Tide turning against steelbook video game collecting?

[Interinactive]

Can't stand steelbooks myself. I get them bundled in CEs I order all the time, but I don't actively try to collect them.

I remember in 2004/5 I went to buy Metal Gear Solid 3, and the guy at the store tried to give me the steelbook version instead of a plastic one. I said no since I didn't like the look of it, and this was well before I started collecting. They just seem to look and feel cheap, like they're not genuine. Plus, not all games have steelbooks, and I like my console game spines to line up with the labels pointing out consistently.