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I think gen 2 should be split between Intellivision and Magnovox Odyssy 2. Do you aggree? -- SeQel ( talk) 18:47, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Is there a reason this template starts with fifth-generation consoles? I think it would be a good idea to add the other four.
I argue that the Neo-Geo was a niche console, and thus does not belong in this list of "Major video game consoles," which is the title of the box. Neo-Geo was a major arcade system, but not a major console. CD-I wasn't a major console either. - Slo-mo 22:01, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
--- On that note, I say the playdia should also be omitted from this box. non major console. It's like adding in that FM Towns Marty. -- 65.93.223.100 01:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the bit classification of video game systems starting with this generation should not be placed on here. The last video game systems classified by their companies with bits were the 128-bit Sega Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. These new seventh generation consoles (XBox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii) don't actually contain 256-bit processors. Even the most powerful consumer home PC computer systems either contain 32-bit or 64-bit processors.-- Mark Nguyen 15:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Remember TurboGrafx 16 had an 8-bit CPU,but 16-bit GPU. Today's 7-th gen consoles are all 256-bit,according to the the GPU wordlengths. But,then you have the XBOX with its' 32-bit CPU and 256-bit GPU. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.162.185.5 ( talk) 04:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC).
I believe the seventh generation consoles XBOX 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 could be the 256-bit era when you look at it. Okay the CPU in the XBOX 360 and Wii are 64-Bit while the PlayStation 3's Cell is 128-bit, but the graphics card in all three consoles has an internal 256-bit engine and the graphics is really what counts.
Leave it up their, its a new console that wants to compete with the next gen consoles, I think the word should spread. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elven6 ( talk • contribs) 04:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't think the Evo: Phase One deserves to be in the list of "dedicated video game consoles". For one, it's currently vapourware, and for another, it's just a PC (built using off-the-shelf components) branded as a media-center/gaming machine. Revlob 08:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
it's not a _dedicated_ template, it's a _selected_ template. apple pippin is not dedicated too. pippin is never known well. anyway... in template said - "Selected video game consoles" -- Lone Guardian 00:37, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Anyway, my understanding is that it is a gaming console that plays P.C. games. Just because it plays P.C. games doesn't disqualify it from being a gaming console. Its definetly not created with the intention of being a computer anyway.(It also has CD and DVD capabilities as do the other gaming consoles) 74.137.230.39 22:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC) One other thing to point out is that just because it plays computer games, doesn't take it out of the market. People may be more interested in this hybrid model(no matter how unlikely) which takes away sales primarily from the computer and gaming console industries. In otherwords I believe it is competing in two markets. 74.137.230.39 22:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I already find this to be an awkward template (vertical?) but regardless, I agree with most here that the Evo should not be included. It seems pretty obvious that this is not going to seriously compete with the PS3, Xbox360 or Wii, it's just a Media Center PC. The system's notability is highly suspect, as it was only announced less than two weeks ago, and this template doesn't look like it's trying to predict or gauge such things. -- SevereTireDamage 07:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
If we're not including Phantom, why are we including this? And if this makes it, why don't we include cell phones, iPods, and Nuon? This thing's too obscure to be on the **selected** list of consoles, and it's not a dedicated console, either. It's a computer, not a console. Every single other system on this template has its own games. The reasons go on.-- llamapalooza87 02:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
But it's an IBM-PC! It's not even a console, so regardless of obscurity or not I can't see why it is on this template. Artipol 07:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
evo should definately be in there. I have it for myself and is ALOT like a home system. I dont know about you but i'm deleting V.Flash and putting in Evo.~~union_K
I took away the "(128-bit)" designation at the end of the Sixth Generation section. It's not 128-bits. Bit counts are getting to be unnecessary, as there won't be a huge leap in processing power for a long time. -- CanesOL79 00:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I've recently started attacking the video game console article, and I thought this would be a good place to advertise the fact that it could do with some attention. I think several of the disputes on this template could be resolved a bit quicker if our defining article was better formed. Subjects such as the Evo's validity as a console, and bit-count are topics that could do with development. In the talk page, I've linked to a sandbox version of the page I'm working on, which includes a few ideas which I haven't taken to the main article yet. -- Revlob 12:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I beleive that there are better, more well known and less obscure, console deserving to be in here instead of thease two. The CD-i and Neo Geo CD seem to be more well known than thease two.
Nonsense, that is a US-centric view. CD32 was the first CD-based console, and the highest-selling CD-ROM format for several years. 220.236.251.250 06:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Does this realy need to be broken into two parts? 70.101.201.248 15:34, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Why is the name of this template "Dedicated video game consoles"? That term is ordinarily used to refer to non-programmable home units such as the Pong-clones of the 1970s. Check out Wikipedia's own article on dedicated consoles. Since this template is clearly not just for dedicated consoles, shouldn't the name be changed? I'm not sure what it should be changed to, though. Also, would it be a nightmare to change the tons of references to this template within other articles, or is there some easy way to do that? Can you have a redirect for a template, if so, will that actually display the template properly when it's at its new location, even for articles which still refer to the old location? I'm too new to Wikipedia to know the answers to some of these questions. Thoughts? -- Ecksemmess 05:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
The list is missing the Playstation 2, quite possibly the most popular game console at the current time. WTF? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.87.200.241 ( talk • contribs) .
The PlayStation 2 is indeed included in the list. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zeta26 ( talk • contribs) .
The REAL generations are: 1- Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision 2- NES, Master System 3- SNES, Genesis, Jaguar, 3DO 4- N64, PS1, Dreamcast 5- PS2, GC, Xbox 6- Wii, PS3, 360
Anyone who knows a damn thing about videogaming knows this! Quit spreading these lies!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.69.137.11 ( talk • contribs) .
