Talk:Sports video game

message: id reccomend we start assembling the lists of important historical games and at least 3 example games of each sport. This will help alot with next weeks GCOTW, as i think we should focus mostly on developing a good history and genre overview sections. We should also include how gaming has impacted proffessional sports (it has taken away from ratings). and can mention things like the Madden curse. --Larsinio 21:21, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Next Steps

message: Larsinio, thanks for your comments. As I have already stated, all the companies who produce these games have classified them as "Sports" Genre. I don't know what other classification system to use.  It seems to make more sense to use the one set forth by Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo and others in the bussiness than for us to decide what is and is not a sport, which is basically pesonal opinion. They show poker and horse racing on ESPN btw.  At least using an already-in-place structure would keep us away from editor bias /shrug. 
The only one I really see that can go of the ones you mentioned is Paintball (although either Xbox or Playstation, I can't remember which, throws it in their sports category) And yes ..I did ask for commentary on my additions to the list ..not trying to sound defensive, just trying to ration out what we should do :P --Naha|(talk) 21:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Horse racing if youre the one racing or managing a horse is the sport. If youre gambling on who is winning, i think thats a gambling video game. Theres articles on Online poker and Online casino, which i think we should redirect. Gambling video game should really be a cvg genre in its own right. Gambling, while shown on espn, is also shown on the gameshow network. Does that mean the 100,000$ pyramid is a sport? Probably not. Gotta draw the line somewhere. It is only a recent pop culture phenonema that views poker as a sport, it has not been the traditional view. Is solitaire a sport? Its a card game as is poker...so it could be You see my point. My view is that if the game involves waying strategies against certain payoff rewards utilizing game theory, then its a gambling game not a sport. I think we can include  a blurb about game companies classify 5this in light of the changing public perception on gambling and so on, but they should see gambling video game for more information. --Larsinio 21:35, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a sport? 

message: As I see the article start to take shape I'm wondering whether the present chronological flow with sports all intermixed is best, or whether we should give a sub-head to each sport and then trace the evolution of its sports games over time.  That would put all the football games together, etc. and may make the evolution easier to follow.  We could then have meta-topics (as now) on things like extreme sports' entrance, exclusivity, graphical innovation, simulation vs. arcade etc.  Thoughts? Coll7 21:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I say by sport.  Then there can be a history section, which picks out a few notable games from each era of the Sports game genre to focus on. --Naha|(talk) 22:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yea i agree. If it gets developed enough they coudl spin off into sub artciles like Football video game or something. Also we need to mention Sports management games, as they're pretty important part of sports gaming. Sports management games pretty much involved into fantasy leagues. --Larsinio 22:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Organize by year or by sport?

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message: I suggest that all Team Sports should be subdivided in teh same manner that, for example, Football is.  Just as Football games are divided into NFL, AFL, XFL, NCAA, Australian, and Other we should do this for all Team Sports and certain more mainstream Individual sports (eg. Racing, Golf, Tennis, etc).
For Team Sports I would suggest the following subdivisions, but I'm no expert so someone with more sports knowledge should attempt this:
*Baseball – divided into MLB (A.L. and N.L.), Minor League, Independent League, Winter League, and the IL.
*Cricket – divided into ICC, ACC, ECC, ACA, Americas Cricket, and the EAPCC
*Dodgeball – divided into IDF, NDL, and NDA
*Ice Hockey – divided into NHL, WHA, and Olympic
*Lacrosse – divided into NLL, MLL, ELF, and ILF
*Rugby – divided into RFU, RFL, IRB, IRFU, etc.
*Soccer – divided into MLS, FIFA, AFC, etc.
*Volleyball – divided into FIVB, Olympic, Beach
Thibbs 00:25, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The ESPN breakdown,TSN breakdown, and other similar sports network breakdowns would actually probably be better suggestions for breakdowns here than my suggestions above.Thibbs 00:40, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Team Sports subcategories

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message: I deleted hunting and fishing games. I don't think they can be regarded as sports. Maybe another page should be created for them?
Fletcherjlynd (talk) 15:48, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hunting and fishing

message: Including their all-time classic titles Summer Games and Winter Games. JAF1970 (talk) 17:46, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Where's Epyx?

message: I want to propose a removal of this section. It seems to show bias towards certain games and I can't see people using it as a useful resource. In its place, I propose that we make List of Football (soccer) video games, List of Badminton video games etc and place a list of them on List of Sports video games by sport. That way we allow people to easily navigate Sports related games and get rid of this garish and unnecessary section. Greg Tyler (t • c) 12:05, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: We can use the information on :Category:Sports video games as a base to create a Chronology of sport video games page. Tavatar (talk) 19:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable sports games by type of sport 

message: so where do board games such as Start-O-Matic and Statis Pro, which predate electronic and video games, fit into this schema? 165.91.65.11 (talk) 22:32, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  board games 

message: '...Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, the first official title to feature both Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog...'
No, that was Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
2.96.115.125 (talk) 11:44, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mario and Sonic 

message: I've seen a number of more recent Sports (video) games which more and more simulate real sports, but is it fair to call all sports games a simulation? I've worked on industrial process simulators which duplicate the real environment exactly (with the addition of an instructor console and simulated processes instead of real) - which is to say that I believe there is a difference between a "simulation" and a "video game". I would tend to put "games" like MS Flight Simulator and XPlane in the category of "simulator"/"simulation" (rather than video game), and games like World of Tanks in the category of video game (rather than simulation). In my mind, a simulation puts the user into the actual "chair" of the "operator" as if in the real environment. I think it's fair to say "A sports game is a video game that simulates the practice of traditional sports.", but not necessarily (and I'm paraphrasing/linking) "Sports game; Part of a series on: Simulation video games" as not all sports games, (though increasingly more-so) are what I would call simulations. Comments? Jarod (talk) 16:04, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simulation? 

message: This article should either be renamed to sport videogames (term used for example in ) or refocused to discuss non-video sport games, as in board (tabletop) games, such as oh, for example, non-video Bloodbowl and thousands others. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:45, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename or refocus 

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thread_title:  happy 

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The result of the move request was: Consensus to move (non-admin closure)  BegbertBiggs (talk) 17:53, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Sports game →  – As per WP:CONCISE, the title needs to be clear and concise. "Sports game" is confusing, as that term is also used for the actual real-life sports themselves. "Sports video game" is more clear and concise, specifically referring to electronic video games that simulate sports. Maestro2016 (talk) 11:57, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 October 2020