Talk:DVD TV game

Merge?
I say don't merge this article, because a DVD TV game isn't necessarily a board game. Steve

I agree with Steve DVD TV games are a growing product and are much more advanced then board games. [Aaron]

Aaron has a point, but many DVD TV Games are in fact also board games (Scene It and Trivial Pursuit are good examples). On another note, the DVD game category is already potentially confused with video games on the retail level. It is probably better that "DVD Games" be an overall category on Wikipedia that includes DVD games with AND without board elements (Scene It? vs. Shout or Riff, for instance). "Video board games" doesn't really need its own page, as the same information can be accomplished on the DVD Games page. [Erik]

I think the Scene It section in its entirety should be moved to the board games section as thats all they are - the dvd is not the game, its just a part of it, whereas the other publishers are producing 'proper' Dvd Tv Games, that is, games played purely on dvd/tv. [Martyn - owner www.dvduni.co.uk]

I disagree. That's not all they are. Scene It and Trivial Pursuit DVD games have and always will be grouped in the overall DVD Games category. All retailers see it this way, at least in the United States, where these companies began. The DVD is a central, integral part of the game play.

Perhaps video board Games could be a sub-category of DVD games? [Daniel]

It really should Interactive DVD games (whereby you interactive with the DVD to score, (Trivideo, Who wants to be a millionaire, Wallace and Gromit, etc) and DVD Board Games (Trival Pursiut, 24, etc). Retailers in the UK (where IDVD really started) brand and promote these games totally seperate from the board games and dvds during high points in the year.

I agree. Make the broad category/page "DVD Games" and have Interactive DVD Games and DVD Board Games as subcategories on the page.

I've worked in the Industry and have seen a good proportion of the 04/05/06 titles - it's a minority that use board game devices. Most are quiz-based and some are totally unique (such as SnapTV's I Spy games). Interactive DVD Games should be the better, broad description. However, how this fits with fitness titles, educational titles and other DVD applications is also debatable. Maybe Interactive DVD Applications is a better, though less industry-certified term, with Games a sub-branch and DVD board games a sub-branch of that. [Matt]

Bytecode or Menu sequence
should it be added that some DVD games are always the same because the are a sequence of menus? 82.25.130.155 (talk) 09:58, 11 October 2009 (UTC)