No... The REAL generations are:
1- Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision 2- NES, Master System 3- SNES, Genesis, TurboGrafx 4- Jaguar, 3DO, N64, PS1, Saturn 5- Dreamcast, PS2, GC, Xbox 6- Wii, PS3, 360
I feel the Evo: Phase One console should be allowed to be included in the template. it can play games. this template should not discriminate between console and computer games. As well, i think the other "fringe" consoles ( CD-i, 3DO, Amiga CDTV) should be included for their particular historical (if not "niche"/"fringe") value. Raccoon Fox • Talk • Stalk 02:05, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
The main article for this console is Sega Mega Drive. Sega Genesis is just a redirect. Wikipedia writers have chosen Mega Drive as the name of the article and decided that according to wikipedia policy, Genesis is a subservient name. Therefore it seems obvious to me that the console should be billed in this template as either Mega Drive or Mega Drive/Genesis (which was the name of the console article for a while, but /s aren't good in wikipedia article titles for technical reasons). However users such as 74.33.2.89 keep chaning it to just Genesis, so what do others think about this? — ThomasHarte 09:56, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, Nishkid64 was nice enough to agree with my request for semi-protection. Don't know why it took me so long to think of it. - Diceman 10:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
The HyperScan does NOT belong on this template especially in the 7th gen category. Toadthetoad 22:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Selected
home game consoles
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Fifth generation ( compare) |
3DO • Jaguar • Saturn • PlayStation • N64 |
Sixth generation ( compare) |
Dreamcast • PlayStation 2 • GameCube • Xbox |
Seventh generation ( compare) |
Xbox 360 • PlayStation 3 • Wii |
Would anyone object to the title rows being a darker shade of grey? The colors are so close as it is that it can be a bit hard to distinguish between them. For example, this:
I think the other generation consoles need a compare page. Super Ranger 22:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Can we please stop adding market failures to this list? Only consoles of decent success can go here, otherwise it'd be too crowded. The consoles we have listed now are fine. - Joshua368 05:47, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Three consoles were deleted without any consultation. All three of these systems have been part of the list for considerable periods of time. These systems are notable for several reasons and each of them sold in considerable quantities. Just because they were not well known in a particular specific country, namely USA, is no reason for them not to be listed. These systems outsold several others that are on the list on a worldwide basis. This US bias is very noticeable here. Coleco Telstar? Atari 5200/7800? Dreamcast? Sega Saturn? These are all generally considered as failures. There is no consistency in what is included and what is not, other than that systems that Americans are less familiar with are excluded. If you really want me to go into massive detail about why they should be here I can do so if it will prevent further vandalism of the list. Just briefly, CD32 was the world's first 32-bit CD-based console, and the first console AFAIK which was expandable to a complete computer. Interton VC 4000 was the first multi-manufacturer console standard, not only does this give it historic value, it must have been reasonably popular for a dozen or more manufacturers to clone it. (Also was the first console version of a full computer, namely the TV Games Computer.) Same applies for Arcadia 2001. I don't know about Americans, but certainly here the games for these were much more widely available than for obscure systems such as Colecovision. The list is linked to by the articles about those machines, obviously I am not the only one who considers them appropriate entries. I wasn't even the one who originally added these machines to the list, it's annoying to have to redo the same edits half a dozen times just because some American thinks that the list would be too long by having 3 entries which were already there in the first place. Artipol 01:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
You have not addressed most of my comments. Your comments on the Arcadia reflect an American-centric view, the "Emerson Arcadia 2001" in the list represents an entire console family which goes by various names, not just the version Emerson produced in the USA. Considering only the American version and ignoring the other variants would be like considering only Genesis and ignoring Megadrive. Same goes with "Interton VC 4000" which I see you have also removed; the world's first multi-vendor standard console. Listing a machine because its ancestors were popular, and part of a "great lineage" (a subjective term if ever I saw one!) does not make sense. By such reasoning you would have to include the Commodore 64GS console. And you would in fact have to also include the Amiga CD32, part of the great Amiga lineage. I will have to check on the timing of the release of the 3DO compared to the CD32, I suspect the CD32 may have been released first in Europe and the 3DO first in America or Japan. Regardless, I seem to recall that it shifted more CD-ROM games during 1994 than any other system (including IBM-PC, Macintosh, 3DO, etc.) Artipol 05:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Commodore went bankrupt primarily because of its PC-compatibles division, not because of the Amiga nor CD32. Never heard of Coleco Telstar, maybe it was successful in USA but not anywhere else. You seem to be very concerned about the list having too many entries, I'm not sure why, it is a very small list which takes up very little screen space. Everyone knows about the SNES/Megadrive/etc., no one is going to learn anything if only such consoles are listed. I'm not even a European, so patriotism has nothing to do with it. I hardly see how anything I have said would qualify as "ranting". Re. "great lineages", you seem to be redefining the definition as you go along. The title of the box as it appears is "Selected home game consoles", not "Consoles that were popular in America or were made by companies that made other consoles previously that were popular in America". Artipol 05:04, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I think that arbitration is probably needed in this situation, as it seems neither one of us is likely to convince the other. The criteria for inclusion/exclusion also need to be formalized, "Selected" is very vague: selected by whom, and according to what criteria? What do you think about this proposal? Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "Japan, NTSC and PAL". There are two main television standards: NTSC (North America, Japan), PAL (most of Europe, Australia). Japan uses the NTSC standard. Artipol 06:25, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
As for inclusion standards, I would say that most if not all non-handheld consoles which are important enough to warrant a non-stub Wikipedia article, and which are not merely clones or variants of another system, should be included. I think such criteria are clear and fair. The list as it stands is incomplete, I think it is useful for people to see where various systems fit in relation to one another. Artipol 06:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Why do you continue to vandalize this page before the arbitration has been finalized? You have lied about not removing the VC 4000, a look at the edit history shows that you have indeed removed it. You have also not had the courtesy to remove the template from the pages that include it, leaving to inconsistencies. Artipol 05:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Some thoughts: What are Interstuff VC Thingy, Emerson Whatsit, Amiga CD Something, and Evo? Why are we including obscure crap in selected? And how can we justify these but not other obscure systems? Why are these on here but Virtual Boy isn't? I have some suggestions for criteria. Feel free to shoot them down. Include a system...
I think that includes all the important systems while weeding out the crap
Nuon. Again, feel free to shoot this down or add to it or whatnot. Just trying to help, as the template is really illogical to me right now. Also, in the mean time, I'm going to fix the template so it doesn't list "Wii Evo" as a console. --
llamapalooza87 03:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I disagree. Obviously Evo doesn't belong because it's not a console. But the other three that you incorrectly cited obviously do belong. Your personal opinion of what is "crap" or not is irrelevant. Personally I deem the Nintendo Excrement System to be utter crap, but I'm not agitating for its removal. Virtual Boy is a handheld, that is why it is not on the list. Artipol 07:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
My $0.02: I'm in the middle here. The Amiga CD32 and Interton do not fit within the confines of this template. They seem to be included as "tokens" to ward off claims of the list being American-centric. The Interton article in particular is barely more than a stub, which I think pretty much attests to the relative global obscurity of this console. Considering that the template in the VC 4000 article is longer than the article itself, I think it's pretty much delusional to consider it a "major" system. I do agree, on the other hand, that the Arcadia deserves inclusion. But what this all boils down to is that any "majority approved" definition of "selected" or "major" is going to be prone to catfights and ridiculously arbitrary definitions and technicalities. Basing "importance" on sheer sales figures is truly missing the boat - I'm willing to bet that the Dendy (Russian clone of the NES) sold more units than the Virtua Boy and TG-16 combined, but would not consider it "important". With all that in mind, I think it'd be best to include all consoles (excluding clones), and bold the consoles that are agreed upon as major - off-hand, this'd be the 2600, the Intellivision, the NES and SMS, the SNES and Genesis, the Saturn, the PSX, and the N64, and the Dreamcast/PS2/PS3/X-BOX/X-BOX Circle/GameCube/Wii. I could also personally go either way with the Colecovision, TG-16, and 3DO crowds, leaning towards bolding for the Colecovision, and neutral about the other two. Including all consoles would give the weirder, off-the-wall consoles a moment of recognition, while keeping the "famous players" clear. -- Action Jackson IV 20:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
