I love your appreciation for playstation as a whole. You deep dive in a way that's not repetitive. Keep doing what you're doing Mystic! You are appreciated!

I’m so glad you’re a person, and a KZfaqr, and that you are the way you are. So fun to watch and informative on things I didnt even know I wanted to know about! Keep killing it!

We had completely different cases for the PS1 in the UK. We did not have the bog standard CD jewel cases, we had specially made jewel cases which were much thicker.

There is another PS2 case that you missed to mention. The launch games (around 30) have a different case without a memory card holder and in the center of the case says 'push here' instead of just 'push' and is shaped like a ying yang shape instead of a triangle. Some examples to look are Tekken Tag Tournament, SSX, MIDNIGHT CLUB, etc

For PS1, there is another unique jewel case for Arc the Lad Collection which had 6 discs in a dual case. I thought that as pretty neat back in the days.

Been loving all the extra content beyond LTP recently Keep it coming!

As a PS1 game collector who grew up in the UK and has now been living in Japan for over a decade, I find it interesting how US PS1 cases are so different to the cases for Europe and Japan. I don't think there were any longboxes in Europe and Japan and only US cases have that ridged look down the side. Even for single disc games, the square cases in Europe are all much chunkier- about the width of 2 CD jewel cases (with double layered cases for 3 and 4 disc games). Japan has a mixture of chunky square cases and thin jewel cases. Also imo the silver band on the cases for platinum games in Europe is much better looking than the vivid green of US greatest hits.

The bulky jewel square thick PS1 cases will always be my fav. Could always see the name of the game down the side perfectly.

One thing I love is that you straighten up every disc when you open a case. I thought I was the only one who did this.

In Europe we have blue cases, as standard, but we also have a couple of colored ones, games in the first year for the most part was black cases, same to US ones. Orange cases for eyeToy, red for Buzz, some games like Singstar Legends and GT4 had white cases, MGS 2 had a seethrough case.

I got my PSP very late, in 2013. In the stores, they had these re-releases with an orange box in the front, the spine and orange box around the back art. It was called "PSP Essentials" so most of my PSP games are like that 😀

Man you definitely make some of the best if not the best playstation content on KZfaq we really appreciate you bro!👍

Mystic a real one for using Persona 4 Golden in the thumbnail, much appreciated 🙏

Love the quality content you're always putting out brother! Saturday and Sunday mornings are video games and Mystic videos 😊

Thanks Ryan, I was interested in this. I look across my collection all the time and wonder about this. Appreciate the video

I don't know why, but I like this over explained conversation about box art, it's evolution and revolution of its history, the great classical Era of ps1 ps2 then, the interesting times of early ps3, and the standardization of the modern Era, late half ps3 and ps4. I love this overview

For PS4, there is also another variation of the 2-disc case where there is a disc spot on each side of the open case. The only example of this I have is Stardew Valley. The sound track is on a disc in a disc spot under the game manual and then the play disc is on the normal side in a disc spot. Great video as always!

I’ve really been digging the variety of these Tuesday uploads!

I've always said that in my entire collection of games for more than a dozen consoles, the cases for PS3 are my favorite. When on the shelf with all their spines exposed. They look so colorful and interesting! My biggest gripe was Sony not doing the PS5 cases in black (like 4k blue rays). Would've made so much more sense as a natural evolution from the ps4's blue ray colored cases.

As a long time viewer and fan, I love that you included my site in the PS3 blue label section!😅 That NBA 2K14 is one of the rarest blue label titles to get nowadays (excluding the ever elusive God of War Collection Blue Cardboard Sleeve). The Blue Labels are one of the more unique subsets in the PS3 set as well. Very excellent video as per usual on your channel!

i actually like this. almost everyone at one point had a feeling that they wanted to keep a physical game instead of selling it and box art, color, texture and all this contributes on that and everyone doesn’t notice how important this factors are.

You are definitely one of my favourite channels for years now. Keep doing your thing.

I had no idea that the US had that kind of disc case for PS1 games! In the UK our PS1 cases were similar but they had more depth that those regular CD cases. They felt unique compared to music discs.

The PS2 original Platinum box art was the GOAT!! 🐐 Simply perfect and so nostalgic! 😊

I really enjoy these sorts of videos that look back at PS history, whether it's things like this or events or whatever. As we get closer to the rumoured showcase, maybe you could do a video reacting to some old E3 press conferences.

