After the game announcements for PS5, we have an interesting situation where the labelling of game platforms is becoming very odd. At it's most ridunkulous, we have:
Little Devil Inside [PS4, PS5 Console Exclusive for limited time, PC] [Later: XO, NSW]
...where the platform info is twice the length of the game title!
What actually is needed/wanted in platform tags? Are we to have speculative platforms such as Witcher 3 being labelled NSW long before it was announced for the platform on the expectation it'd get there eventually? Do we need 'timed exclusive' mentioned? Should we just stick with the platforms officially announced and then update when officially announced?
Personally I'm for the latter as the cleanest, most straightforward solution. There's no second guessing. I suppose the downside is people interested in a platform ignoring a game because it's not announced for their platform.
Or maybe we should just ditch the tags now because basically everything that's not first/second party is cross-platform eventually anyway? Don't tag anything unless it's platform exclusive.
Little Devil Inside [PS4, PS5 Console Exclusive for limited time, PC] [Later: XO, NSW]
...where the platform info is twice the length of the game title!
What actually is needed/wanted in platform tags? Are we to have speculative platforms such as Witcher 3 being labelled NSW long before it was announced for the platform on the expectation it'd get there eventually? Do we need 'timed exclusive' mentioned? Should we just stick with the platforms officially announced and then update when officially announced?
Personally I'm for the latter as the cleanest, most straightforward solution. There's no second guessing. I suppose the downside is people interested in a platform ignoring a game because it's not announced for their platform.
Or maybe we should just ditch the tags now because basically everything that's not first/second party is cross-platform eventually anyway? Don't tag anything unless it's platform exclusive.