The VC 4000 entry is a bit bare, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1292_Advanced_Programmable_Video_System (one of the innumerable licensed clones) is much more detailed. The system deserves recognition for such factors as: world's first system to be licensed to other manufacturers (ie. first "world standard" system, a la Arcadia/MSX/3DO), first/only system designed wholly in Europe, first system to be designed with compatibility with a particular computer system in mind, controller innovations, ancestor of the Arcadia family, etc. Whether or not it is listed in boldface or not isn't something that worries me. Artipol 06:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I apologize for calling the systems "crap," I really meant to use it in the generic, meaningless, "stuff" sense of the word, but I should have been more clear. I have never played the systems in question and do not claim to be able to judge their quality. More importantly, this debate isn't even about the quality or significance of systems, it's about their notoriety. It doesn't matter why a system "deserves recognition" because this template is for the systems that people are most likely searching for on their own, not directing them to things they've never heard of. The template will be more helpful if it's more simple. Again, I think an excellent solution would be to create a second template for each generation, so one can find obscure systems within each generation easily- I'm not opposed to giving these articles exposure, I just think that this template is NOT the right place AT ALL. The fact of the matter is, the majority of users on the pages in question won't be looking for Arcadia or Emerson or Interton. They're looking for Super Nintendo or Xbox. Again, I think we just need a fair, limited set of criteria to keep this template limited to the systems that will be most helpful. - llamapalooza87 21:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand your reasoning here. If people are looking for Xbox, why would they need a template at all, they can just type "Xbox". Following your reasoning seems to indicate that no one wants to learn anything on Wikipedia, which is obviously wrong. The template's main purpose, it seems to me, is to contextualize the machines listed, ie. to show where various machines "fit" in the various generations. Having only a few machines on the list makes it less, not more, useful. To make assumptions about what people will be interested in, and to assume that they won't be interested in learning anything, seems odd. Artipol 04:10, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Templates are not to teach people. That's why we have articles. They are to provide convenient access to the most sought-after articles. Some people are interested in the obscure machines in question, but that's only a tiny, tiny fraction of the people who will see it. The thing that bugs me is that you're only pushing for a few consoles, and if we were to include the ones for which you're fighting right now, we would have to include literally everything on List of video game consoles to maintain any level of consistency. At that point there are so many systems that it becomes cluttered and unusable. I understand your argument, and feel that a reasonable compromise would be the following: We would keep this template limited and simple-- by having specific criteria we can keep it shortened, and I fail to see any criteria which separate your consoles from the rest of the list. As the other part of the compromise, we would create a specific template for each generation to provide easy access for anyone interested in systems like the Arcadia, including all systems but also providing easy access to the articles that most users will be looking for. I find this solution to be the best possible and it seems to me that this solution neither excludes obscure systems nor shoves them down people's throats. Does such a compromise seem reasonable to you? - llamapalooza87 06:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm not pushing for any systems to be "added". The systems in question were originally listed, so I'm not attempting to "add" anything, it's merely restoring what was already there. WRT to the List of video game consoles, a close examination of it will reveal that most of those that are not on this template seem to be handhelds (eg. Lynx, Mega Duck), or computers (eg. MSX, APF Imagination Machine, MAX), or never commercially released (eg. Tennis for Two), or only released in one country (eg. Casio Loopy), or rather generic Pong clones (eg. APF TV Fun). When these are excluded there are actually not that many remaining. Nearly all the remaining machines are already on this template. And eg. the Arcadia etc. do have some interesting "firsts" which would warrant their inclusion anyway. Artipol 01:37, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Interton was only released in Germany, and the AmigaCD was essentially unavailable outside Britain. I still fail to see why the systems in question are any different from the rest of the unincluded systems on the list or why it would be unacceptable to create generational templates. -- llamapalooza87 22:27, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Various members of the Interton VC 4000 family were produced by other manufacturers and were available in various countries. The CD32 was released in most if not all major markets of the world, certainly not just the UK. I'm not sure where you're getting your info from but it's inaccurate. Artipol 11:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
I got my info from the articles here. Maybe you should edit them to make them more clear. The Interton article lists Germany exclusively. The Amiga CD32 article states that there was almost no supply outside of Britain, hence my remark about essentially. But, more importantly and more relevant to this discussion, why do you pose opposition to generational templates? -- llamapalooza87 02:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I would edit these, but I don't relish having to justify reversions of deletions at a ratio of over 1:1000 words. It seems the effort of a subject matter expert making improvements to Wikipedia is not worth the resulting anguish caused by other perhaps well-intentioned people who have only a cursory understanding of the machines in question and have not carried out the necessary research to ascertain answers to questions which we have spent considerable effort to obtain answers to and freely shared the resultant knowledge. If you want to obtain correct and comprehensive knowledge about these machines, it is available, eg. at Emerson Arcadia 2001 Central, but not currently at Wikipedia. CD32 was certainly easily available in Australia, New Zealand, most of Europe, etc. Interton VC 4000 is the West German member of its console family. Other countries had other versions which were all more or less compatible but made by other manufacturers. The convention seems to be to refer to them all (2636-based consoles) as "Interton VC 4000" family, as the convention seems to be to refer to the 2637-based consoles as "Emerson Arcadia 2001" family. But the 2636-based machines were not restricted to West Germany, nor were the 2637-based machines restricted to USA. Nor were these machines necessarily first manufacturered or originally designed by Interton or Emerson; it seems more likely that Signetics (a subsidiary of Philips) were the designers and licensors. In fact perhaps I would have chosen other machines as the "generic" representatives of these. However the usage seems well-established and there isn't much point changing it at this late date, as long as people understand the relationship between these machines. There are various sub-families, generally these will run the same code but are region-locked to prevent interchange of cartridges. I don't recall opposing generational templates; all I have opposed is the omission of certain machines which were already originally part of the template. 13:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I admit that my knowledge about the consoles in question is cursory at best, but it remains that even after the information you gave me I still feel that these consoles did not have widespread distribution in the major markets-- not a wide enough audience to justify inclusion, in my opinion. Anyway, I simply assumed that you opposed the generational templates because you didn't mention it until now. I'll gladly try and work on a gen-template but I should warn that my wikiformatting knowledge is limited at best. Anyway, I think, assuming that we end up with Generational templates, we need a set of criteria for this template. It could be as simple as just "the top three most well-known per generation" or as complex as the list I outlined above. In response to the general tone of your comment, I would just like to apologize if my remarks came off as rude. I am not trying to diminish the importance of the consoles on which you are clearly an expert, I simply feel that the general public would not consider them necessary for inclusion on this template. I know just about nothing about these consoles, I'm just trying to give a usabiliy perspective. I'll try and get a basic idea for templates up on my talkpage. I have a test template ready on my talkpage, but I don't have all the category nonsense set up yet. Opinions? --
llamapalooza87 02:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, it seems you're proposing not only to create some extra templates but to delete entries from the main template. I don't agree with that at all, I can't see any problem with the main template as it is now. It's not like it's particularly big as templates go. Artipol 07:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
So, I feel I should aplogize. I've been a bit unreasonable. As long as nothing else is added to the template, I guess it's OK as it is. If it starts to get more complicated with even more obscure systems, however, don't be surprised if systems like Interton, Emerson, and CD32 get removed with the other obscure ones in the process. -- llamapalooza87 03:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
We could make a seperate template list for less popular consoles if you don't want the place to get cluttered. But there aren't that many on there right now anyway - FMasic 10:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Why is the Apple Pippin in the template now.. I wouldn't have thought it would be notable enough to be included considering, well.. there was only about 40,000 of them worldwide. Everything else on the list is far more notable to a console that wasn't even really a console. - Boochan 10:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, just because a console may have failed, does not mean that it does not exist. The list should have all consoles that exist, not just the successful ones.
oh really? i thought dreamcast suppose to be with playstation 1, thats in fifth generation. -- 60.52.84.79 07:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps keeping the full template for the Generation articles, but for individual system pages we instead just have the generation? Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 20:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Yep, we could put as many consoles as we can find onto each specific template, to prevent clutter from this one. Only what would the categories be? - FMasic 10:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
It belongs to the 4th generation, not the 3rd. The "it's really 8-bit" argument has been a slander against it from fans of other systems since the beginning; including it in a template is amateurish, ignorant, and simply wrong. -- 24.252.10.228 22:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Nonsense. Of course it's 8-bit. Pretending it is 16-bit is amateurish, ignorant and simply wrong. From the PC Engine article: "CPU: 8-bit HuC6280A, a modified 65C02 running at 1.79 or 7.16 MHz (switchable by software)." From the HuC6280 article: "The HuC6280 8-bit microprocessor is Japanese company Hudson Soft's improved version of the WDC 65C02 CPU." If you think for some bizarre reason the 6502 is 16-bit, then that would make eg. the VIC-20 a 16-bit machine. What rubbish. It's only 4th generation in terms of release date, not in any architectural/performance sense. Get your facts straight next time. Artipol 03:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
To avoid some of the controversy surrounding more obscure consoles, perhaps there should be something like "See also comprehensive list of videogame consoles" or something similar at the top of the template. -- 24.252.10.228 22:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't think PONG qualifies as a console, more like just a video game (booth?). The rest all use removable media. - FMasic 10:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
There was a home version of PONG that played only, well, PONG. It was one of the first game systems that the average person had a chance of hearing of. -- llamapalooza87 02:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, PONG was very popular back in the day and it spawned other consoles that are now considered clones. So I think Atari's PONG should be considered a game console but others like it should not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.95.234 ( talk) 22:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
this template is currently used in the articles at the references section which gets hardly readable because of this right-floating infobox.
