This site doesn’t seem to be making a new database, it’s more like an aggregator that collects information from multiple databases and puts it all on one page. I can see the merit in that but yeah it’s not going to replace something like IGDB.
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artyom@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
What’s wrong with existing databases?
popcar2@piefed.ca 4 weeks ago
faithcure@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Thanks — and you’ve actually got it right, that’s exactly what we are.
The thing is, existing sites are just databases. Info that exists on one site is missing on another. It’s scattered and incomplete. And honestly, their interfaces aren’t user-friendly at all. On the database side, that’s the gap we’re filling — bringing it together and making it actually usable.
Worth adding: a lot of those sites run on user contributions and then sell the data you entered as a paid API. IGDB and RAWG don’t fully do this, to be fair. But either way — what does the user actually get back? A rating. That’s it.
We give the user their own stats, analytics, and a genuine answer to “what should I play next” based on how they actually rate games. Plus a level system on top of that.
So no, we’re not trying to replace IGDB. IGDB is one of the layers underneath us. We’re solving what happens after the raw data.