Goodbye paper manuals

Vonhelmet · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:17

Strife212 said:
Imagine getting your game in that, with no manual. It would feel crap to say the least.

Why? What percentage of people even read the manuals these days?

Strife212 · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:27

No one, I don't either, but it just feels like you've paid for nothing, Orange box on PC was the worst, it was literally an empty case with a CD key printed behind the disk.

I guess unless you're the collector type it wouldn't bother you

NeoReloaded · 20 Apr 2010 at 19:57

If manuals are going i want atleast £2.00 off of what i am paying!

whitecrook · 20 Apr 2010 at 20:00

Anyone remember SewerDocs?

makamiso · 20 Apr 2010 at 20:42

NeoReloaded said:
If manuals are going i want atleast £2.00 off of what i am paying!

+1 and if the game came in the box like above i want at least £5

Limenote · 21 Apr 2010 at 00:05

leaves them more room in the box for advertising, they will probably feature a manual as a usp on collectors editions no doubt, but in honesty i dont care, ill take ingame tutorials over a manual any day

Dannyb01y · 21 Apr 2010 at 02:42

I dont want games to come without manuals but I dont know if thats sentiment or practicality on my part.... The MW2 manual seemed a token effort at best with its 4 pages of basics... Many games these days do tend to explain things as you go along and have very good tutorials etc though its always nice to have all the info in one place to refer to and the maps too that some games give you in sandbox type games...

cheets64 · 21 Apr 2010 at 02:56

makamiso said:
+1 and if the game came in the box like above i want at least £5

You are living in a dream world, publisher want to make more money from their game by adding VIP/LE stuff if you think you will see a reduction you are living in lalaland, game is never going to become cheaper, its cheap compared to the 90s

Add in unlockable content built into games and then you are like FFFUUU

adam cool dude · 21 Apr 2010 at 06:11

No more toilet reading material

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Prof. Cheese · 21 Apr 2010 at 07:35

Robert1986 said:
manuals always made great reading while sitting on the loo.

Could care less if they have manuals or not, they're useless when most games these days have good enough tutorial stages anyway.

btw, game guide > manual.

So you care quite a bit then?

Smit · 21 Apr 2010 at 09:19

adam cool dude said:
No more toilet reading material .

Take the PSP/DS and play while you are in there

antijoke · 21 Apr 2010 at 09:46

Strife212 said:
Imagine getting your game in that, with no manual. It would feel crap to say the least.

What on earth is that? I have never seen a PS3/360 game case look that.

Smit · 21 Apr 2010 at 10:12

anticonscience said:
What on earth is that? I have never seen a PS3/360 game case look that.

I don't believe any games come like that at the moment.
Looks like some of the cheap dvds going around though

To be honest, I wouldn't mind much. Takes up much less space! However if I had some kind of stacking system in shelves then it would be worse

bloodiedathame · 21 Apr 2010 at 12:14

Puts us graphic designers out of business

Zensuji · 21 Apr 2010 at 12:46

Anyone remember super mario world manual? All colour with loads of comic book illustration between the text

. great days.

Edit: Just searched for it and got this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM7v3wU1eGE

:S

RichieM · 21 Apr 2010 at 14:08

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never heard anyone who rents games say "Wah, no manual"!
It hasn't been a problem for the rental market for years, so why should it be a problem for retail? Oh yeah, people wont feel like they are getting value for money. TBH the packaging and manual are a tiny part of the retail price, but goes a long way to the perception of what you get for your money.
I'd be happy buying a game in a cardboard sleeve, and if I wanted box art or manual I'd download and print it. (obviously for a reduced retail price).
Only part I've ever looked at in a manual is the controller settings, but for the last 3 games I've bought I just looked at them in-game instead.

yoyo50 · 21 Apr 2010 at 16:26

Not that bad, don't have any manuals for my 360 games anyway.

Do like the smell of brand new game/manual tho, maybe they can put like a dairylea lunchable in there while your waiting to install.

Paint skills

antijoke · 21 Apr 2010 at 16:43

So you're a pirate?

Borrish · 22 Apr 2010 at 10:09

RichieM said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never heard anyone who rents games say "Wah, no manual"!

Well it depends on the game really. If it's a racing game like Burout or Grid then it's all pretty self explanatory but I wouldn't fancy trying to play X3 with no paper manual.

fez · 22 Apr 2010 at 10:21

Vanquish-Storm said:
will the games be cheaper now they dont have to spend money on making manuals?

Ha, you wish. Every company that 'goes green' doesnt pass the saving on. I love it when an advert comes on and they champion the fact that their packaging is paper instead of glass saving 98% of the packing. Do we see any of the savings? No, but our reward is the fuzzy feeling that we have done our bit for the environment.