| ZenfoldorVGI said: I'm almost 100 percent sure that Gamespot gets more hits than IGN(and IGN are far larger than just videogames). So, yes, far and away gamespot is the most popular, and the most read. The most respected by our little clique? IGN. Though, I dislike IGN. I feel their system based review teams lead to fanboyism and cop-outs like with the R2/G2 reviews. |
It wasn't a cop out. Do you think somebody sent them a letter saying "Which is better, R2 or GeOW 2?"
If they did, they would probably get the standard reply "They are on different systems in different genres and cannot be compared"
Which is true, right? You can't compare 007: From Russia With Love to Halo, you can't compare Gran Turismo to MotorStorm. Of course, some people will prefer one, some the other.
The review system exists to compare games in the same genre. Not to settle a fanboy debate about how Xbox 360 shooter is better/worse than PS3 Shooter just because they happen to be released in the same week.
How was it a cop out? Those reviews were written by different people, each reviewer really liked the game they reviewed. I doubt they were on the phone saying "Hey, what did you give completely unrelated game so I know what score to give to game"
And you forgot about how IGN are anti-Nintendo morons for giving Wii Music a 5 (Let's forget about how they gave Super Mario Galaxy a 9.7, shall we?) 
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