reviews, so getting them when it was convenient for my budget made sense.

Rai, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?

Klonoa <3

TimeNaan,

Amazing platformer!

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?

Is this because everything in America has to be bigger?

Wow. Starting off with stereotypes that are incorrect right away, are we?

Let me guess, European? Or Canadian?

danciestlobster, do gaming w What video games are you playing? What have you finished recently? What do you plan to play? - Video Game Discussion Thread #30

Like so many others I finished expedition 33 most recently and it was fantastic for anyone who enjoys story heavy RPGs. I also finished citizen sleeper shortly before that and the last dlc of not for broadcast, also both amazing. Now I am on to palworld, I am judging this to be the right intersection of good features added but no major losses from the ongoing lawsuit yet. Time will tell if that’s a good estimate.

I have loved Nintendo games for a long time but after their behavior lately I am disinclined to support them anymore, and the original switch will likely be my last Nintendo console.

I can be cynical about the game industry at times but the reality is this year we got a lot of great games from smaller studios and it’s a trend that seems like it will continue. With kkd2, expedition 33, and that new survival craft that just came out 2025 is a good year for games as far as I am concerned

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Oh man but what if i miss out on: preorder skin that is just the default outfit recolor, and weapon that is 20% better than starter, both made irrelevant by the first vendor outside of tutorial?

trinsec, do gaming w Friendly Reminder
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Unless you buy from Humble. I'm reading they're constantly running out of keys.

Mesophar,

That is slightly different, and those are usually (heavily) discounted prices and not available at launch of a game.

giddy, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?
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I could not get into Dawn of War 2 and 3 despite pouring thousands of hours into DoW1 and it’s expansions. Why do makers of classic RTS games (looking at you EA) have to f*** with the formula?

moncharleskey,

You like base building and big armies? Well, too bad!

Harrk,

Was the same for me too. I remember getting DoW2 and being so disappointed. Then 3 came along… I’ve given up them making a decent game again.

Even that DoW remaster isn’t looking good. I’m holding out until I see the reviews but if they’re only going with AI upscaled textures for £30 then no thanks.

Mim,

At least 2 was a fun game still. Not an RTS, but at least fun.

I’m glad I didn’t get 3 though…

DoucheBagMcSwag, do gaming w Friendly Reminder

But muh 3 day early access guinea pig free QA testing though

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