Some notable recent releases:
LBP3 median=80 weighted mean=79
Farcry 4 median=88 weighted mean=84
GTAVR median=97 weighted mean=96
Destiny median=80 weigted mean=76
Dragon Age Inquisition median=90 weighted mean=89
Halo MCC median=90 weighted mean=87
FH2 median=90 weighted mean=86
Sunset overdrive median=82 weighted mean=82
Titanfall median=90 weighted mean=86
MK8 median=90 weighted mean =88
Bayo2 median=90 weighted mean=91
Hyrule Warriors median=80 weighted mean =75
Interesting that the median is nearly always higher. And also interesting to see which games have more than a 1 point difference. Also interesting that Bayo2 is the only game in my selection where the median is a point lower.
To me this suggests there are trolls reviews giving low scores scewing the bell curve. And also that whatever weighting metacritic does do, it does not really negate those troll-ish reviews.
Therefore I say, for those games that get punished in the metascore by crappy reviewers, metacritic should move to the median score as the metascore not a weighted mean.
Do you think the median score better represents your opinion of the above games, or does the weighted mean better epresent you opinion; especially for those games where the difference is 3-5 points?
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