I've had a massive headache all day, so I'm not sure if I've been relaying thoughts correctly.
What I am trying to say is something like this:
Rather than just merging duplicate PC games into one database number via the admin merge tool, which deletes the "dupe" entry completely. We can take the "dupes", change the info around a bit and put it into the "Steam" category instead. Complete with Steam info, rather than retail info.
The original PC game will be in the "PC [NA]" category with PC retail info, while the dupe will now be in the "Steam [US]" category, with updated Steam game info.
For example we currently have two copies of Dead to Rights in the PC [NA] category.
http://vgcollect.com/item/4158http://vgcollect.com/item/4428Both of these are identical entries. So, say Dead to Rights was released on Steam... we take one of these existing entries (preferably one no one has listed in their collections) and we update the game info/ date / "box" art / etc to reflect a Steam download release, and change the type from PC [NA] to Steam [US]. Thus populating the Steam category, without the need to add a completely new database entries.
I hope I'm making sense.