Cool video. I don't consider myself a collector and I only started playing PlayStation on PS4. It was cool to see all the cases I missed. I like the look of the PSP's cases and their Disc a lot but the manuals being bent is a real bummer. Would you ever do this for other platforms? Nintendo's entire history of cases would be cool to see.

With the PS2 cases, might be specific to PAL, but I remember quite a few coming in blue cases and also the notch along the side (to open the case) was sometimes more square and sometimes rounder

Here's something I noticed. The "Only on PlayStation" wordmark now appeared on the actual banner for PS3 and Vita games released after 2013, instead of inside its own black extension. Also, the PSN wordmark stopped appearing on the banner for future games around the same time.

I love how it became an erotica for a moment when talking about the ps3 case. So much to the point you had the subtle Jazz playing and then it just cuts off when you snap back to reality.

Sure it was long, of course it was over explained but your analysis of the boxes and how art books and front covers have changed over the years was great, thank you for taking the time to do that and good job 👏👏👍

"over-explained and unnecessarily complicated?" now you're speaking my language!

Im happy to have found your channel.. partly because I share your exact feelings on PS3 cases, box art, first prints, and spine branding. I too struggled with how I would organize my PS3 games until I decided to display them in chronological order based on release date. This keeps a uniform look, provides a sense of how games progressed through the years AND allows for quick comparison to other titles released around the same time. Thanks for providing me with hours of relaxing, informative videos on one of my favorite things.. the Playstation universe. Hopefully this inspires you to rearrange your entire library LoL and we can watch a timelapse of you spending three days looking up release dates. 😅

I love this video, I have always felt that I was the only person on this planet who loves stuff like this. Despite never growing up with Playstation (I am a Nintendo guy and didn't have my first Playstation console until the PS Vita), I have always loved the jewel cases for PS1 games and I honestly wish they still did it to this day. Stuff like this though always fascinates me to see not just what the boxes look like, but also the idea that these all represent a time period of a companies life, and that has always been fun to my.

Man this video is so god damn great! It lights up the collector nerd in me! I hope that one day you can find the time to do region differences between cases. I'm a PAL boy myself :D

I really enjoyed this case by case educational box art video. I found it amusing at times with your comments on these cases Ryan. What's funny is I never had a PS3 so it was interesting to see them and learn about them cases. I have PS1, PS2, PS4 and of course PS5 games ever since I got my PS5 last year in November. I prefer to this day to own the physical copes still.

MORE IN-DEPTH! PART 2! (Love these chill playstation history/in-depth videos)

As someone who has loved Playstation since 2 years old with the OG PS, you’re very much appreciated by me! Please keep it up, Mystic! 👏

I love videos talking about the small things, makes me feel not so crazy that others talk about these things too and not just me 😂😂😂😂

Grown man casually talks about video game cases for just over half an hour like he's covering the weather...excellent content, insightful, to the point, no sugar coating. A rare sight indeed.

Those PS1 cases took me back to my mid 20s. Newly married, and my first shot at playing a console over my PC at that time, and being able to rent the games from the local video store. Civic Video Mount Pritchard NSW for me :). Good times. Interestingly the standard jewel cases you're showing look different to the ones I got here in Australia, PAL EU versions. The hinge didn't have the black 'textured' look, and was more the frosted, or clear, plastic pretty much the same as the jewel cases as music CDs. Sometime when the PS1 jewel case broke, usually at the hinge or the prongs holding the disc in snapped, I just bought an empty jewel case and popped it all in there. Wish I kept them now, but hey 25 year old me didn't think about 2023 or retro gaming collecting at the time.

This was a great video. It's interesting to see the evolution of Playstation cases, designs, etc. Also, great choice of jazz music playing in the background. Added to the mood and vibe of the video.

I love specific stuff like this a lot. I used to analyze the different PS3 boxes and artwork depending on the region, release period, edition, etc. And PS1 always had interesting stuff. I enjoy even small changes like different color boxes. I still love that I own one red PS3 box since I bought a game from Amazon US back in the day. I've been living in Europe for nearly 2 decades. So we missed out on some stuff. So yeah, thank you!

14:36 that empty part at the top is to hold a single joint

This is sick man. PS2 cases are perfect to me. They’re the most timeless out of the bunch.

After seeing how cool the psp cases looked I swapped out all my PS2 cases to clear plastic dvd cases and they still look pretty cool on my shelf! Awesome video 💚

I love how nerdy this is! And if you watched this video start to finish without pausing and without being distracted, you can officially add "true gamer" to your resume / CV.

