This is what TV Tropes calls "They Changed Ir, Now It Sucks".
I say, why the hell should that matter? My shelf has loads of mixed spines. I got the Greatest Hits versions of GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas, and then Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories (which were at that price anyway). So I got 5 GTA games for $100 instead of 2.
I would take that over the same colored spines any day.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs















