Khuutra said:
Yes, but sales are objective facts. Reviews never are. |
Err, this doesn't make much sense. You're mixing up two logically distinct levels.
The fact that Edge gave 9 to Persona 4 is as objective a fact as the sales of Persona 4.
How that correlates to the perceived quality of the game for a given gamer is a totally different issue. One might not agree with Edge, or love a game that had poor sales. In both cases there are multiple layers of indirection between the objective facts and your personal experience.
At the same time the metascore is in no way indicative of an "objective quality" of the game per se. A non-owner should actually read the reviews and find whatever resonates with his interests and experience (details about known mechanics, settings, similitudes with other games).
Even worse counting the metascores over 90 to define "AAA", not thinking about context, time, error margins. From which we should assume that we should buy GRAW instead of the sequel, or that Rock Band 1 and Geometry Wars contribute to a game library more "objective value" than Uncharted.
