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Originally Posted by Dreamcazman
360 cases (normal green cases) are one of the worst for discs coming loose. I've had a few games arrive (always from overseas) with the disc floating around and scratched to shit! I put it down to poor packaging because it's pretty much guaranteed to happen if the game is sent in crappy padded bags. The problem can usually be avoided if sent in a box.
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There's a few different styles of X360 case, some better than others. I've just flicked through about 50 of my X360 games and spotted at least four different variants:
FlexBox (multi-disc) - By far the superior case design. Usually used for games which have multiple discs as it features a hard "nub". A few examples are Deathsmiles, Forza 3, and Final Fantasy XIII
FlexBox (single-disc) - Almost the same as the above, but features small grips around the "nub" to hold a single disc. Very rarely get loose discs with either of the FlexBox designs
Amaray - These are what I class as the default X360 case design. They feature a two-part spindle similar to the mainstream PS3, Wii, and early PS2 cases. Almost perfect, but do sometimes come loose. They also feature the RedTag security slots, which most of the other case designs do not. Examples of an Amaray case include Perfect Dark Zero, Dreamcast Collection, Duke Nukem Forever etc
Unbranded budget case - There's another case desgn which is cheap and flimsy and seems to bear no branding. The spindles feature four arrows pointing towards each other, and these often snap off causing the disc to come loose. If you have an X360 game with a loose disc, I will bet it's one of these! Examples include Dead Rising 2, Homefront, Black Ops etc... You can usually feel whether a game comes in this type of case because you can bend and twist the case, whereas all of the others are significantly more rigid