PS5 Game Boxart Revealed

[Mavrick]

Interesting, NBA box art now has a black Amaray case instead of blue.





https://www.psu.com/news/ps5-retail-...stead-of-blue/

[NARMAK]

The black case is a much better choice. It stands it apart from the PS4s and it will also contrast with the PS5 white/black design.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

The black case is a much better choice. It stands it apart from the PS4s and it will also contrast with the PS5 white/black design.

Hopefully it's a permanent design change.

[Zivouhr]

It matches better in terms of color design, yes.

For the new PS4 games ordered (saving 20+ dollars) that will include free PS5 upgrades, I can always just cut out a narrow piece of paper and write PS5 in black ink on the top left and then insert that into the game case if I want to distinguish those two games from my PS4 library of disc games.

For $20 savings, I feel it's not a big deal to download the PS5 upgrades to my PS5 and then just never remove them. I've had games stored on my PS3 since 2010 without any issues (other than that one Sony latest update that almost completely destroyed/wiped out my PS3 by looping it to the failed update screen endlessly, total luck that I got it to finally work). After it finally loaded the update, everything was working as it was before. All in the name of trying to get it to update to play a newer blu ray disc...

But yeah, that's the risk of consoles with digital games stored on them that might have a limited time only offer. I'm sure Watch Dogs Legion and Cyberpunk 2077 will only allow the free PS5 upgrades for a limited time.

[heyadol]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

But yeah, that's the risk of consoles with digital games stored on them that might have a limited time only offer. I'm sure Watch Dogs Legion and Cyberpunk 2077 will only allow the free PS5 upgrades for a limited time.

I feel like CDPR won’t put a time limit on that upgrade, weren’t they first out of the gate championing Smart Delivery and not forcing consumers to pay for the same game multiple times? They may even give owners a free PC version like they did with The Witcher 3 two months ago.

[A Tortured Duckling]

The more I look at the white banner the more I hate it. I'm also tired of the blue cases, and the white banner makes them look even worse, imo. I would have liked to see clear cases again, or even all white cases with a black banner.

It'd also be great if they'd finally go with smaller cases since manuals don't exist anymore and there isn't anything in there beyond a disc and a little voucher. There is no need for them to be as big as the previous gen's cases have been.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by heyadol

I feel like CDPR won’t put a time limit on that upgrade, weren’t they first out of the gate championing Smart Delivery and not forcing consumers to pay for the same game multiple times? They may even give owners a free PC version like they did with The Witcher 3 two months ago.

That would be good, yes. Thanks.

Originally Posted by A Tortured Duckling

The more I look at the white banner the more I hate it. I'm also tired of the blue cases, and the white banner makes them look even worse, imo. I would have liked to see clear cases again, or even all white cases with a black banner.

It'd also be great if they'd finally go with smaller cases since manuals don't exist anymore and there isn't anything in there beyond a disc and a little voucher. There is no need for them to be as big as the previous gen's cases have been.

The case sizes are probably to match the established shelf size expectations of most consumers who have a large library to stack. If they were smaller, I wouldn't mind, but it could affect the shelf placements/stacking sizes. Or maybe they didn't even think about the case size as the more likely reason.

[pitchman]

The black cases make sense since they match the standard 4K Blu-ray case color, just as the PS4 (and the PS3 before it) matched the standard blue Blu-ray case. For a ton of consumers, the PS5 will be their first foray into the 4K Blu-ray market. When they see movies in black cases, they will subliminally pick up on the fact that they will play in their PS5.

[NARMAK]

Their coverart is a mess for sure and i would say the Blue case side by side there has a cohesion to it with a slight differentiation however i think those black UHD style cases for PS5 would be even better to get a clear cut identity whilst keeping the PS4 to PS5 clear.

[Talal86]

from Amazon Australia

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Talal86

from Amazon Australia

I really dig that Sackboy box art.

[Mavrick]

Looks like they kept the blue after all

Attention fellow game lovers, peers and enthusiasts: Behold the first Playstation 5 game! Hot off the presses, this is the first to manufacture next gen retail game in the world. Congratulations to Counterplay Games and the team here at Gearbox Publishing!

[Talal86]

Is it the same case as ps4? Looks smaller

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by Talal86

Is it the same case as ps4? Looks smaller

Looks 100% identical to me.