[quote name='imacgod']I'm not liking your tone. But I'll try to be rational with you.
The current Xbox, Wii, and DS cases have really awkward gigantic circles or recycle symbols. You don't need an engineering degree to know that lack of material in such large spaces is going compromise the durability. I have had these things come to me shattered completely, and I've had to do exchanges with Amazon as well as Best Buy because of how weak these cases are. And I've seen plenty of cover art in-stores at least punctured or ripped because of these cases.
There isn't much win-win if my game comes damaged or scratched because they decide to use flimsier cases, now is there? Cases exist to protect things inside of them. These are doing a horrendous job.
Another thing that bugs me is the costs that the companies save on production costs and transportation costs, but the savings don't get passed on to the consumer. All we're supposed to get out of it is a warm feeling of saving the Earth. But that quickly goes away when you receive your game jacked up. Fantastic. Really the 3DS' game cases seem to be the only one that balances that out right minus saving the consumer some money. I'm sure you can design a better case without compromising durability.
In conclusion, I will probably hate these red cases too assuming they go with the DS eco-friendly case design and not the 3DS case design.[/QUOTE]
speaking as someone whos totally with you on the disc based crap-tastic 'eco' cases. I wll say that the DS cases aren't as terrible as those. They still suck a bit but theyre not nearly as terrible. You seem to agree with that too.
Honestly when everyone tries to pass these off as good for the environemnt it just irks me. All its good for is the companies pocketbooks. If they
REALLY cared about the environment they would look into bio-degradable plastics, but that would actually cost them money. So instead they just cut giant holes into our $60 games to save them a few pennies.

that. Seriously, just

it. Im seriously worried about picking up some of these games down the road. Can you imagine now many 'sealed' and new games will be just totally wrecked sitting in warehouses for 5 or 10 years? As a collector i shudder thinking of this.
anyway, sorry for the side rant, but i really REALLY hate that were still paying 60 bucks for new games and theyre giving us garbage containers that dont even protect the games properly. Christ, id honestly rather have some cardboard thing like they used in the later days of genesis than these flimsy POS's
back to on topic. I really am wondering if i should get the replacement DS lite now or wait a bit for a sale. I may jump on the TRU 89.99 sale like some of you are thinking if that materialized. I still need to find a good screen protector though