So 1up/egm are not anti PS3 in their reviews ?

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davygee said:
So if it's fine to deduct points for a game being higher priced, then it should be okay to deduct points from games that say are pretty short or shorter than normal console games...this would account for games on the DS and PSP then.

I feel it's ridiculous to deduct points based on it costing more than a "decided" high point.

It's different if they rate all games based on value for money i.e. if it's got a budget price, but is good value for money, then great....give them an extra point, and if a full price game seems not to be value for money, then deduct a point.

What about this an example......a game looks great, plays great and sounds great and is very enjoyable, but is quite short, then should this game be reduced a point because of this?

Davy -- they definitely, absolutely detract points for short games, but its a matter of perspective. Just as games released on the PS3, Wii or 360 aren't automatically penalized for having worse graphics than a high end PC game like Crysis, DS/PSP games aren't penalized if the games are shorter. It's relative to the platform. DS/PSP games are cheaper, as well. 

It's very much like restaraunts in terms of criticism. Do burger joints get knocked down simply because they sell burgers? No, that's what they're supposed to do. However, if a fine Japanese restaraunt sold one type of Sashimi and the rest of their menu was just a ton of Burgers, it would get criticized, because Burgers are neither fine nor Japanese. Different expectations for different types of restaraunts -- different expectations for different systems and environments. 

Games like Kororinpa on the Wii, for example, had points knocked off because it was too short. If it had been released on the DS or PSP, it would have been just right.

If, say, Mass Effect were released for 300 dollars, that would be unreasonable. The accepted price of games of this type on this system is 50-60 dollars when new.