Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of games by Firaxis Games/archive1

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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 02:16, 3 July 2018 (UTC) .

List of games by Firaxis Games (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): PresN 20:14, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Next up in my series of 90s video game developers/publishers (3D Realms/id/Raven/Epic), we have a developer that... doesn't intersect with any of the others. Firaxis Games has a different arc than the other companies I've made lists for: while they were started at basically nothing, Firaxis feels like it began in media res. Sid Meier, one of the founders, was not only already relatively famous (especially since Microprose put his name on the box cover in the games' titles), and co-founded it with the other big designer at their previous company, but they almost immediately launched into a spiritual extension of the Civilization series he was best known for. From there, it's... well. It's continued to grow over time, continued to make games (but not exclusively) in the Civilization series, never did anything too crazy, never moved away from straight game development. Even getting bought in 2006 didn't change much. So, narratively, not as exciting as some others. Professionally, well, Civilization is one of the biggest names in the industry, so they're doing alright. Thanks for reviewing! --PresN 20:14, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

• Is there a reason not to include sale numbers in lists like these? Nergaal (talk) 15:11, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

• The near-impossibility for finding sales numbers for any game, much less games that came out prior to ~2010, much less all of them. Unlike movies, the games industry doesn't report sales publicly. --PresN 16:45, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

• Even for big-shots like Civ5/Civ6? Nergaal (talk) 16:56, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

• Support Courcelles (talk) 17:24, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

• Support my concerns addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:58, 9 June 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Can't see anything to improve. Anarchyte (work | talk) 06:27, 23 June 2018 (UTC)
• Support No problems.--Lirim | T 21:31, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

• Source review – The references all appear to be reliable and well-formatted, and the link-checker tool shows that they are all in working order. Spot-checks of refs 13, 24, and 50 show no verifiability concerns. Overall, this source review is a pass all the way around. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:27, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:10, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

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