History of PlayStation Box Art & Cases: An Over Explained Analysis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- As some of you might have guessed, I enjoy physical video games. And there are times where I ponder the various iterations PlayStation platforms have gone through with their own games. So today we're going to have a boring, drawn out conversation surrounding the history of PS1 long boxes, jewel cases, PS2 games, those PS3 cases and the rebranding, even the little PS Vita ones! And trust me, I do also rant about the anemic PS4 and PS5 cases. What am I doing. Please help me, this was a bad idea.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Long Box PlayStation Games
3:49 - Jewel Case PS1 Games
7:26 - PlayStation 2 Games
11:45 - PSP Games (Original)
13:36 - PS3 Games (Original)
16:21 - PS3 Games (2009 Rebranding)
20:04 - Third Revision To PS3 Games
21:09 - Oh My God What Is This
21:53 - PSP (2009 Rebranding)
23:05 - PlayStation Vita Games
26:14 - PS4 Games
28:32 - PS VR Branded Games
31:50 - PS5 Games
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I love your appreciation for playstation as a whole. You deep dive in a way that's not repetitive. Keep doing what you're doing Mystic! You are appreciated!
Make sure wipe your mouth off after all of that...
@@lordeowstheking why
You made that sound a bit homo ngl
@@lordeowstheking hey man, passion like this (Creator and OP) is rare
@@lordeowstheking says the dude that probably simps e-girls on twitch
There is another PS2 case that you missed to mention. The launch games (around 30) have a different case without a memory card holder and in the center of the case says 'push here' instead of just 'push' and is shaped like a ying yang shape instead of a triangle.
Some examples to look are Tekken Tag Tournament, SSX, MIDNIGHT CLUB, etc
offfcial?
Thank you for mentioning this!
the Yin Yang , I thought it was a bootleg , but it was used by some big publishers.
Oh cool, my SSX case has that and I always thought the previous owner just swapped the artwork into some other DVD case 😅
I’m so glad you’re a person, and a TH-camr, and that you are the way you are. So fun to watch and informative on things I didnt even know I wanted to know about! Keep killing it!
@@SelfieCastI guess he’s happy he didn’t reincarnate as a mouse instead
Weird comment but the gesture is likely appreciated 😆
He is a person.....personified.
Npc comment
@@SelfieCast ngl it thought he was a robot
For PS1, there is another unique jewel case for Arc the Lad Collection which had 6 discs in a dual case. I thought that as pretty neat back in the days.
We had completely different cases for the PS1 in the UK. We did not have the bog standard CD jewel cases, we had specially made jewel cases which were much thicker.
Earlier games like Tekken did come with cardboard cases
Yeah, i think it's the same here in the netherlands. I was thinking of picking up some classics on the used market but these thicker unique cases make them a pain in the ass to replace cause you can't simply slap a cd case onto them.
The cases are bigger because they manuals were thicker. They needed more languages because PAL games were released in Europe. We had them in Australia too
As a PS1 game collector who grew up in the UK and has now been living in Japan for over a decade, I find it interesting how US PS1 cases are so different to the cases for Europe and Japan. I don't think there were any longboxes in Europe and Japan and only US cases have that ridged look down the side. Even for single disc games, the square cases in Europe are all much chunkier- about the width of 2 CD jewel cases (with double layered cases for 3 and 4 disc games). Japan has a mixture of chunky square cases and thin jewel cases.
Also imo the silver band on the cases for platinum games in Europe is much better looking than the vivid green of US greatest hits.
The long cases were seen by the 3DO, Sega CD and Sega Saturn. The main culprit wou!d be the PC market. They were the 1st to have many sizes of containers including long box.
I really prefer our PAL PS1 cases, I feel they differentiated PS from PC games at the time and contributed to its personality. One thing I wish is that our PS2 games had art on the spine like NTSC, though.
@@mediaconsumer9114 I didn't like that White spine on the European ps2 pal version. It's not very unique and uninteresting. That's how I feel about the Switch Red box currently. When I look at the Wall of Red, I couldn't tell the differences between any of them. The words are too small and I definitely have to get a closer look into it. I set mine as aphabetical.
The bulky jewel square thick PS1 cases will always be my fav. Could always see the name of the game down the side perfectly.
The PAL PS1 cases? Those were great but hard to replace if they got broken. At the time at least.
In Europe we have blue cases, as standard, but we also have a couple of colored ones, games in the first year for the most part was black cases, same to US ones. Orange cases for eyeToy, red for Buzz, some games like Singstar Legends and GT4 had white cases, MGS 2 had a seethrough case.
