ReleaseTest

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Current:

• Format
• Region
• Vague extra descriptions
• Release date
• RRP (at launch)
• Product code
• Age rating

Longer term, I don't think this is good enough. We need MORE:

• Distributor (because it's going to get messy with 30+ versions of games otherwise)
• Official price drops (or price rises (maybe x% off sales?))
• Multiple product codes (which we do, but not well)
• UPC (barcodes)
• Content ratings (e.g. violence, sex, MILD PERIL etc.)
• Re-ratings. e.g. a rating system changes, or we go from ESRB E -> ESRB -> T. Also might be nice to know when games were officially rated because in theory we might be able to get that information
• Name of the release (e.g. "Alien: Isolation Nostromo Edition", "Alien: Isolation Ripley Edition")
• Arcade location tests (though we might need a better solution for that).

normal:

Release	Date	RRP	Code
	1999-09-09	£199.99	MK-1234-56		[show details]

collapsed:

Release	Date	RRP	Code
	1999-09-09 2000-01-02	£199.99 £99.99	MK-1234-56 01-234-567		[hide details]
	Name:	Sonic the Hedgehog: Special Limited Edition Deluxe ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ: スペシャル リミテッド エディション デラックス
	Distributor:	Sega Europe
	UPC:	1-2345-6789-0
	Comments:	Only sold in Toys 'R' Us. Cursed by the gods.

However, this will effect most things... so maybe it needs to go somewhere else. idk.

also I don't know how to cleanly implement this yet

also I miss Hivebrain -Black Squirrel (talk) 16:54, 18 June 2023 (EDT)

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I'm thinking "release details" rather than "content details", so no worries about ROM dumps and part numbers.

Region:	United States of America
Name:	Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ
Distributor:	Sega of America
Dates and RRPs:	(2007-01-30)
Product codes:	BLUS-30008
ESRB Rating:	Everyone 10+
Comments:	Only sold in Toys 'R' Us. Cursed by the gods.