Mass Hysteria Erupts As Xbox One Game Cases Are Revealed To Be Backwards

Hardcore Gamer: Why would they do this? An insane gambit to frighten us away from physical copies? Someone put the instructions for the box making machine in backwards and then just ran with it? A sinister cabal of left handed people looking to confuse us pure, well intentioned righties? Whatever the cause, I'm sure Microsoft is about a week away from being entirely buried by customer complaints.

[Snookies12]

That messes with my brain... D:

[Abash]

Do I insert the paper with the code or the disc into the console?! Which one is it now?!

[gaffyh]

Why??! It's not a problem, just extremely weird.

[abzdine]

it's like reading in arabic, needs time to get used to it.

[Pogmathoin]

Going to be crashing that right hand alot...

[Freedomland]

Innovation.

Welcome to the next gen.

[itBourne]

They could of at least flopped what side the cover is on too, and went total Japanese style.

[shoddy]

That's shoddy

[Shadow Flare]

Looks like Microsoft are doing a 180 on everything

[starchild]

Lol what the hell has gaming "journalism" come to?

[Gozer]

This is the very definition of a "Lame" article.

[MRMagoo123]

This may be a waste of time article or what not but i would really like to know what the reason is for the to do this lol I just cant think of anything to explain why they would change it.

[ChiaPet]

This is honestly ridiculous. Has it occurred to anyone that all you have to do is take out the paper sleeve and flip it!

It's almost as bad as the diamond shreddies campaaign...

[pacosanchez88]

@chiapet that would make the "xbox one" and "microsoft" logos printed on the box upside down on the outside.

[SilentNegotiator]

Now there's fixing something that isn't broken.

[NAG]

OK, I'm right handed. If you're right handed, go grab a disk and see what you do to open the sleeve and grab the game out. You move your hand under the right side a bit (more center of both sides then anything). Now flip it as MS has and you no longer have to slide your hand over. I guess people that are left handed will not like the added slide of hand that they aren't used to... Haha! Right handlers rejoice!!!

[pixelsword]

I think it's so you can pull out your game while you fap at the same time.

[UnHoly_One]

NAG beat me to it. He called it for sure.

If you pop the case normally, this leaves the game side of the case already fully supported in your left hand, with your right hand free to grab the disc out.

Agreed that it is sort of "Fixing what isn't broken", but at the same time, I see that they are thinking outside the box (or 'inside' the box in this case, lol) in order to optimize every little thing that they can.

The OCD part of me is going to have a hard time with this, though. lol

[Thatguy-310]

I'm amazed how my brain functions at a psychological level just by starring at it. Lol its weird but nothing drastic. It'll just take some time to get use to just like any "new" that breaks tradition.

[FlunkinMonkey]

This is a nightmare for someone with OCD, ha. Not a game breaker for me personally but i guess it's a little strange.

[duli14]

Xbox 180 living up to its name I guess lol

[pompombrum]

Yup, it seems fitting for a console that started off backwards. Seems like a really stupid thing to do tbh but not really a big deal.

[FITgamer]

At least it matches their logic.

[malokevi]

Preorder cancelled.

[starchild]

hahaha

[Black_McGrath]

I think they're really trying to cater to the Japanese market.
MS CEO"If we make the cases look like a manga they'll be sure to buy it!"
MS rep "but, we're in America"
MS CEO " you're fired"

[LackTrue4K]

seriously, i was thinking that it was made this way.

(this is just me) I always open my game cases with my left hand. And will keep holding it with my left, only to reach in and pull out the game with my right hand.

but that's just me....i would never think of MS spending time just to do something so small....???

[Mosiac77]

@ the article. Do you have a problem with windows or Mac then? If you see PS4 UI the playstation store is in the opposite side too. That also freak me out. I'm used to seen it at the end of the UI.

[steven83r]

Damn this would suck. But couldn't u just take the insert out and flip the case and put it back in?

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

The logo outside on top front is molded into the case, if you did that it would stand upside down on the bottom back... Which I guess is even weirder for those who care enough about the disc being on the "wrong" side inside the case (I personally couldn't care less).

[Bzone24]

This may be a little better than it being on the right-hand side.

If you are right handed and open a case, you are holding the left side of the case and take out the disc with your right hand. With these new cases you are supporting the disc side of the case with your left hand now instead of taking the disc out of the unsupported side. That may be what they are going for. Or they are just being different.

[ChiaPet]

I'm Sorry but this is just ridiculous. Has it occurred to anyone that all you have to do is take out the sleeve and flip it....

It's like the diamond shreddies joke lol

[lex-1020]

Than the Xbox one and Microsoft logos would be upside down which would probably me even more problematic for someone having problems with this.

