Talk:Timeline of computer and video games

message: I feel that the format of this timeline makes it unreadable and sometimes not very useful. Things like
:Sega Corporation 
::· is incorporated
especially stand out to me. I'm going to start reducing the formatting and make it a bit more like the year pages (including adding actual dates when I can find them). A few other points of whining:
* For categories, I think simpler would be better. How about just Events, Business, People (births/deaths). And/or maybe also Games and Hardware.
* Don't forget that this is about video games and not only video game companies ;)
* Reduce verbiage (goes overboard on Corp., Ltd., Inc., Co. in places; don't need to wikilink something multiple times in the same entry; don't mention years where it's obvious -- i.e., "E3 1998" under the 1998 heading)
* As a timeline, I think we can stick with present tense.
Feedback would be appreciated. Also, I removed the "Eras" section because the list was unsubstantiated and periodization would be better suited for the history of the video game article. --Mrwojo 19:11, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Readability

message: This timeline is rather unwieldy. I propose moving all content to per-year pages and keeping history of the video game as the main article. It should be expanded with thorough per-decade overviews and links to the individual years, of course. Fredrik 19:14, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I was thinking about doing that. When you say "It should be expanded with [...]", are you referring to this page or history of the video game? --Mrwojo 23:12, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The history page. With content merged into history of the video game, this one should be made a redirect. By the way, would "history of video games" be a more appropriate title? Fredrik 00:44, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I think there should be a central page for the list of years in video games. Perhaps the timeline could redirect back to list of years in video gaming. History of video games is probably a better title; it is shorter by a word. :) One more naming thought concerns "2003 in video gaming" -- I was considering "2003 in video games" but didn't know if that title was better enough to change the few articles named that way. Thoughts? --Mrwojo 01:00, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

text: Or "2003 in computer and video games"? "History of computer and video games"? Or do we need separate lists? Darn, this is a problem. Fredrik 01:17, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

text: So, are there any objections? If not, I'll go ahead and start the "XXXX in video gaming" pages and move the content from this timeline over to them. Fredrik 19:29, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I also suggest calling it "XXXX in video game industry" or some such. As it is, there is actually very little said about the games, it's mostly lawsuits, M&A, PR, etc. Either someone should actually add the missing info about, you know, games, or it should be renamed to "blah-blah industry". There is also too strong an emphasis on console video games. It can't be seriously called timeline of video games and computer games now.Paranoid 21:03, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Split

message: Under 1988 "Warner Communications' Atari Games Corp establishes the Tengen division" - According to the Ultimate History of Video Games, Tengen acquires a license from Nintendo in December of 1987, so I can't see how the division was started in 1988.  Tengen did release their first games in 1988 though - Gantry 02:46, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved Tengen's establishment to 1987 - Gantry 04:10, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Tengen start

message: On XXXX in video gaming, here's the sort of standard layout I've evolved after looking at them all (each bold item is a heading):
*Events
**General computer and video gaming-related events that can't be categorized under the lower headings.
**Notable releases
***Include a sentence to explain the significance of the release ("7 million copies", "the first Star Wars game", etc.). Should also include game-related software, such as game engines/middleware, emulators, open-source games, PunkBuster, Roger Wilco, etc.  Arcade games should generally go here too.
**Hardware
***New consoles, peripherals, gaming-related advances in PCs (graphics cards).
**Business
***Companies founded, renamed, murders and executions, business-v-business lawsuits, and that kind of thing.
*Trends
**A metaphorical screenshot in history. Not necessarily "events", but info on the state of gaming at the time.
**Top consoles
***A short list of the dominant video game consoles.
**Top-selling games
***Preferably, top 10 or top 5 lists for computer and video game sales.
This format should be flexible in that sections can be omitted if there's no need for them. Try to find actual dates for events.  --Mrwojo 17:30, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Year standards