Gamespot's Site Stats:
All:
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| Coverage: 3DO, DC, DS, GB, GBA, GBC, GC, GEN, JAG, MAC, MOBILE, N64, NEO, NGE, PC, PS, PS2, PS3, PSP, SAT, SCD, SNES, WII, X360, XBOX | | Last Article: | 9/24/2007 | | Number of All Reviews: | 9073 | | Number of All Other Articles: | 63299 | | Site's Avg Score for All: | 6.8 | | Site's Avg Ratio For All: | 67.6% | | GR Avg Ratio for All titles this site has reviewed: | 69.3% | | Difference: | -1.7% | | Number of All Reviews Higher than the Average: | 4026 | | Number of All Reviews Lower than the Average: | 5047 | | Percentage of All Reviews Higher: | 44.4% | | Average Article Vote for All: | 3.7 Stars | | Total Article Votes for All: | 29561 | | Total Hits for All Articles: | 3856101 | | Total Traffic sent to site from Reviews, News and Files since 4/27/02: | 15045974 |
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Wii:
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| Coverage: 3DO, DC, DS, GB, GBA, GBC, GC, GEN, JAG, MAC, MOBILE, N64, NEO, NGE, PC, PS, PS2, PS3, PSP, SAT, SCD, SNES, WII, X360, XBOX | | Last WII Article: | 9/23/2007 | | Number of WII Reviews: | 82 | | Number of WII Other Articles: | 1157 | | Site's Avg Score for WII: | 6.2 | | Site's Avg Ratio For WII: | 61.8% | | GR Avg Ratio for WII titles this site has reviewed: | 63.9% | | Difference: | -2.1% | | Number of WII Reviews Higher than the Average: | 34 | | Number of WII Reviews Lower than the Average: | 48 | | Percentage of WII Reviews Higher: | 41.5% | | Average Article Vote for WII: | -- Stars | | Total Article Votes for WII: | 70 | | Total Hits for WII Articles: | 0 | | Total Traffic sent to site from Reviews, News and Files since 4/27/02: | 15045979 |
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XBox 360:
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| Coverage: 3DO, DC, DS, GB, GBA, GBC, GC, GEN, JAG, MAC, MOBILE, N64, NEO, NGE, PC, PS, PS2, PS3, PSP, SAT, SCD, SNES, WII, X360, XBOX | | Last X360 Article: | 9/24/2007 | | Number of X360 Reviews: | 255 | | Number of X360 Other Articles: | 3943 | | Site's Avg Score for X360: | 7.0 | | Site's Avg Ratio For X360: | 69.6% | | GR Avg Ratio for X360 titles this site has reviewed: | 70.8% | | Difference: | -1.2% | | Number of X360 Reviews Higher than the Average: | 116 | | Number of X360 Reviews Lower than the Average: | 139 | | Percentage of X360 Reviews Higher: | 45.5% | | Average Article Vote for X360: | 3.5 Stars | | Total Article Votes for X360: | 884 | | Total Hits for X360 Articles: | 547 | | Total Traffic sent to site from Reviews, News and Files since 4/27/02: | 15045988 |
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PS3:
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| Coverage: 3DO, DC, DS, GB, GBA, GBC, GC, GEN, JAG, MAC, MOBILE, N64, NEO, NGE, PC, PS, PS2, PS3, PSP, SAT, SCD, SNES, WII, X360, XBOX | | Last PS3 Article: | 9/24/2007 | | Number of PS3 Reviews: | 59 | | Number of PS3 Other Articles: | 1619 | | Site's Avg Score for PS3: | 7.3 | | Site's Avg Ratio For PS3: | 73.2% | | GR Avg Ratio for PS3 titles this site has reviewed: | 73.7% | | Difference: | -0.6% | | Number of PS3 Reviews Higher than the Average: | 35 | | Number of PS3 Reviews Lower than the Average: | 24 | | Percentage of PS3 Reviews Higher: | 59.3% | | Average Article Vote for PS3: | -- Stars | | Total Article Votes for PS3: | 53 | | Total Hits for PS3 Articles: | 0 | | Total Traffic sent to site from Reviews, News and Files since 4/27/02: | 15045991 |
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As you can see, there seems to be a slight bias against the Wii but we really don't have much infomation to make that kind of conclusiong. I suspect that Gamespot has multiple reviewers who probably favour certain genres which may be under-represented on the Wii as compared to the XBox 360/PS3.
Now, I don't think that you can really pay too much attention to the review differences between games like Halo, Metroid, Bio-Shock and The Legend of Zelda because the difference in these games review scores largely comes down to personal preference; many 'core' gamers would give Metroid or Bioshock a slightly lower score for lacking online gameplay but for many gamers in the general public that is a small feature which is not important.