Couldn't help but notice how perfect your shelf of Nintendo Switch cases looked over your shoulder the whole video. 😆

Never knew there was PS3 blue cases, very cool.

Loved the presentation for the last PS3 case. Literally had my eyes widened at that moment! 👀 And, yes, I'd also call it a monstrosity.

I think it would be interesting to cover Greatest Hits covers. They are very common, so they're a big part of the PS library, and they're pretty interesting in how awful they mostly are.

I'm watching this while eating and enjoying every second of it. His voice is calm and fluid to my ears which makes me being in a harmony state

You may be interested in this, Worms for PS3's cover has an impagination error (at least in Europe) where the is written "TITLE" over the logo in the middle part of the cover.

I love fun videos like these. Keep them coming! Do you remember when they tried to change the exclusive titles on the PS4 to say “PS4 console exclusive game” with the button logos?

Would love to see someone did that video for Pegi/EU region.

For PS4 there are different cases for certain territories and games, for example Cyberpunk 2077 shipped in LatAm in a BluRay case, more similar to the PS3 ones.

I missed the original PS1 cases. I really love the Sega CD and Saturn cases.

The first few lines of this video just made my day. Love you and your content, brother.

Love rhe song you are singing. Just chilling at your place. Love the song In color. You did a amazing job. Have a great rest of your day

awesome video! sad you didn't include other regions, especially EU & JP.

My dad beat my brother for losing the second disk to GT that didn’t exist. Funny you brought that up, what a xmas to remember.

I've been looking for a thread or a post like this for a long time. This video answered many of my questions. Thanks.

I've been waiting so so long for this video!!!

There were also some LATE PS2 releases that started including the "only on Playstation" label. I specifically remember Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier being one of them. I think there was also this NIS game from 2010 that I' forgetting the name of that had it too.

13:10 Just flip the psp manuals around so the spine is on the opposite side. This prevents the manual from being creases. It also works for home console games too.

I love that you’ve done a video like this.

Thanks for the visual shout-out. : )

Ryan we all want it explained exactly this way. 🤣 Seriously though it’s actually interesting stuff, great video.

@mysticryan I wanted you to make this video for so long! Thanks brother!

Mystic's new setup is so dope! I'll never get sick of watching his vid's.

The pal ps2 cases are my favorite because they much more different with the blue cases for the games, the silver cases for platinum games (greatest hits in pal), white for gran turismo 4 and orange for eyetoy titles and some psp ports.

Love this video. Not trying to nitpick but I wish you've included the greatest hits/platinum versions as well. PS3 had also silver and red cases in those cases. These versions ruined the unity of your shelves lol. Also, that NBA game! What a monstrosity. I've never seen one of those before and honestly, I'm glad. Thank you for this, Ryan! Awesome as always.

The Lao cardboard PS1 cases are my favorite due to looking so retro. 👍🏼

Love your videos and you do a great job with the content. Just a suggestion, can you acousticly treat your room to reduce the echo? Or put the microphone closer or use a lavalier mic? Thanks!

Incredible video, thank you so much for taking the time to share this!

i remember looking at the C64 boxart and imagin how the game was. the art was half the game back then. it was like how a trailer is. it created a feeling about the game and then when you played the game. it was just big pixels of something, but you had that box image in your mind playng the game so the graphics become better in a way. its like a book. if it has a great cover art and you read the book and see the image and imagine it while reading.

I really like the new background, looks clean 👍🏼

This is the best Playstation channel hands down

This was a Mystic video I didn't know I needed!!!

What a great thumbnail, so much effort goes into these videos.

Idk how I feel about the omission of Greatest Hits, but thank you for this video

32:57 awesome video man! Just wanted to say, PS4 and PS5 cases are different. I have noticed that the blue tint of the case is slightly lighter on PS5 cases. I was swapping a few PS4 cases out in my collection with PS5 cases when I noticed the colour difference stacked next to each other. I live in a PAL region though so not sure if it’s the same in the US.

i recently started to pump up my ps1 games and from a pal perspective: between rental and retail games, we had like 5-6 different box variants until we ended with the thick ones that became the standard until the end.

PS1 had another case type in the NTSC-U region not mentioned. These were the standard slim jewel case size, but they held 2 discs. The disc tray was hinged on the right corners and was able to flip over in that direction. The second disc was held on to the back side of it. Games like Dracula: The Resurrection, Dracula: The Last Sanctuary, Dino Crisis with the Resident Evil 3 demo and Resident Evil 3 with the Dino Crisis demo are examples.

