Madden 08 reviews

[Bodhesatva]

Rath said:

@EVERYONE COMPLAINING ABOUT WII GFX GETTING HIGHER SCORE THAN THE PS3.

Ok, the PS3 review is made for PS3 owners who want to know whether to buy this or not, the Wii review is the same for the Wii owners. This is the main purpose of reviews, am I correct?
Now Wii owners arent really going to give a shit about whether their version looks worse than the PS3 version, it doesnt matter to them. What does matter is how it looks in comparison to other Wii games on the market. Thus it gets a graphics score relative to other Wii games on the market.
Same thing for the PS3, they dont want their graphics compared to the graphics of the Wii in reviews, they want to know whether it looks good for a PS3 game.

For those reading my last post: this is precisely the same point I just made above in my restaraunt analogy, but this is more aptly put.

"Next gen" is an artificial construct applied by marketing people and adopted by all-to-eager consumers. The suggestion that "Next gen" has some tangible value and that every "next gen" system should be judged by identical standards is absurd: in reality, the only thing "next gen" is decided by is marketing, and that's what separates the now-dying PS2 from the Wii, 360 and PS3. The PS2's support (from both first and third party) is drying up rapidly; the Wii's support is increasing at a similar pace, and the 360 and PS3 as well. Marketing and support is what makes something "next gen", not graphics.