Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Decline of PC game sales in the US


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The result was delete. --Akhilleus (talk) 17:46, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Decline of PC game sales in the US

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Original research. Started as an anti-microsoft / pro-console rant. Since then several editors, including myself, have tried to clean it up, but those were only attempts to put a neutral spin on author's original research. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 12:43, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nom, it seems to be WP:OR.  Plm  209 ( talk to me •  contribs ) 12:48, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge: Interesting info but perhaps not a stand-alone article. Is there not some relevance to merging with Video game console as historical sales, product development etc. must be inter-related.--Arthana 12:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * But what to merge? The unsourced, biased statements, or the unrelated figures? ˉˉanetode╦╩ 13:06, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Game-related-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 12:49, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as original research. The numbers may be cited, but the upshot is made up. Yechiel Man  13:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep -- there have been many articles about this subject in gaming magazines, so the original research can (and should) be replaced with proper sourcing. -- MisterHand 13:45, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete: Which would still make it an essay more suited for a magazine than an encyclopedia. That someone might be able to come up with an article based on reliable sources doesn't make this one any less a violation of WP:NOR.   Ravenswing  13:58, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I would put it along the same lines as Video game crash of 1983 which has been around as an article for a long time (and it current has an OR tag) -- MisterHand 14:10, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - not so much for original research, the version I read was not terrible in terms of bias, and strikes me as likely confirmable, but rather for ephemerality. The current version reads more like an editorial column from a business magazine than like an encyclopedia article.  Perhaps some of the content might profitably be merged with personal computer game. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:07, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Along the lines of Video game crash of 1983, an article which I thoroughly enjoy, the only real reason to delete this would be, "It's too much of an essay". That's a reason to fix the article, not delete it.  Useight 19:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * To clarify: one was an obvious and dramatic crash that nearly killed of the console industry, the other is a perceived long-term downward trend that can be adequately explained by market diversification. If by "too much of an essay" you mean to say that it is a biased personal analysis sourced to an incomplete set of data, then I agree, and wonder why such original research should be allowed to remain. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 19:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete OR and POV throughout. Bigdaddy1981 03:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete PC game sales may really be declining, but they haven't declined to the extent where the entire industry is in danger and that it has been analyzed by experts and the like. Hence it's original research.--Kylohk 15:23, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Not a notable article, has original research and simply the PC game market hasn't fallen to the point where it is dead. Also reads too much like an essay. Xtreme racer 20:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
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