I am wondering how important it is to have the
DVD case/cover/box when purchasing a used game. I'd like your take on this.
Thanks,
Terri

I guess the question is, how important is it to you Terri?

I'd prefer to get the case, but it's not a deal killer to me, if the price is right and I trust the seller.

joe

I agree with ..Joe...

Also if your going to trade or sell a game....Its very important to the buyer or trader...

I like having the case too but it wouldn't be a deal breaker if it was a game I really wanted.

If you are going to on sell or trade you might have a more limited clientelle but as you can see plenty of people aren't concerned. If you are going to keep it, probably makes no difference, unless you like cases.

I like the case because it shows what it would look like in the game. But not a deal breaker.

I think it depends on why the person is buying ....

If it's purely to "play" the game and not add it to a "collection" then often just the disk itself is enough

The cover is important to me.
I keep my games on a shelf, just like I do the books I read.
If it is a good game or book it's there as a reminder.
I can pick it up and look, the cover reminds me of the great time I had playing the game, or reading the book .
Also looking at the cover may intice me to play or read again.
If the book or game wasn't a good one it is in the cupboard, not on display.
So the cover is important to me I wouldn't want a good book without a cover .
I treasure my books and my games .

I always keep the boxes - because it drives my wife crazy

InlandAZ !!!!

I keep all the boxes too - for any game I'm adding to my collection.
I get real pleasure from seeing them all sitting smartly up there on my shelves.

Especially the big boxes of all my old games

EDIT :

This is weird !!
Minutes ago, I was reading this thread in Mixed Bag and then must have started dreaming or something 'cause I woke up and found myself in Adventure Discussions

I keep all my games in their boxes or DVD covers. I really do not want a game if it is not retail packaging. I do, however, have some old games like Daggerfall, Arena, Battlespire etc., that are in jewel cases. Many of the old games are too expensive in their retail boxes. I have two walls in my computer room with ceiling to floor shelves and all my games are kept there like books in neat order.

It protects the game but the cd is more inportant lol

Personally I'm not a collector or trader, so I don't keep the boxes. I'm also running out of storage space so I'm not keeping many jewel cases either. I've been finding digital downloads more and more as an alternative to save space. It hurts to have to do so, but space is at a premium for me.

I miss my old beautiful retail boxes so it's important to me to have my games in the DVD cases. I am looking at the beautiful art work on Lost Horizon and thinking that although the game is fantastic I don't know if I would have purchased the game if I had not first seen a preview of the story yet to unfold based on the art work on the DVD case.

I not only keep my boxes, I always prefer
the cardboard ones to the dvd cases.
(come to pappa, nice cardboard box! )

Here in Holland boxed games are rare
(dvd cases here)nowadays, but the old ones
had the pretty big boxes.

I mostly buy or trade abroad for
the new ones.

robert

Thanks InlandAZ, I used your response to prove it wasn't just me who does things to drive my wife crazy. However, I lost this battle a long time ago and now tend to store my games in the thin plastic jewel cases you can purchase. In fairness to her, I needed the saved space to store my 2000 old hard bound books (which she doesn't understand at all.) Hence I need the shelf space that game boxes would require.