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Title: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: topspot123 on July 02, 2012, 07:55:06 pm
I've been slowly filling out my collection and I come across a problem.

Should I list my UMD Videos?

pros:  I keep them with my PSP games collection, they have the same cases, they are only playable on the PSP-a video game player.

cons:  They aren't video games, nor are they directly video game related.

They don't currently have a separate category here.  Should they have one added?  If I add them to my collection, should I just list them under PSP?  What does anyone else think?
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: scott on July 02, 2012, 08:09:06 pm
I can add a category, no problem. Personally I don't like the idea of having the UMD movies listed with the Games. I'll wait a bit for other's input before adding the new cat, but I'm pretty sure most everyone will agree that they belong in their own sub-cat of the PSP section.
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: foxhack on July 02, 2012, 08:20:04 pm
I vote PSP sub-category.

Though, we also have these (http://vgcollect.com/search?q=game+boy+advance+video) to deal with. :p

Edit: And then we have CD-i movies...
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: htimreimer on July 02, 2012, 09:06:58 pm
I vote PSP sub-category.

Though, we also have these (http://vgcollect.com/search?q=game+boy+advance+video) to deal with. :p

Edit: And then we have CD-i movies...
also 3DO Movies
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: topspot123 on July 03, 2012, 12:03:46 am
Come to think of it, what about DVD format games?

http://www.digitalleisure.com/contents/DVDVideo_games.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shout_About_Movies
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Consulting-Detective/dp/B0000365E2

Interactive movies on DVD, DVD board games, etc.  What counts as a video game; at what point does the line blur and it is not a video game, but something else?
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: amauriel on July 03, 2012, 12:49:40 am
At one time I think we decided that if a game was a board game that uses a DVD as it's method of playing, it was NOT a video game. (Like Scene It! or Trivial Pursuit DVD edition)

However, are you referring to games like Dragon's Lair? I would consider it a game, even if it's on DVD format.
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: jcalder8 on July 03, 2012, 03:22:51 am
I think that there should be a sub category for UMD videos since they are not games but they are only playable on a game system.  I don think there needs to be a listing for board games that use dvds since that gets away from it actually being a video game.
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: disgaeniac on July 03, 2012, 09:41:07 am

Should I list my UMD Videos?

cons:  They aren't video games, nor are they directly video game related.

For this alone...I would say...no.

You could always add them to your "swag" category, if you just want to have them all tracked & listed in one place; though :)
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: tpugmire on July 03, 2012, 11:36:08 am
I think they should get their own sub-category.  They are software specifically designed for a video game system.  As for the CD-i and 3DO movies, I see no reason to make sub-categories for these, unless someone specifically asks for them, or if we have any already listed in the database (I'm not sure about that).  When someone asks for them, let's add them then.  I think the GBA videos are fine as is, there aren't that many, and I believe we have them all in the database already.
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: foxhack on July 03, 2012, 01:09:36 pm
UMD videos should not be in swag.
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: disgaeniac on July 03, 2012, 01:21:01 pm

UMD videos should not be in swag.

Huh?!

Anyone here can pretty much consider and put whatever the hell they want to as "swag"; no?!
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: foxhack on July 03, 2012, 01:42:13 pm

UMD videos should not be in swag.

Huh?!

Anyone here can pretty much consider and put whatever the hell they want to as "swag"; no?!
We already agreed that there will be a category for those items. Swag is for items that don't have a category or that are too vague to have one yet.

Sorry for the bold. :\ Guess I'm cranky this morning. T_T
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: disgaeniac on July 03, 2012, 02:19:07 pm

Sorry for the bold. :\ Guess I'm cranky this morning. T_T

No problemo, amigo...

...I know how *IT* is (getting mas viejo y un poco...mas...*CRANKY*(?!)...(como se dices "Cranky* en Espanol - no puedo que recordar la palabra :) por que...todos los cumpleanos  recuerda mi de la verdad muy triste...que estamos, siempre, uno ano mas viejo...

 :P


Please feel free to correct any of my (there's prolly a buncha' them:) 'Spanish' mistakes :P

Haven't used anywhere near this much of it all at once in ages...XD
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: scott on July 03, 2012, 02:35:23 pm
And I just added a new Cat called "PSP UMD Video [NA]" if anyone of our friends from other regions would like the European or Japanese counterparts, let me know and I'll add them to the database.
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: foxhack on July 03, 2012, 02:47:30 pm
Here's a good starting point:

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/movie/category2/9408/a/UMD+Video.htm
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: topspot123 on July 03, 2012, 06:20:30 pm
Wow, that was fast!  From a general question to a new category in less than a day, thanks so much!  ;D
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: matt on July 04, 2012, 12:02:11 am
Wow, that was fast!  From a general question to a new category in less than a day, thanks so much!  ;D

Scott is very fast. That's actually his girlfriends number one complaint about him. BOOM!
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: atariboy on July 04, 2012, 12:20:32 am
Did I just hear something SLAM!  ;D
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: scott on July 04, 2012, 01:40:29 pm
Wow, that was fast!  From a general question to a new category in less than a day, thanks so much!  ;D

Scott is very fast. That's actually his girlfriends number one complaint about him. BOOM!

Quality over quantity. :P
Title: Re: Should UMD Videos be listed or have a separate section?
Post by: htimreimer on July 04, 2012, 02:33:24 pm
Wow, that was fast!  From a general question to a new category in less than a day, thanks so much!  ;D

Scott is very fast. That's actually his girlfriends number one complaint about him. BOOM!

Quality over quantity. :P
LOL ;D