Is there going to be a problem with the Killzone 2 reviews, can we trust?

[Squilliam]

Slimebeast said:

Squilliam said:
Hmmm, I guess the best way to get a handle on how good the game is by comparing the sales of the closest rival which is Call of Duty 4 and if sales are lower but reviews are higher then one can call it a manipulated review process. If sales are higher but reviews are lower then the game was likely unfairly treated by critics.

 

 Do you really think one can reason like that?

Yes, as I said a strong correllation. I didn't say one causes the other but in general the causality seems to hold true. On the Xbox 360 there hasn't been a multi-player shooter above 93% Meta which hasn't sold more than 4M copies. Of course there are exceptions but I doubt Sony would not have spent all that money creating this game if they didn't feel it was mass marketable.

@Munkeh111

Whats the highest selling game on the PS3 to date?

Whats the highest rated game on the PS3 to date?

If the first is the same as the 2nd, then the reviews are somewhat justified.

Metacritic, aside from the arty farty games indicates mass marketability as it shows how a range of people view a product on the HD consoles. On the Wii the review system is borked so I won't go there. But if lots of people like something, theres a good chance you will too, its a law of averages I guess.