someone should have a look and fix it (I couldn't). Torzsmokus 03:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Would anyone object to me rearranging the consoles in alphabetical order for each generation? i believe that the template would look more professional if there was some rhyme or reason behind the order consoles are listed.___ J.delanoy 18:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
From what I can see, the order is neither alphabetical, nor by release date, as the seventh generation order appears as PS3, Wii, X360. Alphabetical would be PS3, X360, Wii, while release date would be X360, PS3, Wii. Is there any consensus? -- iTocapa iChat 02:10, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Virtual Boy is a portable, it doesn't belong on the template. Artipol 08:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I think the template should be made horizontal, so it can be placed at the very bottom of an article, after the "External links" section. -- Silver Edge 04:37, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
V.Smile and HyperScan are not TRUE video game systems just like does handheld games you somethimes get out of the happy meal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.30.21 ( talk) 23:26, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
This is to initiate a discussion on which generation Nintendo's Color TV Game (1977) belongs in. It currently is in 1st generation, which is currently defined as the Pong era consoles from 1972-1977. User Badger Drink wants to change it to move it to 2nd generation because he considers the release year as the qualification for generation, which when taken in to consideration also does not merit the change since 1st generation is defined as through '77 here. My own thoughts is as a Pong console it has no business in the 2nd generation listing and should remain in the 1st generation listing where its been. Generations on Wikipedia and the generation pages are defined via a mixture of dates and technology, not one or the other. First (1972-1977) and 2nd generation (1976-1984) definitions here overlap for instance because of this tech vs. year if you look. Likewise, Pong consoles were released well in to the 80's world wide, and it would be irresponsible to put them in the same generation as a console like the Colecovision or even the NES/Famicom, just as it would be irresponsible to put the 16-bit Intellivision in the same generation as the 16-bit Genesis. I'm also leaning towards questioning its notability for even including it in the template, which is a listing of notable systems of a generation. There's nothing the differentiates it from the 100+ pong systems released world wide, or the more notable releases already listed. I've also filed an RFC at the video games project for more input. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 05:44, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Would the Zeebo be considered to be on the list after release? Noneofyour ( talk) 22:45, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Added Zeebo to the list yesterday, only to have it removed. The source says "Please only add existing, non-handheld units to this list.". The Zeebo exists, it's not handheld, and it's 7th generation. So why not add it. The box is titled "Video game consoles by generation" not "Some video game consoles by generation" or "Popular video game consoles by generation" or even "Video game consoles by generation as per certain Wikipedians' choices". It's notable and therefore should be added.
Signed in now. Edit was by me.
Well I can't argue with that, so thanks for not being an a-hole (like some serial editors who seem to think certain pages belong to them). I do suggest the title be revised though. Possibly "Major video game consoles by generation". Thanks
Where is the Bally Astrocade, that used to be on the templete list but was bizzarely taken of, surely it counts as a game console if it used to be on here, was second generation competition to the 2600, and was never classifed as a PC nor a gaming PC. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool ( talk) 16:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Where this dediacted console in the template ? Junk Police ( talk) 09:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
There are some consoles on this template that simply do not belong for whatever reason:
1. Philips Odyssey- If I'm not mistaken, this was simply a different version of the Magnavox Odyssey. Including this is like including the NES along with the Famicom.
2. Super A'Can- It simply cannot compete with other consoles in its generation. It belongs is a full list of consoles and not on a short template like this.
3. Apple Pippin- This has the same story as the A'Can. It just doesn't fit with the other consoles in its generation.
4. Casio Loopy- Is this even considered a game console? Wasn't it just a printer that plays a few games with each of their main purpose being to print stickers? I don't know. Even if it is a game console, it wasn't popular and should not be on this template.
5. FM Towns Marty- Again, its the same story as the A'Can and Pippin. I don't think it was popular enough. Also, this one was only released in Japan anyway.
6. Playdia- There are a variety of reasons to delete this. One, I'm pretty sure it was only released in Japan. Two, it wasn't popular enough to compete with others in its generation. Three, it only released educational and children-friendly games much like the HyperScan which isn't included on this list.
Well, I'm going to take these down. If anyone has any disagreements, you can put them back up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.95.234 ( talk) 23:08, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
For one where the hell has the Coleco Telstar article gone?! But also, I would say you have valid reasons for removeing the Casio Loopy, Playdia and Philips Odyssey, but I don't think sales are A justifed reason to remove them from a wikipeida template, otherwise a console like the Amiga CD32 would be removed, dispite it being important (In the fact that it is the world's first 32 bit console) and the fact that it is important for a particular reason (It was Commodore's last console) plus people who search wikipedia would be more curios to learn about consoles they don't know about, rather then consoles they all ready know a lot about (like the PS), I am going to put them back up as they are competeing consoles, it is not sales that matters on wikipedia, it's wether or not they exzist that maters on wikipedia. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool ( talk) 19:45, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
This is the discussion area for the RFC filed at the Video Games Project regarding the purpose of this template as well as a possible renaming of the template. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 06:44, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I completely agree with all those points as well, which is why I raised this RFC. So it looks like we're in agreement on and should move forward with discussion on these two subjects:
With regards to subject one, I would suggest something along the lines of "Console Highlights By Generation" based on Guyinblack's point - a template is meant to act as a navigation device rather than a information device. There's already a full page of every single console, which is already organized by generation. Unless anyone else has a better suggestion on an appropriate name? My vote is also for a generational link format currently in place vs. moving to separate templates for every generation. If we're keeping the listing short, it shouldn't be an issue, and the current setup allows you to easily navigate to a specific generation by clicking on the row tag.
With regards to subject two, I would propose that we should be able to come up with guidelines for this template similar to how we did for the in pop culture guidelines. For example, a console simply existing on the market or being the "first" at something should not be enough for inclusion. While it's certainly notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia itself, in relation to the proposed purpose of this template it should meet some sort of criteria we can all agree on. Point being, criteria that is not as subjective as something like Wikipedia:ILIKEIT or arguable popularity. For example, if we were to look at the three "main" consoles right now (Wii, PS3, XBox360) even though there are a bunch of other consoles of this generation, what is it that we can concretely point at for these being the three main consoles? Sales? Press coverage? Their respective company's place in the industry? All of the above? There's no arguing that Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are the major console players of the current generation. That also reflects back on the reason for their current place - the consoles they have on the market, which also ties in to sales, which ties in to etc. Just as say you had Nintendo (NES), Sega (Master System), and Atari (7800) as the major third generation players and can point those out for same reasons. So I'm fairly sure between us we can come up with some sort of objective guideline based on these linked relationships. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 02:08, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Argh! This was the best template on Wikipedia before the change! You could quickly scan left to right to see progression of consoles within each generation (the new single-generation templates aren't even in chronological order) and scan top to bottom to see the evolution of each company's systems through the generations (Atari, Nintendo, Sega, etc). What a shame to lose such a great template. :( DOSGuy ( talk) 23:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Since this list does'ent only include notable consoles, but infact includes every single console every made, may I point out that among others, this list is missing the Nintendo TV game 6, the Bally Astrodcade, The Epoch Cassete System, the Super Epoch Cassete System, the Cyclon games console, the Action Max, the Amiga CDTV, the Virtual Boy, the NUON and the Pansonic Q, as I said among MANY others. When this was a list of notable consoles, I excepted that for the benfit of this article that I would only list notable consoles, however it seems since this article contains ALL consoles, non notable ones INCLUDED, I feel that it should be 100% completed, unless wikipedia sugests otherwise. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool ( talk) 16:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
I think it'd be a good idea to add link into the template to link from this template to another page showing all 1st-7th generation game console and portable game console, isn't it? C933103 ( talk) 17:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
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This template is missing these dedicated consoles: Game & Watch Pokemon Pikachu Super Famicom Box Various arcade game systems.
Also, to be more inline with other video game console related templates, the three groups should be (instead of Ball and paddle, Other, and Modern Plug and play) Home, Handheld, and Arcade MAGA2016 ( talk) 23:24, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Sold widely on the high street in the UK during the 1990s and into the 2000s, in legitimate shops such as Argos, the TV Boy is a dedicated Atari 2600. — 64.245.141.10 ( talk) 19:25, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
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I think gen 2 should be split between Intellivision and Magnovox Odyssy 2. Do you aggree? -- SeQel ( talk) 18:47, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Is there a reason this template starts with fifth-generation consoles? I think it would be a good idea to add the other four.