I’ll never forget the ps3 black case for ac revelations! was so cool

Thank you Ryan for entertaining me for 35 minutes about PlayStation cases & box art.

love the way you talk about it... the love for the games and the platform is always there to see.. LOVE IT.....

Loved this segment! Those little subtle moments of the non-YT showing out. 😂 If you watched the full thing, you'll know what i am talking about. GG's Ryan, we live for this stuff man.

Love your hardwork and appreciation.👍🏻 I've seen ps1 games in ps2/dvd style cases. What about them? Some of ps2 cases are dark blue. And I know you don't like to have greatest hits with different coloured cases in your collection. (Like Grey For Ps2 Greatest Hits, Red Box For Ps3 Greatest Hits And Ps4 Playstation Hits) it would be great if featured in this video for the completion of the given "Over Explained Analysis'' purpose. Also some available in steel books for each generation consoles except Og playstation. 🧐

I was just thinking about that couple day's ago ant did look anything about that in youtube but couldn't find any videos, thank you

You forgot to show that the ps4 box arts changed when the ps4 pro and ps4 slim released changing the graphics for the game storage size and stuff on the back of the case and showing if or not it is ps4 pro enhanced. Good video tho!!

I'm loving how that hardcover long box Ps1 Tekken looks

Amazing video! Love me some PS history-related content

One of my biggest(pet peeve) grip with the PS5 is the game cases. As a physical collector, I would have loved if the PS5 had its own unique cases. The return to black and white box would have fit well with the theme.

Excellent video! I was actually just thinking about Sonys different game cases just a couple weeks ago!

Hey Mystic! Love your detailed look at the PlayStation game boxes! Quick question re PAL/UK/Europe PS1. Did they release the long box versions there too? I had a PlayStation from 1998 and the only case I remember is the thick jewel ones you got here to fit the manual that had all the European languages in it. Thanks again!

So cool to see how Sony tried to find the right packaging. Though I still think the European cases are the best. They are thicker and unique looking compared to music CD cases, but still need less space. We also had the double cases for multi disc games (usually 3 disc and more), but we never had the spine rib design...not even printed.

PS2/Gamecube/Early PS3 era were ELITE. The Games came COMPLETE on disc in a hardy, and quality case. Manuals were incredibly detailed, and informative with little goodies to read and look at. Box art was more original, and higher quality. This was the era where gaming was for gamers. We didn't know it at the time but we were in the end of the golden years of gaming. The internet was coming to corrupt everything in gaming. They weren't rushing incomplete titles, and controlled by shareholders. They weren't intentionally leaving out content to sell it to you later for more money. There were no updates, no spoilers online. People were just indulging their imaginations into these created worlds and sharing it locally with their friends, family, and themselves. I went into Zelda Windwaker only seeing the cover art, and magazine previews. I was so immersed in the world. Offline, yet connected more intimately with ourselves, and the game. Games were just better. We weren't looking for high framerates, high definition, or huge open worlds. We Wanted to just have fun when we played those games. Developers stuck to their guns more rather than chasing trends like they do today. Don't get me wrong, there are brilliant games released all the time nowadays, the indie scene especially is keeping that originality alive. But games nowadays just seem to be mainly focused on what sells, and how many of them can we sell as opposed to making a good game, and letting the game sell itself. The buying experience sucks nowadays too with Companies cheaping out on anything, and everything imaginable to cut costs like these Cheap Recycled PS4 cases for PS5 where you just hold this flimsy featherweight case with only a disc inside with only 40% of the actual game on said disc. PS2, and early PS3 games had some weight to them..A Feeling that to this day get's me excited finding a PS2 game and feeling the weight of the manual I'll get to read before diving into another universe. Knowing I won't need a 128 Gigabyte Update just to make it playable. It's sad seeing the move to Digital...Digital to me is a rental. You only "own" the game until it's no longer supported. Companies make more money off of you when you go digital. They charge you the same but in reality you just have a long term rental. You can't share your game, keep your game, resell your game, eventually you can't re-dowload, and you'll have to buy it again digitally on whatever. It's amazing to me how many people are willing to pay $60+ for a game you'll never own. I own a PC, and love Steam Sales but I can justify spending $2-$20 on an experience.

Love all of your vids Ryan❤ Been subscribed since 2021 dont regret it.

Early PS2 games did not have the memory card holder and had a button with the word Push on it.

Never knew they made a Champloo umd. Thats such a gem imo!