dhaabi's VGC Database Work

[dhaabi]

Since this matter has been an issue in the past, I'm bringing greater awareness to new information here. It's come to my attention that the hologram labels found on many PAL PlayStation games are, in fact, not all the same. Throughout the time games were being printed, the hologram label design was updated once. The earlier design features text formatted diagonally, whereas the later design features text formatted horizontally. Even at the small size entry images are, the differences in label designs can be seen in quality images, such as with entries Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Final Fantasy VIII - Platinum.



So, I've updated the Hologram Label section of the PlayStation [EU] post of the PlayStation ID topic, alongside updating the Packaging Types section with more accurate descriptions.

[dhaabi]

It was interesting to discover that the very first entry submitted to the database nearly twenty years ago can still be updated. Somehow, the variant copy of this game had never been submitted, but now it has. Also, the entry history tab clearly demonstrates how even the oldest entries are far from being completed with data. The entry even featured incorrect back art which is, unfortunately, something that's not uncommon.

[dhaabi]

It's not a lot to report, but Xbox 360 Accessory has been cleaned after about two months of work. Just about every entry needed to be corrected in some way, and there were a fair amount of duplicate entries to remove.

Going through the accessory categories is often a slog since a lot of entries aren't detailed well enough alongside boxed information on the secondary markets often being sparse. There are still several other categories like it for major modern platforms that still need to be addressed the same way, but they'll just have to be handled another time.