Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of download-only PlayStation 4 games (A–I)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete.  Sandstein  18:14, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

List of download-only PlayStation 4 games (A–I)

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In addition I am also nomitating the following two related pages


 * List of download-only PlayStation 4 games (J–R)
 * List of download-only PlayStation 4 games (S–Z)

While well meaning this page has some significant issues, mainly in verifiabillity, and accuracy. In the past I've had to remove multiple entries in it as physical versions were actually available, and as it currently sits there are multiple entries on that list that still do have boxed release. While one could reasonable make an educated guess to whether or not games on the 360 or PS3 would have a physical release, that is no longer the case in this generation as increasingly smaller games are getting boxed releases. There is simply no way to maintain this list and it is constantly providing wrong information to the user. Deathawk (talk) 03:44, 11 September 2017 (UTC) --Deathawk (talk) 03:44, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete I could see some worth to having a page like this, especially because there doesn't seem to exist a list like this elsewhere on the internet. But like noted by the nominator, it's actually gradually becoming the standard that games don't get any sort of physical release. That means a list like this doesn't have much worth future-wise either, being just a list of PS4 games. We already have that at List of PlayStation 4 games. Maybe we could note which games have a physical release there, with just an additional bracket. In any case I don't think our list is viable. Mr. Magoo (talk) 04:11, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 04:38, 11 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete all per WP:NOTCATALOGUE. The list concept offers no real encyclopedic merit considering much of the content can be discovered on the List of PlayStation 4 games list article. Ajf773 (talk) 08:36, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete As Mr. Magoo said, I don't see anything encyclopedic about download only games beyond being a matter of convenience when purchasing for people to check the list. But since Wikipedia is not a sales directory, it's unnecessary.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 13:01, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete All - Per Captain Raju. 47.208.20.130 (talk) 21:43, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Can we just give these articles a chance for once. Landingdude13 (talk) 20:51, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment:The page has existed for at least three years, with me voicing my concern about the reliability of it two years ago, and since then nothing much has changed. So we have been giving it a chance, the issue is though that it just isn't working. --Deathawk (talk) 18:11, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep Is there another way to fixed this solution?. Landingdude13 (talk) 02:33, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * @Landingdude13. In other words WP:ILIKEIT. Ajf773 (talk) 04:11, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:ILIKEIT because it's fine with me. 24.143.241.27 (talk) 04:58, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * merge with List of PlayStation 4 games - Christian75 (talk) 14:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete All - I changed my mind, just rid of them. - Landingdude13 (talk) 07:20, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete All - It's a little bit of clutter for this. 24.143.241.27 (talk) 15:33, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Merge with List of PlayStation 4 games. All PS4 games are available as digital downloads, so we don't need two lists. It also has an extra column to account for peripherals and add-ons, to avoid the creation of List of PS4 games that support the Move controller and List of PS4 games that support the PlayStation camera. In future I believe all this extra information should be contained in a single list article. — Niche-gamer 10:39, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * @Niche-gamer. No thanks. Landingdude13 (talk) 04:04, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: A couple people have state that this article should be merged, but that kinda misses the point of why this is a problematic page in the first place. There really is no verifiable way to state that-yes, there are no disc versions of the game out. Maybe for a select few high profile titles it would be possible to find news sources about this, but there are tons of indie games that fly under the radar where this will never be the case. --Deathawk (talk) 06:12, 19 September 2017 (UTC)


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