Game Review Scores - Statistics

[Words Of Wisdom]

Faxanadu said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Faxanadu said:

I have a question which some of our statistically more competent guys on this forum might like.

Thinking about game review scores (IGN, Metacritic, as you wish), is there a specific ratio between game score ranges? To elaborate: If there is 10 games rated 9 or higher for a system, is this an indication that at least 30 games exist for the system that are rated 8 to 9 and 40 that are rated 7 to 8? This would indicate a ratio of 1 to 3 and 1 to 4.

To take this even a bit further, is there a difference in this ratio between the generation winners and followers? Did the generation winner have relatively more games 9 or above or rather a larger game base between 8 and 9 or 7 and 8?

 

No. No. Do some research.

Applying the Bell Curve to gaming is kind of dumb.

I never mentioned the Bell Curve.

Good point.

Even if you were to make a statistical judgment about a console's games of the past, I doubt you could apply it to future consoles as it would not hold true at all points in time.  A distribution from a mature console is also unevenly distributed (assumption) as would likely be evidenced if one were to compare the distribution in the console's first year versus that of the final year.