It is also important for predicting future interest from a business perspective. I can state many examples (last one I tracked was of CoD) of metacritic user scores that predicted the sales of the next game.
But that is what reviews are supposed to score are they not? Since we do not trust the pro's anyway (for various reasons), then all we are left with is sentiment and an objective write-up. The pro scores are meaningless to me for that reason. I might read their articles to get a sense for the game but I do not trust their scores because they are indeed in conflict with their paychecks.
That is not to say that user scores are objective. But the user scores give you a very ...
Good article. I'm a big business buff too. One thing you did not mention is the possibility that all this has led to a new gamer market without cannibalizing the core or traditional gamer market. In other words, I would argue that there is no danger whatsoever to the traditional market despite the cheaper entry level for development... which is questionable because the tools were never really the big expense to begin with. The expensive part is the salaries and marketing. Equipment barely...
Just remember Cramer is an entertainer. His track record in investing and his predictions are not good. He makes millions from his show.
My wife was crying about this yesterday when her sim became old... thanks for the tips but alas, its too late for her sim lol.
...Reviews have almost always lacked objectivity. Cant kill something that has yet to happen lol. Remember the pros have a conflict of interest and a livelihood to worry about. Further pros scores can be easily doctored by assigning them to a specific person within an organization with known personalities. This is why pro's almost always score big budget stuff higher than the community as a whole. Normal folks are only objective in the same way you are... they have their own idea of how t...
In my opinion, user scores are more representative of gamer sentiment than other scores. Granted some are nonsensical such as those that give 0's, however, I have found through my many years of gaming that the 0's are needed to balance out the nonsensical 10's. 10s should be reserved for the absolute best games of each genre every year and not just given out like candy. Further, we all know there is a lot of impropriety in the professional realm of game reviews because there is a ...
I'm not sure it was on purpose, but this is not unheard of in the world of public stocks. There is a lot of insinuation about Nokia doing something similar and it was very fishy when their CEO got a major job at Microsoft after the buyout given his extremely poor performance. All I know is the EA stock price is insanely high and should be avoided at this time.
That would be Time and Eternity, which I have talked about in length in our podcast a few weeks back. I'm enjoying the combat and I feel the game is actually good, but I seem to be one of the few. It might be a game worth checking out if you can get past the anime theme. Thanks for watching!
My co-host Mark on our weekly podcast has been playing New Vegas, and we were talking about it on the show a few weeks back. Brings back some good memories.
Thanks for the comments! Those look like some good titles. Never heard of Tentacles, but I looked it up and it looks unique. I'm anxious to play Wolfenstein: The New Order in the future. Last night I played a Xbox 360 indie title called Light's End and Dark Souls to help me sleep.
The problem is that if you go back a while you will find that both Nintendo and Sony did the same things that you are currently complaining about. In fact, Sony is notorious for buying exclusive deals and splurging on marketing and were considered "the bad guys" early in their 1st generation. Sony is still considered the "bad guy" in consumer electronics because they are arrogant and their TV's and other devices are not as good as they claim yet they expect a huge pric...
Our main argument among each other was whether or not to classify Castle Crashers as an indie game.
Iamnsuperman is correct. This list represents experiences you can only have on Xbox 360.
Ironic coming from someone who didn't even listen to the show to cast the aspersions of ignorance. We have nothing against Square Enix's game lineup, but we do have a problem when a major corporation mistreats its fans at a highly anticipated event such as the KH 1.5 early release, which we discuss in the podcast and is where our title comes from.
How would you suggest doing this? I don't think i've seen any gaming podcasts that do this. At most I see IGN doing 10 minute segments in video format. Any suggestions will help though.
I think we're all looking forward to Witcher 3.
I have played every generation and every game except for Crystal unfortunately. I still love Gold/Silver to this day.
I'll let the guys know about it and see what they think. Thanks for the heads up!
That is precisely how its supposed to work... in your example however, the sample size is much too small to be relevant and in that example the score is meaningless even if it were a 9 (it would be an irrelevant 9 due to low power). But lets say a few hundred averaged to 7.3. That would tell me the game is slightly above average and is not really a 9 for most people. Seriously, I have not played a game that deserves a 9 since Skyrim and I am sure there are many that will disagree with me. But...