The G1 vs. G2 Debate Thread - Keep it friendly!!!

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I started off collecting G1 size video game SteelBooks because of the PS2, obviously. When the X360 was released, I continued to collect G1, and picked up the first few G2 PS3 ones which came out as I thought I could manage collecting them all.

However, they then came thick and fast and I couldn't keep up with buying multiple copies of the same game for both consoles, so I decided to continue with collecting the G1 X360 ones and only pick up the PS3 exclusives. That said, I haven't done very well at that, and I've missed almost all of the most recent PS3 exclusive SteelBooks such as Uncharted 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2 - I thought £50 was too much for a SteelBook, and waited for them to drop in price, but alas this didn't happen and they sold out quickly

One thing I do regret is not picking up a lot of the PC SteelBooks. I'm not a PC gamer as a rule, and PC games lose their value quickly, so I saw no point in collecting these. I have maybe one or two, but these were PC exclusives which I later decided to pick up cheap.


I don't think I could ever take one side over the other though. What does annoy me is when PS3 games are given a G1 sized case, which may be a generic case used for all three formats. This really grates on me, and given the choice I would rather have all my PS3 cases the same size

Something else which annoys me is that most recent PS3 games have nice artwork which omits the usual top banner, whereas the X360 ones still have the ugly green / white banner across the top. In this respect, I personally prefer the look of the PS3 ones, but then when I see them side-by-side, I see that some artwork is often chopped off the PS3 versions, so I'm somewhat ambivalent about them