[bessy67]

Don't worry, there's a rather simple fix for this egregious packaging mistake. It can be fixed in 5 easy steps:
1) Take out the slip cover
2) Turn the slip cover over
3) Put the slip cover back
4) ???
5) Profit

[Agent1]

I'll take backward cases over hardware failure any day of the week. Thank you!

[admiralvic]

While I want to say this is stupid... I have to say I like my games being on the right side.

[ChaosKnight]

The OCD part of my brain is confused and scared.

[PoSTedUP]

ughh, yeah i totally had to go open up a regular game case and look at it for a few seconds to cure the fustration.

[Blackdeath_663]

OCD part of my brain is also confused and scared at the common misuse of the term OCD

[PoSTedUP]

@blackdeath. how did he misuse the psychological disorder OCD?

[Visiblemarc]

Yep, I totally get it. Logic tells me: "meh." Yet, part of me doesn't like this for some reason.

I guess it's just a matter of what we're used to.

[kneon]

I think this can be solved without a recall or firmware update, just flip it over.

[admiralvic]

It can, but then that stuff starts to screw with your head.

Like, you would need to open the case with the box art facing upside down. This will also make the Xbox logo appear wrong when you open it too. Obviously all this stuff can be fixed, but a change like this is just "why?". It's almost as if M$ did so many 180's that they got confused and pulled one on the case too.

[kneon]

Is the cover not removable as in most DVD and bluray cases? If so then slip it out and flip it over so you won't be opening it backwards. The only part you can't fix is the logo since it's molded in to the case.

[ThatCanadianGuy514]

One of the greatest travesties of our time.

[Hellsvacancy]

No, it's not as bad as World War Z (movie)

[Enemy]

Even the game cases were rushed. This is the final nail.

[DigitalRaptor]

Deal breaker right there. /s

But seriously, the slime green colour already disgusts me. this would really annoy me.

[starchild]

Knowing you, DigitalRaptor, you probably have nightmares about the color green.

[DigitalRaptor]

Haha, if you say so starchild. I guess when i find myself sitting on my garden lawn I'm sure to wear sunglasses and ensure that I don't come into contact with the ground.

Green is fine. I don't like slime green. Slimer from Ghostbusters freaks me out. #dealwithit.

[lex-1020]

This is a bit of military humor but you're slime green comment reminded me of it.
http://youtu.be/5640pLtjAFA...

Just skip to 3 minutes and watch/

[Majin-vegeta]

Lol.

[tdogchristy90]

Is it possible he just flipped the case and it's upside down?

[ChaosKnight]

That's what I thought, but if you check the "Xbox One" font printed on the case, you can see it corresponds to the disc being on the left side.

[Dragonborn312]

Please do not be true lol. This is messing with my brain.

[MIDNIGHT 21]

till you actually use it ,then it will make sense ,open one of your LAST GEN cases !! lol

[ABeastNamedTariq]

My head hurts. Is this The Twilight Zone?

[Deividas]

Its not a huge deal or anything...but why....why?

[JackB99]

Studies showed that .4% of the discs were damaged when removed from the right side, so they moved them to the left.

[Angerfist]

Lmao this must be it

[RiPPn]

I like the xbox logo being cut out of the right side, looks real good. And who cares what side the disk is on?

[Tiechie]

Me

[iceman1346]

i am confused...!

[spawn_of_stumpy]

seriously, and this made it in the news... who cares ! so the disc is on the other side. OMFGWTFBBQ the world is gonna end

[Hicken]

Cuz it's one of those insignificant things... that had no reason to be changed.

Think about it: going back at least as far as PS1 days(and before, really), games have ALWAYS been on the right side of the case. Movies, music, discs are always on the right side.

And now they just pull a 180 on us?

Really, it's not so much that it's a big deal, but it's still bothersome because of the literal years we've all spent doing things in a different way.

... if you think of it that way, it kinda IS a big deal.

[Concertoine]

probably did it to be individual. like how the gamecube cases have the gamecube logo on the bottom of the spine and not the top.

[Animal Mutha 76]

Seriously does anyone really give a f*uck about this?

It's a disc. You put it in the console. Job done.

[DigitalRaptor]

It does look a bit annoying having the disc on the lightest part of the case that you open. And you can sure as hell expect OCD sufferers to be impacted by this.

It's just a pretty bewildering design choice. How did this get past quality control?

[Nujabes_]

I'm laughing here. I can't believe people are making such a big deal out of nothing. Congratulations.

[KillrateOmega]

It's a complete debacle!

[Master-H]

Mind = blown.

