I am not bothered by these changes because I put my games on the shelf in a way that only their spines show. While the system's logo is now a bar instead of being restricted to a corner, you have to keep in mind that boxart designers know this, so eventually less available space for the art will become less of an issue.
What I care most about is that a game card is inside. The rest of the box is bells and whistles, and the biggest hit that physical games have taken happened two generations ago when instruction booklets were being done away with.
Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.







