Okay I think what you need to ask is not why it didn't come in a dvd case. But why it came on 3 CD's instead of 1 dvd. I mean come on... what is finally going to force game companys that require these 1+ gig installs to finally switch to dvd? I for one whould have liked to just have installed the game and then had the "movies" run off a dvd, I know it wouldn't have saved a ton of space, but it whould have helped. Also why the hell do I still have to have the CD in the drive after a 2.5 gig install and a SN?!? It's not like this is a mainly single player game, or that it's pulling ANY info off the cd's while you play.

Lastly: Why can't they afford for one of their biggest releases to put it in even a jeweled case... I got 3 cd's inside little paper sleaves. It almost made me fear installing a game from a company that's too cheap to afford a descent case. I mean if they arn't going to give you a case, what else could they have left out of the actul game? (Thankfully it looks like nothing)