What's your preferred PC game packaging?

Personally, I like those good ol' big cardboard boxes. Yes, they take lots of space but I think they have a certain charm... I dunno, I just think they look cooler than DVD cases. In Europe, we've had DVD cases since around 2002 and it still kinda pisses me off. :P Anyway, whaddya think?

Edit: No love for big cardboard boxes? :(

I perosnally prefer a nice tin/aluminum box that a few games have (collector's edition).

It makes it seem more attractive to me.

After that, I like the Small cardboard box, it is just that the manuals are shrunk down from the large cardboard boxes >_<

In my preferred Order it's,

1. 2. Small Cardboard - 'I love the Big Boxes but after awhile they took too much Space.:P'
2. 5. Digital Distribution - 'Now that Cardboard Boxes is mainly a Memory of the past I only get my Games now days from DD. (Steam,Impulse, etc.)'
3. 1. Big Cardboard
4. 3. DVD
5. 4. Jewel

Damn I guess I'm the only one who likes big boxes the most. :cry: :P

I really liked the HUGE manuals we used to have. Plus the maps/posters and all that extra stuff. More bang for your buck, you know?

I prefer older games anyway, I always get a nostalgic feeling when I look at one of those boxes. But ah, I guess that's just me then. I have to admit though, my shelf is gettin' really full.

I think that Big box > Small box > Jewel case > DVD case > digital distribution. I hate digital distribution, though I can see why some people would like it - it's just not for me as I love to collect stuff.

I prefer #1 big cardboard box.thusaha

At last, someone else who likes the big cardboard boxes! Man I felt so alone for a while :P

I prefer the big cardboard boxes aka Blizzard battlechest style hehehe :)

However medium size cardboard boxes are nice too, such as The Witcher enhanced edition with the dvd cases/manuals slotted inside, kinda like the style some movie/TV dvd collections use.

Bring back the big boxes of my childhood! Man, those were the days...a big box, complete with the game inside a jewel case and a nice, big manual (sometimes in color, too!).

Best package has to go to Falcon 4.0, the original release. Came in cd envelopes inside a giant binder with a 1200 page manual!

A WELL DONE big cardboard box is still the coolest.ShotGunBunny

I remember a good cardboard box. I think it was Joint Strike Fighters. It was like a narrow trapezoid, almost like a triangle. Now thats good marketing!

"Hey, how do we get people to buy our game?"
"Make it a good one?"
"Ya, I suppose so, but..hey, I know!"
"What?! Tell us, please!"
"Lets take our box, and shape it funny!"
"That....that is just plain crazy"
"Crazy like a fox!"

And thus the trapezoidal box was born!

Bring back the big boxes of my childhood! Man, those were the days...a big box, complete with the game inside a jewel case and a nice, big manual (sometimes in color, too!).

Best package has to go to Falcon 4.0, the original release. Came in cd envelopes inside a giant binder with a 1200 page manual!mrbojangles25

Big boxes ftw! :)

The best one I have has got to be Civilization II Collector's Edition:

It's 1.5-2x bigger than the normal box, it comes with the game cd, two cds with scenarios, a poster (like with all Civ games), instruction manual (200 pages), instruction manual for the bonus scenarios, registration card, tech support manual and the official Primagames strategy guide (400 pages)

My deus ex 1 box was completly different from urs TC. mine was all shiny. weird. anywho i miss the big boxes....there was something nice about getting a big box (especially a big box full of stuff...and a big manual). osan0

Your Deus Ex box must be the US version then, mine is Euro/Finnish. US boxes always were much cooler than what we had in Europe.