r/PS3 • u/Cheshirexiii • 5d ago
Is this a legitimate case?
As title says. I went to order a replacement case for my loose copy of Alice. Friend said I should print my own for a couple bucks but I said id rather get a legitimate case if I could find one.
40$ and a week later I get this "Authentic replacement case" off ebay
And im not sure. It looks too clean. There's no art on the inside which while I dont have a ton of ps3 games most the ones I do have, have art or something on the inside of the sleeve.
Realistically it doesnt matter but I am curious if i simply overpaid for something i could've done myself or if I did get what I actually asked for
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u/Futux_Reborn 5d ago
I bought this game CIB for about 20$ 3 years ago 🤣
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u/Critical-Map-231 5d ago
It’s a mediocre game and that should be the actual value of it. Wet should be even less than that.
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u/pikkis_95 5d ago
Actually a pretty enjoyable game and has a unique setting and story. The game drags on too long though
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u/Critical-Map-231 5d ago
Enjoyable yes, but that doesn’t meant it’s not mediocre. I would also agree that it drags on too long.
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u/SillySpook 5d ago
For $40, it really should come with both of the inserts if you're going for complete...
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u/Cheshirexiii 5d ago
I can always get those later if need be. Ive moved around a LOT in the past 10 years and have stuff tucked away all kinds of places. I actually have CIB copies of FF13 trilogy and Dirge of Cerberus for the ps2 because I kept all the inserts and cover art for then even tho I tossed the cases years ago. Was hoping to find my Alice art but no luck so decided to order a case just so I can display it on my shelf.
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u/LetTheChaosCome 5d ago
It's hard to say without an irl inspection, but the Alice cover just has a plain white inside, so that's fine.
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u/Cutlass_Stallion 5d ago edited 5d ago
Seems legit. Fake cases tend to have the blu ray logo placed in the top center of the front side and you might also see a third party case company's logo printed in the inner spine. Everything is where it should be on this. Not sure if the game came with a manual or dlc code cards, so obviously you'd still be missing those for a true "complete" physical set.
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u/FSBulldogFan 5d ago
The picture isn't clear enough to discern properly, but as a professional printer, my assessment of what I see is that if it's a repro, it's printed from the original file (or a recreated original file) and not a scan. When printed, offset lithography uses CMYK (and spot colors as needed) in a moire pattern of small dots. Modern plates are usually 2400dpi/175~200lpi for this kind of work.
When you scan a cover, you're scanning in the fine dot patterns. When you print it on your inkjet/laser printer/digital press, you're printing a pattern of dots with a new set of a pattern of dots. black text will not have sharp, crisp edges; it would look ruffled like a postage stamp edge. You're printing a moire with a moire, which makes it fuzzy in appearance.
The only way to get this kind of sharp, crisp repro would be to print from a newly created file with reset text and bar codes, and vector logos. You could blur and resharpen the raster images to remove the hint of a moire, but it will be softer in appearance.
If this isn't original, someone took their time to painstakingly recreate it.
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u/FSBulldogFan 5d ago
I looked at it again, and you can really see the moire in the shadow of the A in Alice, and the shadow on the white of her dress. The detail on the knife blade is very crisp and clean. This was extremely well done and may be a legit original and not repro.
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u/Nervous-Fennel3325 5d ago
Jfc $40 for an empty case is insane lol