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12 also seems REALLY high.
Like, there are only really four major platform groups.
>Why does being ported on one or two less systems than 12 not count?
Because you can make that argument for literally any number, and then you just have the paradox of the heap
. The line's gonna be arbitrary no matter where we put it.
Do trivia items normally get sent to TRS just for having a low wick count?
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
>Like, there are only really four major platform groups.
I think the idea for such a high number was to ensure Port Overdosed only includes games ported to multiple systems across multiple console generations. Or to put it another way, to exclude games that got ported to every current console at the time of their release, but fell out of the public eye and haven't been rereleased since.
Edited by MetaFour I didn't write any of that.
^ So would, say, Okami count then in spirit? It has been released on three console generations in a row (and PC) although the total is currently less than 12 systems.
Edited by Albert3105
Okami might still be a bit low to be "overdosed"
Port Overdosed was created with a stipulation that a game must be ported to 12 platforms to be considered an example. However, this stipulation seems to be rather arbitrary.
But why 12 systems? Why does being ported on one or two less systems than 12 not count? Aren't tropes relatively flexible, as long as a constant pattern of ports is established?
I'm also scared that this trope will face a trip to the TRS due to its really poor wick count for a 7-year-old trope. (It has less than 120 wicks.)
Edited by Albert3105