I argue that the Neo-Geo was a niche console, and thus does not belong in this list of "Major video game consoles," which is the title of the box. Neo-Geo was a major arcade system, but not a major console. CD-I wasn't a major console either. - Slo-mo 22:01, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
--- On that note, I say the playdia should also be omitted from this box. non major console. It's like adding in that FM Towns Marty. -- 65.93.223.100 01:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the bit classification of video game systems starting with this generation should not be placed on here. The last video game systems classified by their companies with bits were the 128-bit Sega Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. These new seventh generation consoles (XBox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii) don't actually contain 256-bit processors. Even the most powerful consumer home PC computer systems either contain 32-bit or 64-bit processors.-- Mark Nguyen 15:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Remember TurboGrafx 16 had an 8-bit CPU,but 16-bit GPU. Today's 7-th gen consoles are all 256-bit,according to the the GPU wordlengths. But,then you have the XBOX with its' 32-bit CPU and 256-bit GPU. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.162.185.5 ( talk) 04:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC).
I believe the seventh generation consoles XBOX 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 could be the 256-bit era when you look at it. Okay the CPU in the XBOX 360 and Wii are 64-Bit while the PlayStation 3's Cell is 128-bit, but the graphics card in all three consoles has an internal 256-bit engine and the graphics is really what counts.
Leave it up their, its a new console that wants to compete with the next gen consoles, I think the word should spread. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elven6 ( talk • contribs) 04:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't think the Evo: Phase One deserves to be in the list of "dedicated video game consoles". For one, it's currently vapourware, and for another, it's just a PC (built using off-the-shelf components) branded as a media-center/gaming machine. Revlob 08:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
it's not a _dedicated_ template, it's a _selected_ template. apple pippin is not dedicated too. pippin is never known well. anyway... in template said - "Selected video game consoles" -- Lone Guardian 00:37, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Anyway, my understanding is that it is a gaming console that plays P.C. games. Just because it plays P.C. games doesn't disqualify it from being a gaming console. Its definetly not created with the intention of being a computer anyway.(It also has CD and DVD capabilities as do the other gaming consoles) 74.137.230.39 22:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC) One other thing to point out is that just because it plays computer games, doesn't take it out of the market. People may be more interested in this hybrid model(no matter how unlikely) which takes away sales primarily from the computer and gaming console industries. In otherwords I believe it is competing in two markets. 74.137.230.39 22:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I already find this to be an awkward template (vertical?) but regardless, I agree with most here that the Evo should not be included. It seems pretty obvious that this is not going to seriously compete with the PS3, Xbox360 or Wii, it's just a Media Center PC. The system's notability is highly suspect, as it was only announced less than two weeks ago, and this template doesn't look like it's trying to predict or gauge such things. -- SevereTireDamage 07:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
If we're not including Phantom, why are we including this? And if this makes it, why don't we include cell phones, iPods, and Nuon? This thing's too obscure to be on the **selected** list of consoles, and it's not a dedicated console, either. It's a computer, not a console. Every single other system on this template has its own games. The reasons go on.-- llamapalooza87 02:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
But it's an IBM-PC! It's not even a console, so regardless of obscurity or not I can't see why it is on this template. Artipol 07:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
evo should definately be in there. I have it for myself and is ALOT like a home system. I dont know about you but i'm deleting V.Flash and putting in Evo.~~union_K
I took away the "(128-bit)" designation at the end of the Sixth Generation section. It's not 128-bits. Bit counts are getting to be unnecessary, as there won't be a huge leap in processing power for a long time. -- CanesOL79 00:05, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I've recently started attacking the video game console article, and I thought this would be a good place to advertise the fact that it could do with some attention. I think several of the disputes on this template could be resolved a bit quicker if our defining article was better formed. Subjects such as the Evo's validity as a console, and bit-count are topics that could do with development. In the talk page, I've linked to a sandbox version of the page I'm working on, which includes a few ideas which I haven't taken to the main article yet. -- Revlob 12:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I beleive that there are better, more well known and less obscure, console deserving to be in here instead of thease two. The CD-i and Neo Geo CD seem to be more well known than thease two.
Nonsense, that is a US-centric view. CD32 was the first CD-based console, and the highest-selling CD-ROM format for several years. 220.236.251.250 06:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Does this realy need to be broken into two parts? 70.101.201.248 15:34, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Why is the name of this template "Dedicated video game consoles"? That term is ordinarily used to refer to non-programmable home units such as the Pong-clones of the 1970s. Check out Wikipedia's own article on dedicated consoles. Since this template is clearly not just for dedicated consoles, shouldn't the name be changed? I'm not sure what it should be changed to, though. Also, would it be a nightmare to change the tons of references to this template within other articles, or is there some easy way to do that? Can you have a redirect for a template, if so, will that actually display the template properly when it's at its new location, even for articles which still refer to the old location? I'm too new to Wikipedia to know the answers to some of these questions. Thoughts? -- Ecksemmess 05:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
The list is missing the Playstation 2, quite possibly the most popular game console at the current time. WTF? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.87.200.241 ( talk • contribs) .
The PlayStation 2 is indeed included in the list. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zeta26 ( talk • contribs) .
The REAL generations are: 1- Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision 2- NES, Master System 3- SNES, Genesis, Jaguar, 3DO 4- N64, PS1, Dreamcast 5- PS2, GC, Xbox 6- Wii, PS3, 360
Anyone who knows a damn thing about videogaming knows this! Quit spreading these lies!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.69.137.11 ( talk • contribs) .
