Template talk:Infobox video game

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A number of changes have been discussed and rejected multiple times, and sometimes discussed and ignored. Please review the below discussions before adding a new section for the parameter you would like to add. Each discussion is listed by most- to least-recent.

I would like |predecessor= and |successor= added: See: Add a space to input succeeding and preceding games if it is in a series, Three parameters suggestions, Add sequel and succeeded, Add "follows" and "follwed by" in videogame infobox template., Iterative games, Prequel and Sequel, GameSeries
I would like |website= added: See: Add a link to the website of the game, "Official Website" Field, No way to add a website., Template-protected edit request on 5 November 2020, Three parameters suggestions, add website parameter, website
I would like |based on= added: See: Template-protected edit request on 13 July 2020, How about a "Based on" parameter?
I would like |support status= added: See: Template-protected edit request on 31 May 2021, Early access date, Add field for end of life?, "Discontinued" date or similar for multiplayer/online games, Add new field for current status, Optional support stopped parameter wanted needed
I would like |infobox software parameter= added: See: Programming language, Optional Source Code Repo field, Add field for latest release version and date (as in Infobox software), Parameter suggestion: "size", Size parameter, Add license field?, Add a game version information, Programming language, missing fields
I would like |specific technical parameter= added: See: Addition of parameters, Parameters to the video game infobox, Addition of new optional parameters
I would like |other kind of parameter= added: See: Add Reception?, e.g. PEGI age ratings are missing from this info box, Budget field, Sound director parameter
I would like Wikidata to...: See: Release date (P577), Image property
I would like to refine how we treat a certain field, or even remove it: See: Staff precedence, "other_name" paramter, Propose adding Age Guide, Updating Computer Releases, Proposal on arcade fields (successful), On ending the practice of laundry listing dates..., Derivative copyrighted cover arts, Platform and Release Date fields, Guidelines for including Producer(s), Co-op, On staff in infobox, macOS in the infobox, Removal of the display parameter, Distributor (successful)

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Video games

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Differentiate between gameplay genre and story genre

There should be separate sections for a game's gameplay genre and story genre.

For example, the gameplay genre of the Mario & Luigi series is RPG, but the story genre is action comedy. Benpiano800 (talk) 04:19, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Though I do suppose this would be redundant with genres like action-adventure. Benpiano800 (talk) 04:30, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video games are routinely not characterized by their narrative genre, outside of horror game which intermixes the narrative and gameplay genre. So we avoid trying to use narrative genres. Also, knowing the mess these tend to cause for films and other works, that also draws a lot of original research and excessive flooding of genre descriptors, so its probably better we have avoided that. Masem (t) 12:38, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. But I don't know that Wikipedia is the correct place to start improving games categorization, that there is such a place, or that prescription would be effective. Unknow0059 (talk) 02:56, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Release dates

Alongside release date, How about a new field for discontinued date? 92.16.43.192 (talk) 23:22, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add Age Rating Field

ESRB rates games in the US & UK on self-reported data to help inform parents if a given game, its themes and contents are age-appropriate for their children. In Japan, it's CERO.

The infobox for tabletop games includes a field for Age Range.

Considering the existence of these regulatory bodies, why doesn't the template for video-games do the same, similar, or better? Unknow0059 (talk) 02:51, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the last time this was discussed back in April, there are too many rating systems to make it reasonable. Primefac (talk) 11:17, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you implying the tabletop games infobox is unreasonable? Unknow0059 (talk) 02:49, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would say so, it acts more like a shopping aid than anything encyclopedic. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 02:59, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add website parameter

Why is there no website parameter? I think there should be one. PhotographyEdits (talk) 01:55, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Read the FAQ at the top of the page (or at Template talk:Infobox video game/FAQ) which has a list of the various discussions where this was decided against. Primefac (talk) 12:43, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]