By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
griffinA on 13 November 2009
Edit Thread
Mummelmann said:

Can it really be all the reivewer's fault every time this happens or could it be that many of these games just aren't stellar?
I find it somewhat funny to read these threads when I have the "Oh my the press and reviewers are biased against Sony" period fresh in mind and the conclusion then was that the software itself wasn't good enough and the ones complaining were deluded fanboys.
It got better though (the multiplats) and the reviews are generally a lot more favorable now, lending credit to the belief that it could actually have been the software after all.
Who's to say that's not the case here?
Wii owners condemn reviews every day because people who have been reviewing games for years suddenly don't have a clue and don't "get the console" and then complain the rest of the time about the lack of 3rd party support and quality effort from big developers.
See how this can get confusing to some?

When games that score a 7.5, 8, and 5.5 (Wii Sports, Wii fit, Wii Play) become the best selling games of all time and become beloved by millions of people, doesn't suggest to you that there is a disconnect between the reviewers and the customers?



"Pier was a chef, a gifted and respected chef who made millions selling his dishes to the residents of New York City and Boston, he even had a famous jingle playing in those cities that everyone knew by heart. He also had a restaurant in Los Angeles, but not expecting LA to have such a massive population he only used his name on that restaurant and left it to his least capable and cheapest chefs. While his New York restaurant sold kobe beef for $100 and his Boston restaurant sold lobster for $50, his LA restaurant sold cheap hotdogs for $30. Initially these hot dogs sold fairly well because residents of los angeles were starving for good food and hoped that the famous name would denote a high quality, but most were disappointed with what they ate. Seeing the success of his cheap hot dogs in LA, Pier thought "why bother giving Los Angeles quality meats when I can oversell them on cheap hotdogs forever, and since I don't care about the product anyways, why bother advertising them? So Pier continued to only sell cheap hotdogs in LA and was surprised to see that they no longer sold. Pier's conclusion? Residents of Los Angeles don't like food."

"The so-called "hardcore" gamer is a marketing brainwashed, innovation shunting, self-righteous idiot who pays videogame makers far too much money than what is delivered."