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    No more paper manuals by EA. Are you bothered?

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    aaronrogers8i3aaronrogers8i3 Posts: 555 Member
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    News over at IGN is that EA will no longer be supplying paper manuals in their future games to be more eco friendly. Instead the manuals will be put on the game disc.
    It's a safe bet to say that future eps and sps wont have them so will you miss the manuals?
    I personally will miss them :(

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      aadddaaddd Posts: 3,358 Member
      edited March 2011
      I well miss theam.I like reading the books i get with games includeing the sims games.thay call it being eco friendly I call it being cheap.
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      MaulRat17MaulRat17 Posts: 903 New Member
      edited March 2011
      I'm not bothered at all. Less paper, less waste. I think that's very eco-conscious of them. Plus, it probably costs more to print out all those manuals. Saves them money to use on other things like patches.....oh wait... :lol:
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      Jessa_DakkarJessa_Dakkar Posts: 9,737 Member
      edited March 2011
      I wont miss them.
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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      edited March 2011
      Its nice their trying to be eco friendly. I always just flipped through the booklet and it gave me something to read on the car ride home. Can't say I'll miss it but it'll be weird to expect it and it not be there anymore.
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      memorybulletsmemorybullets Posts: 62 New Member
      edited March 2011
      I don't think that I'll miss them. However, I always read them when I'm installing the sims so I'll just have to find something else to do while I wait :P

      Where will the codes be?
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      BafendoBafendo Posts: 2,127 Member
      edited March 2011
      funny thing about this. EA is doing this to be "green", but if that's true why did they waste plastic for the empty Barnacle Bay case? and the code will most likely be on a slip.
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      crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,771 Member
      edited March 2011
      Bafendo wrote:
      funny thing about this. EA is doing this to be "green", but if that's true why did they waste plastic for the empty Barnacle Bay case? and the code will most likely be on a slip.

      That's what I was going to say :(

      I will miss the manual. They have become part of games for me since I bought my first game back in the 1980ies.
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      pinkstar2000pinkstar2000 Posts: 1,116 New Member
      edited March 2011
      aaddd wrote:
      I well miss theam.I like reading the books i get with games includeing the sims games.thay call it being eco friendly I call it being cheap.

      LOL this xD
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      MaulRat17MaulRat17 Posts: 903 New Member
      edited March 2011
      Bafendo wrote:
      funny thing about this. EA is doing this to be "green", but if that's true why did they waste plastic for the empty Barnacle Bay case? and the code will most likely be on a slip.

      Yeah i thought about that too. I hope they streamline the cases then. There's no need for a bulky DVD case. Although, I'm a person who likes consistency, so if they started making smaller cases for the rest of the eps and sps, it would bother me. They just can't win! :lol:
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      Omri147Omri147 Posts: 11,162 Member
      edited March 2011
      is it really for not wasting paper or it is for not wasting money? :wink:
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      BafendoBafendo Posts: 2,127 Member
      edited March 2011
      another thing is the manual will probably be a PDF file on the disc from now on. but then again for those who use EADM when you put your game code in it you can download the manual.
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      SkyscraperfanSkyscraperfan Posts: 4,287 Member
      edited March 2011
      I really can't wait until games become direct download only.
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      secretuk1965secretuk1965 Posts: 5,341 Member
      edited March 2011
      only thing that bother's me about that is if the game disc breaks gets scratch ,won't work you can't get the manual or your game code thats usually on back of the booklet unless they have a downloadable version of the manual. i don't mind them having a downloadable version saves you loosing it.
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      TJSlippermanTJSlipperman Posts: 79
      edited March 2011
      I'll kinda miss having an actual paper manual to read...but I understand they're trying to be more eco-friendly, which is cool...and the manual will probably be a .pdf file from here on out.

      Tim (aka the Slipperman)
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      BafendoBafendo Posts: 2,127 Member
      edited March 2011
      secretuk1965 wrote:
      only thing that bother's me about that is if the game disc breaks gets scratch ,won't work you can't get the manual or your game code thats usually on back of the booklet unless they have a downloadable version of the manual.
      even though the manual will be gone they will probably include a slip that has the code on it. either that or there will be one on the receipt.
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      PandacoffeePandacoffee Posts: 702 Member
      edited March 2011
      Yay!!! I'm all about going green!
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      simsgal2227simsgal2227 Posts: 12,279 Member
      edited March 2011
      Well, it's nice they're trying to be eco friendly, but I doubt they're doing it because of that. It's their way of covering up their being cheap...

      I always look at those manuels! I browse through them while my game is installing. I will miss them a lot :(.
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      ladynaavaladynaava Posts: 1,243 New Member
      edited March 2011
      I'd rather they print the code on a waterproof sticker and put it on the case. those cards are tiny and prone to being lost.

      The manuals are sort of useless anyway.
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      KolbyKolby Posts: 1,126 Member
      edited March 2011
      I will miss them too. I liked reading them to gain inspiration to play. Also, they make the game package feel complete. Like a keepsake. I keep ALL my game packages and every last piece of information neatly inside of them.

      Ah well. The times, they are a-changin'.
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      AlyssaLeexoAlyssaLeexo Posts: 260
      edited March 2011
      I like manuals but hey it saves trees so of course I'm not bothered! :mrgreen:
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      MGSFan612MGSFan612 Posts: 3,429 Member
      edited March 2011
      aaddd wrote:
      I well miss theam.I like reading the books i get with games includeing the sims games.thay call it being eco friendly I call it being cheap.

      Me too although I usually like looking at the artwork in the manual and reading the backstory and info about characters etc. It is a shame that over the past 10-15 years the game industry in general has pretty much stopped putting any good art in their manuals. I hope the elimination of paper manuals doesn't eliminate artwork in them completely but I have a bad feeling it will. I don't know I guess I am eccentric.
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      FeliciaB84FeliciaB84 Posts: 8,479 New Member
      edited March 2011
      It really doesn't matter to me, I get digital downloads, anyways. I'm sure there was an option for me to download a manual for Late Night, but I never did.
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      lunasysimslunasysims Posts: 5,858 Member
      edited March 2011
      I liked the little manuals. They were always fun to look through as the game installed. I guess now we'll just have to read the one on the computer.

      Not that big of a loss I guess. It also prevents people from calling and saying "I lost my manual, can I have a new game or code?"
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      EverettEverett Posts: 1,117 Member
      edited March 2011
      Going to miss manuals. I collect game boxes mostly for that purpose.

      I'm seeing digital games have their manuals in pdf format, guess this is the way digital and physical copies will be.
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      anettesbanettesb Posts: 39,168 Member
      edited March 2011
      The book let I will miss, nice to have one smal basic info on paper, and I want the code on a paper.
      But not the big manuall, if thats the one they talk about.

      Some one said they can't wait til all games are downloade :shock: Hmm I want to have the disc, so I would not buy a game that is only downloade (extra stuff from the store is an other ting) base games and EP, with new functions on a disc please (If they want me to buy it)
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