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::Yeah, I kind of feel like Publisher is useless for the reasons that Wario mentioned above, but I feel differently about developer.  If it's an original IP (like Mario or Zelda), it makes sense to list the developer, since it's either consistent throughout the series, or it occasionally passes off from one developer to another, depending on who has the license.  If it's not an original IP (like Disney or Popeye), then it makes a little less sense to include developer since that's just a function of who bid the most to make anf market a game for a while.  So I dunno, developer feels like a relevant field in some cases, and less relevant in others.  '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 00:57, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
::Yeah, I kind of feel like Publisher is useless for the reasons that Wario mentioned above, but I feel differently about developer.  If it's an original IP (like Mario or Zelda), it makes sense to list the developer, since it's either consistent throughout the series, or it occasionally passes off from one developer to another, depending on who has the license.  If it's not an original IP (like Disney or Popeye), then it makes a little less sense to include developer since that's just a function of who bid the most to make anf market a game for a while.  So I dunno, developer feels like a relevant field in some cases, and less relevant in others.  '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 00:57, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
:::At best I see it the other way. For a series with many games developed by the same company, they will all show up in that developer's category. Listing the series doesn't add anything. For a series with games developed by multiple different companies, you'd only see one game in the developer's category, so having the series cat would make it easier to find other games in the series. But that's still just a click away already. -- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 15:52, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
:::At best I see it the other way. For a series with many games developed by the same company, they will all show up in that developer's category. Listing the series doesn't add anything. For a series with games developed by multiple different companies, you'd only see one game in the developer's category, so having the series cat would make it easier to find other games in the series. But that's still just a click away already. -- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 15:52, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
== Would LaserTank be within the scope? ==
Would the game [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserTank LaserTank] be appropriate to add here? [[Special:Contributions/93.173.239.14|93.173.239.14]] 09:35, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
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