No... The REAL generations are:
1- Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision 2- NES, Master System 3- SNES, Genesis, TurboGrafx 4- Jaguar, 3DO, N64, PS1, Saturn 5- Dreamcast, PS2, GC, Xbox 6- Wii, PS3, 360
I feel the Evo: Phase One console should be allowed to be included in the template. it can play games. this template should not discriminate between console and computer games. As well, i think the other "fringe" consoles ( CD-i, 3DO, Amiga CDTV) should be included for their particular historical (if not "niche"/"fringe") value. Raccoon Fox • Talk • Stalk 02:05, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
The main article for this console is Sega Mega Drive. Sega Genesis is just a redirect. Wikipedia writers have chosen Mega Drive as the name of the article and decided that according to wikipedia policy, Genesis is a subservient name. Therefore it seems obvious to me that the console should be billed in this template as either Mega Drive or Mega Drive/Genesis (which was the name of the console article for a while, but /s aren't good in wikipedia article titles for technical reasons). However users such as 74.33.2.89 keep chaning it to just Genesis, so what do others think about this? — ThomasHarte 09:56, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, Nishkid64 was nice enough to agree with my request for semi-protection. Don't know why it took me so long to think of it. - Diceman 10:42, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
The HyperScan does NOT belong on this template especially in the 7th gen category. Toadthetoad 22:45, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
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Fifth generation ( compare) |
3DO • Jaguar • Saturn • PlayStation • N64 |
Sixth generation ( compare) |
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Seventh generation ( compare) |
Xbox 360 • PlayStation 3 • Wii |
Would anyone object to the title rows being a darker shade of grey? The colors are so close as it is that it can be a bit hard to distinguish between them. For example, this:
I think the other generation consoles need a compare page. Super Ranger 22:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Can we please stop adding market failures to this list? Only consoles of decent success can go here, otherwise it'd be too crowded. The consoles we have listed now are fine. - Joshua368 05:47, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Three consoles were deleted without any consultation. All three of these systems have been part of the list for considerable periods of time. These systems are notable for several reasons and each of them sold in considerable quantities. Just because they were not well known in a particular specific country, namely USA, is no reason for them not to be listed. These systems outsold several others that are on the list on a worldwide basis. This US bias is very noticeable here. Coleco Telstar? Atari 5200/7800? Dreamcast? Sega Saturn? These are all generally considered as failures. There is no consistency in what is included and what is not, other than that systems that Americans are less familiar with are excluded. If you really want me to go into massive detail about why they should be here I can do so if it will prevent further vandalism of the list. Just briefly, CD32 was the world's first 32-bit CD-based console, and the first console AFAIK which was expandable to a complete computer. Interton VC 4000 was the first multi-manufacturer console standard, not only does this give it historic value, it must have been reasonably popular for a dozen or more manufacturers to clone it. (Also was the first console version of a full computer, namely the TV Games Computer.) Same applies for Arcadia 2001. I don't know about Americans, but certainly here the games for these were much more widely available than for obscure systems such as Colecovision. The list is linked to by the articles about those machines, obviously I am not the only one who considers them appropriate entries. I wasn't even the one who originally added these machines to the list, it's annoying to have to redo the same edits half a dozen times just because some American thinks that the list would be too long by having 3 entries which were already there in the first place. Artipol 01:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
You have not addressed most of my comments. Your comments on the Arcadia reflect an American-centric view, the "Emerson Arcadia 2001" in the list represents an entire console family which goes by various names, not just the version Emerson produced in the USA. Considering only the American version and ignoring the other variants would be like considering only Genesis and ignoring Megadrive. Same goes with "Interton VC 4000" which I see you have also removed; the world's first multi-vendor standard console. Listing a machine because its ancestors were popular, and part of a "great lineage" (a subjective term if ever I saw one!) does not make sense. By such reasoning you would have to include the Commodore 64GS console. And you would in fact have to also include the Amiga CD32, part of the great Amiga lineage. I will have to check on the timing of the release of the 3DO compared to the CD32, I suspect the CD32 may have been released first in Europe and the 3DO first in America or Japan. Regardless, I seem to recall that it shifted more CD-ROM games during 1994 than any other system (including IBM-PC, Macintosh, 3DO, etc.) Artipol 05:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Commodore went bankrupt primarily because of its PC-compatibles division, not because of the Amiga nor CD32. Never heard of Coleco Telstar, maybe it was successful in USA but not anywhere else. You seem to be very concerned about the list having too many entries, I'm not sure why, it is a very small list which takes up very little screen space. Everyone knows about the SNES/Megadrive/etc., no one is going to learn anything if only such consoles are listed. I'm not even a European, so patriotism has nothing to do with it. I hardly see how anything I have said would qualify as "ranting". Re. "great lineages", you seem to be redefining the definition as you go along. The title of the box as it appears is "Selected home game consoles", not "Consoles that were popular in America or were made by companies that made other consoles previously that were popular in America". Artipol 05:04, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I think that arbitration is probably needed in this situation, as it seems neither one of us is likely to convince the other. The criteria for inclusion/exclusion also need to be formalized, "Selected" is very vague: selected by whom, and according to what criteria? What do you think about this proposal? Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "Japan, NTSC and PAL". There are two main television standards: NTSC (North America, Japan), PAL (most of Europe, Australia). Japan uses the NTSC standard. Artipol 06:25, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
As for inclusion standards, I would say that most if not all non-handheld consoles which are important enough to warrant a non-stub Wikipedia article, and which are not merely clones or variants of another system, should be included. I think such criteria are clear and fair. The list as it stands is incomplete, I think it is useful for people to see where various systems fit in relation to one another. Artipol 06:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Why do you continue to vandalize this page before the arbitration has been finalized? You have lied about not removing the VC 4000, a look at the edit history shows that you have indeed removed it. You have also not had the courtesy to remove the template from the pages that include it, leaving to inconsistencies. Artipol 05:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Some thoughts: What are Interstuff VC Thingy, Emerson Whatsit, Amiga CD Something, and Evo? Why are we including obscure crap in selected? And how can we justify these but not other obscure systems? Why are these on here but Virtual Boy isn't? I have some suggestions for criteria. Feel free to shoot them down. Include a system...
I think that includes all the important systems while weeding out the crap
Nuon. Again, feel free to shoot this down or add to it or whatnot. Just trying to help, as the template is really illogical to me right now. Also, in the mean time, I'm going to fix the template so it doesn't list "Wii Evo" as a console. --
llamapalooza87 03:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I disagree. Obviously Evo doesn't belong because it's not a console. But the other three that you incorrectly cited obviously do belong. Your personal opinion of what is "crap" or not is irrelevant. Personally I deem the Nintendo Excrement System to be utter crap, but I'm not agitating for its removal. Virtual Boy is a handheld, that is why it is not on the list. Artipol 07:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
My $0.02: I'm in the middle here. The Amiga CD32 and Interton do not fit within the confines of this template. They seem to be included as "tokens" to ward off claims of the list being American-centric. The Interton article in particular is barely more than a stub, which I think pretty much attests to the relative global obscurity of this console. Considering that the template in the VC 4000 article is longer than the article itself, I think it's pretty much delusional to consider it a "major" system. I do agree, on the other hand, that the Arcadia deserves inclusion. But what this all boils down to is that any "majority approved" definition of "selected" or "major" is going to be prone to catfights and ridiculously arbitrary definitions and technicalities. Basing "importance" on sheer sales figures is truly missing the boat - I'm willing to bet that the Dendy (Russian clone of the NES) sold more units than the Virtua Boy and TG-16 combined, but would not consider it "important". With all that in mind, I think it'd be best to include all consoles (excluding clones), and bold the consoles that are agreed upon as major - off-hand, this'd be the 2600, the Intellivision, the NES and SMS, the SNES and Genesis, the Saturn, the PSX, and the N64, and the Dreamcast/PS2/PS3/X-BOX/X-BOX Circle/GameCube/Wii. I could also personally go either way with the Colecovision, TG-16, and 3DO crowds, leaning towards bolding for the Colecovision, and neutral about the other two. Including all consoles would give the weirder, off-the-wall consoles a moment of recognition, while keeping the "famous players" clear. -- Action Jackson IV 20:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