Same with Australia
I got my PSP very late, in 2013. In the stores, they had these re-releases with an orange box in the front, the spine and orange box around the back art. It was called "PSP Essentials" so most of my PSP games are like that 😀
They are so ugly i hate Playstation Hits
@@Snaaake_Beater and essentials. And platinums
Been loving all the extra content beyond LTP recently
Keep it coming!
One thing I love is that you straighten up every disc when you open a case.
I thought I was the only one who did this.
Mystic a real one for using Persona 4 Golden in the thumbnail, much appreciated 🙏
Woooooow he used persona 4 golden in the thumbnail??!?!?!!? Is that what you're telling me??!!
This guy is goated for that... like the greatest youtuber ever!!
I mean this must be the highlight of your life!!!!
Thanks mystic!!!!
Man you definitely make some of the best if not the best playstation content on TH-cam we really appreciate you bro!👍
Thanks Ryan, I was interested in this. I look across my collection all the time and wonder about this. Appreciate the video
I always thought the “Only For” meant it only worked on that particular system rather than the exclusivity to that console. This was back on N64
I’ve really been digging the variety of these Tuesday uploads!
Love the quality content you're always putting out brother! Saturday and Sunday mornings are video games and Mystic videos 😊
I've always said that in my entire collection of games for more than a dozen consoles, the cases for PS3 are my favorite. When on the shelf with all their spines exposed. They look so colorful and interesting! My biggest gripe was Sony not doing the PS5 cases in black (like 4k blue rays). Would've made so much more sense as a natural evolution from the ps4's blue ray colored cases.
I agree. I thought that the PS5 cases would be white, which could also look cool.
You are definitely one of my favourite channels for years now. Keep doing your thing.
This was a great video. It's interesting to see the evolution of Playstation cases, designs, etc.
Also, great choice of jazz music playing in the background. Added to the mood and vibe of the video.
Im happy to have found your channel.. partly because I share your exact feelings on PS3 cases, box art, first prints, and spine branding. I too struggled with how I would organize my PS3 games until I decided to display them in chronological order based on release date. This keeps a uniform look, provides a sense of how games progressed through the years AND allows for quick comparison to other titles released around the same time. Thanks for providing me with hours of relaxing, informative videos on one of my favorite things.. the Playstation universe. Hopefully this inspires you to rearrange your entire library LoL and we can watch a timelapse of you spending three days looking up release dates. 😅
I don't know why, but I like this over explained conversation about box art, it's evolution and revolution of its history, the great classical Era of ps1 ps2 then, the interesting times of early ps3, and the standardization of the modern Era, late half ps3 and ps4.
I love this overview
Incredible video, thank you so much for taking the time to share this!
I had no idea that the US had that kind of disc case for PS1 games! In the UK our PS1 cases were similar but they had more depth that those regular CD cases. They felt unique compared to music discs.
I've been looking for a thread or a post like this for a long time. This video answered many of my questions. Thanks.
Loved watching this video and seeing all the different Box Art and Cases!
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I wanted you to make this video for so long!
Thanks brother!
Cool video. I don't consider myself a collector and I only started playing PlayStation on PS4.
It was cool to see all the cases I missed. I like the look of the PSP's cases and their Disc a lot but the manuals being bent is a real bummer.
Would you ever do this for other platforms? Nintendo's entire history of cases would be cool to see.
Mystic is really a PS channel mostly but Scott the Woz did a huge video on video game box art which included PS, Nintendo, Sega and Xbox. It’s a great watch, highly recommend.
As always, I love the videos man. Keep up the good work man.
I've been waiting so so long for this video!!!
Love all of your vids Ryan❤ Been subscribed since 2021 dont regret it.
Mystic you always bring a smile to my face, thankyou!
The first few lines of this video just made my day. Love you and your content, brother.
Man this video is so god damn great! It lights up the collector nerd in me! I hope that one day you can find the time to do region differences between cases. I'm a PAL boy myself :D
I really enjoy these sorts of videos that look back at PS history, whether it's things like this or events or whatever. As we get closer to the rumoured showcase, maybe you could do a video reacting to some old E3 press conferences.
he did last week😅
@@Snaaake_Beater That video was a series of famous moments. But I'm talking about a reaction video of him watching an E3 show and giving commentary.
The PS2 original Platinum box art was the GOAT!! 🐐
Simply perfect and so nostalgic! 😊
MORE IN-DEPTH! PART 2! (Love these chill playstation history/in-depth videos)
I really enjoyed this case by case educational box art video. I found it amusing at times with your comments on these cases Ryan. What's funny is I never had a PS3 so it was interesting to see them and learn about them cases. I have PS1, PS2, PS4 and of course PS5 games ever since I got my PS5 last year in November. I prefer to this day to own the physical copes still.
