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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Christ, I can’t believe I’m going to have to begin a comment with these words so early in my life..

..but back in my day, the vast majority of the back of a game case was reserved to screenshots, and to describe the features and plot of a game. Not the intricacies of the T&Cs you need to agree to prior to playing!

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I'm young and even this has me gagging. Our Switch games definitely don't look like that, although I do feel box art and blurbs on the back used to entice me more, but maybe that's just because I'm not a kid anymore. But yeah this is fucking horrendous to look at 🤢

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago

Exactly. You'd have a blurb, a barcode, and some screenshots from a better looking platform than the one you had.