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Is EDGE Magasine

Biased towards the XBOX 130 46.26%
 
Biased towards the PS3 35 12.46%
 
Biased towards the Wii 12 4.27%
 
A fair and honest reviewer 104 37.01%
 
Total:281
heedstone on 12 February 2010
placidcasual said:
None of the above. They are biased towards British developers though.

I hadn't noticed, still they are a british mag so I guess that's forgivable



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Catlana on 12 February 2010
heedstone said:
rocketpig said:

It's still quite a difference but it's coming into perspective. The difference lies in a few PS3 games that Edge seemed to really, really hate. When you're dealing with less than 20 games, that can make a huge difference.

To me, the most surprising thing on that list is the Resistance games and Killzone. While I agree that they're rather unimpressive compared to some other shooters, when compared to the stupid-high score given to Halo 3 and the good score for ODST (meh, quite a mediocre game by Bungie standards), you'd think they would have fared a little better. That part makes no sense and I'd like to see who wrote each review.

On the other hand, Edge only gave Gears an 80. I don't think this is really a bias but maybe one or two reviewers are far more harsh on game ratings than their colleagues. When Gears gets an 80 from the same magazine that gives ODST a 90, it has to boil down to individual reviewers. I don't know of a single person who would agree with those scores when compared to one another.

 

It's only within the past year or so that Edge has gone noticably pro XBox.  What bugs me It's the system sellers that EDGE seems to mark down (Heavy Rain, Killzone 2, MGS4, Infamous, NSMBW, Mario Kart, etc.), while it consistently gives Xbox system sellers high marks.

Take out the first person shooters Heedstone. You will be surprised.

Game / Edge rating / Meta (12/02/10) / Difference between Edge and Meta

Main 360 non FPS console exclusives :


Blue Dragon 60/ 79 / -19
Fable 2 / 90 / 89 / +1
Forza 2 / 90 / 90 / 0
Forza 3 / 90 / 92 / -2
Gears of War / 80 / 94 / -14
Gears of War 2 / 90 / 93 / -3
GTA episodes 90 / 90 / 0
Halo Wars 70 / 82 / -12
Mass Effect / 70 / 91 / -21
Mass Effect 2 / 90 / 96 / -6
Lost odyssey 70 / 78 / -8
Star Ocean 50 / 72 / -22
Banjo Kazooie 70 / 79 / -9


Total (13 games) : -115 points
Average -16.43 / game

Main PS3 non FPS exclusives :

Buzz 70 / 80 / -10
GT5 prologue 70 / 80 -10
MGS4 / 80 / 94 / -14
Ratchet ToD / 80 / 89 / -9
Ratchet ACiT / 70 / 87 / -17
Valkyria Chr. / 70 / 86 / -16
Disgaea 3 / 80 / 78 / +2
Heavy Rain / 70 / 89 / -19
Uncharted / 80 / 88 / -8
Uncharted 2 / 90 / 96 / -6
Demon's Souls / 90 / 89 / +1
LittleBigPlanet / 100 / 95 / +5
Wipeout HD / 80 / 87 / -7
Flower / 70 / 87 / -17
Infamous / 70 / 85 / -15

Total (15 games) : -140 points
Average -9.3 / game

FPS (Microsoft)

Crackdown 80 / 83 / -3
Halo 3 / 100 / 94 / +6

Halo 3 ODST / 90 / 83 / +7
Left 4 Dead / 90 / 89 / +1
Left 4 Dead 2 / 90 / 89 / +1
Perfect Dark 70 / 82 / -12

Total (6 games): 0 points

Average: 0 difference

FPS (Sony)

MAG / 60 / 76 -16

Resistance / 70 / 86 / -16
Resistance 2 / 60 / 87 / -27
Killzone 2 / 70 / 91 / -21

Total (4 games): -80

Average: -20 difference

Conclusion is pretty simple. Edge is under rating Sony FPS. All other Sony games are rated slightly higher or at least equal to their xbox counter parts.



Moren on 12 February 2010

Edge is biased towards wii, but also ps3, and hates ms too....



room414 on 12 February 2010
slowmo said:
room414 said:
slowmo said:

I already told you a primary reason is the failing of Metacritic but you chose to ignore that given my post reasoning destroyed your agenda of hate against Edge.  They're consistantly at odds with SOME of the other reviewers, perhaps the true issue is too many reviewers on Metacritic OVERRATING PS3 games.  My reasoning makes about as much sense in conclusion as yours and Mario64's, who might I add isn't the wisest person to join up in debate with if you want to pretend you're unbiased.

so it's not the one reviewer skewed one way but the many who are skewed the other way...lol

face the facts buddy

when halo odst and uncharted 2 released within a short time of each other and edge gave them both 9's that told me all i needed to know

 

No, how about you face the facts and admit that Metacritic is flawed.  The simple fact that they convert scores to a 100 scale from other forms is bad enough without taking into account they accept reviews from blatant fanboy sites with spoiler scores.  There is then the fact that on the Sony side they have far more single format reviewers due to the very nature of them having a traditionally bigger fanbase, which very rarely if ever scores a game below the Metacritic average.  All in all it tells me that Metacritic numbers are a complete pile of cack when it comes to any statistical form of judgement by any sane individual.  Finally I would also add that Metacritic will accept a multiformat review for a game like Bayonetta done on the 360 and give that score to the PS3 too when in actual fact at that time the PS3 version didn't deserve that score due to it being inferior.

I have no issue with giving ODST and Uncharted 2 both 9's, one is a excellent single player experience with little replay value due to the limited mulitplayer.  The other is a limited single player campaign (albeit it excellent in coop too) with an amazing online experience.  There is a case that depending on your opinion and what you wanted from a game the scores for both is fine, but then that reasonable viewpoint is beyhond someone with your twisted agenda I guess.

 

you're really reaching on this

if you compare the reviewers for uncharted 2 vs mass effect 2 you will find 9 playstation reviewers( you can add +3 cause they have play in the name, but i dunno) and 13 xbox reviewers

as far as metacritic being flawed,of course it is but that works both ways so comparing edge reviews is a fair comparison

and this nonsense:

I have no issue with giving ODST and Uncharted 2 both 9's, one is a excellent single player experience with little replay value due to the limited mulitplayer.  The other is a limited single player campaign (albeit it excellent in coop too) with an amazing online experience.

tells me all i need to know about you

to quote BMaker11:

Numbers don't lie, rocketpig....



                                
mario64 on 12 February 2010

lol @slowmo : Edge is not biased, it's the 100s of other reviewers who fail at reviewing correctly.

I think I read everything on the net now.

Stop the damage control please. Maths and numbers don't lie.



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Squilliam on 12 February 2010
mario64 said:
lol @slowmo : Edge is not biased, it's the 100s of other reviewers who fail at reviewing correctly.

I think I read everything on the net now.

Stop the damage control please. Maths and numbers don't lie.

There are lies, damn lies and statistics. Yours fall in to the last category.



Tease.

Strategyking92 on 12 February 2010

*suprised*


You already made up your mind, didn't you?
I could tell when "biased toward xbox 360" was the first listed. I guess it's just my fanboy radar..



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RJ@Melb on 12 February 2010

Dude, just don't read it if it makes you feel bad



Kantor on 12 February 2010
placidcasual said:
None of the above. They are biased towards British developers though.

Going by that logic, the Heavy Rain review makes sense, because the British hate the French



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Hammertime on 12 February 2010

there is a slant towards the 360....because it has the best games library....nothing to do with being biased.