After seeing how cool the psp cases looked I swapped out all my PS2 cases to clear plastic dvd cases and they still look pretty cool on my shelf! Awesome video 💚
Excellent video! I was actually just thinking about Sonys different game cases just a couple weeks ago!
Sure it was long, of course it was over explained but your analysis of the boxes and how art books and front covers have changed over the years was great, thank you for taking the time to do that and good job 👏👏👍
For PS4, there is also another variation of the 2-disc case where there is a disc spot on each side of the open case. The only example of this I have is Stardew Valley. The sound track is on a disc in a disc spot under the game manual and then the play disc is on the normal side in a disc spot. Great video as always!
I wish the Banner Saga Trilogy did that. It came with a soundtrack disc and just put it on top of the actual disc. I personally hate that so I have a disc sleeve booklet for those and any loose discs I have. It’s actually the only thing in there as I did find the cardboard sleeve for my copy of Wii Sports and sold my random loose PC disc of some Finding Nemo game.
@@Diphenhydra i hated that on 360. kinda wish there was a chad console out there that gave us a case for each disk that would have been bad ass
@@TheFloodFourm it’s still a problem today and Xbox One and Series X. I’m always worried about scratching my discs when placing or removing the disc from the spindle.
love the way you talk about it... the love for the games and the platform is always there to see.. LOVE IT.....
With the PS2 cases, might be specific to PAL, but I remember quite a few coming in blue cases and also the notch along the side (to open the case) was sometimes more square and sometimes rounder
Yes we had blue cases in PAL
yeah we had blue cases here
As someone who has loved Playstation since 2 years old with the OG PS, you’re very much appreciated by me! Please keep it up, Mystic! 👏
I love that you’ve done a video like this.
This was a Mystic video I didn't know I needed!!!
Love rhe song you are singing. Just chilling at your place. Love the song In color. You did a amazing job. Have a great rest of your day
This was a fun and interesting video. Hope you have a great day, Ryan!
i actually like this. almost everyone at one point had a feeling that they wanted to keep a physical game instead of selling it and box art, color, texture and all this contributes on that and everyone doesn’t notice how important this factors are.
"over-explained and unnecessarily complicated?" now you're speaking my language!
Love this, very informative! I didn't know why some of my ps3 games had the red label on the spine and others didn't.
Here's something I noticed.
The "Only on PlayStation" wordmark now appeared on the actual banner for PS3 and Vita games released after 2013, instead of inside its own black extension.
Also, the PSN wordmark stopped appearing on the banner for future games around the same time.
He glossed over this after mentioning the shift away from the blue banner PS3 games.
Amazing video!
Love me some PS history-related content
Mystic's new setup is so dope! I'll never get sick of watching his vid's.
I love fun videos like these. Keep them coming! Do you remember when they tried to change the exclusive titles on the PS4 to say “PS4 console exclusive game” with the button logos?
Loved the presentation for the last PS3 case. Literally had my eyes widened at that moment! 👀
And, yes, I'd also call it a monstrosity.
I love this video, I have always felt that I was the only person on this planet who loves stuff like this. Despite never growing up with Playstation (I am a Nintendo guy and didn't have my first Playstation console until the PS Vita), I have always loved the jewel cases for PS1 games and I honestly wish they still did it to this day. Stuff like this though always fascinates me to see not just what the boxes look like, but also the idea that these all represent a time period of a companies life, and that has always been fun to my.
What a great thumbnail, so much effort goes into these videos.
I was just thinking about that couple day's ago ant did look anything about that in youtube but couldn't find any videos, thank you
This was a very interesting video idea, hats off man I watched the whole thing
New video! :D Love the variety Ryan!
Nice summary of different Box arts!
YESSS i was waiting for a video like this lol theres just something interesting bout what goes into the thought of changing video game cases and designs etc. Not alot of people talking bout it either
Love your videos and you do a great job with the content. Just a suggestion, can you acousticly treat your room to reduce the echo? Or put the microphone closer or use a lavalier mic? Thanks!
I really like the new background, looks clean 👍🏼
great video!!!!! I learned a few things
good job dude. love your videos
I love how it became an erotica for a moment when talking about the ps3 case. So much to the point you had the subtle Jazz playing and then it just cuts off when you snap back to reality.
I love specific stuff like this a lot. I used to analyze the different PS3 boxes and artwork depending on the region, release period, edition, etc. And PS1 always had interesting stuff. I enjoy even small changes like different color boxes. I still love that I own one red PS3 box since I bought a game from Amazon US back in the day. I've been living in Europe for nearly 2 decades. So we missed out on some stuff.
So yeah, thank you!
Great video Ryan!
I think it would be interesting to cover Greatest Hits covers. They are very common, so they're a big part of the PS library, and they're pretty interesting in how awful they mostly are.
