Talk:List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS video games

Too early for such a list?

I don't know, but this seems a bit early for such a list IMO, especially with only one item on it. I mean, the 3DS is still in its infancy. –MuZemike 16:06, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

The list is of million-copy sellers, of which there is one. Opinions of whether it is too early or if a certain number of games are required is irrelevant (no offense). -128.151.22.155 (talk) 17:05, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

To be fair most consoles don't have a list of their own and are simply part of the list of best-selling video games page. It is only those that are of significant length that have their own article. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.θɒn/ ^(talk) 18:38, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Table format

Since it was based on a misapprehension, I have reverted the article to the table format. The "best selling video games" articles are "in the process" of being converted to the table format which was discussed on the list of best-selling video games talk page some times ago. Currently, the only one that has been completed is list of best-selling Xbox 360 video games, but it is planned for them all to be converted eventually, and once that is done, to convert the main article. Since it takes so long to convert a whole long list, converting those with their own article first saves a lot of time and effort in the long run, and means that it doesn't all have to be done at once. "In the process" is in scare quotes simply because it isn't an ongoing process that converts the pages, but one page is done at a time. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.θɒn/ ^(talk) 18:48, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

The table format is a bit of a pain in the ass, especially when the lists get big. That's why it was tried before and rejected. -Zomic13 (talk) 00:48, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

When was it tried before? It was discussed at list of best-selling video games about 7 months ago (see Talk:List of best-selling video games/Archive 7#Table format (again)), and since then no one has created a table-formatted top sellers list AFAIK (other than myself when using that format). If you want to really discuss it properly though, I'd suggest doing it at Talk:List of best-selling video games#Table format (follow-up) rather than here, since far more editors are likely to see any comments and be able to chip in, and it effects far more articles than just this one. Note that the format I have used here is of the form discussed 7 months ago, but there is no reason why it can't be simplified. I personally feel that a table format is better than the existing one, even if we just use the "title", "sales" and "sales breakdown" columns, as it is far easier to read off the figures and see breakdowns than if everything is just squashed together into a bullet pointed line, and the added space around entries makes the titles slightly easier to read as well. Alphathon /'æl.f'æ.θɒn/ ^(talk) 01:10, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

It was tried years ago (like four years ago). Despite the extra effort to add/edit, and my initial annoyance (sorry if my other comment was harsh), I'm starting to like it. It is neater and I especially like the "Sales Breakdown" column. Keep up the good work. -Zomic13 (talk) 04:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)