{"id":134221,"date":"2023-08-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-153915"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T16:00:00","slug":"review-the-art-of-the-box-celebrates-a-time-when-cover-art-could-sell-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/14\/review-the-art-of-the-box-celebrates-a-time-when-cover-art-could-sell-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘The Art Of The Box’ Celebrates A Time When Cover Art Could Sell A Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you’re looking to make a video game purchase these days, chances are there are many factors which contribute to your ultimate decision. Pre-release hype and online opinion will almost certainly influence your choice, but the image on the cover on the box is unlikely to carry quite as much weight. We’re not saying that modern games have poor covers \u2013 it’s just that the industry has moved on, and many games are sold digitally, reducing the impact of good box artwork.<\/p>\n

Back in the ’90s, before the internet arrived and games got hyped months (if not years) ahead of their eventual release, box artwork was so important when it came to selling a game that Western publishers would go as far as to commission entirely new cover imagery when localising Japanese games, and, in some cases, all three major regions (Japan, North America and Europe) would get different box artwork.<\/p>\n