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more about #packaging Skunky: Obviously the Sony ones, cause no one's gonna buy 'em so they wont end up in landfills. more » hhbx: I'll probably have to go around and do some searching as which stores have the big clam shells on what, as the Wii points at the store I work at is th... more » Protector one: The special 'Lost and Damned'-branded Microsoft points came in a jewel case that can only hold a frakking card-sized object. WTF? At least the early W... more » dowingba: For MS points, it depends where you go. If you go to Rogers Video (in Canada), they come in clamshell packaging, but anywhere else and they come just... more » YoshiPictor: You should see the packaging for the cards in the UK, the wii and 360 points cards are placed in DVD cases which instantly become useless, as once you... more » superhappyfuntime: In MS's defense I've never seen the packaging you're showing. I've only ever seen ones like the PS3's, like most gift cards that is. more » RagingWolf: I remember when N64 controllers/accessories were package in small boxes. Whoever changed it to all-plastic needs to die in a fire. more » TSFMfest: I don't understand the anti-theft justification for putting these cards in so much plastic. iTunes cards aren't activated until you buy them... By ga... more » bangbangblah: This should be pretty obvious considering that Sony did release a video / statement claiming "death to clamshell." I must admit that I'm pretty excite... more » okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Easy answer... why the one that's easiest to steal of course! DUH! more » MooglesInMyFace: Wow talk about unfair there. The PSN and Wii cards are $20 while the XBL one is the $50 card. The 1600 point cards which are $20 are not packaged like... more » Cookie: I believe Sony wins here for several reasons. First of all you don't need a combat knife to get it open and secondly you don't have to do conversions ... more » GoonerVance: What a weird question, considering there is so little green on any of the packaging. If you hold a gun to my head I'm gonna say the Xbox Live packagin... more » _Hayko: in the UK, Nintendo's packaging whilst initially wasteful, since there's a small card inside and a manual, becomes an empty DVD case which is pretty u... more » Jerry Cola: Here in England, the MS points are sold in normal game cases. I have a few of them laying about. more » LionheartAce: The reason they're wrapped in plastic is that you don't have to activate XBLA/Wii Points cards. They're easy as pie to steal if they aren't wrapped up... more » marfin: coincidently, todays SentUAMessage on the 360 (dunno if americans have it) one of the questions asked was why does the 360 points voucher use so much ... more » Noodle-Works: arent these cards not activated until you actually PURCHASE them? that's how gift cards to all those stores you see in your supermarket work... if no... more » KillerBee: More importantly, who cares which is the greenest? more » MrBionic: The plastic packaging to stop theft thing is simply out of hand. The worst offender, however, is Costco. Try buying a tiny little SD or xD card from ... more » -
#packaging
Spot The Greenest Packaging
Three console manufactures. Microsoft. Nintendo. Sony. Three ways of packaging the cards sold in GameStop that contain redemption codes for points used on the consoles' online stores. Which one do you think the planet likes best? Get a closer look: More » -
#hallelujah
Sony: Death to Clamshell Packaging!
I swear, if there's a Retail Packagers' Association, its mission statement must be: "Forcing You to Use Something Other than Your Bare Hands, Preferably a Steak Knife, to Open the Shit You Just Bought." More » -
