TrueAchievement said:Sure, but they were done one at a time as games came out - you are asking for retro active region testing for 3000+ games...o DEEVIUS o said:WebChimp UK said:Where possible we always try to add as much useful information to games as possible, however it comes down to a balance of data availability, additional workload, and community benefit.
If the regional compatibility information was readily available it's definitely something that we would look into adding functionality for, but unfortunately it isn't. This means any kind of automation is ruled out and it suddenly becomes an entirely manually task, with every single game needing a physical check. At present this just isn't feasible. Even with community input it would be a very slow process and we wouldn't be able to verify a lot of the information, and accuracy is something we strive within the Game Information Team.All you need to do is allow TA members to submit the information in exactly the same way as the flags. There's really no reason not to do this
I can see people flocking to submit the encoding system of their games - I could to 191 games myself TA: the data is available in some places. nto every single game would have to be done from scratch.
WebChimp: it is readily available at abgx360.net, now i know this is a website that is slightly related to burning games, but i use this page for region info. it's sort of like the GoodNes rom database. it doesn't link to any games to download or anything, it just has data from games that have been ripped twice (a double-check set up), so it's definitely accurate. not entirely complete, but only because people that verify games don't go out of their way to get rare NTSCJs and such.
Deevius: i worry about just having users submit data because most people can only say, i tried X copy of this game in my Regional xbox and it worked or didn't work. again having different versions of games means someone might say this is only PAL and someone else says only NTSCU. that is why i like abgx360, because it actually reads the region code within the game data to tell you exactly what's up. different copies of games have different XEX numbers, so the database can distinguish between multiple copies of one game. also if you look at the Title ID, that will tell you if games are stackable. different ID means different achievement list.
i have all the data from abgx360 organised into a spreadsheet. i also added in all the game titles from TrueAchievements, so i know what games are still not in that list. i try to keep it updated when new stuff comes out, but i still have a little more work to do before i'd consider it complete.
EDIT: to webchimps new post: i think using abgx360 is the way to go, but we can also use submissions. maybe have the infobox say "Known or Verified Regions". say a game only has NTSCU known, and a user submits that there is a PAL version. then we know it exists and just have to get a copy of that disc to add to the database.
there are currently 1365 Title IDs in the abgx360 database, and 1614 games listed as retail 360 games. a couple of those are digital only, and some of the verified discs are xbla games, but the majority of discs has already been done. we just need a way for people to access the info.
also we can show when xbla has a disc release. that might be nice for some games that may be delisted, or if you can find the disc for cheaper than the digital versions, or rent it or trade or whatever.