Terraria was just released for the Xbox 360 and PS3, with a lot more features than the PC version, and it will be getting more. As far as I know, the base mechanics are the same, but it's been updated past the PC version. To make things worse, the PC version may get new updates which might not be the same as the console ones, creating things that only exist in the PC version and other things that only exists in the 360/PS3 version.
How should we go about tagging the different versions now?
First off, I don't know much about Terraria, so I can't speak to the specifics of this case, but this has come up a few times, so here's a short guide to What To Do About Games with Variable Versions:
If the multiple releases are essentially just ports with small feature or UI differences, or the inclusion of bonus content such as the various reissues of Final Fantasy 6, you should note any platform specific restrictions in the body or title of the question. Platform tags should not be used.
If the multiple releases are substantially different games that share a large amount in common, but are fundamentally not the same, such as the DS (and later iOS) remake of Final Fantasy 4, then those versions which were released after the original/canonical version should be tagged with a variant game-specific tag, noting the new edition in question. Another good example of this is minecraft-pocket-edition, as the Minecraft ports are mechanically quite different. Tagging with the source game as well might be wise as well, but is at your discretion.
If the question is about how a port interacts with the hardware of a specific platform, platform tags may be called for.
I'd think we just tag them with terraria, and if the question is about features that are specific to the 360 or PS3 versions, we would add the appropriate platform tags as well. Likewise, once the PC version has its own exclusive features that aren't in the others, questions about those exclusive features would warrant the PC tag. Questions that are applicable to both with little or no significant difference, wouldn't need any secondary tags.
Unless we are still keen on just not using platform tags in this fashion, in which case then we just wouldn't make any distinction in tags. Then we'd just put the relevant information in the question body.
I wouldn't suggest making some compound tag of game-platform in this kind of situation, especially when a lot of features are still shared. Then people who want to look for one, or the other, would have to search through both tags in order to see things that are relevant to just one of them.
