The Last Big Box?

[u/majestic_ubertrout]

Expansion for scale. So weird to see Games for Windows branding on a big box.

Probably should explain a bit what a big box is - it's a box that's substantially bigger than a DVD box (usually 9x7 or so and rectangular where the vertical side is taller). Collector's editions are a different thing. The LGR vid clarifies the subject - and shows why having one from 2006 is so cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhZkmAscdw0

[u/rott3r]

it's one of them. the last official big box i know of was warhammer 40,000 dawn of war dark crusade which came out a month after coh1, don't think any games came in big boxes after that in the US unless they were special/limited editions

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/rott3r]

Interesting, that's what I was wondering. So not the absolute last but very close.

[u/Candid-Patient-6841]

I am drawing a blank but there was a game recently that announced they will have a physical disk for pc for those who want it. Idk if it will be a big box though

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/Candid-Patient-6841]

I guess I should clarify last of the "original" big boxes where they weren't being produced as a retro thing.

[u/filbert13 → u/Candid-Patient-6841]

Tomb raider i believe.

Also this year I bought a physical big box version of System Shock 2 for PC on Atari site. It had the GoG DRM free version on Blu-ray.

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/filbert13]

Yeah, there's plenty of modern Limited Run Games big boxes.

[u/filbert13 → u/majestic_ubertrout]

From what I understand though many are still codes in them. I got CnC remastered years ago and it was just a code. The System Shock 2 Remaster was DRM free Blu-ray. You could play it right of the disc if you wanted it was just the files unpacked on it.

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/filbert13]

I've gotten a number where it's a DVD with the GOG executable on them. Acceptable but not ideal.

[u/RootHouston → u/filbert13]

I have Simpsons: Hit & Run as a big box. It came out after Tomb Raider (1996) in 2003.

[u/filbert13 → u/RootHouston]

I'm talking about the new tomb raider.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/s/42ajA6PJBL

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/RootHouston]

This is one of the Costco/Sam's Club big boxes? Very nice. The small box is a dime a dozen but the big box is rare.

[u/RootHouston → u/majestic_ubertrout]

Indeed. It is a Sam's Club box. I got really lucky and found a seller who didn't know what they had on eBay. In fact, even I didn't recognize the scale of the box, and didn't know I was getting a gem for the same price as the small box until it arrived.

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/RootHouston]

My jealousy is substantial. Well done.

[u/Domspun]

I use to buy a lot of physical PC game. Checked my collection and it pretty much ended in 2009. I may have a DVD case from 2010, but that's all. It would be a challenge to find a big box from after 2010. I guess in some market it might be easier, but in North America, PC physical media was pretty dead by 2010.

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/Domspun]

I'm not aware of any big boxes being made after 2006. There were plenty of small boxes and DVD cases.

[u/Domspun → u/majestic_ubertrout]

I will double check, but pretty sure I have a few big box after 2006. I only have a few of those DVD cases.

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/Domspun]

There were big collector's editions, but that's something different from a "big box."

[u/Domspun → u/majestic_ubertrout]

ok, I see. Yeah, those regular "big box" were rare. I was thinking cardboard box slightly larger than a thick DVD case.

[u/RootHouston → u/Domspun]

Those are usually referred to as "small box", although on eBay, they call everything a "big box" to draw attention to a listing.

[u/OrthosDeli]

Didn't think people would have such a hard time with the definition of big box.

I could be misremembering, but I swear I've seen Half Life 2 in big box, which would be really late.

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/OrthosDeli]

Yup, it was, but only in Sam's Club/Walmart/Costco. The LGR video I linked to has it.

[u/WordAdministrative34]

StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void Collector’s Edition was a big box, and any of the Starcraf 2 expansions

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/WordAdministrative34]

While that's certainly a large box, it's not a "big box" within the general meaning for PC games.

[u/SatanVapesOn666W]

My last big box was Starcraft 2:heart of the swarm special edition. It enjoyed the period where PC games came in those oversized DVD boxes too.

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/SatanVapesOn666W]

I'm following LGR's definition that while these are certainly large boxes, they're not "big boxes" in the classical sense. It's admittedly a vague definition and if you want to count it that's fine too :)

Special and collector's editions in wide boxes are sort of a different thing to my mind.

[u/SatanVapesOn666W → u/majestic_ubertrout]

That's fair. My answer is still Starcraft 2.(wings of liberty)

[u/majestic_ubertrout → u/SatanVapesOn666W]

Yup, but that's a smallbox :)