I don't know what all this fuss is about. I just like owning games on physical media and just get the ones I'm interested in. So far I have 5 LRG releases. I'm super excited for Wonder Boy. There are tons of happy LRG customers out there, but unfortunately companies almost never hear from the happy customers, just the upset ones. So thank you LRG for what you guys do!
Many of the people on this forum complaining and the target collector market for LRG are the super OCD gotta have the 100% complete sealed library with perfect Y folds without a single ripple or fingerprint type. They want their items to be the most valuable on ebay, or don't want their copy to be "less perfect" than the 100,000 YouTube hauls/finds/collection streamers, or have the best possible VGA grade.
There is more animosity towards LRG, because with their games, once they are gone they are gone forever and you are left at the mercy of ebay flippers within a minute of release. You can't readily exchange them for a "perfect" copy when you get a "lemon" like you can with a game from Amazon, Best Buy, etc. So there is a greater feeling of being irreparably burned.
Doesn't matter that loose discs are not a LRG exclusive problem and can be fixed in 3 seconds without damage, or that LRG keeps 50+ copies on hand for damaged items INCLUDING damaged shrink wrap.
No swinging on LRGs nuts from me either. There are plenty of LRG problems to raise concern about, namely too low print runs sometimes and too many releases on the same day without a ADD ALL TO CART button for their intended collector target buyer that is a nervous wreck wondering if they will be able to get everything added to cart and check out before something is sold out and miss a release for the first time ever.
I like what they do in concept but as someone intent on a complete library on all the systems they release for (PS4, Vita, and possibly Switch soon) it does make my life as a collector a living hell sometimes. But this is to blame on collector OCD more than LRG. Definitely a love/hate thing going on there.
Tired of people not getting the loose disc memo, especially from people who have been super lucky to have 100s of PS4 games and never seen a loose disc before and thinking that's normal and viewing the rest of us as crazy. But I'll be bitching up a storm when they have a 1-2 titles releasing for PS4, Vita, and Switch all on the same day with 2500 print runs and limit 2 and with no more cart reservation now. UGH.