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Title: Mis-linking?
Post by: disgaeniac on March 25, 2014, 11:59:36 am

Just entered/submitted Deception IV: Blood Ties for the PS3.

The picture showing up is correct (the PS3 version) -but-

when you click on its link to Amazon...it links you to the Vita version & price  :o

Title: Re: Mis-linking?
Post by: scott on March 25, 2014, 12:04:59 pm

Ya it happens all the time.

Title: Re: Mis-linking?
Post by: disgaeniac on March 25, 2014, 12:39:29 pm

Quote from: scott on March 25, 2014, 12:04:59 pm

Ya it happens all the time.

On Amazon's end, then?

Title: Re: Mis-linking?
Post by: scott on March 25, 2014, 12:47:35 pm

I think it's because the code matt uses to search for stuff isn't hyper specific. Plus the way we do naming confuses it sometimes too. Also rereleases get confused for the latest version a lot of the time too.

Title: Re: Mis-linking?
Post by: badATchaos on March 25, 2014, 01:33:31 pm

You think that's bad. Just check out any foreign item.

http://vgcollect.com/item/19437
http://vgcollect.com/item/52608

Title: Re: Mis-linking?
Post by: disgaeniac on March 25, 2014, 01:37:46 pm

Quote from: badATchaos on March 25, 2014, 01:33:31 pm

You think that's bad. Just check out any foreign item.

http://vgcollect.com/item/19437
http://vgcollect.com/item/52608

Shit!

Those *ARE* bad; they're not even close!  :o

Title: Re: Mis-linking?
Post by: matt on April 01, 2014, 09:56:46 am

Yeah it's pretty hit or miss. Unfortunately unless we have a proper barcode we can't ensure a good match. I've updated the code some over the last year so it is more accurate...but still missing sometimes. The main problem is that there is no way to automatically tell whether our results are good or not. I should just go and remove them from all non-US pages.

Title: Re: Mis-linking?
Post by: teck on April 09, 2014, 02:26:50 am

Quote from: matt on April 01, 2014, 09:56:46 am

Yeah it's pretty hit or miss. Unfortunately unless we have a proper barcode we can't ensure a good match. I've updated the code some over the last year so it is more accurate...but still missing sometimes. The main problem is that there is no way to automatically tell whether our results are good or not. I should just go and remove them from all non-US pages.

It can be hard yes....  I made the decision a while back to only trust barcodes that I'm looking at on a package right in front of my face for that reason....  Though sometimes you just get alternate UPCs for items with very slight variations....  I noticed for example that there were 2 different published versions for Top Gun Combat Zones, and the ONLY difference I could find was the swapping of the Titus publisher logo with the Mastiff one....  Not very many people would even notice this....