[Pogue1906]

I would be more concerned about my console melting right in front of me than what side of the case the disk is on. I'm going all digital anyway. i'll file this in the non issue category.

[cyclindk]

Quality control... you effed up.

[lastofgen]

or maybe they just wanted to change it to this way??
who knows..

[cyclindk]

Or maybe... quality control... EFFED... UP!!!

maybe...

maybe not...

but maybe...

[parentoftheyear]

They will change it back.

[Enemy]

This is definitely a big concern. If Microsoft doesn't straighten these issues out immediately they're going to lose big time.

[lastofgen]

You've said two similar statements in this same comments section. It begs the question, are you being serious??

[tokugawa]

it is hard to tell. enemy is one of the webs biggest droids.. so it is possible in his warped version of reality, this will help sony lol

[Playstationologist]

This is a better design than having the disc on the right side, for most people. I grab my case and open the front with my left hand and now the disc will be on that side and I can remove or place it better.

What gets me is that they obviously thought of this but still put a weak gpu and ddr3 RAM into the XBone...

[nikoado]

Is the "front" cover of the case now on the "top" surface?

Because otherwise the disk would be hanging upside down when the game case is placed flat with the front cover facing up O.o

[MIDNIGHT 21]

once you open a case with your left hand ,you can still hold the same side and use your right hand to eject the disk from the case without switching hands ,maybe ? lol
or its just mass hysteria like all things that are apparently not part of the greatness campaign lol wow if sony would have done this it would have been like a total stroke of genius right guys !!!

[SilentGuard]

This is telling of MS's stratagy with the Xbone and how they got everything else backwards. Why would they do this? I've been asking that question with most every other aspect of the Xbone.

[amnalehu]

All you do is slide the paper cover out and turn it over. problem solved...

[christocolus]

Can i still play the games? does this damage the cds?If i can then why are fanboys here again making comments? Oh i forgot how they love to make little ant hills into active volcanoes..

[truewittness]

This is old news. IGN's Ryan McCaffrey did an opening of an X1 game case last week and he revealed it then.

[Jamiex66]

Yeah, I was shocked when I saw this in the top news stories.

[fattyuk]

Microsoft once again pushing the boundaries of innovation!

[jgrigs09]

What... People are really upset about this? I'm going to lay down now, from how serious people are taking this..

[cossie123]

pathetic comments about game boxes, who gives a crap. how does this stuff get approved

[Naga]

Because the article is satire, and a pretty fun read.

But it seems we have a problem here of people making comments without reading beyond the headline.

[Imalwaysright]

I... I am disgusted by this!! kill it with fire!!

[Tzuno]

lefty.

[mhunterjr]

Hahahaha I can't believe this is an issue for people. How much time do you spend looking at the inside of game cases?

[ShowGun901]

"I'm over here now..."

the coon

[4logpc]

Are people really trying to say this is somehow a negative and somehow hurts the Xbox one?

people are that desperate?

Move along.

[kewlkat007]

I wouldn't know what to do..lol

Cancels preorder...

[KYU2130]

That was the funniest thing in gaming i have read in a while. Heres hoping his article was meant to be completely satirical.

[Dehnus]

Really when you think of it actually makes sense.
When you open a case you lift your rigth hand up to get the disk out. This means that your left hand needs to be moved from the left side of the casing to the right. Otherwise you will not be able to snap out the disk from its mount.

However because the disk is now on the left side your left hand can stay where it is and your right hand can just flip it out after opening the case.

It is really not that strange, unless you are left handed ;).

[Dehnus]

WOW, disagreeing for the disagreeing rather then to think of logical and have a discusion. The fanboys are out in full tonight. Fullmoon yesterday?

[christocolus]

Smh

[e-p-ayeaH]

Crappy article looking for hits well done...

[Dorwrath]

This makes it slightly easier for right handers, left handers not so much.

Yeah it might be a little strange, but it be easier to remove the disks as your left hand will be supporting the side the disk is on.

Plus if there is a guide you and read it inside the case a lot easier buy putting the back page under the clippy things.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

It was all apart of the 180 turn around awhile ago.

[pandehz]

First world problems in its extreme.

[tigertron]

What kind of sorcery is this?!

[jjb1981]

Turn the cover sheet the other way and game on suckas!

[Naga]

But then the Xbox One logo on the case itself will be upside down.

[jjb1981]

Better than the whole game being upside down!!!

[Nicxel]

LOL you mad bro? (at author)

[H0RSE]

This seemingly cosmetic change, actually has a slight negative effect for me. I'm left handed, and the way the boxes are designed now, allows for comfortable positioning when popping the disc out.

This reversed approach, makes for awkward placement of my hands, where instead of being able to comfortably lay it in my right hand and pop it out with my left, I'll have to stabilize it and pop it out with my left.

