You canāt judge a game by its cover. You can, however, judge a game cover by its cover.
With the growing importance of digital sales and preorders, whatās actually on the front of a game box is in many ways becoming less important than it once was, since itās not the main thing driving sales, even for casual buyers.
Theyāre still useful, though, and for some still an important part of the experience of owning a game. Some collectors even go so far as to make their own box art, so intent are they on making sure everything about their favourite game is just right.
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The list Iāve made below is just to get us started. If you see something Iāve missed, drop it in the comments below and Iāll see about including it!
Oh, and before we get started, a note: youāll notice some of these are from regional variants of games, like the Japanese versions of Uncharted 2 and Crackdown (known as Riot Act there). Youāll also notice that Japanese publishers are generally way better at box art.