The VC 4000 entry is a bit bare, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1292_Advanced_Programmable_Video_System (one of the innumerable licensed clones) is much more detailed. The system deserves recognition for such factors as: world's first system to be licensed to other manufacturers (ie. first "world standard" system, a la Arcadia/MSX/3DO), first/only system designed wholly in Europe, first system to be designed with compatibility with a particular computer system in mind, controller innovations, ancestor of the Arcadia family, etc. Whether or not it is listed in boldface or not isn't something that worries me. Artipol 06:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I apologize for calling the systems "crap," I really meant to use it in the generic, meaningless, "stuff" sense of the word, but I should have been more clear. I have never played the systems in question and do not claim to be able to judge their quality. More importantly, this debate isn't even about the quality or significance of systems, it's about their notoriety. It doesn't matter why a system "deserves recognition" because this template is for the systems that people are most likely searching for on their own, not directing them to things they've never heard of. The template will be more helpful if it's more simple. Again, I think an excellent solution would be to create a second template for each generation, so one can find obscure systems within each generation easily- I'm not opposed to giving these articles exposure, I just think that this template is NOT the right place AT ALL. The fact of the matter is, the majority of users on the pages in question won't be looking for Arcadia or Emerson or Interton. They're looking for Super Nintendo or Xbox. Again, I think we just need a fair, limited set of criteria to keep this template limited to the systems that will be most helpful. - llamapalooza87 21:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand your reasoning here. If people are looking for Xbox, why would they need a template at all, they can just type "Xbox". Following your reasoning seems to indicate that no one wants to learn anything on Wikipedia, which is obviously wrong. The template's main purpose, it seems to me, is to contextualize the machines listed, ie. to show where various machines "fit" in the various generations. Having only a few machines on the list makes it less, not more, useful. To make assumptions about what people will be interested in, and to assume that they won't be interested in learning anything, seems odd. Artipol 04:10, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Templates are not to teach people. That's why we have articles. They are to provide convenient access to the most sought-after articles. Some people are interested in the obscure machines in question, but that's only a tiny, tiny fraction of the people who will see it. The thing that bugs me is that you're only pushing for a few consoles, and if we were to include the ones for which you're fighting right now, we would have to include literally everything on List of video game consoles to maintain any level of consistency. At that point there are so many systems that it becomes cluttered and unusable. I understand your argument, and feel that a reasonable compromise would be the following: We would keep this template limited and simple-- by having specific criteria we can keep it shortened, and I fail to see any criteria which separate your consoles from the rest of the list. As the other part of the compromise, we would create a specific template for each generation to provide easy access for anyone interested in systems like the Arcadia, including all systems but also providing easy access to the articles that most users will be looking for. I find this solution to be the best possible and it seems to me that this solution neither excludes obscure systems nor shoves them down people's throats. Does such a compromise seem reasonable to you? - llamapalooza87 06:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm not pushing for any systems to be "added". The systems in question were originally listed, so I'm not attempting to "add" anything, it's merely restoring what was already there. WRT to the List of video game consoles, a close examination of it will reveal that most of those that are not on this template seem to be handhelds (eg. Lynx, Mega Duck), or computers (eg. MSX, APF Imagination Machine, MAX), or never commercially released (eg. Tennis for Two), or only released in one country (eg. Casio Loopy), or rather generic Pong clones (eg. APF TV Fun). When these are excluded there are actually not that many remaining. Nearly all the remaining machines are already on this template. And eg. the Arcadia etc. do have some interesting "firsts" which would warrant their inclusion anyway. Artipol 01:37, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Interton was only released in Germany, and the AmigaCD was essentially unavailable outside Britain. I still fail to see why the systems in question are any different from the rest of the unincluded systems on the list or why it would be unacceptable to create generational templates. -- llamapalooza87 22:27, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Various members of the Interton VC 4000 family were produced by other manufacturers and were available in various countries. The CD32 was released in most if not all major markets of the world, certainly not just the UK. I'm not sure where you're getting your info from but it's inaccurate. Artipol 11:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
I got my info from the articles here. Maybe you should edit them to make them more clear. The Interton article lists Germany exclusively. The Amiga CD32 article states that there was almost no supply outside of Britain, hence my remark about essentially. But, more importantly and more relevant to this discussion, why do you pose opposition to generational templates? -- llamapalooza87 02:24, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I would edit these, but I don't relish having to justify reversions of deletions at a ratio of over 1:1000 words. It seems the effort of a subject matter expert making improvements to Wikipedia is not worth the resulting anguish caused by other perhaps well-intentioned people who have only a cursory understanding of the machines in question and have not carried out the necessary research to ascertain answers to questions which we have spent considerable effort to obtain answers to and freely shared the resultant knowledge. If you want to obtain correct and comprehensive knowledge about these machines, it is available, eg. at Emerson Arcadia 2001 Central, but not currently at Wikipedia. CD32 was certainly easily available in Australia, New Zealand, most of Europe, etc. Interton VC 4000 is the West German member of its console family. Other countries had other versions which were all more or less compatible but made by other manufacturers. The convention seems to be to refer to them all (2636-based consoles) as "Interton VC 4000" family, as the convention seems to be to refer to the 2637-based consoles as "Emerson Arcadia 2001" family. But the 2636-based machines were not restricted to West Germany, nor were the 2637-based machines restricted to USA. Nor were these machines necessarily first manufacturered or originally designed by Interton or Emerson; it seems more likely that Signetics (a subsidiary of Philips) were the designers and licensors. In fact perhaps I would have chosen other machines as the "generic" representatives of these. However the usage seems well-established and there isn't much point changing it at this late date, as long as people understand the relationship between these machines. There are various sub-families, generally these will run the same code but are region-locked to prevent interchange of cartridges. I don't recall opposing generational templates; all I have opposed is the omission of certain machines which were already originally part of the template. 13:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I admit that my knowledge about the consoles in question is cursory at best, but it remains that even after the information you gave me I still feel that these consoles did not have widespread distribution in the major markets-- not a wide enough audience to justify inclusion, in my opinion. Anyway, I simply assumed that you opposed the generational templates because you didn't mention it until now. I'll gladly try and work on a gen-template but I should warn that my wikiformatting knowledge is limited at best. Anyway, I think, assuming that we end up with Generational templates, we need a set of criteria for this template. It could be as simple as just "the top three most well-known per generation" or as complex as the list I outlined above. In response to the general tone of your comment, I would just like to apologize if my remarks came off as rude. I am not trying to diminish the importance of the consoles on which you are clearly an expert, I simply feel that the general public would not consider them necessary for inclusion on this template. I know just about nothing about these consoles, I'm just trying to give a usabiliy perspective. I'll try and get a basic idea for templates up on my talkpage. I have a test template ready on my talkpage, but I don't have all the category nonsense set up yet. Opinions? --
llamapalooza87 02:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, it seems you're proposing not only to create some extra templates but to delete entries from the main template. I don't agree with that at all, I can't see any problem with the main template as it is now. It's not like it's particularly big as templates go. Artipol 07:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
So, I feel I should aplogize. I've been a bit unreasonable. As long as nothing else is added to the template, I guess it's OK as it is. If it starts to get more complicated with even more obscure systems, however, don't be surprised if systems like Interton, Emerson, and CD32 get removed with the other obscure ones in the process. -- llamapalooza87 03:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
We could make a seperate template list for less popular consoles if you don't want the place to get cluttered. But there aren't that many on there right now anyway - FMasic 10:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Why is the Apple Pippin in the template now.. I wouldn't have thought it would be notable enough to be included considering, well.. there was only about 40,000 of them worldwide. Everything else on the list is far more notable to a console that wasn't even really a console. - Boochan 10:49, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, just because a console may have failed, does not mean that it does not exist. The list should have all consoles that exist, not just the successful ones.
oh really? i thought dreamcast suppose to be with playstation 1, thats in fifth generation. -- 60.52.84.79 07:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps keeping the full template for the Generation articles, but for individual system pages we instead just have the generation? Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 20:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Yep, we could put as many consoles as we can find onto each specific template, to prevent clutter from this one. Only what would the categories be? - FMasic 10:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
It belongs to the 4th generation, not the 3rd. The "it's really 8-bit" argument has been a slander against it from fans of other systems since the beginning; including it in a template is amateurish, ignorant, and simply wrong. -- 24.252.10.228 22:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Nonsense. Of course it's 8-bit. Pretending it is 16-bit is amateurish, ignorant and simply wrong. From the PC Engine article: "CPU: 8-bit HuC6280A, a modified 65C02 running at 1.79 or 7.16 MHz (switchable by software)." From the HuC6280 article: "The HuC6280 8-bit microprocessor is Japanese company Hudson Soft's improved version of the WDC 65C02 CPU." If you think for some bizarre reason the 6502 is 16-bit, then that would make eg. the VIC-20 a 16-bit machine. What rubbish. It's only 4th generation in terms of release date, not in any architectural/performance sense. Get your facts straight next time. Artipol 03:38, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
To avoid some of the controversy surrounding more obscure consoles, perhaps there should be something like "See also comprehensive list of videogame consoles" or something similar at the top of the template. -- 24.252.10.228 22:45, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't think PONG qualifies as a console, more like just a video game (booth?). The rest all use removable media. - FMasic 10:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
There was a home version of PONG that played only, well, PONG. It was one of the first game systems that the average person had a chance of hearing of. -- llamapalooza87 02:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Well, PONG was very popular back in the day and it spawned other consoles that are now considered clones. So I think Atari's PONG should be considered a game console but others like it should not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.95.234 ( talk) 22:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
this template is currently used in the articles at the references section which gets hardly readable because of this right-floating infobox.
