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More Data Migration Info (Patreon)

Published:
2024-01-20 00:24:46
Imported:
2026-06

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Hey All!

Just wanted to do a quick check-in with two bits of news for you.

1) I'm gonna need to do a bit of work on the current site (backloggery.com) early next week that will involve some DNS changes (basically, the thing that connects a URL to a server). This should resolve quickly for most people, but DNS changes are always a bit unpredictable in my experience so the site may be unavailable for a while for some.

2) The database conversion for the site remake is well underway. Part of this has involved going through the existing system list to determine what's staying and what's changing. (See the Data Migration FAQ for more on that.) Some digital services on the current site are now defunct, and all digital alternatives (ie ___ Downloads) are getting phased out in favor of specifying the physical/digital format per game. 


  • Games being moved from such systems will automatically be flagged as digital.

  • Games from services that spanned platforms will be moved by default to the most popular platform they were available for.


With that in mind, here's the current planned changes.

PC Downloads -> PC
Bethesda Launcher -> Steam
iPad, iPod, & iPhone -> iOS

Games For Windows -> Xbox app for Windows
Windows Store -> Xbox app for Windows
Xbox LIVE Arcade -> Xbox 360
XNA Indie Games -> Xbox 360
Xbox 360 Games on Demand -> Xbox 360
Xbox One Downloads -> Xbox One

DSiWare -> DSi
3DS Downloads -> 3DS
Virtual Console (3DS) -> 3DS
Virtual Console (Wii) -> Wii
WiiWare -> Wii
Wii U Downloads -> Wii U
Virtual Console (WiiU) -> Wii U
Switch Downloads -> Nintendo Switch

PlayStation Mobile -> PlayStation Vita
PSOne Classics -> PlayStation 3
PS2 Classics -> PlayStation 3
PlayStation minis -> PlayStation 3
PlayStation Network -> PlayStation 4
PlayStation Now -> PlayStation 4


Defunct Platforms with no clear migration path: Games will be moved to either PC or Misc

Impulse / GameStop PC
Google Stadia
OnLive
IndieCity
Intellivision Amico


Additionally, systems with regional name variants will be available in both versions. For example, you can use either Sega Genesis or Sega Mega Drive, your choice. Neo Geo Pocket and WonderSwan will also have separate entries for their Color versions.


Let me know if you have any further questions or concerns!

Comments

Anonymous

I think changing "Switch Downloads" to "Nintendo Switch" is unnecessary. In fact, I quite like the distinction that tells me which of my games are digital and which are physical. I guess a better change would be to merge "Switch Downloads" into "Nintendo Switch" like you've got planned, but to add another distinction on whether the game is Digital or Physical in the Game Editor's Detailed Mode.

Anonymous
>>127457529

Anyways, one voice out of many, so do what you will. Love the site, regardless.

Sergey Kataev

May be I've missed it but did you plan to do anything with VR platforms? Now there's Oculus Store, but that's not specifying the headset, and how to differentiate PC VR games on Steam - I don't want them grouped with other PC games. I would love to have all the headsets as separate platforms. Just like PSVR2 is a separate platform.

Joe Murray
>>127467166

I'm a bit torn on that, so more opinions would be welcome. I'm leaning towards more hardware freedom on the remake, with things like having both TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine listed (regional naming variants). PC hardware gets weird though. I'm sure there's people that'd love to list their graphics card, for example, but it's practically just too much detail IMO and would quadruple the size of the platform list. Moving all your PC games from GeForce RTX 3080 to GeForce RTX 4090 just seems silly to me. But with VR, I totally get wanting the distinction. It's a whole different mode of play. But it's also going to have an ever increasing number of hardware revisions that connect to the same few digital stores. Feels like it could get into graphics card territory real fast. Maybe just a catch-all VR platform would be the best compromise?

Corvak

The only questionable auto-conversion above to me is PlayStation Network -> PlayStation 4, because I expect many of us were using the distinction for "PS3 Downloads" and used it more during the PS3 era than PS4 as Sony moved away from the branding. Otherwise I like the direction towards setting platform based on the hardware required to play the game. With regards to PC, I know I and many others would like a way to catalogue which service or storefront we own something, but I think some kind of tagging system would probably be a better solution than just fracturing PC into 10 different platforms. As an example, i'd love the ability to tag a Steam game with "Steam Deck" or "Proton" to indicate what my Steam Deck can run, without removing it from the Steam platform. Similarly, tagging games with "VR" would be nice, as most VR titles also live inside Steam or PS4/5 as platforms.

Joe Murray
>>127760590

What did you use for PS4 downloads, if anything? Tagging is planned. I don't think I'd use it to sub-divide platforms personally, but the option will be nice for those that want it. I've been warming more and more to just having VR as a generic platform so people could use it as a sub-platform under Steam (or vice versa).