Pretty much what I was going to say. The PS3 Greatest Hits case probably should have been included in this video because the red nontransparent case is pretty common and very different from the "awesome" original cases.
This video would be a great video to explain why Sony creates Greatest Hits.
You may be interested in this, Worms for PS3's cover has an impagination error (at least in Europe) where the is written "TITLE" over the logo in the middle part of the cover.
20 seconds in I already pressed like, love your style dude😂
love this type of video!
Just discovered this channel and I'm so glad I did. Unique content that I think we can all get a lot of mileage out of. Also you're just a fuckin likeable dude, I hope this venture works out for you.
I love videos talking about the small things, makes me feel not so crazy that others talk about these things too and not just me 😂😂😂😂
Those PS1 cases took me back to my mid 20s. Newly married, and my first shot at playing a console over my PC at that time, and being able to rent the games from the local video store. Civic Video Mount Pritchard NSW for me :). Good times. Interestingly the standard jewel cases you're showing look different to the ones I got here in Australia, PAL EU versions. The hinge didn't have the black 'textured' look, and was more the frosted, or clear, plastic pretty much the same as the jewel cases as music CDs. Sometime when the PS1 jewel case broke, usually at the hinge or the prongs holding the disc in snapped, I just bought an empty jewel case and popped it all in there. Wish I kept them now, but hey 25 year old me didn't think about 2023 or retro gaming collecting at the time.
Couldn't help but notice how perfect your shelf of Nintendo Switch cases looked over your shoulder the whole video. 😆
This was a very informative video. Would love a nintnedo box art and cases video some day
Love this stuff. Keep it up
As a long time viewer and fan, I love that you included my site in the PS3 blue label section!😅
That NBA 2K14 is one of the rarest blue label titles to get nowadays (excluding the ever elusive God of War Collection Blue Cardboard Sleeve).
The Blue Labels are one of the more unique subsets in the PS3 set as well.
Very excellent video as per usual on your channel!
It's a fantasic site, very indepth and informative. A great source for any PS3 enthusiast and/or collector.
Bad ass
Thanks Jim!
@Jesse Powell yes it did, along with a collector edition, and many variants.
You can see the full list on my site. The image used was an old image from the announcement of the blue label lineup passed around via many gaming articles at the time in 2014
I have a eu version of Legend of Dragoon and like yours, the artwork on the disks just look amazing.
Great video thanks😉😉😉
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Just flip the psp manuals around so the spine is on the opposite side. This prevents the manual from being creases. It also works for home console games too.
14:36 that empty part at the top is to hold a single joint
Well this video feel like home !
Despite your love for the PS3 era. I need to say that I always look at the PS3 as an identity crisis in the box art side. Like to me, it fell like it was going all over the place.
As a collector myself, PS2 & PS4 were my favorites. I also agreed with you about the cheapness of PS4/5 boxes.
Great video as always ! Loved it !
Such a great video!!!
Thank you Ryan for entertaining me for 35 minutes about PlayStation cases & box art.
i didnt know all the variations of the cases, and its pretty cool
Awesome stuff. I need one of those double cases for my PS2 copy of Silent Hill 3. I can’t seem to find the OEM ones anywhere!
Loved every second of this video!! Quick question for games like Star Wars Jedi Survivor do people even bother buying physical games because to big for discs?
Keep up the good work man
I liked the PS1 boxes we got in the UK :P Sort of double the thickness of a CD case. Not sure what they were called tho :D Hopefully one day I can display all my games like you have. Excellent video as always;)
It was the Pal case, same on all of europe. They look great indeed. Way better than the thin US one that just look like PC games or music cds
Hey Mystic! Love your detailed look at the PlayStation game boxes! Quick question re PAL/UK/Europe PS1. Did they release the long box versions there too? I had a PlayStation from 1998 and the only case I remember is the thick jewel ones you got here to fit the manual that had all the European languages in it. Thanks again!
This is the kind of discussion i live for
I love how nerdy this is!
And if you watched this video start to finish without pausing and without being distracted, you can officially add "true gamer" to your resume / CV.
This is a weird video but it’s exactly what i want. More vids like this!
Great video really good
Love your hardwork and appreciation.👍🏻
I've seen ps1 games in ps2/dvd style cases. What about them?
Some of ps2 cases are dark blue.
And I know you don't like to have greatest hits with different coloured cases in your collection. (Like Grey For Ps2 Greatest Hits, Red Box For Ps3 Greatest Hits And Ps4 Playstation Hits) it would be great if featured in this video for the completion of the given "Over Explained Analysis'' purpose.
Also some available in steel books for each generation consoles except Og playstation.
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