Yeah, I hope this thread is satire.
A number like 9.314 tells you no more about the game than a 4 of 5.
The reason it might seem like a 100 point scale is better is because they barely use most of the scores anyways. Here, I'll reduce the 100 point scale to a more reasonable 10 for you:
10.0 = 10 (pressure from advertisers)
9.9 = 9 (nearly perfect game)
9.5 = 8
9.0 = 7
8.9 = 6
8.0 = 5 (basically an average game)
7.9 = 4 ("casual" game cap score)
7.0 = 3
6.9 = 2
6.0 = 1
Under 6 = 0 (Seriously, there's no difference between a 1.7 and a 5.2.)
Do they use other scores on the 100 point scale anyways?
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
