Template talk:Infobox video game
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Distribution method
[edit]Would it make sense to anyone else to include a distribution method within this infobox? I personally find it difficult to determine this information in many articles, and it seems quite relevant. Brian Reading (talk) 04:56, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
- Given the choices are basically "physical" or "digital", not really. We generally avoid anything about how a game is sold unless that is information discussed in depth in reliable sources. Masem (t) 05:12, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
- Well, yes, the choices are most likely "digital" or "physical", but I'm not quite sure why it being a binary value matters as a functional aspect.
- Is there deeper reasoning besides "we don't do that?". We do already discuss dates of sale and the regions where a game is sold. Movies discuss items like budget and box office sales. Other consumer products on Wikipedia even go so far as to show things like retail prices in infoboxes, so it seems like a bit of an arbitrary line to draw on distribution method.
- If a game is sold by specific means, it can influence things like visibility, sales figures, etc. There are all sorts of implications about a game's distribution method that has relevance to understanding the subject. For example, most indie titles never receive a physical release, whereas most large titles are rarely limited to digital-only releases.
- I see this as a very closely related item to other pieces of structured data such as release date, regions where released, and platforms where available. Brian Reading (talk) 17:19, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
- 90% of the time, if told me the platform a game was released and it's year, I can easily tell you the distribution method (nearly everything before ps3 and Xbox classic would be physical outside pc games, for example). It makes a relatively useless parameter.
- If there is something unique about a game's release method it can be documented in the body. Masem (t) 19:21, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
- I think you should put yourself in the shoes of someone not heavily invested and interested in the gaming world. Wikipedia is for general consumption, not just for fanatics. We are also creating content that spans eras. In the old days, of course, it was definitely a lot easier to know if something was digitally-distributed or not, but for about a decade and a half, that just hasn't been the case. Can you address any of my points? I welcome further input from other editors on this as well. Brian Reading (talk) 03:04, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
Add age rating
[edit]I don't know if we should add this in different parameters (EULA rating, PEGI rating, etc.) but there should be the age rating on the infobox RowanJ LP (talk) 16:05, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
- This is a perennial proposal that we have not done because there are too many rating systems in place to include them all. It's the same way for films and TV shows which don't include them. — Masem (t) 16:15, 26 December 2024 (UTC)