I like this idea in principle, but in practice, I suspect the same companies that often abandon games (and even whole platforms) would also discontinue their wikis. I would like information about the games I buy today to still be around when I play them again in ten or twenty years.
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nnullzz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I get that wikis cost a little time and money to host and run them, but the studios/devs should offer up a wiki on release that could be moderated by a combo of employees and/or volunteers. They’re losing the opportunity to drive community engagement and keep it all close by letting these big wiki sites it up all the competition.
ono@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
nnullzz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s a good point. Fan hosted wikis have the same issue unless they’re maintained and funded by users. Big wiki companies are becoming scummy.
I get not every game is on steam, and not everyone games on PC, but maybe Steam could implement something like this as I don’t think they’re going anywhere anytime soon.
Or maybe we need to bring back good ol printed game guides.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 9 months ago
Steam already hosts forums. Hosting a wiki wouldn’t be a big leap from that.
echo64@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s a little money, it’s a /lot/ of time. And for what, what does a company actually get by doing it themselves?
nnullzz@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The company wouldn’t be the ones in charge of handling the wikis content. It would be up to the community like is being done now in other cases.
I’m mainly saying that it would be helpful if they provided the space vs it being done by independent companies/orgs.