Why no end labels?

[Shumi Nagaremono]

Why did Nintendo NEVER do end labels for their carts in Japan?  The NES and Super NES had 'em.  Heck, even *some* third-party companies had end labels for their Famicom carts.  Did Nintendo think that nobody would ever buy enough carts that it would become an issue?  Was it a simple cost issue?  Or was it a conscious decision to spite the buyers of second hand games?    

I love how a huge collection of Famicom carts looks.  Far more appealing, to me, than a wall of mostly uniform gray NES carts.  But at least with NES, they're easy to sort through on your shelf. 

[L___E___T]

 

Some fami games have end labels - I like that they don't necessarily have them, they have nice juicy colourful front labels!

I agree though that it can be tricky to organise them.  Of course not an issue if you collect CIB, but I like to have a played and accessible cart collection to sift through.