[jackdaniels]

I wish i had your problems! mean while, back in the real world, i'll worry about my mortgage , gas and electric - council tax et al. Awkward placement of the hands...if only my life had just those worries.

[H0RSE]

I didn't post to complain or be a case of "first world problems." I commented because it caught my attention how such trivial change actually will actually effect on me - think of it like a useless fact or a "well how about that," moment.

Actually, right after I submitted my post, I noticed the exact issue was pointed out by Dorwrath a couple posts above mine:

"This makes it slightly easier for right handers, left handers not so much.

Yeah it might be a little strange, but it be easier to remove the disks as your left hand will be supporting the side the disk is on."

Funny how he gets an agree, yet I get 2 disagrees...

Hate to ruin your image about me, but I have bills too, along with a wife to take care of. I also work full time and pay taxes *GASP*

[insomniacgamer]

Good thing this made it to N4G! I'll start a service to correct this issue.

After researching this travesty with top expert engineers we found a solution. In a process that is too technical to fully detail out here we will rotate your case upside down thus putting the game on the right side. I know, it is an extreme solution but we here at howthehellisthisarticleok.com will tackle this injustice for a meager fee.

[MIDNIGHT 21]

obviously no one pays attention to how you extract a game from your case it actually makes it easier to complete this arduous task lol donation added to savewalterwhite.com !

[jackdaniels]

'Mass Hysteria Erupts' - *rolls eyes heavenwards* if in jest - you need to develop a sense of humour - if in seriousness - you need to get out more...seriously!

[coopman300]

*Facepalms* Why does it matter what side the disc is on? As long as it's in there i couldn't care less.

[Yessirr]

My Ghosts Hardened Edition for Xbox one is backwards too, however my brother's Black Flag Collectors Edition for PS4 is also. So this is not exclusive to the Xbox one but whether every game is like this I don't know.

[RjK311jR]

Really take out the cover and flip instruction manual and walla back to normal... Probably a
Packaging error that's all

[MIDNIGHT 21]

no sir not an error ,THIS IS NEXT GEN !! GAME CASES !!!

[ThatEnglishDude]

It's an insignificant thing that doesn't affect the operation of the console... but why go to the trouble of producing the boxes 'backwards' at all? It BEGS an explanation.

[SchumorDan]

Massive Hysteria???? Lol

[Milesprowers]

It's suppose to be like that.

[UncleGermrod]

I payed of my console today and some games, and when i traded up to the xbox one version of ghosts, they actually had the game in stock. so i got it home and checked out the case. couldn't care less if the disc is on the left. i dont know why they did it, but it doesnt matter.

for anyone who may be concerned, the plastic ring that the disc snaps onto actually touches the right side of the cover when closed, so the disc will not "dislodge" and float around. again, it seems kinda weird, but doesnt matter. also the case itself it kinda nice...a little more square and a bit smaller than the 360 cases, and the green is a less bright and flashy than it seems in pics.

[Underworld]

It's not a big deal, but it's weird. What's the point? Much easier getting the game out when it's on the right. This is more suitable for left handers.

[aLiEnViSiToR]

oh no homer read this and http://www.reactiongifs.com... damn you M$ xD

[Fringe_Agent13]

LOL! The author is hilarious!

[The_Ozymandias]

This just seems like Microsoft is trying too hard to be different in areas where it doesn't matter.

[BobBelcher]

I don't think anything about this... No one should be wasting their brain power on this....

[MCTJim]

LOL...like it really matters..well to me it doesnt.

[brianunfried]

Now they're just f*****g with us. Are they trying to see how far they can push us before we snap? Makes no logical sense.

[SegaGamer]

It makes no logical sense why you would be annoyed with this.

[FreakdoutKid]

that something new i lke it

[Trekster_Gamer]

Mass Hysteria, dogs and cats living together!

[Brute_Shot_Adam]

I got a game case. It's not a big deal, I kinda like it.

[static360]

lol, who ever complains about this gotta be the most OCD person ever.

[Thomaticus]

Is like an episode of The Twilight Zone.

[digger18]

"Mass Hysteria Erupts" !!!!!

Damn, people need to get a life

[andron]

This is seriously a how cares scenario...

[TerryMMA85]

who cares what side the disk is on.

[x-plode]

Do PS fanboys ever shut up about anything.last time I checked the ps4 was out,what is it that boring that y'all are here posting comments stupid PS peions.

[MrZweistein]

This type of story gets approval? C'mon ...

[SegaGamer]

If anyone really cares about this then they have some real issues.

[mitford]

does this mean my disc wont work? no oh ok then whats the problem?