Green Green Packaging.

GamSlam #1

(v) Gam-Slam. To express anger or confusion about videogams.

There is a new terrible trend in videogams right now to make your packaging "more green". I support all things "green" of course, but the terrible trend is that companies are still trying to sell these for the same price. I picked up Assassins Creed: Motherhood in its Green Green box the other night and I am surprised how light the package is!

• The packaging came with a piece of paper folded in half for an instruction booklet.
• The Green Green plastic also had pinwheel shapes cut out to reduce weight (not new.. but still)
• The plastic itself feels like plastic that has been left out in the sun for 3 hours... really bendy and light.

Sell these games for less if you are going to give no thought or care to the packaging. The short of it is: I don't wanna lug my ass down to Best Buy/Gamestop if you aren't going to bother giving me anything I WANT to own. I want to play your gam, but I don't want to own your hollow dual-language 3 cents of plastic.

The fact that I need to spend 80-100 dollars these days on "Collectors" or "limited editions" to get what should be 60 dollars worth of packaging is even more frustrating.

Even more green would be to let me DOWNLOAD it directly to my consoles Hard Drive. I install all my gams to the 360 anyway just to shut that DVD-Drive up. I'd 100% consider buying an anticipated gam digitally and forgo the trip to the store and avoid having a flimsy plastic shell for a delicate piece of media. I'd even consider it for the 60 dollar price! Yes, I am aware i would not be able to lend my copy of Heavy Rain to my friend after I beat it in 4 hours. Hey, and as another bonus; think about how that could help battle the used game market as well!