| DKII said: None of us have surround sound systems so that point is kind of wasted on us. :p It'd be mentioned in the text but probably wouldn't affect the score very much, if it all. |
So none of the reviewers actually have it?
| DKII said: What value we set our average at doesn't really matter, since even if it was 5 you'd just say we were marginalizing everything under 4. Putting our system too far outside the accepted norms just hurts us from a business standpoint without offering any real benefits (since most people want it this way). |
Going along with other websites is really the only valid argument to keeping it. I suppose vgChartz eventually wants to be on metacritic.
| DKII said: And why do you have a problem rating Wii games on Wii standards? Instead you want to give every game a zero since they'll all suck compared to games 100 years from now? |
I think it's fair to compare graphics across all systems in each generation. I wouldn't pit the NES against the 360 in graphics but the Wii is a fair subject for it. Not doing so is just giving the Wii a free pass for weaker graphics. If you want to do that then do so but understand that is exactly what you are doing.
| DKII said: Clearly you're just a contrarian and have always had problems with reviews everywhere, as this is not the first time you've made comments like this. |
I dislike numeric reviews in general. It's a flawed system where the numbers have no real meaning in themselves as each individual interprets them differently which leads to lots of stupid arguments. I suppose vgChartz has no aspirations outside of being just another random review number generator.
