famousringo on 04 November 2009
A key factor in perceived review inflation is that the worst games rarely get reviewed at all, while the best games get reviewed by everybody.
Of course the average looks high when the bottom quintile falls into a black hole and the second lowest quintile gets locked in a cellar.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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