someone should have a look and fix it (I couldn't). Torzsmokus 03:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Would anyone object to me rearranging the consoles in alphabetical order for each generation? i believe that the template would look more professional if there was some rhyme or reason behind the order consoles are listed.___ J.delanoy 18:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
From what I can see, the order is neither alphabetical, nor by release date, as the seventh generation order appears as PS3, Wii, X360. Alphabetical would be PS3, X360, Wii, while release date would be X360, PS3, Wii. Is there any consensus? -- iTocapa iChat 02:10, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Virtual Boy is a portable, it doesn't belong on the template. Artipol 08:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
I think the template should be made horizontal, so it can be placed at the very bottom of an article, after the "External links" section. -- Silver Edge 04:37, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
V.Smile and HyperScan are not TRUE video game systems just like does handheld games you somethimes get out of the happy meal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.30.21 ( talk) 23:26, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
This is to initiate a discussion on which generation Nintendo's Color TV Game (1977) belongs in. It currently is in 1st generation, which is currently defined as the Pong era consoles from 1972-1977. User Badger Drink wants to change it to move it to 2nd generation because he considers the release year as the qualification for generation, which when taken in to consideration also does not merit the change since 1st generation is defined as through '77 here. My own thoughts is as a Pong console it has no business in the 2nd generation listing and should remain in the 1st generation listing where its been. Generations on Wikipedia and the generation pages are defined via a mixture of dates and technology, not one or the other. First (1972-1977) and 2nd generation (1976-1984) definitions here overlap for instance because of this tech vs. year if you look. Likewise, Pong consoles were released well in to the 80's world wide, and it would be irresponsible to put them in the same generation as a console like the Colecovision or even the NES/Famicom, just as it would be irresponsible to put the 16-bit Intellivision in the same generation as the 16-bit Genesis. I'm also leaning towards questioning its notability for even including it in the template, which is a listing of notable systems of a generation. There's nothing the differentiates it from the 100+ pong systems released world wide, or the more notable releases already listed. I've also filed an RFC at the video games project for more input. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 05:44, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Would the Zeebo be considered to be on the list after release? Noneofyour ( talk) 22:45, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
Added Zeebo to the list yesterday, only to have it removed. The source says "Please only add existing, non-handheld units to this list.". The Zeebo exists, it's not handheld, and it's 7th generation. So why not add it. The box is titled "Video game consoles by generation" not "Some video game consoles by generation" or "Popular video game consoles by generation" or even "Video game consoles by generation as per certain Wikipedians' choices". It's notable and therefore should be added.
Signed in now. Edit was by me.
Well I can't argue with that, so thanks for not being an a-hole (like some serial editors who seem to think certain pages belong to them). I do suggest the title be revised though. Possibly "Major video game consoles by generation". Thanks
Where is the Bally Astrocade, that used to be on the templete list but was bizzarely taken of, surely it counts as a game console if it used to be on here, was second generation competition to the 2600, and was never classifed as a PC nor a gaming PC. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool ( talk) 16:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Where this dediacted console in the template ? Junk Police ( talk) 09:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
There are some consoles on this template that simply do not belong for whatever reason:
1. Philips Odyssey- If I'm not mistaken, this was simply a different version of the Magnavox Odyssey. Including this is like including the NES along with the Famicom.
2. Super A'Can- It simply cannot compete with other consoles in its generation. It belongs is a full list of consoles and not on a short template like this.
3. Apple Pippin- This has the same story as the A'Can. It just doesn't fit with the other consoles in its generation.
4. Casio Loopy- Is this even considered a game console? Wasn't it just a printer that plays a few games with each of their main purpose being to print stickers? I don't know. Even if it is a game console, it wasn't popular and should not be on this template.
5. FM Towns Marty- Again, its the same story as the A'Can and Pippin. I don't think it was popular enough. Also, this one was only released in Japan anyway.
6. Playdia- There are a variety of reasons to delete this. One, I'm pretty sure it was only released in Japan. Two, it wasn't popular enough to compete with others in its generation. Three, it only released educational and children-friendly games much like the HyperScan which isn't included on this list.
Well, I'm going to take these down. If anyone has any disagreements, you can put them back up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.89.95.234 ( talk) 23:08, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
For one where the hell has the Coleco Telstar article gone?! But also, I would say you have valid reasons for removeing the Casio Loopy, Playdia and Philips Odyssey, but I don't think sales are A justifed reason to remove them from a wikipeida template, otherwise a console like the Amiga CD32 would be removed, dispite it being important (In the fact that it is the world's first 32 bit console) and the fact that it is important for a particular reason (It was Commodore's last console) plus people who search wikipedia would be more curios to learn about consoles they don't know about, rather then consoles they all ready know a lot about (like the PS), I am going to put them back up as they are competeing consoles, it is not sales that matters on wikipedia, it's wether or not they exzist that maters on wikipedia. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool ( talk) 19:45, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
This is the discussion area for the RFC filed at the Video Games Project regarding the purpose of this template as well as a possible renaming of the template. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 06:44, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I completely agree with all those points as well, which is why I raised this RFC. So it looks like we're in agreement on and should move forward with discussion on these two subjects:
With regards to subject one, I would suggest something along the lines of "Console Highlights By Generation" based on Guyinblack's point - a template is meant to act as a navigation device rather than a information device. There's already a full page of every single console, which is already organized by generation. Unless anyone else has a better suggestion on an appropriate name? My vote is also for a generational link format currently in place vs. moving to separate templates for every generation. If we're keeping the listing short, it shouldn't be an issue, and the current setup allows you to easily navigate to a specific generation by clicking on the row tag.
With regards to subject two, I would propose that we should be able to come up with guidelines for this template similar to how we did for the in pop culture guidelines. For example, a console simply existing on the market or being the "first" at something should not be enough for inclusion. While it's certainly notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia itself, in relation to the proposed purpose of this template it should meet some sort of criteria we can all agree on. Point being, criteria that is not as subjective as something like Wikipedia:ILIKEIT or arguable popularity. For example, if we were to look at the three "main" consoles right now (Wii, PS3, XBox360) even though there are a bunch of other consoles of this generation, what is it that we can concretely point at for these being the three main consoles? Sales? Press coverage? Their respective company's place in the industry? All of the above? There's no arguing that Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are the major console players of the current generation. That also reflects back on the reason for their current place - the consoles they have on the market, which also ties in to sales, which ties in to etc. Just as say you had Nintendo (NES), Sega (Master System), and Atari (7800) as the major third generation players and can point those out for same reasons. So I'm fairly sure between us we can come up with some sort of objective guideline based on these linked relationships. -- Marty Goldberg ( talk) 02:08, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Argh! This was the best template on Wikipedia before the change! You could quickly scan left to right to see progression of consoles within each generation (the new single-generation templates aren't even in chronological order) and scan top to bottom to see the evolution of each company's systems through the generations (Atari, Nintendo, Sega, etc). What a shame to lose such a great template. :( DOSGuy ( talk) 23:23, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Since this list does'ent only include notable consoles, but infact includes every single console every made, may I point out that among others, this list is missing the Nintendo TV game 6, the Bally Astrodcade, The Epoch Cassete System, the Super Epoch Cassete System, the Cyclon games console, the Action Max, the Amiga CDTV, the Virtual Boy, the NUON and the Pansonic Q, as I said among MANY others. When this was a list of notable consoles, I excepted that for the benfit of this article that I would only list notable consoles, however it seems since this article contains ALL consoles, non notable ones INCLUDED, I feel that it should be 100% completed, unless wikipedia sugests otherwise. mcjakeqcool Mcjakeqcool ( talk) 16:23, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
I think it'd be a good idea to add link into the template to link from this template to another page showing all 1st-7th generation game console and portable game console, isn't it? C933103 ( talk) 17:47, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
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This template is missing these dedicated consoles: Game & Watch Pokemon Pikachu Super Famicom Box Various arcade game systems.
Also, to be more inline with other video game console related templates, the three groups should be (instead of Ball and paddle, Other, and Modern Plug and play) Home, Handheld, and Arcade MAGA2016 ( talk) 23:24, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Sold widely on the high street in the UK during the 1990s and into the 2000s, in legitimate shops such as Argos, the TV Boy is a dedicated Atari 2600. — 64.245.141.10 ( talk) 19:25, 28 February 2019 (UTC)